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Dec 15, 2020

A tool for deciding who gets vaccinated when

The CDC’s “Social Vulnerability Index” tracks how disasters affect disadvantaged communities. Plus, the Federal Reserve begins its last interest rate meeting under President Donald Trump today. And, what’s next for the relationship between China and the U.S.?

Vials in boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020. — Vials in boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 13, 2020.
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Segments From This Episode

CDC “vulnerability index” can help states determine distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
by Justin Ho
Morry Gash/AFP via Getty Images
The CDC’s index weighs factors like a community’s poverty level, racial breakdown and housing.
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What kind of Federal Reserve Board of Governors will Biden inherit as the U.S. economy continues pandemic recovery?
Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.
Rethinking the U.S.-China relationship under the Biden administration
by David Brancaccio, Daniel Shin and Alex Schroeder
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Economist Dean Baker says the two should be sharing intellectual property in health care and climate technology, “not fighting over it.”
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The Team

David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director