12-01-20 New York 5-Point Plan Announced: manage hospital load, increase testing, keep K-8 schools open and safe, alert public that small gatherings are #1 cause of spread, get ready for vaccine distribution. (Day 276)

12-01-20 Recently-pardoned former National Security Advisor, retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn retweeted a news release from a right-wing Ohio group called “We the People Convention.” That release contained a petition asking Trump to declare martial law, suspend the Constitution, silence the media, and have the military “oversee a national re-vote.” (Day 276)

12-02-20 New York Covid Briefings will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday because of changing dynamics and spread of COVID. (Day 277)

12-03-20 Four new COVID-19 cases were reported among JCC staff and members. (Day 278)

12-05-20 After learning of two more positive COVID-19 tests, the JCC closes at 10:00am in order to bring in an outside cleaning service to disinfect and perform a deep clean throughout the entire building. (Day 280)

12-09-20 The number of single-day U.S. COVID deaths (3,124) exceeded the number of people killed on 9-11-01 (2,977) for the first time. (Day 284)

12-11-20 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for he Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. This authorization allows the vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. (Day 286)

12-11-20 Seventy-four percent of the New York's COVID spread is coming from household gatherings. (Day 286)

12-14-20 First New Yorker receives Pfizer COVID vaccine. (Day 289)

12-14-20 Cuomo indicates that if infections keep increasing at the current rate, we are likely headed for another shut-down. (Day 289)

12-18-20 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. (Day 293)

12-21-20. U.K. shuts down due to new, more infectious strain of COVID. 120 countries require U.K. travelers to have received a negative test results before arriving in the country, but the U.S. has no such requirement. Governor Cuomo is asking airlines to add New York State to the list of countries requiring tests. All three airlines flying into New York agreed. (Day 296)

12-27-20 As of Monday 12-27, all travelers must show proof of a negative test result within three days of flying into the U.S. from the U.K., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. (Day 299)

12-31-20 Congress provided $1.15 billion in funding over four years for the National Institutes of Health to support research into the prolonged health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection (long-COVID).

12-31-20 U.S COVID-19 deaths in the United States in 2020 343,000.