Covid Vaccines will make little impact on the devastating winter ahead

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US coronavirus: As vaccines trickle across the US, more Americans are now hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before - CNN
A record 110,549 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized Monday, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

That will inevitably lead to more deaths as Christmas and New Year’s Day get closer.

And while more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine get sent across the country this week, there won’t be enough for everyone for months.

“This vaccine, as wonderful as it is, is not going to change the trajectory of what we experience this winter,” said Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“It’s not going to change what we need to do. It’s not going change the need for us all to wear masks, and social distance and wash our hands.”
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About 2.9 million doses of the vaccine either have been or will be received nationwide this week. That’s enough to start vaccinating 1.45 million people, since each person needs two doses.

“We’re going to have enough for 20 million people to get vaccinated by the end of December,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said.

By the end of this month, the US Food and Drug Administration could give emergency use authorization to another vaccine – this one made by Moderna.

If authorized, the US plans to start by shipping about 6 million doses across the country, said Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.

Just like the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine also requires two doses. It’s up to states to allocate their share of vaccines.

The CDC has recommended that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities get the vaccine first.
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So when will the rest of us have access to a Vaccine? Many months from now.
 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/15/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
After a day of celebration and heartache, Americans face a harsh reality with the Covid-19 crisis.

A record 110,549 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized Monday, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

That will inevitably lead to more deaths as Christmas and New Year’s Day get closer.

And while more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine get sent across the country this week, there won’t be enough for everyone for months.
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