Texas storm: millions without heat, water and power as Cruz travel backlash continues – live
- Biden promises to use federal resources to help Texas
- US rejoins Paris climate accord
- Anti-Ted Cruz outrage shows little sign of abating
- Texas faces dwindling food supplies amid Arctic conditions
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Meanwhile there’s a bunch of news coming out of a COVID-19 response team briefing. New vaccination sites are being set up. Dr. Anthony Fauci has also cautioned about the availability of data for vaccines for children until early next year.
A mix of top notch healthcare reporters and political reporters are covering this.
NEWS: Fauci says unlikely to have vaccine data on *elementary children” until early 2022.
Safety/efficacy data likely for 12+ in the fall.
How weather is delaying COVID vaccines, per @aslavitt46
1. Weather hampering workforces at UPS, FedEx, McKesson
2. Road closures slow shipping
3. Power outages closing some vaccine sites
“We will be able to catch up,” he says, but it will take effort up and down the line.
NEW: White House announces five new Covid-19 vaccination sites:
-Four new community vaccination centers in Florida in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa with total capacity for 12,000 shots a day
-One in Philadelphia, PA with capacity to deliver 6,000 doses per day
Notably, Joe Biden is also promising to use the force of the federal government to help Texas.
NEW: Pres. Biden says he will make a “major disaster declaration” for Texas to unlock more FEMA resources, after speaking with Gov. Abbott last night.
Says he will sign the declaration this afternoon.
“The answer is yes,” Biden says if he has plans to go to Texas. But adds he doesn’t want to be a burden.
Read the original article at The Guardian