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<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Now Is a Very Weird Time for a Vaccine Rollout

A Q&amp;A with our staff writer Sarah Zhang

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Americans were still processing Joe Biden’s victory when more big news arrived: a breakthrough in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, courtesy of the drugmaker Pfizer.

We caught up with Sarah Zhang, , to unpack why she’s feeling good about this development—and how a Biden administration might handle the pandemic differently.

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