The United States is now approaching 600,000 known deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. The actual number is likely much higher.
DeSantis Offers Pardons for Violating Mask Rules
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told Fox News that he plans to pardon “any Floridian” who faces “outstanding infractions” for violating COVID-19 guidelines like mask mandates.
Why the Vaccinated Can Take Off Their Masks
Ben Wakana, of the White House COVID-19 Response Team, offered these reasons why masks can come off now:
- Vaccines are effective in the real world.
- Vaccines work against the variants.
- Vaccinated people are unlikely to spread COVID.
Philip Bump: The vaccination slowdown has slowed down.
CDC Says Vaccinated No Longer Need Masks
“The CDC will ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places,” the AP reports.
Fauci Doesn’t Understand the ‘Problem’ with Rand Paul
Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS News that he doesn’t “understand what the problem is” with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) after he once again had a heated exchange with the senator during hearings.
Said Fauci: “You know, I just don’t want to get into that tit-for-tat. I just don’t understand what the problem is with him. Well I’m just gonna do my job and he can do what he wants to do and we’ll see what happens.”
Missouri Won’t Expand Medicaid Despite Referendum
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) “dropped plans to expand the state’s Medicaid health care program to thousands of low-income adults after the Republican-led Legislature refused to provide funding for the voter-approved measure,” the Associated Press reports.
“He noted that the state’s $35 billion budget approved by lawmakers last week didn’t provide the funding he had requested for an expansion of Medicaid.”
“The voter initiative to expand Medicaid passed 53% to 47% in 2020.”
The Hype Around ‘Scariants’ Is Overblown
MIT Technology Review: Five reasons why you don’t need to panic about coronavirus variants.
Experts Call for Reforms to Prevent Next Pandemic
New York Times: “The next time the world faces an outbreak of a fast-spreading and deadly new pathogen, governments must act swiftly and be ready to restrict travel or mandate masks even before anyone knows the extent of the threat.”
“Pandemics, the authors concluded, are an existential threat on the order of a chemical or nuclear weapon, and preparing for them must be the responsibility of the highest levels of political leadership rather than only health departments, often among the least powerful of government agencies.”
The Path to Herd Immunity
New York Times: “According to a new U.S. Census estimate, some 30 million American adults who are open to getting a Covid vaccine have not yet managed to actually do so. Their ranks are larger than the hesitant — more than 28 million who said they would probably or definitely not get vaccinated, and than the 16 million who said they were unsure.”
“If the attention has centered on the vaccine hesitant, these are the vaccine amenable. In interviews, their stated reasons for not getting vaccines are disparate, complex and sometimes shifting. They are, for the most part, America’s working class, contending with jobs and family obligations that make for scarce discretionary time.”
Pelosi’s Drug Plan Under Fire from Former Supporters
“At least 10 Democrats are signaling opposition to the House’s sweeping drug price negotiation bill,” Politico reports.
“That’s more than enough votes to force Pelosi to drop her reforms from a relief package that leadership hope to pass along party lines.”
“Eight of those 10 House Democrats voted for the bill last Congress.”
A Wildly Misleading CDC Number
David Leonhardt: “When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines last month for mask wearing, it announced that ‘less than 10 percent‘ of Covid-19 transmission was occurring outdoors. Media organizations repeated the statistic, and it quickly became a standard description of the frequency of outdoor transmission…”
“In truth, the share of transmission that has occurred outdoors seems to be below 1 percent and may be below 0.1 percent, multiple epidemiologists told me. The rare outdoor transmission that has happened almost all seems to have involved crowded places or close conversation.”
“Saying that less than 10 percent of Covid transmission occurs outdoors is akin to saying that sharks attack fewer than 20,000 swimmers a year. (The actual worldwide number is around 150.) It’s both true and deceiving.”
Vox: Got the vaccine? You can relax about your Covid-19 risk now. Really.
One Million Have Signed Up for Obamacare This Year
“One million people have signed up for health coverage under an Affordable Care Act special enrollment period announced earlier this year,” NBC News reports.
“Biden issued an executive order in late January to open a special enrollment period from Feb. 15 to May 15. The White House cited the pandemic in announcing the move.”
Vaccine Approved for Children Aged 12 to 15
The FDA announced today that it will expand emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 15.
Ron Johnson Falsely Says Vaccine Has Killed Thousands
CNN: “In Thursday’s interview with conservative radio host Vicki McKenna, Johnson suggested there have been thousands of deaths connected to Covid-19 vaccinations and that receiving a vaccine could be particularly dangerous for those who had previously been infected.”
“To defend his position and call into question the safety of Covid-19 vaccines, Johnson cited numbers from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which allows anyone to submit a report. Johnson said that according to the system, ‘we’re over 3000 deaths after within 30 days of taking the vaccine,’ suggesting these deaths were tied to Covid-19 vaccines.”
Biden Restores Transgender Health Protections
“The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care,” the AP reports.
Fauci Backs Relaxing Indoor Mask Rules for Vaccinated
“Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he was open to relaxing indoor masking rules as more Americans are vaccinated against the virus, just two days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention belatedly emphasized the danger of airborne transmission,” the New York Times reports.
Fauci Urges More People to Get Vaccinated
Top Biden health adviser Anthony Fauci predicted that the country’s coronavirus situation will be dramatically different a year from now if larger proportions of the population are vaccinated, Politico reports.
Said Fauci: “I believe that we will be about as close to back to normal as we can, and there’s some conditions to that… We’ve got to make sure that we get the overwhelming proportion of the population vaccinated. When that happens, the virus doesn’t really have any place to go.”
CNN: Top White House Covid official urges Americans to follow expert guidance as pace of vaccines slows.
States Scale Back Vaccine Orders
States are requesting fewer doses of the coronavirus vaccine as demand for the shots plummets, the AP reports.
New York Times: “Experts warn that states where vaccinations are falling behind — particularly in the South — could be especially prone to outbreaks in the weeks ahead as more contagious virus variants spread. Texas and North Carolina are trailing the national average in vaccinations, with about 40 percent of people receiving at least one shot. In Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, about a third of residents have gotten their first shot.”
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