Axios PM: Kids' turn

Plus: Vikings got there first | Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Morgan Stanley   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Oct 20, 2021 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 473 words, a 1.5-minute read.     1 big thing: Kids' turn Reproduced from The COVID States Project; Chart: Axios Visuals The Biden administration faces a major challenge getting vaccination rates for kids as high as public health officials want. 📝 The White House released its plan today to get kids ages 5–11 vaccinated, pending FDA eligibility. It secured enough supply to equip more than 25,000 pediatric and primary care offices, hundreds of school and community health clinics, as well as tens of thousands of pharmacies. The big picture: A recent survey by The COVID States Project found that just over half of parents of children under 12 said they'd vaccinate their kids if a shot were available, and even more have concerns, Axios health care reporter Caitlin Owens notes. A quarter said they were extremely unlikely to get their kids vaccinated, and another 9% said they were somewhat unlikely. The number of parents saying they have vaccine concerns has risen — not fallen — over the last few months. What they're saying: Surgeon General Vivek Murthy left the door open to school vaccine mandates in an interview this morning with the "Today" show on NBC. "Those are decisions when it comes to school requirements that are made by localities and by states," Murthy said. Go deeper: White House fact sheet     2. The first $1 billion handle Data: Legal Sports Report; Chart: Axios Visuals New Jersey became the first state to eclipse the billion-dollar mark in monthly sports bets, Axios Sports editor Kendall Baker reports. Between the lines: New Jersey has benefited from the lack of legal options in New York, with bettors traveling across state lines to place wagers.     A message from Morgan Stanley Reports of U.S. cities' demise seem greatly exaggerated     In 2020, many media outlets predicted that COVID would drive a long-term exodus from cities. Now, a year later, Morgan Stanley analysis finds that cities like Memphis, Atlanta and Phoenix are booming or rebounding. What are the implications for assets tied to urban living?     3. Catch up quick Placards outside the Chinese Embassy in London. Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images   Senators are demanding details from Universal Electronics on an alleged deal it struck with Chinese authorities to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers from Xinjiang to a plant in southern China. Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer called for New York state to raise its minimum wage for restaurant workers to $15, Bloomberg reports. (subscription) No more legacies: Amherst College will no longer give admissions preferences to the children of alumni. Paris Hilton lobbied Congress for a bill aimed at cracking down on abuse in facilities for troubled teens.     4. 1 for the road: Vikings beat Columbus by 471 years Replicas of Norse houses from 1,000 years ago, at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images   Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed, sod-covered buildings (replicas above) stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada — evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first, Reuters reports. Scientists today said a new type of dating technique, using a long-ago solar storm, as a reference point revealed that the settlement was occupied in A.D. 1021 — 471 years before the first voyage of Columbus. Why it matters: The settlement offers the earliest-known evidence of a transatlantic crossing. It also marks the place where the globe was finally encircled by humans, who thousands of years earlier had trekked into North America over a land bridge that once connected Siberia to Alaska.     A message from Morgan Stanley Reports of U.S. cities' demise seem greatly exaggerated     In 2020, many media outlets predicted that COVID would drive a long-term exodus from cities. Now, a year later, Morgan Stanley analysis finds that cities like Memphis, Atlanta and Phoenix are booming or rebounding. What are the implications for assets tied to urban living?   Like this email style and format? Learn more about Axios HQ. It'll help you deliver employee communications more effectively.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: