Trump and the CDC can't agree on a vaccine timeline

Trump and the CDC clash on vaccines; Congress slams Boeing for 737 crashes. Tonight's Sentences was written by Benjamin Rosenberg. TOP NEWS The US promises a free Covid-19 vaccine — when you’ll get it is another matter [Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images]( Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images - In a new “playbook” outlining the ambitious plan to distribute a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved, US officials made assurances that the vaccine will be available to any American who wants it, regardless of ability to pay. Health care providers can still charge administration fees. [[USA Today / Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub](] - When these plans will be activated is very much up for debate: Trump told reporters that the US will be able to distribute 100 million vaccine doses by the end of 2020. [[Reuters](] - That contradicts recent comments by CDC Director Robert Redfield, who said a widely available vaccine is unlikely before the middle of 2021. [[CBS News / Audrey McNamara](] - The CDC’s own playbook says even if a vaccine is approved by November, early supplies will be limited. The initial supply is expected to go to health care workers and high-risk populations. [[CNN / Jamie Gumbrecht and Naomi Thomas](] - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Trump is putting politics ahead of safety, expressing doubt about whether a vaccine approved by the Trump administration would be safe. “I trust vaccines. I trust scientists. But I don’t trust Donald Trump,” he said Wednesday. [[Washington Post / Sean Sullivan](] - Nine companies attempting to develop a vaccine — including AstraZeneca and Pfizer — pledged earlier this month to stick to the science and not rush to get the vaccine approved before the November election. [[Vox / Umair Irfan](] - As of Thursday morning, the US had reached more than 6.63 million Covid-19 cases, and nearly 197,000 Americans have died from the virus. [[NPR / Stephanie Adeline, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Alyson Hurt, Thomas Wilburn, Daniel Wood, and Ruth Talbot](] [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( House report finds Boeing at fault for 737 crashes - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee published a blunt report on Boeing’s now-grounded 737 Max jetliner, saying, “Boeing failed in its design and development of the Max, and the Federal Aviation Agency failed in its oversight of Boeing and its certification of the aircraft.” [[USA Today / Chris Woodyard](] - The report found that failures at both Boeing and the FAA “played instrumental and causative roles” in two crashes — in October 2018 and March 2019 — that killed a total of 346 people. [[NPR / David Schaper](] - Committee chair Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) said in the report that “conflicts of interest” in the system gave Boeing employees oversight authority — decisions that should be coming from the government. [[The Street / M. Corey Goldman](] - Pilots kept noticing the pattern of behavior that is suspected to be behind the two crashes — the planes would suddenly nose down during the ascent after takeoff. [[The Verge / Daryl Campbell](] - A report in March by the same committee faulted Boeing’s “culture of concealment.” The FAA declined to address the findings at the time but said it is a “learning agency” and would “welcome the scrutiny.” [[Washington Post / Ian Duncan and Michael Laris](] MISCELLANEOUS Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s team said a nerve agent allegedly used to poison him was found on a water bottle in his hotel room, suggesting he was poisoned there. [[ABC News / Patrick Reevell](] - Former model Amy Dorris accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her in 1997, joining more than 20 women with allegations of sexual misconduct against the president. [[Vox / Li Zhou](] - Biden — an Irish American — warned the United Kingdom that any post-Brexit trade deal with the US would have to preserve the Good Friday Agreement, which safeguards peaceful relations between Northern Ireland and both the Republic of Ireland and the UK. [[Euronews / Alasdair Sandford](] - “Karen” may become a Halloween costume trend: An Etsy seller is offering Karen wigs, and an Amazon seller has printed shirts that read “I Want to Speak to the Manager: This is My Karen Costume.” [[Vice / Jelisa Castrodale](] [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( VERBATIM "The notion that line prosecutors should make the final decisions within the Department of Justice is completely wrong. … Letting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool, but it's no way to run a federal agency." 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