Vanessa Arroyo, a nurse, receives a COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Rafael Martinez on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida. - Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/TNS
The White House coronavirus testing czar said Sunday that the new coronavirus strain making the disease more transmissible is no match for the vaccines that are already being rolled out. “We have no evidence that suggests, nor do we believe, that ... the vaccine would not be effective,” Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir told anchor Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “In other words, we do believe the vaccine will be effective against this variant.” Giroir, sworn into his role at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2018, said states would ultimately determine who...
