New daily deaths dropped to 2,749 on Friday, yet the seven-day average climbed to 2,379, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The 7-day average for the three metrics that mark the severity of the nation’s outbreak – new cases, new deaths and overall hospitalizations – all broke new records for the second day in a row and a record was also set for hospitalizations
* US death toll from COVID-19 approaching 300,000 as Johns Hopkins researchers say 3,309 died on Friday
* As of Saturday morning, there have been 15,851,735 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 295,539 deaths
* New figures come as US regulators gave the final go-ahead on Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine
* Researchers in Washington State released projections showing that 502,000 Americans will die by April 1
* Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation says peak daily deaths have not yet been reached and will come in mid-January
* The IHME models predicts that 48 states are expected to have high or extreme stress on ICUs at some point in the next four months as hospitalizations continue to grow
The United States recorded more than 3,300 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday - the largest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic - as it authorized the use of Pfizer’s vaccine, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in a country where the pandemic has killed more than 295,000 people.
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech, which was shown to be 95 per cent effective in preventing the disease in a late-stage trial.
It said the vaccine can be given to people aged 16 and older.
Healthcare workers and elderly people in long-term care facilities are expected to be the main recipients of a first round of 2.9 million doses this month.
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2 comments:
1. The COVID vaccines are mRNA vaccines. mRNA vaccines are a completely new type of vaccine. No mRNA vaccine has ever been licensed for human use before. In essence, we have absolutely no idea what to expect from this vaccine. We have no idea if it will be effective or safe.
2. Traditional vaccine simply introduce pieces of a virus to stimulate an immune reaction. The new mRNA vaccine is completely different. It actually injects (transfects) molecules of synthetic genetic material from non-humans sources into our cells. Once in the cells, the genetic material interacts with our transfer RNA (tRNA) to make a foreign protein that supposedly teaches the body to destroy the virus being coded for. Note that these newly created proteins are not regulated by our own DNA, and are thus completely foreign to our cells. What they are fully capable of doing is unknown.
3. The mRNA molecule is vulnerable to destruction. So, in order to protect the fragile mRNA strands while they are being inserted into our DNA they are coated with PEGylated lipid nanoparticles. This coating hides the mRNA from our immune system which ordinarily would kill any foreign material injected into the body. PEGylated lipid nanoparticles have been used in several different drugs for years. Because of their effect on immune system balance, several studies have shown them to induce allergies and autoimmune diseases. Additionally, PEGylated lipid nanoparticles have been shown to trigger their own immune reactions, and to cause damage to the liver.
I have thought Rodger was a troll. Sometimes he comes off as high strung. Sometimes I do too.
Rodger has a very well worded comments above. He hit it out of the park like he was Babe Ruth.
I don't have to get a vaccine. So i will wait. Between the people who get vaccines, herd immunity, and the low, low death rate of COVID 19, I can afford to sit this one out.
The majority of the media have thoroughly soiled themselves in the last year. They have been soiling themselves for a long time, but it really reached a fever pitch due to the election. My belief is that it is better to take some biology sand genetics classes than believe a damn thing the media says.
I think everyone ought to do the same. Otherwise, the media will heard them off the cliff again and there might not be a recovery.
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