“It’s the best early birthday present I could wish for.”

MARGARET “MAGGIE” KEENAN, 90, on being the first Briton to receive the U.K.’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 8, a few days shy of her 91st birthday. “It means I can finally look forward to spending time with my family and friends in the New Year after being on my own for most of the year,” she said.

“Santa is exempt from this because Santa, of all the good qualities, has a lot of good innate immunity.”

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on why Santa Claus is still coming to town this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions.

“I was not trying to attract any kangaroos, I can assure you that.”

Australian jogger TRACY NOONAN, who was attacked by a large kangaroo while exercising in Beaconsfield, a Melbourne suburb, on Nov. 28. A park ranger said the woman’s perfume—“Stash” by Sarah Jessica Parker—might have attracted the animal’s ire.

“Today these platforms have become hunting grounds for censors, military cybertroops, and state-sponsored trolls.”

MING YU HAH, a regional deputy director for Amnesty International, on Google’s and Facebook’s practice of censoring user content on their platforms in Vietnam at the request of the Communist government there. Vietnamese officials hold 170 prisoners of conscience in prison, many for their social media activities, according to Amnesty.

“I’m still getting sold, even though I’m five years out of that life.”

COLLEGE STUDENT “CALI,” 23, who told New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that pornographic videos showing her sexual abuse as a minor continue to circulate on the website Pornhub. In response to Kristof’s reporting and public pressure, Pornhub said it would expand content moderation and allow uploads only by verified users.