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Jeff Roberson and Jim Salter have been reporting for the Associated Press on the Covid situation in Missouri. They spoke to Dr. Shane Wilson who works in tiny, 25-bed hospital in the rural northeastern corner of the state.
Wilson’s coronavirus routine may look similar to that in a big hospital in a big city – making his rounds in masks and gloves, with zippered plastic walls between hallways and using hand sanitizer as he enters and exits each room. But there’s one stark difference. Born and raised in Memphis, a town of just 1,800 people, Wilson knows most of his patients by their first names.
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Jonathan Swan, when he’s not busy being a meme, has been looking for Axios at the vexed issue of how best to roll out a coronavirus vaccine in the US. He writes:
Governors are preparing to face one of the toughest moral choices they’ll confront in office: how to allocate limited stocks of coronavirus vaccine among outsized shares of vulnerable Americans. Everyone agrees health care workers need to be at the front of the line. But after that things get tricky.
“It really is all going to depend how much vaccine are we going to have access to, and how quickly,” said New Mexico’s Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. “If you can’t get it done quickly, it’s problematic.”
Continue reading…Country sees 28th consecutive day with over 100,000 new coronavirus cases recordedScott Atlas resigns as pandemic adviser after controversial tenureCongress races to avoid government shutdown amid pandemicWisconsin and Arizona certify Joe Biden election victoriesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 12.25pm GMTJeff Roberson and Jim Salter have been reporting for the Associated Press on the Covid situation in Missouri. They spoke to Dr. Shane Wilson who works in tiny, 25-bed hospital in the rural northeastern corner of the state. Wilson’s coronavirus routine may look similar to that in a big hospital in a big city – making his rounds in masks and gloves, with zippered plastic walls between hallways and using hand sanitizer as he enters and exits each room. But there’s one stark difference. Born and raised in Memphis, a town of just 1,800 people, Wilson knows most of his patients by their first names. 12.10pm GMTJonathan Swan, when he’s not busy being a meme, has been looking for Axios at the vexed issue of how best to roll out a coronavirus vaccine in the US. He writes:Governors are preparing to face one of the toughest moral choices they’ll confront in office: how to allocate limited stocks of coronavirus vaccine among outsized shares of vulnerable Americans. Everyone agrees health care workers need to be at the front of the line. But after that things get tricky.“It really is all going to depend how much vaccine are we going to have access to, and how quickly,” said New Mexico’s Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. “If you can’t get it done quickly, it’s problematic.” Continue reading…