Category: Govt Incompentece
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Stanford scientists’ computer model predicts COVID-19 spread in cities
Cellphone location data points to restaurants as a virus hot spot Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Nov. 11, 2020Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 1:58 p.m. Comments 2 1of2A sign reminds…
Covid-19 in the US is a ‘humanitarian disaster,’ and the pandemic is only accelerating, health experts say
The Covid-19 crisis in America is so dire now, international aid workers have arrived to help. “This is a humanitarian disaster — probably one of…
COVID-19 is so bad in Wisconsin, DHS needed a whole new category
Wisconsin introduces new “Critically High” case activity category and all but seven counties are already in it.(Dept. of Health Services) By Nick Viviani Published: Nov….
A winter surge in COVID-19 cases seems inevitable. Can we stop it?
Temperatures are dropping, nights are growing longer, the holidays are nearing, and the science is clear: The pandemic is far from over. A long, dark…
A once restrained Fauci unleashes on White House coronavirus approach days before election
As President Donald Trump fights his way through the final days of the presidential campaign denying the pandemic — by lashing out at doctors, disputing…
Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump’s response
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions the United States is “rounding the turn” on the novel coronavirus have increasingly alarmed the government’s top health…
Trump’s COVID Advisers: He’s Now Ignorantly Pushing Herd Immunity
Scott Atlas, the president’s most favored adviser, says it’s not true. But others working on the pandemic say it’s merely a game of semantics. The…
Dr. Fauci Tells Australians That Covid in the US is ‘Getting Worse and Worse’ and Might Not Get Close to Normal Until 2022
In the waning days of a bitterly partisan presidential election amid a global pandemic, there appears to be some significant distance between President Donald Trump…
White House COVID testing expert Brett Giroir warns of ‘draconian measures’ ahead if US doesn’t get new cases under control but says a vaccine could be achieved this month and will ‘end the pandemic’
Brett Giroir appeared on Today on Wednesday morning to say the next few moths will be ‘critical’ to the country’s recovery He said that…
Kanye claims the president of Haiti gave him an island. Not so fast, says a guy in Texas
Kanye West, the eccentric rapper and producer who jetted off to Haiti in the middle of a global pandemic last month, is claiming that the…
Top infectious disease expert warns the next 6 to 12 weeks will be the ‘darkest of the entire pandemic’ as he blasts Scott Atlas’ herd immunity claims as ‘pixie dust’
Michael Osterholm said the ‘the next six to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the pandemic’ Osterholm is the director of the…
Coronavirus: What are the numbers out of Latin America?
Coronavirus cases have been going up sharply in Latin America, although there are signs that the numbers of new cases may be beginning to…
Covid-19: UK could face 50,000 cases a day by October without action – Vallance
The UK could see 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action, the government’s chief scientific adviser has warned. Sir Patrick Vallance…
White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says
The U.S. Postal Service had drafted a press release announcing plans to send 650 million masks across the U.S. early in the coronavirus crisis, but…
Coronavirus live updates: India records world’s highest increase in new COVID-19 cases
India’s case count is on track to surpass that of the U.S. within weeks. By Morgan Winsor and Emily Shapiro A pandemic of the novel…
The powerful media mogul at the core of Trump’s debunked views on vaccines and autism
President Donald Trump has expressed anti-vaccine views since 2007, when he told a reporter that he believes vaccines can cause autism in young children….
A COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Only 50% Effective. Is That Good Enough?
As we get closer to a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s exciting to imagine a day when the virus is gone. But a vaccine will not be…
Inside Oxford’s Vaccine Saga: From Wild Hype to Sobering Reality
Once hailed as the world’s best hope, the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine trial hits a bump in the road—and that might be good news. In April, Sarah…
U.S. coronavirus data is ‘disturbing,’ Dr. Fauci says, disputing Trump’s claim that U.S. is ‘rounding the corner’
KEY POINTS President Trump said Thursday evening at a White House news briefing that “I really do believe we’re rounding the corner,” adding that new…
The COVID-19 pandemic is about to enter its most treacherous phase
By Barry Eichengreen 200 Washington won’t be there to support the economy this time, as infections inevitably rise as people head back indoors BERKELEY, Calif….