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How the rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states

Sun, 2021-03-21 12:15 — mike kraft

A rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily... AP NEWS

Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better.

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Covid cases are rising in 21 states. Federal health officials warn against reopening too quickly

Sun, 2021-03-21 12:07 — mike kraft

Covid cases are rising in 21 states as health officials warn against reopening too quickly Even as the pace of vaccinations accelerates in the U.S., Covid-19 cases are increasing in 21 states and highly infectious variants are spreading. Emma Newburger CNBC

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ANALYSIS: How Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout

Sat, 2021-03-20 19:54 — mike kraft

BRUSSELS — The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.

The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.

“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the United States vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”

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Miami Beach declares spring break state of emergency

Sat, 2021-03-20 19:30 — mike kraft

Miami Beach declares spring break emergency The city will impose an 8 p.m. curfew in the South Beach entertainment district. YahooNews

The city of Miami Beach on Saturday declared a state of emergency over spring break crowds that have descended on the popular South Florida destination.

During an afternoon news conference, Mayor Dan Gelber announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the South Beach entertainment district. He also said shore-bound traffic on the city's causeways would be shuttered.

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Idaho Legislature suspends session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers and staff

Sat, 2021-03-20 14:18 — mike kraft

Idaho Legislature halts session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak The Idaho Legislature was forced to recess Friday for more than two weeks amid an outbreak of Covid-19 at the state Capitol among lawmakers and staff. Veronica Stracqualursi and Sharif Paget, CNN CNN

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Florida hit hard by coronavirus variants; state finally releases data after newspaper law suit.

Sat, 2021-03-20 14:06 — mike kraft

Florida releases COVID-19 variant data day after Orlando Sentinel sues for it The data shows most of the state’s variant cases have been found in South Florida, but all Central Florida counties also reported the mutated viral strains. Kate Santich orlandosentinel.com

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U.S. International Covid-19 developments briefs.

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:47 — mike kraft

The Latest: Italy to pick up pace of vaccines for elderly BERGAMO, Italy — Promises to vaccinate all Italians over 80 by the end of March have fallen woefully short, amid well-documented interruptions of vaccine supplies and organizational shortfalls.... AP NEWS

TOKYO — Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

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Overview of Covid-19 cases rising in much of the world--the Economist, with graphs

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:34 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases are rising again in much of the world More transmissible variants, rather than changes in behaviour, are largely to blame The Economist

LIKE A STORY-BOOK villain, the covid-19 pandemic has a habit of fighting back from the brink of defeat. Last summer politicians were quick to assume that the coronavirus had been squashed, only for a second wave to engulf much of Europe and North America in the autumn.

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ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

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Surging COVID-19 cases in Europe, Brazil are a warning for US

Fri, 2021-03-19 18:30 — mike kraft

Surging COVID-19 cases in Europe, Brazil signal warning for US Substantial surges in new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Europe and Brazil offer a worrying preview of what the United States faces in the coming weeks and months as the plummeting number of cases here begins to level off. Reid Wilson TheHill

Substantial surges in new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Europe and Brazil offer a worrying preview of what the United States faces in the coming weeks and months as the plummeting number of cases here begins to level off.

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