Coronavirus Rages as Officials Prepare for Vaccine Rollout

Reuters

Reuters

 

We ran the numbers: There are 4414 news articles covering this topic. 51% (2255) are left leaning, 36% (1597) are center, and 13% (562) are right leaning.

A model from Washington University in St. Louis predicts that the United States could double in COVID-19 cases by Inauguration Day. While left-leaning articles highlight that the United States hopes to ship 6.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines within 24 hours of authorization, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden is fear mongering that “more people may die” because of Trump. 

A left-leaning article by USA Today highlights that the United States hopes to ship 6.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines within 24 hours of authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. By the end of the year, the United States hopes to have almost 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which will first go to front-line healthcare workers and then to essential workers. 

The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the U.S. could reach 20 million cases by January 20. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against traveling for Thanksgiving as cases spread, as more than 3.1 million cases were reported in the U.S. since the beginning of November. 

A right-leaning article by The New York Post highlights that Biden is fear mongering that “more people may die” because Trump hasn’t begun shifting oversight over COVID-19 vaccines to Biden, even though Biden’s advisers already have dangerous ideas about who should get vaccinated first. The article notes that the best Americans can hope for is that Biden and his political appointees don’t meddle in the nation’s vaccine plan.


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