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If Santa's Not Essential, Which Workers Get Vaccines?
A plan by a Trump administration official to give priority to holiday performers is out. Deciding who should get the first Covid shots is still a thorny issue.
Santa won’t be first in the vaccine line. He’ll still need that bubble.
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With Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine on the cusp of an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the first shots could begin going into arms as soon as next week. The initial round of inoculations could end up being the easiest, both in terms of the logistical process and the thorny question of who gets them.