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Dec 08 2020
Analysis
Dueling events will starkly contrast Biden's and Trump's approaches to pandemic
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday will introduce the scientists and doctors he says will finally defeat the pandemic -- but for now, his team can only watch as a wave of infection and death deepens the crisis he will face after January 20.
As Biden will give his most significant preview yet of his plan to tackle the worst health challenge in 100 years, President Donald Trump -- whose
CNN (Online News)Feb 23 2022
News
C.D.C. Withheld Significant Amount of Pandemic Related Data
The C.D.C. has only published a fraction of the data it has collected since the onset of the pandemic two years ago, withholding significant data and information that could have supported local officials in targeting their pandemic mitigation efforts.
The agency is only now sharing wastewater data with the public, despite having access to state wastewater information since the
Daily BeastFeb 23 2022
News
The C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects
For more than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on hospitalizations for Covid-19 in the United States and broken it down by age, race and vaccination status. But it has not made most of the information public.
When the C.D.C. published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65 two weeks ago, it left out
New York Times (News)Aug 08 2020
News
2020 Libertarian presidential candidate skips campaign event after getting bitten by bat
The Libertarian Party's presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, didn't attend a campaign event after getting bitten by a bat.
Jorgensen, 63, said she missed a campaign event on Saturday morning because a doctor advised her to get a rabies vaccine after the bat attack.
"We are sorry to report that Dr. Jo Jorgensen will not be able to attend the campaign rally tomorrow morning," she
Washington ExaminerFeb 22 2022
Analysis
Democrats Have Been Souring On Biden Since Last Summer
In a moment of deep political gloom, having faith in any politician might feel like a dangerous game. But starting with President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election and continuing into his first months in office, polls showed that Democrats were starting to feel more hopeful. Vaccinations for COVID-19 began to roll out en masse. Case numbers started to subside. The first stimulus checks
538 (ABC News)Jan 01 2021
Analysis
Goodbye, 2020. You were awful, but some lights shine through.
For most people, a list of the best news stories in 2020 would be extremely short. But even in a year marked by much grief and countless sorrows, there have been terrific examples of great changes for the better. Chief among these is the success of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine-development project. Few predicted that one, much less two, pioneering vaccines would
Guest Writer - RightJul 12 2020
Background
Should face masks be mandatory nationwide?
Face masks have been at the center of a debate over the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic since the early days of the outbreak.
In March, public health officials told Americans not to buy masks because their effectiveness in preventing viral transmission was unproven and out of fear that there would be mask shortages for health care workers. A growing body of scientific evidence
Yahoo! The 360Jul 12 2020
News
Should face masks be mandatory nationwide?
Face masks have been at the center of a debate over the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic since the early days of the outbreak.
In March, public health officials told Americans not to buy masks because their effectiveness in preventing viral transmission was unproven and out of fear that there would be mask shortages for health care workers. A growing body of scientific evidence
Yahoo! The 360Jan 16 2022
Opinion
It’s Not ‘Encouraging’ That Mostly People With Disabilities Die Despite Covid Shots
Asked on ABC‘s Good Morning America (1/7/22) about “encouraging headlines that we’re talking about this morning, this new study showing just how well vaccines are working to prevent severe illness,” CDC director Rochelle Wallensky responded:
The overwhelming number of deaths, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities, so really these are people who were unwell to
FAIRDec 20 2021
Analysis
Omicron is here. What are your treatment options if you get Covid-19?
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the coming omicron wave, but there’s one thing we can be pretty sure about: A lot of people are going to get sick. Omicron is highly contagious, and people with previous immunity from a Covid-19 infection, or from vaccination, appear more vulnerable to omicron than to previous variants.
For vaccinated people, omicron cases are likely to be mild,
Vox