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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: US President Donald Trump signed an executive at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. The president signed an executive order stating the US would provide vaccines to Americans before aiding other nations. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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An employee holds a block of dry ice at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory, in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 2020. - Amid a whipsaw year that saw a surge in demand for its dry ice and a shortage of the carbon dioxide needed to make it, Capitol Carbonic received a call from a prospective customer: Pfizer. The global pharmaceutical giant was on the hunt for the quarter-inch pellets Capitol Carbonic, a six-decade-old family concern, spits out of a machine resembling a giant spaghetti maker in a Baltimore warehouse -- exactly what Pfizer needs to keep its Covid-19 vaccine at just the right, very chilly, temperature. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY- DECEMBER 03: A plane sits on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport on December 03, 2020 in New York City. Despite a recent rise in airline travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, the airline industry is still experiencing a historic drop in traffic and profits due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. (Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Detroit poll worker Jessy Jacob is questioned by Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and an attorney with President Donald Trump's campaign in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan on December 2, 2020. - The president's attorneys, led by Rudy Giuliani, have made numerous allegations of election fraud. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 15: Activists stand together near the entry gate at the Krome Service Processing Center as they honor the life of Kuan Hui Lee on August 15, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Lee was 51 years old man from Taiwan who recently died while in the custody of the Immigration and Customs and Enforcement at the Krome Service Processing Center. The activists held a vigil near the entrance to the facility as they bring attention to the preventable deaths at the hands of ICE including those being killed by COVID-19 while in custody. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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