Tag: COVID-19

Trump's downplaying seriousness of coronavirus, undermining scientists, and playing at politics as usual is killing Americans

Trump Jr. calls medical experts morons.

Federal agencies will be weakened if the experienced, nonpartisan professionals in those organizations are replaced by political appointees.

Early voting is open almost everywhere and is generally going smoothly because the later openings have had more time to prepare and to learn from the problems that the earlier states had.

Jim W. Dean - When this is done, never so many will have owed so little to so few as the Trump gang of sociopaths.

Lack of response to COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

Never before have we reached herd immunity via natural infection with a novel virus, and COVID-19 is a novel virus.

The development of safe and effective vaccines to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or COVID-19 is essential to help bring the pandemic under control.

Trump's refusal to listen to Fauci's recommendations has cost American lives

Panelists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History discuss pandemics and scapegoating

There is a need for prevention and early detection of infection among disproportionately affected groups.

“If every child in America ate a bowl of CoronaFlakes every morning,” the President tweeted yesterday, “we could achieve herd immunity in less than two weeks..."

The COVID-19 epidemic constitutes a public health disaster.

Washington, D.C., recorded 465 new cases, a jump of 73 percent.

The ad proclaims that the country is “recovering” from coronavirus, after Trump “tackled the virus head-on, as leaders should.”

Mr Trump has expressed scepticism about measures such as masks and lockdowns to combat the spread of Covid-19, which has killed more than 213,000 people in the US.

At least two Walter Reed doctors who refused to sign nondisclosure agreements last year were not permitted to be involved in Trump’s care.

Protesters burn masks in Brooklyn coronavirus hotspot over Cuomo's crackdown on religious gatherings

When it comes to their response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep their jobs.

Rise in infection rate in Paris as Spanish authorities clash over Madrid lockdown

Symptoms of MIS-C predominantly include shock, cardiac dysfunction, abdominal pain, and elevated inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, D-dimer, and interleukin-6.

Public health experts are aghast at the way the administration is approaching the spread of Covid-19 within the highest echelons of the government and the Republican Party.

A political stunt? Or just tragicomic fate?

Beginning October 1, Gilead will be responsible for distributing Veklury in the United States upon conclusion of the previous distribution agreement with the U.S. Federal government.

When called to lead, Donald Trump Failed! Period! Failure Deserves No Reward

The billions in false claims were submitted to both public and private insurers.

“Trump mentions comprised 37.9% of the overall misinformation conversation, well ahead of any other topics.”

Personality types that are prone to believe conspiracy theories

Increases in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations

These actions are eroding the public’s confidence.

Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home were indicted on charges of criminal neglect.

Every mutation is a roll of the dice.

Strict adherence to community mitigation strategies and personal preventive behaviors by younger adults is needed to help reduce their risk for infection and subsequent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to persons at higher risk for severe illness.

Trump's personal empire is totally dependent on the United States slipping into obscurity and chaos...

An increasing number of patients are reporting awful scents that aren’t present

Russia now puts its Covid vaccine where its geopolitical mouth is. China already has several of its own in the pipeline. Putin sent a strong message to India as to who was able to assist an important ally more reliabily, the US or Russia?

For many people who’ve been hospitalized with COVID-19, regaining normal lung function may take a while.

Putin is not the only one to downplay the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated “the smallest biological molecule” that “completely and specifically neutralizes” the virus that causes coronavirus.

Prominent officials have taken the vaccine, and Saudi Arabia has ordered supplies of the vaccine from Russia, but questions about the research data remain.

Another round of Lincoln Project videos, hanging 'Shit-Stain Trump' out to dry with his own bullshit. The civil war has truly begun, as the enemies of the United States, working with the citizens of Trumptardia fight decency and reality itself.

Fear of More Teacher Deaths https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1304453161437065219?s=20 Health Editor's Note: Teachers in Missouri, South Carolina, and Mississippi have died after the beginning of the new school year....

“Many of his opinions and statements run counter to establish science, and, by doing so, undermine public-health authorities and the credible science that guides effective public health policy,”

COVID-19 is like a burglar who slips in your unlocked second-floor window and starts to ransack your house.

Jim W. Dean - If this first Russian vaccine works well, and with other vaccines following, governments can better plan their anti-Covid strategies.

Filaret called the crisis “God’s punishment for the sins of men and sinfulness of humanity.”