People are useeto saying whthe cure, wheres the therapy . Weve had vaci we know how to make vaccines for a lot of things but weve never tried to do it with the clock ticking like this. Woodruff all that and more on tonights p newshour. Major funding for the pbs h newshouras been provided by when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealth managemendv a dedicatedor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. Thats fidelity wealth management. The william and fra hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing eas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. With the ongoing suppor and individuals. Tions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Oodruff the covid19 pandemic in the u. S. Is generating both despair, and hope tonight. Total infections have soared over the 11 million mark nationwide, but th
With norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news on a potentially Game Changing vaccine against coronavirus, at the same time infections of the virus in the u. S. Are now growing by the millions. Tonight the Biotech Company moderna says it has developed a vaccine that is nearly 95 effective and capable of preventing severe illness. The company says with emergency approval from the f. D. A. It could start giving the shots to highrisk patients and healthcare workers as soon as next month. Well on wall Street Investors reacted enthusiastically, pushing u. S. Stocks to new highs, even as experts warn the country is plunging deeper into a deadly and dark winter for the pandemic. And as we come on the air the u. S. Has surpassed 11 million cases. Thats a million new infections in just one week. That is two million since the beginning of this month. And hospitals, well, they are reaching a brea
Scientific aors over tonight cbs at cdictorertse expert, dr. Anthony fauci, have been sidelined from the president s Coronavirus Task force. That news comes after a stunning rebuke of dr. Redfield by President Trump saying redfied, who has spent his career studying viruses and heads the worlds premier Public Health agency, misunderstood the question when he testified under oath it will take until the middle of next year to vaccinate enough americans to limit the spread of covid. With the election just 47 days away, the president keeps suggesting a vaccine will be ready before americans cast their ballot. Now, that is something that most experts including the governments own stists say is just not true for the general public. And that disagreement has lead to a daylong fight pitting versus spin, the kind of political fight you might expect in an election year, only this time american lives and the economy are at stake. As we come on the air the number of People Killed by coronavirus in
I is possible. They also appreciate the chance to bring some ten i ten unseat e Trump Administrations work speed effort. This transparency will be crucial to secure the american Peoples Trust that the vaccine will be made available only once it is proven to be safe and effective. Congress has already taken actions to support these efforts. This spring, congress provided the Vaccine Development and manufacturing of birds and other medical countermeasures. Then two months ago the house passed the heroes act, the comprehensive legislation to strengthen the nations ability to fight the pandemic like altering the Strategic National stockpile and increase funding for Research Development and manufacturing vaccines and treatments. It would also require the administration to get to congress a vaccine plan identifying the activities undertaken to manufacture distributed vaccines safely. The house passed the act more than two months ago and the senate has failed to take it on into the death rate
Faced in over a century. The extent of the crisis cannot be overstated. Six months, over 3m people in the United States have been diagnosed with covid19 and more than 140,000 americans have died. Sadly these numbers will only continue to increase as new covid19 cases are searching all across the nation. I is possible. They also appreciate the chance to bring some ten i ten unseat e Trump Administrations work speed effort. This transparency will be crucial to secure the american Peoples Trust that the vaccine will be made available only once it is proven to be safe and effective. Congress has already taken actions to support these efforts. This spring, congress provided the Vaccine Development and manufacturing of birds and other medical countermeasures. Then two months ago the house passed the heroes act, the comprehensive legislation to strengthen the nations ability to fight the pandemic like altering the Strategic National stockpile and increase funding for Research Development and