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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed who should be next in line to receive the recently released vaccine against COVID-19. The CDC said Sunday that frontline essential workers and people 75 and older should be next in line for coronavirus vaccines. Business Insider reports the US should have enough shots to complete the first two phases of vaccinations by sometime in February of 2021. Healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities have already started receiving their shots. The third round should go to those ages 65 to 74, those ages 16 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions, and any remaining unvaccinated essential worker.
An Atlanta man pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud his Fortune 500 employer. The Justice Department announced Monday that Santwon Antionio Davis submitted a fake medical letter claiming he'd contracted COVID-19. According to Business Insider, federal authorities say Davis cost the company more than $100,000 when it closed its Atlanta facility for cleaning. Davis had previously lied to the company about the death of his child to receive company benefits. However, the child never existed. What's more, it was also discovered that Davis had submitted a mortgage application with several lies about his earnings and employment history.
It's generally thought that once the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, front-line healthcare workers and nursing home residents will be first in line. But according to Gizmodo, bank tellers may get to skip the line--past them, and past the over-65's and those with underlying conditions. The industry trade group American Bankers Association has asked federal health authorities to designate consumer-facing bank employees as 'essential workers.' Such a designation would give them vaccine prioritization once the Federal Food and Drug Administration grants emergency-use authorization. To date, the U.S. has seen nearly 15 million COVID-19 cases and 280,000 deaths--the most in the world. The CDC predicts 19,500 new deaths will be reported during the week of Christmas, and that another 300,000 COVID-19 cases will be added in December.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday modified guidance on Covid-19 quarantining. The new guidelines recommend that close contacts of people infected with Covid-19 should quarantine for 7 to 10 days after exposure. According to UPI, this is a decrease from the original recommendation of 14 days. People can end their quarantine after 7 days if they receive a negative COVID-19 test. The 10-day quarantine applies to those who choose to not get tested. The non-testing options were created to account for testing delays and shortages in some parts of the country.
Over the course of the novel coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump has admitted to have knowingly downplayed the seriousness of the illness. So when Trump tested positive for COVID-19 early on Friday, experts say it may now be difficult for him and his administration to be trusted. Specifically, Business Insider reports it may be difficult for Trump to navigate a public image as a 'strong leader,' given his long track record of lies. USC communications professor Karen North says that as Trump's stance on the pandemic has been dismissive of the threat, he can't change tune quickly. He's out of commission on a topic that just went in opposition to his rhetoric. And so they now have a messaging problem, and they're going to have to figure out what their message is going to be. Professor Karen North University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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