Vice President Pence Receives COVID-19 Vaccination
Vice President Mike Pence on Friday publicly received the new COVID-19 vaccine, along with his wife and a top health official.
Pence, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, got the shot just after 8 a.m. in Washington.
Second Lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams were also injected.
Pence called it a “truly inspiring day” that he said signaled the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Citing experts, Pence said the average vaccine usually takes between 8 and 12 years to develop. The United States is on track to administer millions of doses of the new vaccine to people less than one year from the emergence of the CCP virus.
this is probably going to get lost in the churn of trump news stories, but it really shouldn’t. the people responsible for keeping us safe and healthy and alive made active, informed decisions to do the exact opposite to try to protect the president’s ego. https://t.co/6EyS3tbdCR
They’ll get sick, maybe a few die, but WE want this thing to be over…
… “There is no other way, we need to establish herd, and it only comes about allowing the non-high risk groups expose themselves to the virus. PERIOD,” then-science adviser Paul Alexander wrote on July 4 to his boss, Health and Human Services assistant secretary for public affairs Michael Caputo, and six other senior officials.
The epidemiologist sitting before the cameras spoke with calm authority. It was late March, and as the coronavirus spread across the United States, it came as no surprise that journalists were turning to John Ioannidis. The Stanford University medical professor was famous for his rigorous assessments – and frequent debunking – of disease treatments. He was a consummate physician-researcher, combining fluency in the mathematical models that predict a pathogen s lines of attack with experience at the bedsides of patients suffering from Aids. The surprise came in what Ioannidis had to say. As many public health experts and US government officials were urging people to stay home to avoid infection, he speculated that the coronavirus might be less dangerous than assumed. News media were overhyping the disease. The greater risk lay not in Covid-19 but in overzealous lockdowns to prevent its spread.
Despite the fact that many school districts worked at being prepared during the pandemic, this fall has been a tough road for students, parents and educators. Most used some form of hybrid learning, but many have felt it s not safe enough to have children in the classroom. And for some students, virtual learning means that they are falling further behind. Amna Nawaz reports.
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Despite the fact that many school districts worked at being prepared, this fall has been a tough road for students, parents and educators.
Most use some form of hybrid learning, but many have not yet felt it safe enough to have children back in the classroom. Some cities had children return, and then had to pull back to virtual again. And for some students, virtual learning means they are falling further behind.
A top scientist questioned virus lockdowns on Fox News. The backlash was fierce.
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Dec. 16, 2020
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The epidemiologist sitting before the cameras spoke with calm authority. It was late March, and as the coronavirus spread across the country, it came as no surprise that journalists were turning to John Ioannidis. The Stanford University medical professor was famous for his rigorous assessments - and frequent debunking - of disease treatments. He was a consummate physician-researcher, combining fluency in the mathematical models that predict a pathogen s lines of attack with experience at the bedsides of patients suffering from AIDS.