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POLK AND PEABODY AWARD

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LORI, KNOWING WE WERE GOING TO

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HAVE YOU ON TONIGHT I’VE BEEN

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THINKING ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS

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ALL DAY.

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HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU

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AND IN TURN HOW OPTIMISTIC

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SHOULD WE ALL BE

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>> WELL, BRIAN, IF IT’S A

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QUESTION ABOUT OPTIMISM ABOUT

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THE VACCINE OR IS IT A QUESTION

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OF OPTIMISM WHERE WE STAND RIGHT

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NOW WITH THE EPIDEMIC, ON THE

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LATTER IT’S AS GRIM AS IT COULD

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POSSIBLY BE.

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WE’RE SEEING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH.

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WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF A FOR

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PRECIPICE SO DEEP THAT I FEAR

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GREATLY FOR OUR NATION

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ON THE VACCINE SIDE, THE PFIZER

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VACCINE IS VERY PROMISING AND

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INDEED EXCITING NEWS

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BUT A COUPLE OF PRECAUTIONS AND

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THINKS TO THINK ABOUT.

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FIRST OF ALL, WE’RE ALL WORKING

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OFF A PRESS RELEASE.

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THERE’S NO SCIENTIFIC PAPER.

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NOBODY’S PEER REVIEWED ANYTHING.

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WE JUST KNOW WHAT THE ATTORNEYS

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AT PFIZER MASSAGED CAREFULLY IN

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A CRAFTED PRESS RELEASE.

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THAT PRESS RELEASE, HOWEVER,

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DOES LOOK PROMISING.

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ABOUT 47,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE

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RECEIVED EITHER A PLACEBO OR THE

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VACCINE IN TWO DOSES, THEY HAVE

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DATA NOW ON ABOUT 34,000 OF

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THEM

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AND OF THOSE 34,00094 HAVE

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DEVELOPED COVID, TESTED

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POSITIVE

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THE REMAINDER HAVE BEEN

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PROTECTED.

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NOW, THIS IS PROTECTED OVER WHAT

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AMOUNT OFTIME?

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THIS IS THE KICKER

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SEVEN DAYS

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SO WE DON’T KNOW IF WE HAVE A

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VACCINE THAT COULD PROTECT YOU

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FOR LIFE OR A WEEK, FOR YEARS.

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WE DON’T KNOW.

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WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE

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DURABILITY OF THIS RESPONSE

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MIGHT BE

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AND WE DO KNOW THAT EIGHT PEOPLE

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WHO HAD BEEN FULLY VACCINATED

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WITH TWO DOSES AFTER SEVEN DAYS

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DID GET INFECTED VERSUS THE

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REMAINDER BEING IN THE PLACEBO

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GROUP.

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SO IT LOOKS 90% EFFECTIVE, BUT

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IT’S A VERY SHORT-TERM STUDY

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HUGE NUMBER OF CAVEATS TO

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CONSIDER

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AND OF COURSE ACTUALLY

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DISTRIBUTING IT WILL BE A MAJOR

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TASK BECAUSE IT MUST BE STORED