Dr. Anthony Fauci will be celebrating his 80th birthday on Thursday, Christmas Eve.
However, similar to his Thanksgiving celebrations, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert will be spending his birthday and the holidays reconnecting with family over Zoom.
Fauci has three adult daughters who all live in different parts of the country.
“The Christmas holiday is a special holiday for us because Christmas Eve is my birthday. And Christmas Day is Christmas Day. And they are not going to come home … that’s painful,” he told The Washington Post. “But that’s just one of the things you’re going to have to accept as we go through this unprecedented challenging time.”
“Historically with a vaccine, the terrible (serious adverse events) that we’re always worried about actually present themselves in a matter of weeks,” Djavaherian, an ER doctor who leads the pandemic response at Carbon Health, a national primary and urgent care provider. “We’re not seeing that type of spike . in the weeks we see people taking the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.”
Experts say Americans should feel confident in the vaccines now based on the data. The U.S Food and Drug Administration released a 53-page evaluation that confirmed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective and safe.
Another 54-page FDA evaluation also confirmed Moderna’s vaccine is safe and effective. It is likely to be authorized Friday by the FDA.
Listen here.
Several people getting their vaccines were separated by plexiglass at the Reno-Sparks Tribal Health Center. It was clear there was an air of excitement among the group.
“I just felt like I needed to be an example to the community, to show that there really isn’t anything to be afraid of,” Cordelia Abel-Johnson said.
“Not everybody’s willing to do it right now, and we’re going to be working on trying to educate them about getting the vaccine,” Elvin Willie said.
“To be one of the first ones, you know, to just lead the way, I guess,” Hank Johnson said.
Nevada s second shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to be much smaller than expected, state says Reno-Gazette-Journal 12/18/2020 Chelcey Adami, Reno Gazette Journal
Nevada will receive 42 percent less than expected in its second allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine, state officials announced late Thursday.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak called the move disruptive and baffling.
Earlier this week, Nevada received 25,350 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as part of its first shipment.
Of those, 17,550 doses were available for the state to distribute to counties for acute care hospitals, and 7,800 were set aside for staff and residents of long-term care facilities, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.