Chief Information Security officer, meredith harper. Welcome, and over to you. Thanks very much, john. Its nice to see you, even virtually. So, today, you have everyones bio. So, i dont think i need to reintroduce our panel. But what theyre going to offer us, i think, is a way to look at the year, and back at the year in a context of cyber and health care, and give us a little bit different way to look at the latest efforts to get the vaccine out to the public. We actually have some news on this today, by the way. Well get to that a little later. Basically, the New York Times reported that Cyber Attacks related to cold storage of the vaccine have been going on since august. Its unclear whether this is about ransomware or something more sinister. But well get to that in a minute. What i thought wed do is divide the discussion basically into three parts. Were going to look at the broader issue of cyberthreats and attacks of the Health Care Sector as we sort of wrestle through a pandemic.
When one is approved. This comes as more than 157,000 cases were reported just yesterday marking the 28th straight day of at least 100,000 cases in the u. S. And more than 96,000 people are in the hospital getting treated for covid, another record. So debra lfarone is in wshington. Debra, the big question is how soon can we expect doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine to be made available . Reporter well, annemarie, they could be coming out in just a matter of weeks. It really depends on what category you fall into. It is expected Health Care Workers will be the first to see doses and after that the elderly. Today the centers for Disease Control is holding an emergency meeting to recommend who should get the Coronavirus Vaccine first. Vaccinations, that is going to be the weapon that will end the war. Reporter governors will have the final say, but the cdc is expected to prioritize the elderly and Health Care Workers. Of course with the positivity rates being high, we have both Staff Member
Capitol police, citing the increased threats against them in recent weeks. Turning now to the battle against covid19. As the white house gears up for a mass vaccination of americans, the World Health Organization has a team in wuhan, china, investigating the origins of the virus. The team was released from quarantine just yesterday. Our Ramy Inocencio was in wuhan during the initial outbreak last year and is back covering the investigation. Reporter finally free in wuhan to find covids origin. 13 experts from the World Health Organization liberated after 14 days in quarantine. They tweeted photos of their departure. New yorkbased epidemiologisted release, focus. What contacts they had, what behaviors they had, and does that lead us into different geography or different behavior. So its unclear if china is the real source, the original source of the virus. Reporter that will probably frustrate the many people around the world who believe covid did come from china. The Seafood Market tho
Its the reason you know what all your coworkers bedrooms look like without creating a problem for h. R. Right now, things are not looking good all over the world, and especially not in the united states. In fact, robert redfield, the director of the c. D. C. And man whose face got put on upsidedown by god, said yesterday that the next few months could be the most difficult in the Public Health history of this nation even worse than that sixmonth stretch when you couldnt go anywhere without hearing baby shark. We thought that was the pandemic the good news is that a vaccine is right around the corner, but you still need to get enough people to get the vaccine so that people are immune. And lets face it, in a country where millions of people refuse to wear masks, theres a good chance many of them will resist getting an injection, which is sort of like a mask that hurts. So thats why some highprofile people from across the political spectrum are forming a supergroup to promote the vaccine
Thanks to kyle i got a golden twinkle in my eye aw, shit aw, shit captioning by captionmax www. Captionmax. Com welcome to the daily social distancing show. Im trevor noah. Today is thursday, the 3rd of december, which means theres only 48 days left until donald trump is no longer president and can finally Start Building the first president ial library that has a ballpit. Anyway, coming up on tonights show drake wants to be in your house, ivanka trump wants to stay out of prison, and ludacris is joining me on the show. So lets do this, people welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick it off with the coronavirus pandemic. Its the reason you know what all your coworkers bedrooms look like without creating a problem for h. R. Right now, things are not looking good all over the world, and especially not in the united states. In