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The Covid 411 podcast provides daily updates, news, alerts, and information regarding the coronavirus, the many variants like Delta and Omicron, and COVID 19. Covid 411 aggregates information from a variety of sources including the CDC, WHO, and major media outlets to present a snapshot of Covid coverage and statistics.

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Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-24-2021

September 24, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 24th, 2021.   A CDC advisory panel recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans 65 and older and some adults with underlying medical conditions that put them at risk of severe disease. What it declined to do was recommend boosters for younger adults, including healthcare workers, who live or work in places with high risk of contracting COVID-19.   Boy we hope this is true. The creator of th...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-24-2021

September 24, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 24th, 2021.   A CDC advisory panel recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans 65 and older and some adults with underlying medical conditions that put them at risk of severe disease. What it declined to do was recommend boosters for younger adults, including healthcare workers, who live or work in places with high risk of contracting COVID-19.   Boy we hope this is true. The creator of th...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-23-2021

September 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 23rd, 2021.   A story for you optimists out there. An analysis by a consortium of researchers advising the CDC indicates the Delta surge looks like it’s peaking. Which means cases and deaths should decline steadily now through the spring as long as there’s not a big winter surge. The analysis was made by combining nine different mathematical models from different research groups.   The optimistic model for t...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-23-2021

September 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 23rd, 2021.   A story for you optimists out there. An analysis by a consortium of researchers advising the CDC indicates the Delta surge looks like it’s peaking. Which means cases and deaths should decline steadily now through the spring as long as there’s not a big winter surge. The analysis was made by combining nine different mathematical models from different research groups.   The optimistic model for t...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-22-2021

September 22, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 22nd, 2021. There are approximately 71 million unvaccinated Americans. And COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March. Many hospitals are full and health care workers demoralized, with patients dying and disbelief about the virus continuing. Dr. William Moss of Johns Hopkins said, “I think this is a failure of society.” Almost 400 Novant...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-22-2021

September 22, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 22nd, 2021. There are approximately 71 million unvaccinated Americans. And COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March. Many hospitals are full and health care workers demoralized, with patients dying and disbelief about the virus continuing. Dr. William Moss of Johns Hopkins said, “I think this is a failure of society.” Almost 400 Novant...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-21-2021

September 21, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 21st, 2021. It is now official, at least according to the numbers from Johns Hopkins, COVID-19 has now killed as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu. 675,000 Americans died during the 1918 pandemic, in waves that played out over about two years. But back then there were no vaccines. It wasn’t until the 30s researchers even understood influenza was caused by a virus and not a bacterium. Finally, some much...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-21-2021

September 21, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 21st, 2021. It is now official, at least according to the numbers from Johns Hopkins, COVID-19 has now killed as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu. 675,000 Americans died during the 1918 pandemic, in waves that played out over about two years. But back then there were no vaccines. It wasn’t until the 30s researchers even understood influenza was caused by a virus and not a bacterium. Finally, some much...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-20-2021

September 20, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 20th, 2021. Many are trying to get religious exemptions from the vaccine right now. But religious leaders are saying, we don’t agree with you. Leaders of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America said there’s no exemption for them for religious reasons. The Evangelical Lutheran Church said “there’s no evident basis for religious exemption.” The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said any priest issuing an e...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-20-2021

September 20, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 20th, 2021. Many are trying to get religious exemptions from the vaccine right now. But religious leaders are saying, we don’t agree with you. Leaders of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America said there’s no exemption for them for religious reasons. The Evangelical Lutheran Church said “there’s no evident basis for religious exemption.” The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said any priest issuing an e...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-17-2021

September 17, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 17th, 2021. Idaho public health leaders yesterday expanded health care rationing statewide. Individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have also implemented rationing policies. Increases in COVID-19 patients are exhausting medical resources so those resources are allocated to those most likely to survive. A government watchdog says the Department of Homeland Security must improve its COVID-19 response a...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-17-2021

September 17, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 17th, 2021. Idaho public health leaders yesterday expanded health care rationing statewide. Individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have also implemented rationing policies. Increases in COVID-19 patients are exhausting medical resources so those resources are allocated to those most likely to survive. A government watchdog says the Department of Homeland Security must improve its COVID-19 response a...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-16-2021

September 16, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 16th, 2021. A tough statistic for the “it’s like the chicken pox” crowd. 19 months into the pandemic, 1 in 500 American residents has died from COVID-19. The death rate for certain demographics age 40-64 is even more stark; for black Americans, 1 in 480 has died, for Hispanics, 1 in 390, and 1 out of every 240 Native Americans have died. Public health officials in Los Angeles County will begin requiring proof ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-16-2021

September 16, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 16th, 2021. A tough statistic for the “it’s like the chicken pox” crowd. 19 months into the pandemic, 1 in 500 American residents has died from COVID-19. The death rate for certain demographics age 40-64 is even more stark; for black Americans, 1 in 480 has died, for Hispanics, 1 in 390, and 1 out of every 240 Native Americans have died. Public health officials in Los Angeles County will begin requiring proof ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-15-2021

September 15, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 15th, 2021. The CDC released a new study that examined hospitalizations and deaths from Covid over more than three months and found the unvaccinated are more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die. The study also found that as the delta variant became more widespread, protection against initial infections fell slightly. Russian President Vladimir Putin went into self-isola...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-15-2021

September 15, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 15th, 2021. The CDC released a new study that examined hospitalizations and deaths from Covid over more than three months and found the unvaccinated are more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die. The study also found that as the delta variant became more widespread, protection against initial infections fell slightly. Russian President Vladimir Putin went into self-isola...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-14-2021

September 14, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 14th, 2021. In a heartbreaking illustration of maxed out hospitals, the staff in one north Alabama hospital contacted 43 others across three states looking for a specialty cardiac ICU bed for patient Ray DeMonia. Most were full with COVID patients, which Ray was not. He wound up in Meridian, Mississippi, about 170 miles away, where he died of a cardiac event shortly after arriving. Looks like Americans are oka...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-14-2021

September 14, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 14th, 2021. In a heartbreaking illustration of maxed out hospitals, the staff in one north Alabama hospital contacted 43 others across three states looking for a specialty cardiac ICU bed for patient Ray DeMonia. Most were full with COVID patients, which Ray was not. He wound up in Meridian, Mississippi, about 170 miles away, where he died of a cardiac event shortly after arriving. Looks like Americans are oka...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-13-2021

September 13, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 13th, 2021. Guess who’s exempt from the US administration’s recently announced vaccine mandates for all federal employees and contractors? Congress, congressional staffs, and those in the federal court system. That’s because only the executive branch of government can be compelled under the executive order. Still, it creates an enormous layer of hypocrisy and suspicion that probably will not help reassure Ameri...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-13-2021

September 13, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots for September 13th, 2021. Guess who’s exempt from the US administration’s recently announced vaccine mandates for all federal employees and contractors? Congress, congressional staffs, and those in the federal court system. That’s because only the executive branch of government can be compelled under the executive order. Still, it creates an enormous layer of hypocrisy and suspicion that probably will not help reassure Ameri...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-10-2021

September 10, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 10th, 2021. In the U.S., the administration announced new steps, including mandates to tackle the pandemic. Those steps include mandating vaccines for federal workers, contractors and certain health care workers, mandates for employees at companies with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly, and a recommendation large venues require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test....

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-10-2021

September 10, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 10th, 2021. In the U.S., the administration announced new steps, including mandates to tackle the pandemic. Those steps include mandating vaccines for federal workers, contractors and certain health care workers, mandates for employees at companies with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly, and a recommendation large venues require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test....

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-9-2021

September 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 9th, 2021. The World Health Organization is again calling for a moratorium on booster shots, saying rich countries with large supplies should not offer shots through the end of the year so first doses can go to poorer countries. So far that request has been ignored by countries like the United States. The Director General added, “We do not want to see widespread use of boosters for healthy peop...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-9-2021

September 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 9th, 2021. The World Health Organization is again calling for a moratorium on booster shots, saying rich countries with large supplies should not offer shots through the end of the year so first doses can go to poorer countries. So far that request has been ignored by countries like the United States. The Director General added, “We do not want to see widespread use of boosters for healthy peop...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-8-2021

September 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 8th, 2021.   Idaho public health leaders have activated “crisis standards of care.” That lets hospitals in the northern part of the state ration health care since there are more patients than they can handle. Residents have been warned they may not get the care they’d normally expect if they need to be hospitalized. Hawaii’s Governor signed an order last week releasing hospitals and health car...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-8-2021

September 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 8th, 2021.   Idaho public health leaders have activated “crisis standards of care.” That lets hospitals in the northern part of the state ration health care since there are more patients than they can handle. Residents have been warned they may not get the care they’d normally expect if they need to be hospitalized. Hawaii’s Governor signed an order last week releasing hospitals and health car...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-7-2021

September 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 7th, 2021.   Like healthcare workers, they are most at risk. And like many healthcare workers, they are reluctant to get the vaccine. No national statistics show the vaccination rate for America's entire population of first responders, but police and fire departments report figures far below the national rate of adults who have had at least one dose. Increasingly, mandates are putting jobs at ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-7-2021

September 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 7th, 2021.   Like healthcare workers, they are most at risk. And like many healthcare workers, they are reluctant to get the vaccine. No national statistics show the vaccination rate for America's entire population of first responders, but police and fire departments report figures far below the national rate of adults who have had at least one dose. Increasingly, mandates are putting jobs at ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-6-2021

September 06, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 6th, 2021.   Full steam ahead in the U.S. with booster shots, even though the EU, the World Health Organization, and even the CDC says it could be premature and possibly unnecessary right now. It’s believed boosters will be available September 20 for Pfizer, with Moderna’s rolling out a couple weeks later. The President said Americans should consider getting a booster 8 months after their seco...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-6-2021

September 06, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 6th, 2021.   Full steam ahead in the U.S. with booster shots, even though the EU, the World Health Organization, and even the CDC says it could be premature and possibly unnecessary right now. It’s believed boosters will be available September 20 for Pfizer, with Moderna’s rolling out a couple weeks later. The President said Americans should consider getting a booster 8 months after their seco...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-3-2021

September 03, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 3rd, 2021. The CDC says if you’re not vaccinated, you should cancel any travel plans you might have for the long Labor Day weekend. Holidays have always been worrisome to health officials because they often result in spikes. But this spike would occur on top of the Delta surge. Last year, even without vaccines available, more than 3 million airline passengers were screened over the Labor Day ho...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-3-2021

September 03, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 3rd, 2021. The CDC says if you’re not vaccinated, you should cancel any travel plans you might have for the long Labor Day weekend. Holidays have always been worrisome to health officials because they often result in spikes. But this spike would occur on top of the Delta surge. Last year, even without vaccines available, more than 3 million airline passengers were screened over the Labor Day ho...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-2-2021

September 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 2nd, 2021. The World Health Organization has another “variant of interest” to watch. It’s being called the Mu variant and there are concerns it may partially evade the immunity developed from past infection or vaccination. The variant has been detected in 39 countries. It was first identified in Colombia in January.  A new survey shows most firms are now planning on having vaccine mandates for...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-2-2021

September 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 2nd, 2021. The World Health Organization has another “variant of interest” to watch. It’s being called the Mu variant and there are concerns it may partially evade the immunity developed from past infection or vaccination. The variant has been detected in 39 countries. It was first identified in Colombia in January.  A new survey shows most firms are now planning on having vaccine mandates for...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-1-2021

September 01, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 1st, 2021.   The EU says it’s now hit its target of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of summer. They’re calling it a great achievement, but the World Health Organization says the pace of vaccinations in the continent now appears to be faltering, and parts of Europe are at risk of fresh outbreaks and new restrictions.   As far as Denmark is concerned, COVID is over. That country is ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 9-1-2021

September 01, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 1st, 2021.   The EU says it’s now hit its target of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of summer. They’re calling it a great achievement, but the World Health Organization says the pace of vaccinations in the continent now appears to be faltering, and parts of Europe are at risk of fresh outbreaks and new restrictions.   As far as Denmark is concerned, COVID is over. That country is ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-31-2021

August 31, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 31st, 2021. Take an area with high concentrations of COVID, with a shortage of ICU beds, patients on ventilators, and challenges keeping health care staff working. Then hit it with a Category 4 hurricane and you have the situation in Louisiana. Hospitals had to evacuate over 160 patients, the storm tore off parts of roofs, and left water leaking down walls to pool on floors. Generators kicked in f...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-31-2021

August 31, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 31st, 2021. Take an area with high concentrations of COVID, with a shortage of ICU beds, patients on ventilators, and challenges keeping health care staff working. Then hit it with a Category 4 hurricane and you have the situation in Louisiana. Hospitals had to evacuate over 160 patients, the storm tore off parts of roofs, and left water leaking down walls to pool on floors. Generators kicked in f...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-30-2021

August 30, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 30th, 2021.   A UK study published in Lancet says people who get the Delta variant are more than twice as likely to be hospitalized as those infected with the alpha strain. Early studies of the Delta variant found it was 50% more transmissible than other strains. The study’s author said absent vaccination, Delta outbreaks will keep imposing a huge burden on healthcare.   If you’re an American ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-30-2021

August 30, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 30th, 2021.   A UK study published in Lancet says people who get the Delta variant are more than twice as likely to be hospitalized as those infected with the alpha strain. Early studies of the Delta variant found it was 50% more transmissible than other strains. The study’s author said absent vaccination, Delta outbreaks will keep imposing a huge burden on healthcare.   If you’re an American ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-27-2021

August 27, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 27th, 2021. Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states seeing record numbers of hospitalized patients in a surge that’s afflicting more children. Wednesday, both reported more patients in their hospitals than at any other time since the pandemic began. In New Mexico, health officials warned they’re about a week away from rationing health care. And in Idaho, state leaders called on resident...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-27-2021

August 27, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 27th, 2021. Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states seeing record numbers of hospitalized patients in a surge that’s afflicting more children. Wednesday, both reported more patients in their hospitals than at any other time since the pandemic began. In New Mexico, health officials warned they’re about a week away from rationing health care. And in Idaho, state leaders called on resident...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-26-2021

August 26, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 26th, 2021.   The international scientists sent to China by the World Health Organization to find the coronavirus’ origin said yesterday, get ready to not be surprised, the search has stalled and the window of opportunity for ever getting to the truth is “closing fast.” And the U.S. intelligence review ordered up by the US proved inconclusive. So the world’s scientists and governments have proven...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-26-2021

August 26, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 26th, 2021.   The international scientists sent to China by the World Health Organization to find the coronavirus’ origin said yesterday, get ready to not be surprised, the search has stalled and the window of opportunity for ever getting to the truth is “closing fast.” And the U.S. intelligence review ordered up by the US proved inconclusive. So the world’s scientists and governments have proven...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-25-2021

August 25, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 25th, 2021. Back to school didn’t go terribly well. A few weeks in, more and more school districts have given up on in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rising infections. More than 80 school districts or charter networks in more than a dozen states have made changes.  The US President will be receiving a classified report on the origins of the coronavirus. The review was or...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-25-2021

August 25, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 25th, 2021. Back to school didn’t go terribly well. A few weeks in, more and more school districts have given up on in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rising infections. More than 80 school districts or charter networks in more than a dozen states have made changes.  The US President will be receiving a classified report on the origins of the coronavirus. The review was or...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-24-2021

August 24, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 24th, 2021. As expected, now that the Pfizer vaccine has full FDA approval, the Pentagon will require all service members to get vaccinated. Over the past month, the number of service member deaths from COVID jumped from 25 to 34 – more than a one third increase. The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a 2-month moratorium on booster shots to reduce global vaccine inequality. He ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-24-2021

August 24, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 24th, 2021. As expected, now that the Pfizer vaccine has full FDA approval, the Pentagon will require all service members to get vaccinated. Over the past month, the number of service member deaths from COVID jumped from 25 to 34 – more than a one third increase. The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a 2-month moratorium on booster shots to reduce global vaccine inequality. He ...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-23-2021

August 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.27 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 23rd, 2021.   By the time you hear this podcast, the Moderna vaccine may have full FDA approval. And that’s going to likely result in many more vaccine mandates from businesses, municipalities, education facilities, venues, etc. Why? Because it removes some of the risk of successful legal challenges. The FDA has been conducting months of additional safety and efficacy data on the vaccines.   No...

Coronavirus, COVID-19, coronavirus variants, and vaccine updates for 8-23-2021

August 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.27 MB

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 23rd, 2021.   By the time you hear this podcast, the Moderna vaccine may have full FDA approval. And that’s going to likely result in many more vaccine mandates from businesses, municipalities, education facilities, venues, etc. Why? Because it removes some of the risk of successful legal challenges. The FDA has been conducting months of additional safety and efficacy data on the vaccines.   No...