Dr. Anthony Fauci tells lawmakers that while one can 'never guarantee the safety or effectiveness' of a vaccine, he is 'cautiously optimistic' that the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna and his agency will be successful.
It is time for US to reset its national Covid-19 response, experts at Johns Hopkins sayThe United States needs to restart its response with policy actions at the federal, state and local levels to get control of the pandemic, scholars at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security"Unlike many countries in the world, the United States is not currently on course to get control of this epidemic," the report says."It is time to reset.
The report includes 10 recommendations that include universal mask mandates, federal leadership to improve testing and, in places where rates of transmission are worsening, stay-at-home orders.The report says federal, state and local leaders should mandate non-medical mask use in public and limit large indoor gatherings.States should stop high-risk activities and settings in areas that have rising test positivity but no signs of crisis in hospitals or rising deaths.
The report also gives recommendations about personal protective equipment, epidemiological data, funding research agendas, contact tracing, identifying best practices for improving public health response and developing policies and practices to protect group institutions."I think psychologically that would be really very difficult for people to accept," he said. He advised that states and communities could"backtrack a little" in order to"regain your footing.
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