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Last week infection rates surged across the U.S. and here in Florida, and there were reports of sharp drops in economic activity in response. Retail sales dropped for the third month in a row and new unemployment claims climbed. This is problematic for Central Florida’s tourism-based economy. Economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind says things will change if President-elect Joe Biden is able to do 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days of his administration, as planned. But the change will be slow.

The Florida Capitol will be illuminated amber as part of the Biden-Harris inauguration’s national moment of unity and remembrance for the more than 397,000 American lives lost to COVID-19.

The Palm Beach district sent out a memo telling teachers if they show the presidential inauguration in their classrooms, they must be, "balanced and fair." Some teachers have interpreted the note to mean they shouldn't share the event with their students at all. WLRN's Sherrilyn Cabrera tells us more.

The Osceola County schools superintendent says the district is working with local health providers to get ready for vaccinating teachers for the coronavirus as soon as possible.

The annual street survey of homeless people is being delayed or put off completely in some parts of the U.S. during the pandemic, even as the country's unsheltered population appears to be growing.

Meanwhile, the state reports that more than one million people in Florida have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Ninety-three thousand have received both doses.

Rebekah Jones has said she lost her job after refusing to manipulate data to suggest Florida was ready to ease coronavirus restrictions.

In a statement, Global Medical Response blamed "unforeseen circumstances surrounding the national supply of COVID-19 vaccines."

First, can someone who has been vaccinated still spread the disease? Second, will the vaccine remain effective as the virus itself evolves? And third, how long will the vaccine's protection last?

Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.