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How are States Prioritizing Who Will Get the COVID-19 Vaccine First? https://www.kff.org/?p=501104

Federal government is providing Covid-19 vaccines and some supplies, but states must hire medical workers, set up clinics, provide community outreach—straining already burdened budgets https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-covid-vaccines-to-people-will-cost-states-billions-they-dont-have-11607855400?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

‘The weapon that will end the war’: First coronavirus vaccine shots given outside trials in U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/14/first-covid-vaccines-new-york/?tid=ss_tw

'Autoantibodies' may be driving severe Covid cases, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/13/autoantibodies-may-be-driving-severe-covid-cases-study-shows?CMP=share_btn_tw

Role-playing, planning for earthquakes, mass training: US health care centers prep for arrival of COVID-19 vaccine https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/13/covid-19-vaccine-us-health-care-centers-coronavirus/6529877002/

Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots https://khn.org/MTIyNzMyNw

Vaccinated? Show Us Your App https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/technology/coronavirus-vaccine-apps.html?smid=tw-share

Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women May Opt to Receive the Vaccine https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/health/coronavirus-vaccine-pregnant-breast-feeding.html?smid=tw-share

Who will get vaccinated first? Maryland's COVID-19 vaccine distribution timeline in 4 phases https://www.wbal.com/article/491537

In COVID Hot Zones, Firefighters Now ‘Pump More Oxygen Than Water’ https://khn.org/MTIyNTY5Ng

‘The weapon that will end the war’: First coronavirus vaccine shots given outside trials in U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/14/first-covid-vaccines-new-york/?tid=ss_tw

Politics

Electoral college affirms Biden’s victory on a relatively calm day of a chaotic election https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/electoral-college-affirms-bidens-victory-on-a-relatively-calm-day-of-a-chaotic-election/2020/12/14/0994b232-3e48-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Biden calls Trump’s attacks on voting ‘unconscionable.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/biden-calls-trumps-attacks-on-voting-unconscionable.html?smid=tw-share

Warnock And Ossoff Are Testing A New Strategy For Democrats In The South https://53eig.ht/3a2OiAc

Amid a fusillade of baseless claims, Georgia sees a normal start to early voting in Senate runoffs https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-senate-run-offs-early-voting/2020/12/14/0a2e0ca2-3e43-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Biden to face wary allies after four years of Trump’s ‘America First’ rhetoric https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/09/biden-europe-allies-nato/?tid=ss_tw

William Barr Is Out as Attorney General https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/politics/william-barr-attorney-general.html?smid=tw-share

Proud Boys sparked clashes during pro-Trump rally, D.C. officials say https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-rally-violence-proud-boys/2020/12/14/bf2f5826-3e26-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-kemp-election/2020/12/13/d8adc202-3b37-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html?tid=ss_tw

The vandalism of D.C.’s Black churches is sickening. It must be prosecuted. https://wapo.st/34f8sU9?tid=ss_tw

Finance

Small-business loans to big companies prompt Congress to overhaul PPP rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/11/ppp-sba-loans-sonic/?tid=ss_tw

Opinion | Maryland needs better broadband — everywhere https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/maryland-needs-better-broadband--everywhere/2020/12/10/03cd6b20-35bd-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Baltimore County Public Schools announced Friday all students and staff with an HP or Windows-based device from BCPS must go to a Baltimore County public high school to have it replaced following the recent ransomware cyber attack. https://cbsloc.al/3ndIAiG

Gmail, YouTube and other Google services back online after widespread outage https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/14/gmail-youtube-google-outage/?tid=ss_tw

DHS, State and NIH join list of federal agencies — now five — hacked in major Russian cyberespionage campaign https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-is-third-federal-agency-hacked-in-major-russian-cyberespionage-campaign/2020/12/14/41f8fc98-3e3c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Federal government is providing Covid-19 vaccines and some supplies, but states must hire medical workers, set up clinics, provide community outreach—straining already burdened budgets https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-covid-vaccines-to-people-will-cost-states-billions-they-dont-have-11607855400?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

ObamaCare support back at record high: Gallup https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/529390-obamacare-support-back-at-record-high-gallup#.X9fNY2Qw_G0.twitter

Catholic parishioners gave more money to churches that went online during quarantine than to those that did not https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/12/14/covid-coronavirus-shutdown-catholic-parish-offertory-giving-down/?tid=ss_tw


 

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