The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Thursday, and it is poised to be authorized for public use on Friday. The first round of shots will be shipped out within 24 hours of getting the emergency use authorization.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield made a grim prediction Thursday during a meeting held by the Council on Foreign Relations, saying that daily deaths due to COVID-19 over the next two or three months will exceed those of the 9/11 terror attacks. He added that vaccine approval will have no effect on the mortality rate over the next few months.