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Since April, the Trump administration has funneled $48 million into a program with the Mayo Clinic, allowing more than 53,000 Covid-19 patients to get plasma infusions. Doctors and hospitals desperate to save the sickest patients have been eager to try a therapy that is safe and might work. Tens of thousands more people are now enrolled to get the treatment that’s been trumpeted by everyone from the president to the actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock.

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Poll: Number of Americans who plan to get vaccinated falls to 42% — a new low

Tue, 2020-08-04 19:14 — mike kraft

So far, most of the conversation about COVID-19 vaccines has focused on the question of whether researchers can develop an effective vaccine in record time.

But maybe we should start asking another question as well: Will enough Americans actually get the vaccine for it to be effective?

“It’s not a vaccine that will save us,” says Harvard Global Health Institute director Ashish Jha. “It’s vaccination.”

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Study on the risk of COVID-19 among front-line health workers compared with thegeneral community

Tue, 2020-08-04 14:19 — mike kraft

http://www.thelancet-press.com/embargo/hcwcovid.pdf

Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

Summary Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk.

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OPINION:- Good Covid-19 News From Italy...and Sweden--Bloomberg

Tue, 2020-08-04 12:26 — mike kraft

Italy and Sweden Are Taming The Coronavirus's Potential Second Wave The countries' policies for taming the outbreak couldn't have been more different, but their current success in avoiding a resurgence should be heeded. Lionel Laurent Bloomberg.com

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Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say

Tue, 2020-08-04 11:48 — mike kraft

Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say Fast, frequent testing works best to curb coronavirus outbreaks Science | AAAS

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U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education

Tue, 2020-08-04 11:29 — mike kraft

U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a "generational catastrophe" because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be "a top priority." Michelle Nichols U.S.

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Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts

Tue, 2020-08-04 10:47 — mike kraft

Many health departments losing race to warn contacts of COVID victims As the pandemic claims hundreds of American lives daily, many municipalities lack the money and staff to warn people who have been exposed, Reuters found. Reuters

The soaring number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments’ ability to trace the contacts of those infected, a step critical in containing the virus’ spread.

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