Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Monday 22-Feb-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
February 22, 2021
CoViD-19 News and Information you can trust. Welcome new readers from the Rapid Test Center.
Topics: A Grim Milestone that only took a month to reach
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.
| A Grim Milestone Today, the US surpassed 500,000 known CoViD-19 related deaths. One month ago, we were at 400,000 deaths. We now have more people who have died in the US from CoViD than all the American soldier deaths in World War I, World War II and Vietnam combined. Half a million people have lost their lives to the pandemic, far more than any other country in the world. Our population represents only 4.25% of the global population but we represent 20% of the global CoViD deaths. This means that 1 out of every 670 Americans have died from CoViD. CoViD-19 is now the leading cause of death in the US right alongside heart disease and cancer. Our life expectancy has fallen an entire year in this country. This is the largest life expectancy drop in our country since World War two. Life expectancy is a basic measure of the health of a group of people. This huge drop is indicative of the large toll CoViD has taken on our society. The New York Times today reported on this today and quoted Professor Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University:“The magnitude of it is just horrifying,” said Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University who has modeled the virus’s spread and says that the scale of loss was not inevitable, but a result of the failure to control the virus’s spread in the United States. “It’s been a failure,” he said. There is reason for hope at the moment as the numbers of new cases continue to drop. The rolling 14 day average of new cases is down 44% and the 14 day rolling average of new deaths is down 32%. This is a good trend but we are still at higher rates than we have ever been before. Each death was remembered and honored tonight at a ceremony at the White House by President Biden and Vice President Harris. President Biden called for the lowering of federal flags to half-mast for five days. “We often hear people described as ordinary Americans,” Mr. Biden said in a televised address before the ceremony. “There’s nothing ordinary about them. The people we lost were extraordinary, they span generations, born in America and immigrated to America. But just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in America.” “This nation will smile again,” he added. “This nation will know sunny days again. This nation will know joy again. And as we do, we’ll remember each person we lost, the lives they lived and the loved ones they’ve left behind. We will get through this. I promise you.” From all of us at Intelligent Crowd Solutions and Event Medical Services, our hearts, prayers and thoughts go out to all the people who lost loved ones, family members and friends to this virus. |
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| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY |
| Coronavirus update for February 22, 2021 World Wide Updates Spain has administered more than 3 million vaccine doses, health officials say Boris Johnson lays out a 4-month timeline for easing UK Covid-19 restrictions Vaccine rollout is linked to a “substantial” drop in risk of Covid-19 hospitalization in Scotland Novavax says enrollment of its Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial in US and Mexico is complete Mediterranean region imposes partial weekend lockdown Sanofi and GSK start Phase 2 trial of their vaccine, and Phase 3 could begin by April France rugby captain among team’s 5 new Covid cases WHO renews call for Tanzania to start reporting Covid-19 cases Tennis fans criticized for jeering Covid-19 vaccine announcement No quarantine if entering Poland with a negative Covid-19 test result Gaza to start vaccine rollout today The Covid incidence rate is increasing slightly in Germany UK prime minister warns there will be more deaths as he announces “cautious” exit from lockdown Australia kicks off vaccination program for frontline workers US surpasses 500,000 total deaths from Covid-19 France sees Covid hospitalizations rise for second day in a row Slovakia asks EU for help due to ‘tragic’ Covid-situation Total Cases Worldwide: 112,215,804 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,483,732 Total Recovered: 87,650,901 US Updates Biden marked upcoming 500,000 Covid deaths with candle lighting ceremony NYC movie theaters to reopen and latest nursing home COVID visitation rules, Cuomo announces McConnell makes case for bipartisan Covid relief as US surpasses 500,000 virus deaths 72% of children live in a Covid red zone under CDC school guidance, analysis shows School study highlights need to scale up coronavirus vaccination, CDC chief says White House adviser says all vaccine doses delayed by weather will be delivered by mid-week Florida surpasses 30,000 resident deaths from Covid-19 since start of pandemic Chain drug stores urge White House to “more fully supply” Covid-19 vaccine to pharmacies US health officials urge countries to share Covid-19 vaccine resources to ensure global accessibility About 64 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US West Virginia reports 36 straight days of decreasing Covid-19 cases Biden will order flags flying over federal property to half-staff to mark 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths New York City has administered over 1.5 million vaccine doses, mayor says Georgia opens four Covid-19 mass vaccination sites across the state Treasury secretary says a successful US economic recovery would be “pre-pandemic levels of employment” People who wear glasses may be up to 3 times less likely to catch COVID, new study suggests BeckyJack’s Food Shack, in Hernando County, Florida, calls masks ‘face diapers’ and says masks are not required to dine there Skateboarding star Nyjah Huston charged with hosting super spreader party during COVID-19 Total US cases: 28,808,464 Total US deaths: 512,230Total Recovered: 19,056,900Total Tested in US: 340,620,767 Total cases in CA: 3,519,521 Total deaths in CA: 49,425 Total cases in TX: 2,604,277 Total deaths in TX: 42,449 Total cases in FL: 1,872,923 Total deaths in FL: 30,067 Total cases in NY: 1,632,893 Total deaths in NY: 47,115 Total cases in IL: 1,175,655 Total deaths in IL: 22,506 Total Vaccines Administered in US: 64,177,474 |
