Tony's Diary Package — page 540

Confirmed Cases [Thousancs) 2) is & i o _-- 17,000,000/3 10,000 New Dally Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In the U-S. PKK PSFK Peg KS es fT P&S EFS Peel PSS FF FS Day eee Day Mowing Avarage December 18, 2020 - Global - 73,300,000/1,700,000; USA - 17,000,000/310,000 Moderna's mRNA vaccine gets EUA from FDA. Likely start vaccinating within a few days (likely Monday, 21 December) Just found out that NIH will finally get doses of vaccine from Moderna (see above) which means I will likely get vaccinated on Tuesday, 22 December. I am insisting that I receive vaccine ONLY if Clinical Center ICU people ALSO receive it at the same time as I do, • Cases continue to surge. Deb's comments: Continued deterioration in CA, AZ, NV,TX, FL, PA, OH, NJ, NY and will need staffing support in most of these states except FL and TX - most concerning is CA and NV for ICUs and hospital staffing. States are now using their vents that are in their state stockpiles which is the first we have seen this occur since summer. There is significant diversity in approach to vaccination - many states approach are self defined co-morbidities which could lead to long lines if its not a combination of age plus - ie first group essential worker over 50 and general population over 65 combination of risk of exposure and risk of severe disease. Mortality from the states that have been improving is still very high daily. Deb