News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Cases of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen being rolled out from a facility in Mississippi to be shipped to the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tennessee for nationwide distribution. https://t.co/tyxIP8dhZa pic.twitter.com/4LkPBuuUx9
— ABC News (@ABC) December 20, 2020
Several European countries have halted flights from the UK after the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19 that officials say spreads faster than others https://t.co/Cwo9pqMsY5
— CNN (@CNN) December 20, 2020
Experts say it is "very common" for viruses to mutate, and though it is considered to be spreading more quickly, there is no evidence so far to suggest the new strain is more potent in terms of severe illness or fatality. https://t.co/UwXjYajqZg
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 20, 2020
White House adviser Dr. Deborah Birx traveled with three generations of her family from two households after Thanksgiving. That was after she warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.” https://t.co/eaZUhf6f7Y
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 20, 2020
Messaging is more complicated than in the 1950s, when Elvis vamped for the camera.
— POLITICO (@politico) December 20, 2020
Now, there is a whole new category of vaccine hesitancy — people who normally trust vaccines but are alarmed by Trump’s exaggerated timetable. https://t.co/CSzkbA6MFR
This 107-year-old Minnesota woman survived Covid-19. It isn't the first pandemic she has lived through.
— CNN (@CNN) December 20, 2020
Born in 1913, Tillie Dybing was almost 5 years old when the 1918 flu pandemic hit her family farm in North Dakota, she said. https://t.co/yVToVIHOY8
Romney on GOP of old: "We were happy to play a leadership role on the world stage because we felt that made us safer & more prosperous, & we believed that character was essential in the leaders we chose."
— Axios (@axios) December 20, 2020
"I don't see us returning to that for a long time"https://t.co/h5eZRI9hZq
Lawmakers are closing out the deal ahead of a midnight government shutdown deadlinehttps://t.co/40qjQGbo1h
— POLITICO (@politico) December 20, 2020
At least 9 people were killed in a car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. https://t.co/FAGtNCkdNE
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 20, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn will come within 0.1 degrees of each other, forming the first visible "double planet" in 800 years https://t.co/zexo8HNG15
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 20, 2020
