This week, “all the world’s a stage,” especially for William Shakespeare, the second person to be inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine in the UK. In the U.S., an outside panel of independent experts recommended Pfizer’s vaccine approval for emergency authorization. And as indicated this morning, FDA emergency use authorization approval should come shortly.
The Best and Worst of Times
The blight of COVID-19 resulted in unfortunate milestones this week – record hospitalizations, ICU stays and most sobering, a single-day high in fatalities from the infection here in the U.S.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Economic data the past week reinforced the view that the U.S. economy continues to improve. This was highlighted by the retail sales number released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday morning.