News Information and Media Site: A third vaccine ... and Justin Trudeau joins "Meet the Press"

From NBC's Ben Kamisar

If it's Sunday, the coronavirus vaccination effort just got another shot in the arm.

The Food and Drug Administration just approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use, giving public health officials a new option that only requires one dose.

With three different options now out there, Dr. Anthony Fauci has a clear message for Americans anxiously awaiting their shot — get a shot as soon as you are eligible, regardless of the brand.

Fauci told "Meet the Press" that people shouldn't worry about different effectiveness findings from the trials of the three approved vaccines because the vaccines have never been tested side-by-side.

He praised all three vaccines (from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson) as "highly efficacious" and able to provide significant protection from serious disease.

"All three of them are really quite good, and people should take the one that's most available to them."

— Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on "Meet the Press."

With the rate of new, daily cases plunging and vaccinations increasing, there's been some discussion about easing virus-related restrictions.

Not so fast, Fauci said. While things are moving in a promising direction, we've seen many examples of relaxing restrictions leading to a new spike.

Meanwhile, Congress is weighing how to provide coronavirus relief from their perch. The House just passed its relief bill, which is headed to debate in the Senate. Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown also joined the show to discuss those efforts.

Click on the photos below to watch the full interviews with both guests.

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Northern exposure: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins MTP

As the coronavirus pandemic has underscored, the world is far more interconnected than it has ever been before.

So on today's "Meet the Press," Chuck spoke with Prime Minister Trudeau about a litany of issues important to Canada, America and the globe.

He's happy to "see America re-engage" on the world stage on issues like Covid and climate change.
He acknowledged the Canadian vaccine rollout is "not going as fast as everyone would want," but is hopeful all Canadians will be vaccinated by the "end of the summer."
He disagrees with Biden's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline but is respecting that decision.
He refused to say Saudi Arabia is a Canadian ally.
And he said that the northern border will need to stay closed for the time being to help slow the spread of the virus.

Click on the photo below to watch the full interview.

(Blair Gable / Reuters)

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DATA DOWNLOAD: The Democrats went down to Georgia

Democrats may have flipped Georgia's Senate seats and presidential vote for the first time in decades this past election, but it's been a long time coming.

We told you this week how the Democratic Party's largest gains since the 2008 election came in Georgia. And today's Data Download dives deeper, looking at the trends behind the trend.

Click on the graphic below for a closer look at how Georgia shifted.

ICYMI: As Ron Johnson turns, so does Wisconsin's GOP

As Republicans wait for Sen. Ron Johnson to announce whether he's running for a full term, Wisconsin's GOP is caught in a holding pattern.

But one thing's for sure — the party has made a significant transition away from the one that lionized former Speaker Paul Ryan and former Gov. Scott Walker into one that revolves around one man: former President Donald Trump.

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