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Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons from New York City Hospitals’ COVID-19 Experience

Tue, 2020-11-24 20:30 — mike kraft

Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons from NYC Hospitals’ COVID-19 Expc The purpose was to convene a forum in which physicians from a hospitals across NYC could frankly discuss their experiences with implementation of CSC Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

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OPINION: Reporting a worker’s hospitalization within 24 hours of a workplace incident is appropriate for traumatic injuries such as falling off a roof, but it makes no sense for Covid-19. It is generally impossible to identify the precise moment someone i

Tue, 2020-11-24 13:19 — mike kraft

'Absurd reinterpretation' of OSHA rule about workers and Covid-19 - STAT OSHA is telling employers to report workers hospitalized for Covid-19 only if it happens within 24 hours of workplace exposure to the virus. Patrick Skerrett STAT

Workplace exposures continue to be a major driver of the coronavirus pandemic, something that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should be on top of. But a reinterpretation of a reporting rule is making that all but impossible.

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New Study: Why Coronavirus vaccines face trust gap in Black and Latino communities

Tue, 2020-11-24 13:07 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccines face trust gap in Black and Latino communities, study finds Other recent studies have also pointed to vaccine hesitancy in communities of color, but Monday’s survey delved deeper into the reasons, polling respondents on a spectrum of questions to get at the roots of their distrust. William Wan Washington Post

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OP-ED :Covid-19 Data Is a Mess. We Need a Way to Make Sense of It.

Tue, 2020-11-24 10:39 — mike kraft

The United States is more than eight months into the pandemic and people are back waiting in long lines to be tested as coronavirus infections surge again. And yet there is still no federal standard to ensure testing results are being uniformly reported. Without uniform results, it is impossible to track cases accurately or respond effectively.

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ANALYSIS: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave

Tue, 2020-11-24 10:25 — mike kraft

50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How the UK keeps failing. With one of the highest death tolls from the first wave of the coronavirus, Boris Johnson pledged a “world-beating” test-and-trace system to prevent a resurgence this winter. A Reuters investigation reveals how that promise came unstuck. Reuters

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Overview US and world wide COVID developments

Tue, 2020-11-24 09:59 — mike kraft

US updates: Maryland State Police to enforce COVID restrictions; Los Angeles County stay-at-home order coming?; 257K US deaths

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Small Gatherings Spread the Virus, but Are They Causing the Surge?

Mon, 2020-11-23 21:09 — mike kraft

As states struggle to contain the resurgent coronavirus, many officials are laying the blame on an unexpected source: people gathering with family and friends.

Household get-togethers undoubtedly do contribute to community transmission of the virus. Canada’s recent Thanksgiving certainly added to its rising cases; such an increase may happen here, too, as the United States embarks on a holiday season like no other. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned so strongly against gathering with others outside the household during Thanksgiving.

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States impose new rules, plead with public to stop spread

Mon, 2020-11-23 21:00 — mike kraft

States impose new rules, plead with public to stop spread State and local officials nationwide are imposing new coronavirus restrictions and pleading with the public in an increasingly desperate attempt to stop the explosive spread of the disease as many... AP NEWS

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G20 leaders vow to supply vaccine to needy countries, despite funding shortfall

Mon, 2020-11-23 14:28 — mike kraft

G20 leaders vow to supply vaccine to needy countries, despite funding shortfall Leaders approve final declaration with no objection from Donald Trump to climate language. POLITICO

The world’s 20 most powerful economies pledged Sunday to lead a global battle against the coronavirus health and economic crisis — even as their own virtual gathering revealed the risks of national competition for the quickest access to vaccines and other therapeutics.

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