Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Tuesday 02-Mar-2021
By Dr. Stuart Weiss, Intelligent Crowd Solutions – Rapid Test Center of NY
Rapid Test Center of New York
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
March 2, 2021
CoViD-19 News and Information you can trust. Welcome new readers from the Rapid Test Center.
Topics: News Tidbits and Headlines
New Testing Centers Open! We have opened our testing center in Chelsea in Manhattan and lower Westchester County . They are going great and we’re planning several more. Stay tuned.
I apologize to Bruce and Joann who don’t go to sleep until they read my newsletter each night. Tonight, I’ve kept you up late but I couldn’t get to writing this until now!
| News Tidbits Smart Vaccine thinking Finally, smart thinking on the vaccine front. I have been saying all along that I thought governments who have paid billions of dollars for vaccines should demand that formula’s are public knowledge so that all vaccine makers can make vaccines. While that didn’t happen, today it was announced that a deal brokered by the White House will allow Merck, an experienced vaccine maker to assist Johnson and Johnson to make more vaccine. This type of collaboration is not usual and the President said today that it was reminiscent of the collaboration seen in World War Two. Both the Trump and Biden administrations had explored enlisting Merck to help J&J. Merck will provide two facilities to this effort and it will take some time to ramp up but it is a step in the right direction to make more vaccine available faster. Hold Your Horses cowboy! Today, the Texas Governor announced that they are lifting the Mask MandateI know I sound like a broken record but now is not the time to let our guard down. We need to see what happens when B.1.1.7 UK variant becomes the dominant variant in the US. As we watch a leveling off of the drop in cases and wait for the possible climb in cases, all public health experts are urging Governors to maintain their public health measures. So in the state that just two weeks ago put their residents through hell when the electric grid failed due to cold weather all because they can’t be bothered to require the electric grid companies to winterize their systems, in the state that still has large swaths of their citizens that don’t have clean drinking water due to pipes bursting and pumps failing from the failed electric grid, they now face additional health risks from people who listen to the governor and think that now is the time to relax and celebrate the end of the pandemic. If I sound a bit annoyed, its because I am. 516, 283 people have died in the US from CoViD-19 so far and many or most of them didn’t have to. Governors did not do what was necessary to protect their citizens in this public health crisis. I hope we remember this and hold them accountable when it comes time to vote. When you are eligible, get your self vaccinated so we can get through this together. . Dr. Stu Weiss |
| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY |
| Coronavirus update for March 2, 2021 World Wide Updates Venezuela receives 500-thousand doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine Paris mayor says a weekend lockdown would be “inhumane” COVAX to deliver more than 230 million vaccine doses by end of May, WHO says Europe’s unified vaccine strategy is falling apart Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, receives its first Covid-19 shots The Covid-19 variant first found in Brazil is up to 2.2 times more transmissible, new study finds Austria, Israel and Denmark are looking to develop vaccines against Covid-19 variants In Mexico, whole towns are rejecting Covid-19 shots Most Russians don’t want Sputnik V vaccine and see Covid-19 as artificially created, poll finds Covid-19 vaccines cut risk of hospitalization by 80% in over 80s, real-world data shows China aims to have more than half a billion of its citizens vaccinated by the end of June Hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent Covid-19, WHO says UK mother and daughter die of COVID-19 after Christmas gathering that infected all 11 family members Italy closes schools in worst-hit areas Tunisia records first cases of UK variant Uptake of AstraZeneca vaccine at 24% in France Germany to extend lockdown, report says Turkey reopens restaurants and schools Total Cases Worldwide: 115,242,323 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,557,780 Total Recovered: 90,966,083 US Updates There will be enough vaccine doses for every adult in America by May, Biden says All our recent progress with Covid-19 could be wiped out by variants, CDC director says Ohio loosens mass gathering health orders Michigan governor easing Covid-19 restriction ahead of Johnson & Johnson vaccine shipment Mississippi governor lifting county mask mandates starting tomorrow Alaska will receive 8,900 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine Texas governor ends statewide mask mandate In final step, CDC publishes Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine recommendation White House is increasing weekly vaccine supply to 15.2 million doses per week CDC guidance for people who have been fully vaccinated expected later this week Mass US vaccination sites will be able to take 6,000 people a day, official says Nearly 70% of Americans want to get a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as the can or already have, poll shows New York City mayor pushes state to expand vaccine eligibility More Americans are feeling hopeful about the pandemic, poll finds Biden to announce Merck will work with competitor Johnson & Johnson to manufacture coronavirus vaccine The pandemic has pushed more than 200 US casinos to go ‘smoke free’ CDC director issues stark warning to Americans about Covid-19 variants Travel nurses deal with strep, loneliness and mistrust while serving as a Covid-19 rapid deployment system Rep. Karen Bass says systemic racism is playing a role in coronavirus vaccine distribution Johnson & Johnson vaccine expected in NYC as officials monitor new COVID variants Los Angeles nursing home settles lawsuit after being accused of ‘dumping’ residents for more lucrative COVID-19 patients Target 2020 sales skyrocketed, more than total sales growth over past 11 years San Diego Comic-Con goes virtual again over COVID-19 concerns and ‘limited financial resources’ Biden announces goal to get all educators at least one dose of Covid vaccine by end of March Total US cases: 29,357,983 Total US deaths: 528,667 Total Recovered: 19,875,937 Total Tested in US: 351,801,124 Total cases in CA: 3,561,010 Total deaths in CA: 52,620 Total cases in TX: 2,665,416 Total deaths in TX: 44,178 Total cases in FL: 1,918,100 Total deaths in FL: 31,142 Total cases in NY: 1,693,149 Total deaths in NY: 48,038 Total cases in IL: 1,189,416 Total deaths in IL: 22,803 Total cases in GA: 1,011.807 Total death in GA: 17,480 Total Vaccines Administered in US: 78,631,601 |
