It’s official, Democrats have taken control of the Senate. Both Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their Senate runoff races in Georgia splitting the chamber 50/50, giving Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the tie breaking vote. For Warnock, he has achieved many historic firsts including becoming the first Black Democrat Senator from Georgia. Maya King, politics reporter at Politico, joins us for how Warnock won.




Next, with a new strain of coronavirus spreading through the U.K. and very strict lockdowns, Britain is taking a different approach to vaccinating its people. Instead of following the two shot protocol of the Pfizer vaccine taken about 3 weeks apart, officials have said they will try to give more people their first dose of the shot and delay the second shot by as much as three months. Helen Branswell, senior writer at STAT News, joins us for this modified rollout.




Finally, the death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. continues to rise, but sometimes it is hard to register the magnitude of losses. Some perspective is often needed to understand what has been lost. For instance, on average, each person in the U.S. who has died from COVID-19 has lost about 13 years of their lives. Joe Pinsker, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins us for some numbers that make the impact of the pandemic sink in.

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