Control Of Covid-19 In The US Is Mostly Bad News, But Highly Effective Vaccines And Declining Fatality Rates Are The Good News As Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are increasing in most US states, compliance with recommended control measures seems to be decreasing. Over 2,000 deaths were recorded in one day before Thanksgiving and the CDC warning to avoid travel over the holiday went unheeded at many airports.
has now recorded over 263,000 deaths and it projects an additional 208,000 deaths by March 1 for a total approaching half a million (471,000) caused by SARS-CoV-2. This prediction assumes that states will re-impose social distancing mandates as risk increases beyond 8 daily deaths per million. Otherwise, the final death count by March 1 could reach 658,000. For now, IHME estimates that daily deaths will reach a peak of over 2,500
More Deaths According to the Institute for Health 2 Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the US
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President-elect Biden Releases Seven Point Plan To “Beat” Covid-19 Plan Reflects Belief That It's Not Too Late To Make A Difference The newly elected president Joe Biden lost no time in announcing the creation of an advisory task force and the release of a 7-point plan to tackle the pandemic. The overall guiding principles for the plan are to 1) listen to science, 2) ensure public health decisions are informed by public health professionals, and 3) promote trust, November 2020
transparency, common purpose, and accountability in government. The Task Force of approximately a dozen experts includes at least one epidemiologist, namely Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm. - Biden cont'd on page 3 •
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