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AdvertisementMore than half of states are reporting upticks in coronavirus cases as US surpasses 200,000 deathsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptwill have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year. President Trump made a jaw dropping declaration from the White House on Friday and likely much more than that, despite no proven vaccine yet, he even went further, promising enough for all Americans. By April, the vaccines air going through the gold standard of clinical trials and very heavy emphasis placed on safety. Three vaccines are already in the final stage. Joe Biden's anti vaccine theories are putting a lot of lives at risk, and they're only doing it for political reasons. It's very foolish. Trump's timeline contradicts the one given earlier in the week by Dr Robert Redfield, director of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Redfield said there wouldn't be widespread vaccination until late spring or summer of next year. I can't think of any president has never acted, in my view so selfishly but his own re election instead of a sworn obligation to protect and defend the American people. In the meantime, the U. S. Will soon hit 200,000 deaths since the cove in 19 pandemic began outpacing all other countries. We grow numb to the numbers and behind each number is a person and family struggling. Justin Vine recently woke up from a medically induced coma 56 days after being put on a ventilator. Oh, it definitely changed my perspective. Um, I'm like life and it still now I see this in a more really way. I knew it was serious before, but so this is the is the rial. Uh, it is, in fact, everybody pretty differently. But my professional life, it's just, you know, the time we have is precious. For nearly two months while he was in a coma, the seven day average of new cases saw an overall decline around the country. But in recent days, it has ticked slightly upward, along with a seven day average of new deaths can be a nasal problem. Both sides. Things is happening in every region of the country, including the Northeast, which had quashed its initial outbreak in the spring. We're being cautious, but probably a lot of kids coming back from all over the country to college has a little bit of an impact. Outbreaks among the college population in Boulder, Colorado, prompted new testing sites to be set up there and to college football games this weekend have been postponed due to athletes testing positive. The Kansas City Chiefs, one of the few NFL teams to allow fans in the stadium in the first week, had a fan test positive after its September 10th game. Now, 10 others who were in close contact have to quarantine. On Friday, the 500 updated its guidance toe once again emphasized that anyone who has been in contact with an infected person should be tested even if there are no symptoms.AdvertisementMore than half of states are reporting upticks in coronavirus cases as US surpasses 200,000 deathsAs more U.S. states head in the wrong direction with coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has retracted key information about how the virus spreads.The U.S. surpassed 200,000 coronavirus deaths Tuesday, with the number of new weekly cases rising in 28 states, according to data from Johns Hopkins University."We may be in for a very apocalyptic fall, I'm sorry to say," said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine."And it's happening because we're forcing schools to reopen in areas of high transmission. We're forcing colleges to reopen, and we don't have the leadership nationally, telling people to wear masks and to social distance and do all the things we need to do."Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said she agrees this fall "could be apocalyptic" after recent spikes."Why are we going back up? I think there are a few reasons," Marrazzo said,"One is that there is general fatigue. People are really tired of this," she said. "And then the second thing is ... the completely contradictory messages that we're getting -- not just the misinformation, but also the confusion about how things are spread."She cited a recent update from the CDC that said you can get COVID-19 just by inhaling tiny particles from an infected person's breath that linger or travel in the air."There is growing evidence that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond 6 feet," the CDC's website said in an update Friday. "In general, indoor environments without good ventilation increase this risk."Many doctors have known that for months -- hence their pleas for the public to wear masks."The updated guidance would have been fine if it came out last May," Hotez said. "We knew all of these things months ago."But by Monday afternoon, the CDC's update was removed."The fact that they retracted this, even though this is common scientific knowledge at this point, one has to wonder what's behind it," said Dr. Leana Wen, a CNN medical analyst and an emergency physician at George Washington University."Was there political pressure? Political interference that's driving this rather than science?"The removal was not the result of political pressure, according to a federal official familiar with the situation."This was totally the CDC's doing," the official said. "It was posted by mistake. It wasn't ready to be posted."The official said the guideline change was published without first being thoroughly reviewed by CDC experts."Somebody hit the button and shouldn't have," the official said.The official added that the guidance is "getting revised," but didn't say when the revision would be posted to the CDC's website.Both the heads of the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration were appointed by President Donald Trump. And while Trump said he gives himself an "A+" on his handling of the pandemic, he has also said he "wanted to always play it down."When asked why the CDC retracted its update on aerosolized spread, a spokesman for the agency said it was posted in error."A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website," CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said in an email to CNN."CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted." Where COVID-19 cases are rising and fallingAs of Monday, 28 states had more new cases this past week compared to the previous week, according to Johns Hopkins data.Sixteen states are holding steady, and only six states are showing declines in new cases: Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina and Vermont. But it's not just the raw numbers of new cases that the public should pay attention to. It's also the test positivity rates -- the percentage of tests taken that turn out to be positive.The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised governments maintain test positivity rates at or below 5% for at least two weeks before businesses reopen.As of Monday morning, 27 states and Puerto Rico had test positivity rates higher than that 5% threshold, according Johns Hopkins University.On the other end of the spectrum, five states have test positivity rates lower than 1% -- Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. The race for a (safe and effective) vaccineCDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has said a vaccine might not be available to most Americans until mid-2021.But Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, told CNBC Monday that "we are pretty close" to having a vaccine for COVID-19.Operation Warp Speed is the federal government's effort to speed development of drugs, vaccines and other measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.At least three vaccines are in Phase 3 clinical trials in the U.S. Slaoui said it's possible vaccine efficacy could be determined between October and January."The longer we wait, the more likely," Slaoui said.If approval or authorization is granted by November or December, "we may be able, for instance, to immunize the most susceptible populations in the U.S. by December of 2020," Slaoui said."Most of the elderly population and first-line workers in January of 2021, and the rest of the U.S. population progressively in the month of February, March and April," Slaoui said.As more U.S. states head in the wrong direction with coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has retracted key information about how the virus spreads.The U.S. surpassed 200,000 coronavirus deaths Tuesday, with the number of new weekly cases rising in 28 states, according to data from .Advertisement"We may be in for a very apocalyptic fall, I'm sorry to say," said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine."And it's happening because we're forcing schools to reopen in areas of high transmission. We're forcing colleges to reopen, and we don't have the leadership nationally, telling people to wear masks and to social distance and do all the things we need to do."Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said she agrees this fall "could be apocalyptic" after recent spikes."Why are we going back up? I think there are a few reasons," Marrazzo said,"One is that there is general fatigue. People are really tired of this," she said. "And then the second thing is ... the completely contradictory messages that we're getting -- not just the misinformation, but also the confusion about how things are spread."She cited a recent update from the CDC that said you can get COVID-19 just by inhaling tiny particles from an infected person's breath that linger or travel in the air."There is growing evidence that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond 6 feet," the CDC's website said in an update Friday. "In general, indoor environments without good ventilation increase this risk."Many doctors have known that for months -- hence their pleas for the public to wear masks."The updated guidance would have been fine if it came out last May," Hotez said. "We knew all of these things months ago."But by Monday afternoon, the CDC's update was removed."The fact that they retracted this, even though this is common scientific knowledge at this point, one has to wonder what's behind it," said Dr. Leana Wen, a CNN medical analyst and an emergency physician at George Washington University."Was there political pressure? Political interference that's driving this rather than science?"The removal was not the result of political pressure, according to a federal official familiar with the situation."This was totally the CDC's doing," the official said. "It was posted by mistake. It wasn't ready to be posted."The official said the guideline change was published without first being thoroughly reviewed by CDC experts."Somebody hit the button and shouldn't have," the official said.The official added that the guidance is "getting revised," but didn't say when the revision would be posted to the CDC's website.Both the heads of the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration were appointed by President Donald Trump. And while Trump said he gives himself an "A+" on his handling of the pandemic, he has also said he "wanted to always play it down."When asked why the CDC retracted its update on aerosolized spread, a spokesman for the agency said it was posted in error."A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website," CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said in an email to CNN."CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted." As of Monday, 28 states had more new cases this past week compared to the previous week, according to Johns Hopkins data.Sixteen states are holding steady, and only six states are showing declines in new cases: Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina and Vermont. But it's not just the raw numbers of new cases that the public should pay attention to. It's also the test positivity rates -- the percentage of tests taken that turn out to be positive.The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised governments maintain test positivity rates at or below 5% for at least two weeks before businesses reopen.As of Monday morning, threshold, according Johns Hopkins University.On the other end of the spectrum, five states have test positivity rates lower than 1% -- Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has said a vaccine might not be available to most Americans until mid-2021.But Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, told CNBC Monday that "we are pretty close" to having a vaccine for COVID-19.Operation Warp Speed is the federal government's effort to speed development of drugs, vaccines and other measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.At least three vaccines are in Phase 3 clinical trials in the U.S. Slaoui said it's possible vaccine efficacy could be determined between October and January."The longer we wait, the more likely," Slaoui said.If approval or authorization is granted by November or December, "we may be able, for instance, to immunize the most susceptible populations in the U.S. by December of 2020," Slaoui said."Most of the elderly population and first-line workers in January of 2021, and the rest of the U.S. population progressively in the month of February, March and April," Slaoui said.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementMore than half of states are reporting upticks in coronavirus cases as US surpasses 200,000 deathsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptwill have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year. President Trump made a jaw dropping declaration from the White House on Friday and likely much more than that, despite no proven vaccine yet, he even went further, promising enough for all Americans. By April, the vaccines air going through the gold standard of clinical trials and very heavy emphasis placed on safety. Three vaccines are already in the final stage. Joe...

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