We are on track to get the second coronavirus vaccine approved by the end of the week. On Tuesday, the FDA confirmed that Moderna’s two-dose vaccine is safe and effective. In the first week of its rollout about 6 million doses will be shipped out. The government also bought another 100 million doses from Moderna for a total of 200 million at a cost of $3.2 billion. Sarah Owermohle, health care reporter at Politico joins us for more good vaccine news.

Next, Bill Barr has called it quits on being the Attorney General. He put in his resignation and will leave shortly before Christmas, about a month before the Biden administration will take over. The relationship between Barr and President Trump has soured in the last few months, especially after Barr said there was no widespread election fraud. Devlin Barrett, national security reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for more.

Finally, many are still experiencing COVID fatigue and its happening at the worst time. Despite vaccines starting to rollout, cases are rising and ICU bed availability is low, and people are letting their guard down. People are also experiencing news overload and are tired of hearing about coronavirus. Zlati Meyer, staff writer at Fast Company, joins us for what the latest polls say about how over the pandemic everyone is.

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