COVID-19

The Trump Admin Has A Plan To Distribute The Vaccine — That Ends When Biden Takes Office
Fauci ‘Strongly’ Recommends That Biden Receive COVID Vaccine ASAP ‘For Security Reasons’
Vaccine Distribution Rehearsals Portend Delays, State Official Told Congress
WH Feigns Selflessness Before Admitting Some Staff Will Still Get Early Vaccine Access
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 19: Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) It’s Good To Be The King’s Lawyer: Giuliani Details ‘Celebrity’ COVID Treatment
Where Things Stand: A Mess For Biden? Prime Badge
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The Trump administration is setting some pretty lofty expectations for when Americans can actually expect to see widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. During an interview on the “Today Show” Health and Human Services Secretary Alexander Azar used the platform to suggest that the average American can expect to start seeing widespread distribution of the vaccine — meaning they can get vaccinated at their local pharmacy — by late February or early March. Read More 

Azar Predicts General Population Can Start Getting Vaccine By End Of Feb, Early March
Trump Says WH Will Get Vaccine ‘Somewhat Later’ Following Reports He’ll Be Among First To Get It
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 23: FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn looks on as President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment during a press conference in James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on on August 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. The move by the FDA comes after President Trump accused the FDA of slow-walking the therapy to harm his reelection chances.(Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images) ‘Untrue Representation’: FDA Chief Denies WH Pressured Him Into Approving Vaccine
Azar Dismisses Bipartisan Report On Govs Urging More Fed Funding On COVID As ‘Partisan Sniping’
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