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--03-14-21 JUST DISGUSTING, THE POH—COULD PUT OTHERS AT RISK OF DYING: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-14/fauci-says-vaccine-hesitancy-among-republicans-poses-a-big-risk?srnd=premium
Fauci Says Vaccine Hesitancy Among Republicans Poses a Risk
Reluctance among Republicans to receiving a vaccine is one of the biggest risks to coronavirus control efforts, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said, although one GOP governor said attitudes may change.
“I just don’t get it,” Anthony Fauci, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about polling showing many Republicans, especially men, don’t want a vaccine.
He noted the various diseases that have been stamped out with vaccines, including polio and smallpox.
A PBS News Hour/NPR/Marist poll released Thursday showed that 41% of people who identify as Republicans, including 49% of GOP-leaning men, said they had no plans to get one of the three federally approved coronavirus vaccines.
Among Democratic-leaning men, only 6% said the same.
“We’ve got to dissociate political persuasion from common sense, no-brainer public health things,” Fauci said.
--03-13-21 NEXT???: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-13/covid-s-end-could-be-deadly-beginning-for-new-measles-outbreaks?srnd=premium
Measles Has an Opening for a Devastating Comeback
The world’s efforts to stamp out Covid-19, while imperative, have left us vulnerable to a far more contagious disease.
…Of greatest concern is one particular virus, Measles morbillivirus. In 1980, a measles outbreak killed some 2.6 million people worldwide, slightly more than the global death toll so far from SARS-CoV-2.
By 2014, vaccinations had brought yearly deaths down to 100,000, but faltering vaccine coverage in recent years has allowed numbers to surge, and scientists worry that the disruption to measles vaccinations, including cancellations, during the current pandemic mean that measles may be set for a massive global outbreak just as the world wakes from the Covid nightmare.
The measles vaccine is composed of two doses — known as MCV1 and MCV2 — and the vaccination rate needs to be above 95 percent with both doses to prevent outbreaks.
Unfortunately, MCV1 coverage has been stuck at around 85 percent for more than a decade, and MCV2 coverage, while rising, is still only at 71 percent.
This is why, after measles cases fell steadily from 2010 to 2016, numbers again began growing — reaching 89,000, 109,000, 142,000 and 207,000 deaths in the following years.
We don’t yet know about 2020, as there’s a delay of nine or 10 months before the World Health Organization can collect and report measles case data.
Presumably, however, numbers may be improved precisely because of the measures deployed against the Covid pandemic. But it’s what happens after Covid that’s concerning.
--03-15-21: us.yahoo.com/news/infectious-diseases-expert-michael-osterholm-215340385.html
Infectious diseases expert Michael Osterholm says COVID variants are a "whole new ballgame"
The U.S. is playing a "whole new ballgame" in terms of controlling the coronavirus now that variants are spreading across the country, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told CBS News on Friday.
Why it matters: Osterholm said the U.S. could face another surge from the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom and has since been detected throughout the U.S. Multiple studies have suggested that it likely spreads more easily than the original strain of the virus.
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What they're saying: "We are, I think for the moment, in the eye of a hurricane with regard to the good news, the vaccine's coming, but the big challenge [is] with this new variant that has arrived here from Europe," Osterholm told CBS News.
"But beyond that, it's all going to be about the variants and the vaccine, and that will determine where we're going to be next year, the year after, and the year after that."
Osterholm predicted that between now and the time the U.S. can vaccinate more of its population "we're going to see this B.1.1.7 surge occur."
The big picture: His warning comes as multiple states across the country relax or roll back their coronavirus restrictions.
Around the world, some countries are again going back into lockdown as cases continue to rise.
--03-14-21 STUPID: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-governor-time-for-heavy-handed-covid-19-restrictions-to-fall-by-the-wayside/ar-BB1ezKz1?li=BBnb7Kz
GOP governor: Time for 'heavy-handed' COVID-19 restrictions to fall by the 'wayside'
Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Sunday that it is time for "heavy-handed" coronavirus restrictions and mandates to fall by the "wayside" as his state prepares to lift its mask mandate at the end of March.
--03-14-21: us.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-latest-news-call-allow-024126716.html
Coronavirus latest news: 'No doubt' further waves of infections to come, warns head of ONS.
--03-14-21 BRAVO: us.yahoo.com/finance/m/00a9f27b-e793-35a6-8117-29a7a2748929/duke-university-puts-entire.html
Duke University puts entire undergraduate population into quarantine.
Fauci Says Vaccine Hesitancy Among Republicans Poses a Risk
Reluctance among Republicans to receiving a vaccine is one of the biggest risks to coronavirus control efforts, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said, although one GOP governor said attitudes may change.
“I just don’t get it,” Anthony Fauci, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about polling showing many Republicans, especially men, don’t want a vaccine.
He noted the various diseases that have been stamped out with vaccines, including polio and smallpox.
A PBS News Hour/NPR/Marist poll released Thursday showed that 41% of people who identify as Republicans, including 49% of GOP-leaning men, said they had no plans to get one of the three federally approved coronavirus vaccines.
Among Democratic-leaning men, only 6% said the same.
“We’ve got to dissociate political persuasion from common sense, no-brainer public health things,” Fauci said.
--03-13-21 NEXT???: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-13/covid-s-end-could-be-deadly-beginning-for-new-measles-outbreaks?srnd=premium
Measles Has an Opening for a Devastating Comeback
The world’s efforts to stamp out Covid-19, while imperative, have left us vulnerable to a far more contagious disease.
…Of greatest concern is one particular virus, Measles morbillivirus. In 1980, a measles outbreak killed some 2.6 million people worldwide, slightly more than the global death toll so far from SARS-CoV-2.
By 2014, vaccinations had brought yearly deaths down to 100,000, but faltering vaccine coverage in recent years has allowed numbers to surge, and scientists worry that the disruption to measles vaccinations, including cancellations, during the current pandemic mean that measles may be set for a massive global outbreak just as the world wakes from the Covid nightmare.
The measles vaccine is composed of two doses — known as MCV1 and MCV2 — and the vaccination rate needs to be above 95 percent with both doses to prevent outbreaks.
Unfortunately, MCV1 coverage has been stuck at around 85 percent for more than a decade, and MCV2 coverage, while rising, is still only at 71 percent.
This is why, after measles cases fell steadily from 2010 to 2016, numbers again began growing — reaching 89,000, 109,000, 142,000 and 207,000 deaths in the following years.
We don’t yet know about 2020, as there’s a delay of nine or 10 months before the World Health Organization can collect and report measles case data.
Presumably, however, numbers may be improved precisely because of the measures deployed against the Covid pandemic. But it’s what happens after Covid that’s concerning.
--03-15-21: us.yahoo.com/news/infectious-diseases-expert-michael-osterholm-215340385.html
Infectious diseases expert Michael Osterholm says COVID variants are a "whole new ballgame"
The U.S. is playing a "whole new ballgame" in terms of controlling the coronavirus now that variants are spreading across the country, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told CBS News on Friday.
Why it matters: Osterholm said the U.S. could face another surge from the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom and has since been detected throughout the U.S. Multiple studies have suggested that it likely spreads more easily than the original strain of the virus.
Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free
What they're saying: "We are, I think for the moment, in the eye of a hurricane with regard to the good news, the vaccine's coming, but the big challenge [is] with this new variant that has arrived here from Europe," Osterholm told CBS News.
"But beyond that, it's all going to be about the variants and the vaccine, and that will determine where we're going to be next year, the year after, and the year after that."
Osterholm predicted that between now and the time the U.S. can vaccinate more of its population "we're going to see this B.1.1.7 surge occur."
The big picture: His warning comes as multiple states across the country relax or roll back their coronavirus restrictions.
Around the world, some countries are again going back into lockdown as cases continue to rise.
--03-14-21 STUPID: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-governor-time-for-heavy-handed-covid-19-restrictions-to-fall-by-the-wayside/ar-BB1ezKz1?li=BBnb7Kz
GOP governor: Time for 'heavy-handed' COVID-19 restrictions to fall by the 'wayside'
Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Sunday that it is time for "heavy-handed" coronavirus restrictions and mandates to fall by the "wayside" as his state prepares to lift its mask mandate at the end of March.
--03-14-21: us.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-latest-news-call-allow-024126716.html
Coronavirus latest news: 'No doubt' further waves of infections to come, warns head of ONS.
--03-14-21 BRAVO: us.yahoo.com/finance/m/00a9f27b-e793-35a6-8117-29a7a2748929/duke-university-puts-entire.html
Duke University puts entire undergraduate population into quarantine.
