Vaccinations Begin in the US
We ran the numbers: There are 891 news articles covering this topic. 42% (375) are left leaning, 40% (357) are center, and 18% (159) are right leaning.
On Monday, front-line health-care workers received the country’s first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. While left-leaning articles highlight that the coronavirus has now killed more than 300,00 Americans, right-leaning articles highlight that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said that Monday marked “the beginning of the end” to the pandemic.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the coronavirus has now killed more than 300,00 Americans, which is a death toll bigger than the largest cities in 20 states. In California, residents began receiving the first vaccine doses.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Anthony Fauci told NBC’s Hallie Jackson that healthy Americans without underlying health conditions should be able to receive the vaccine by the end of March. Fauci said that Americans could hit herd immunity during late spring or early summer.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said that Monday marked “the beginning of the end” to the pandemic. Although the Surgeon General said he expects hiccups in the vaccine rollout, everything has been done “from a federal level and working with partners to make it go as smoothly as possible.”
From the left
U.S. surpasses 300,000 coronavirus deaths as first vaccine shots are given
The Washington Post