Vials and Tribulations

“No vaccine will be widely available to the American public for months, and in the meantime, overwhelmed hospitals across the country are caring for more than 110,000 coronavirus patients – a staggering figure that has more than tripled since September.” In the US, there were confirmed 247,403 new cases on Wednesday and 3,656 Americans died of the coronavirus in a single day.

+ NPR: “The Food and Drug Administration says that some of the vials of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine being distributed throughout the U.S. contain extra doses and the agency is encouraging hospitals and clinics to use the additional shots to speed up the nationwide immunization campaign.”

+ Tyson Foods Fires 7 Plant Managers Over Betting Ring On Workers Getting COVID-19. (This is pretty sick, but the truth is that America has been gambling with the lives of meat plant workers throughout the pandemic.)