Minnesota positioned to start vaccinating health care workers, long-term care residents by the end of the month.
Yui Mok | Pool photo via AP
Dec. 9, 2020
Some Minnesotans could get COVID vaccine by Christmas
Good morning, .
More mild weather is on the way with most of Minnesota expected to stay in the 30s and 40s — plus highs Wednesday could push well into the 50s across southwest Minnesota. Find out more from Updraft.
Staying in line with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, select health care workers and workers and residents in long-term care facilities will be the first to receive the vaccination.
The FDA appears poised to approve COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer soon, closely followed by a second vaccine manufactured by Moderna. Between the two producers Minnesota would initially receive 183,400.
It won't be enough for everyone in the high-priority groups, so state officials have divided that group into different levels of priority to receive the vaccine.
In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutors argued that Hari's hate for Muslims is apparent in his writings. The Associated Press reports:
"During his remarks, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Docherty read excerpts of anti-Muslim rhetoric from The White Rabbit Handbook, a manifesto of Hari's anti-government militia group that encourages use of guerrilla war tactics and a return to 'the good old days.'"
