Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to start with the National Lead and new details unfolding from yet another horrific mass shooting in this country. This one the deadliest in the modern history of the state of texas and at a church of all places in sutherland springs, texas, about 30 miles east of san antonio. The fbi spent the day meticulously combing through the scene where 26 people were murdered yesterday. 20 others injured. Ten of them remaining in critical condition. Today we learned that the deceased range in age from just 17 months old to 77 years. A painful loss for a small tightknit community. Most of our Church Family is gone and the few of us that are left behind lost tragically yesterday. Authorities are also releasing chilling details about the killer, how he dressed in all black, wore a ballistic vest and a mask, how he spent some time in the church during his killing spree and left the church and was pursued by two Good Samaritans
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COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Fort Carson
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COLORADO SPRINGS â Vaccines are now being offered to healthcare workers and emergency services personnel on Fort Carson. The army post is the first military installation in Colorado to receive doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Evans Army Community Hospital is managing the administration of the vaccine to personnel beginning today.
According to the Department of Defense plan, the order of vaccinations will proceed as follows:
Phase 1 - Healthcare providers, healthcare support, emergency services & public safety personnel
substages cover critical national capabilities , personnel preparing to deploy overseas, other critical and essential support personnel
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Black Adult Guide to COVID Vaccine Distribution
It’s here! Shipments of COVID-19 vaccine kits have arrived in the United States and now the big questions remain: how will the vaccine be distributed, where are the most effective sites for distribution, and who will receive access first?
On December 9th, the Department of Defense announced its plan to administer allocations of the COVID-19 vaccines at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad. These sites were selected based on cold storage capability, top priority personnel, and adequate medical staff to manage the vaccines.
Initial Allocation Plan
The nation’s first vaccines for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has plagued most of 2020 will be distributed Monday, following yesterday’s emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said in a press briefing today.
Perna is the chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed an effort led by several U.S. government components and public partnerships to move the development, manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
“Make no mistake distribution has begun,” Perna said, adding that right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccines, with emphasis on quality control.