I think one step in the vaccine process that has been accelerated is that they are beginning to produce the vaccine that is in the final trials so that if the trials are successful there is a supply ready to go on day 1. I believe that is different than prior vaccines. The government is basically eating the expense of the early production if the trial fails.
Really interesting perspective Tilly. And I do not disagree, but it's sad when Gov't loses the trust of the people. Like the EPA, its not protecting anyone except big industry.
since it appears that for some reason testing is down, new case numbers also will be down, thus, imo, the death rate will stay stagnant, or even rise ever so slightly, but, a drop in positive cases daily is a good thing, again, imo.
I mean, that's who I'd ask for a cure. MyPillow CEO Lindell Says White House Asked Him To Look For ‘Cures’ For Covid-19
US coronavirus: Georgia, Texas and Florida lead the country in Covid-19 cases per capita - CNN Georgia is number one again for the first time since 1981!
got these off of worldometer, total tests today about 750,000 around 30,000 more than the august average. new positives about 44,000, the august average was around 52,000. today's positive % was about 5.8, for august it was 7.2. last 4 days new positives under 45,000. not since june 30 has that been so, so, are we looking at the downhill slide, or are the last 4 days a abnormality?
Iowa has rushed to re-open their schools, and the result is being called "chaos". Iowa governor's push to reopen schools descends into chaos The federal recommendation is no more than 10% of tests should be positive to have education in the classroom, and most states are in the 3-7% range for their limit.
Won't even take that long... Sturgis motorcycle rally: A person with Covid-19 may have exposed others at a bar - CNN
This doesn’t make me feel any better. Asymptomatic kids may be more contagious than severely ill adults, new study finds
I know you are constantly hitting the refresh key waiting for these morning stats, so here they are. Updated stats from world o meter as of 8 am EDT. There were 17 states with a decrease in active cases and the total number of active cases dropped by over 8,000. New Jersey did not report a death yesterday. There were 8 states with 1-2 deaths and 6 states with 0 deaths.
The World o meter data for Florida obviously has some flaws. More than 10% of the "reported" cases in Florida should hav e recovered.
'Silent spreaders’: Evidence grows that children may play a larger role in transmission than once believed As schools reopen in parts of the United States, a paper published Thursday found that some children have significantly higher levels of virus in their airways than the most severely ill adults — suggesting their role in community spread may be larger than previously believed. The study in The Journal of Pediatrics comes on the heels of two others that offer insights about children and covid-19 transmission. On July 30, researchers reported in JAMA that children younger than 5 with mild or moderate illness have much higher levels of virus in the nose compared to older children and adults. Shortly before that, investigators in South Korea found in a household study that older children passed on the virus as readily as adults, while younger children did not. …………………………………………………………………………….. “Some people thought that children might be protected,” Fasano said. “This is incorrect. They may be as susceptible as adults — but just not visible.” Lael Yonker, lead author and a pediatric specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, expressed surprise that the viral loads of hospitalized adults who are usually kept isolated may be “significantly lower than a ‘healthy child’ who is walking around with a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load.”
