An update from @NIAIDNews #DrFauci about #COVID19 #vaccines https://t.co/Rzvdx8CmvL
— Diedtra Henderson (@Dee_Henderson) September 23, 2020
President Trump used the U.N. General Assembly to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having ‘unleashed this plague onto the world’ https://t.co/lgznTBwR7l pic.twitter.com/7xKTGk3fQ2
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 23, 2020
Coincidentally, looks like the Kremlin may be writing Trump off as a sunk cost…
… The WHO rejected Trump’s remarks.
“No one gov’t controls us,” its communications director, Gabby Stern tweeted, adding: “On Jan. 14 our #COVID19 technical lead told media of the potential for human-to-human transmission. Since February, our experts have publicly discussed transmission by people without symptoms or prior to symptoms.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the General Assembly the WHO should be strengthened to coordinate the global response to the pandemic and proposed a high-level conference on vaccine cooperation…
Elsewhere, Repub vs. Democratic statements:
Sen. Kaine grills CDC Director Redfield on changes made to the CDC's website that scrubbed accurate information about how coronavirus is spread pic.twitter.com/Jf7ff46wjh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 23, 2020
Much of comfort was said by federal scientists to the Senate today, promising sound science will guide selections of #COVID19 plans, treatments & #vaccines. Many sighed relief.
But then this happened.
?https://t.co/S2Kc21ODYs— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 24, 2020
Big talk from a small man. Anyone thinks Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and/or Moderna are gonna risk their reputation on Trump’s say-so, I am the wallet inspector and I need to inspect your wallet now:
… Responding to a question about reports that FDA plans to issue guidance on emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines that could require two months of safety data, Trump said the White House will have the final word on approval criteria.
Guidance on vaccine authorization “has to be approved by the White House,” Trump said. He expressed skepticism about any steps that may delay authorization and cast aspersions on the integrity of FDA staff. “We may or may not approve that. That sounds like a political move because when you have Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, these great companies coming up with the vaccines and they’ve done testing and everything else, I’m saying why would they have to be adding great length to the process?”
He added that “ultimately the White House has to approve it and maybe we will and maybe we won’t.”
Trump’s statements come as HHS is trying to contain criticism of a decision by HHS Secretary Alex Azar to revoke the authority of agency heads to sign rules. Current and former HHS officials have said the step is a troubling centralization of power, while HHS maintains that concerns are misplaced (see “HHS Statement Jeopardizes Litigation”).
The President said he has “tremendous trust in these massive companies that are so brilliantly organized in terms of what they’ve been doing with the [COVID-19 vaccine] tests.” He added that the U.S. government is incapable of conducting large-scale trials, and that it is assisting companies that are conducting the trials.
In fact, NIH is conducting many of the COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trials…
The President is personally causing a lot of infections this way. There is no other single human who is going around and causing this many infections. https://t.co/VatKt3R0iW
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 23, 2020
seems more likely he just likes having rallies, and that's the extent of it. he's not a sneaky strategy guy.
also, very hard for rally crowds to overshadow 200k-plus dead folks, both in terms of reality and coverage https://t.co/OgijkWAeLf
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 23, 2020
Heading the wrong way……..#COVID19 in the USA: the nightmare continues. https://t.co/dh8NkifaPm
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 24, 2020
At least 250,000 more Americans have died so far this year than usual, a markedly higher number than the number of reported deaths from Covid. We have to look at deaths from all causes to accurately measure the pandemic's impact. https://t.co/Ywl9WNISdS
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) September 24, 2020
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Asia Today: Foreigners holding certain types of visas and residence permits will be permitted to return to China starting next week as the threat of coronavirus continues to recede. https://t.co/NkD40fM0tH
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 24, 2020
India has reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier. The country has now confirmed more than 5.6 million cases. It also reported 1,085 new deaths, raising the tally to over 90,000. https://t.co/x6Au4RumrW
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2020
Indonesia's official #coronavirus death toll passed 10,000 today and another record rise in infections brought the total to 262,022. Health experts believe the real figures for both are considerably higher. pic.twitter.com/dWmSWRM9JE
— Matthew Tostevin (@TostevinM) September 24, 2020
Israeli cabinet tightens coronavirus lockdown as infections climb https://t.co/MopUJU3GKk pic.twitter.com/B1GsleFVGa
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 24, 2020
We are going to see a repeat of March: incremental changes that are insufficient to cut lines of viral transmission. This is a slow motion car crash of a government, ruled from the cabinet to the backbenches by a streak of lethal libertarianism. https://t.co/J1WZeHP35m
— richard horton (@richardhorton1) September 23, 2020
COVID-19 smartphone app finally launches in England and Wales https://t.co/WTJPwy7AnE pic.twitter.com/qVtCPuVjYh
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 24, 2020
Madrid, one of Europe's top virus hotspots, wants to hire more doctors and get the military and police involved to help slow down its infection rate. More restrictions may be coming Friday. https://t.co/l2Bq9SF3PI
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) September 23, 2020
Saudi Arabia to gradually resume a Muslim pilgrimage which has been suspended for seven months https://t.co/OhJtnGj54Z
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 23, 2020
Face masks no longer mandatory in most of New Zealand as Covid-19 cases continue to drop https://t.co/pcvvxPONPH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 23, 2020
Among the concerns being discussed by world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly: “vaccine hoarding” that risks leaving smaller nations behind. https://t.co/oQTzN7MKRn
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2020
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Do you have, or did you have, #COVID19 ? If you want to help find a cure or treatment for the disease, your history of
or current infection may be invaluable. Check this ?????? out. pic.twitter.com/Eb9K7ke8tI— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 23, 2020
The Johnson & Johnson #COVID19 #vaccine candidate is much more promising than frontrunners from @moderna_tx @pfizer & @AstraZeneca . It requires on 1 dose, it's fairly stable & doesn't require deep-freezing, and it used the same vector model as J&J deployed for its #Ebola vax. https://t.co/4NScMUTqst
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 24, 2020
Scientists in Houston released study of 5,000+ genetic sequences of coronavirus that reveal virus’s accumulation of mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious.
Report did not find mutations made the virus deadlier or changed outcomes. https://t.co/XReCPbZeRl
— COVID19 (@V2019N) September 24, 2020
People infected with both flu and SARS-CoV-2 are more than twice as likely to die as someone with the new coronavirus alone, emerging evidence analysed by @PHE_uk has found. The data has been published as a preprint on medRxivhttps://t.co/3Qv3gxGRXB
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) September 23, 2020
Statins reduce COVID19 severity apparently by removing cholesterol the coronavirus uses to infect cells. UC San Diego researchers recently reported that statins are linked w/ reduced risk of severe COVID. Now a 2nd UCSD team has uncovered why https://t.co/X0tsJUUBwH
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 23, 2020
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As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen https://t.co/Qaizdjn14u
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) September 23, 2020
Rising #coronavirus case numbers in many states spur warning of an autumn surge https://t.co/GOBfqjPx9a
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 23, 2020
Americans have lost more than $145 million to fraud related to the coronavirus, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which said it had fielded more than 200,000 complaints from consumers. https://t.co/EoehYavjPP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 24, 2020
Missouri Gov. Parson and his wife, Teresa Parson, both test positive for coronavirus and have canceled events as they isolate, his office says. https://t.co/lViEpX8pEL
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 24, 2020
A new state of public health emergency is in place in Wisconsin as coronavirus cases spike among people between age 18 and 24 as students return to colleges for the fall semester https://t.co/RYVzKZLxtq pic.twitter.com/fYc5qlWiIx
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 24, 2020
New York City health officials warn about rising #coronavirus cases in Hasidic neighborhoods https://t.co/54ouEZytFs
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 23, 2020
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