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CDC panel on COVID vaccine distribution

A CDC panel recommended on Tuesday that health care workers and nursing home residents should be first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Those initial doses from Pfizer and Moderna, which have not yet been FDA approved, could be distributed in two weeks. CBS News correspondents Mola Lenghi and David Begnaud have the latest details, and Dr. Uzma Syed, an infectious disease specialist, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss what she will be looking at once the vaccines are out in the public.

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Doctor says herd immunity still long way off

The first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed as early as mid-December, as hospitals struggle to cope with a growing surge in patients with COVID-19. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports on the toll the pandemic is taking on frontline workers, and Dr. Dyan Hes, founder of Gramercy Pediatrics, joined CBSN to discuss which groups should be prioritized when vaccines are distributed, and how long it might take to reach herd immunity.

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Doctor warns of false sense of COVID security

Millions stuck with their Thanksgiving plans despite a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for travelers to just stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2,200 COVID-related deaths were reported in the U.S. on the day before Thanksgiving, the highest one-day toll in more than six months. CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz reports from Chicago, and Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, an internal medicine physician at California Pacific Medical Center, joined CBSN to discuss.

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CDC weighs shortening COVID-19 quarantine period

As coronavirus cases in the U.S. spike to record highs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are considering a change to the agency's recommendation about quarantining for 14 days after a person tests positive for coronavirus. Dr. Wilbur Chen-- a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the director of the UMB Travel Medicine Practice and the chief of adult clinical studies at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health -- joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments for a possible coronavirus vaccine and the CDC's approach to vaccine guidelines.

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Doctor explains effectiveness of COVID vaccine

AstraZeneca announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine is up to 90% effective and even shows signs of reducing asymptomatic spread. It's effectiveness varied during clinical trials, depending on the dosage, but still averaged 70%. Dr. Uzma Syed, an infection disease specialist at New York's Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss if the variation in effectiveness is something people should be concerned about.

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