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<p><a href="https://apple.news/ATFNv47lxRYyfdQ8JnXGUwA">CNET</a> breaks down who is first in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine once one is approved. <a href="https://apple.news/AtpBUZ2JVRCmJFPTqkhTA-Q">National Geographic</a> explains the recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for who should be given priority when distributing a future vaccine. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AVyWolz6iSfKE5_qm_jP67A">Washington Post</a> reports on what global cooperation — or lack there of — could mean for the disease.</p> <p>Tens of thousands of abuse allegations have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America. The <a href="https://apple.news/A4i_l0gcpSMC4drWo8PmSlg">Wall Street Journal</a> provides some background on the history of sexual abuse within the organization, while <a href="https://apple.news/AZvgaVcf3S_SOaPjsj6y2Nw">NPR</a> has the story of one victim who was abused by a scoutmaster in the 1970s.</p> <p>James Arkin writes for <a href="https://apple.news/A66whoCwlRS-FpIdS45T8JQ">Politico</a> that the Senate runoff elections in Georgia will present an even tougher challenge for Democrats than flipping the state in the presidential race. <a href="https://apple.news/AjT7MREo4R8iYACZ7IR7HIg">Politico</a> also reports on the strategies from each party to win the elections and establish a majority in the Senate. And Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tells the <a href="https://apple.news/ARTg65udaR-S97_PrpxpWVA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> that Republican efforts to invalidate legally cast ballots in the presidential elections could depress voter turnout in the upcoming special elections.</p>
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