States excitedly announced the arrival of their first COVID-19 vaccine shipments today, as the first Americans, mostly healthcare workers, appeared in front of cameras to receive the first doses on a day that the nation passed the grim threshold of 300,000 deaths.Developments moved quickly over the weekend with actions by federal agencies.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally approved emergency use for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine the evening of Dec 11.And yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accepted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation that people ages 16 years and older should receive it, with health workers and nursing home residents immunized first.