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959 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 207 ratingsThe 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 news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-11-2021
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 11th, 2021. Not a trend you want to see. The number of new daily cases and deaths in the U.S. rose for the third-straight day. The number of states that have seen the weekly trend of new cases rise this week inched up to 15 on Thursday from 14 on Wednesday. The remaining Group of Seven nations said we see America’s donation of 500 million vaccine doses for poorer nations and…well we won’t each matc...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-11-2021
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 11th, 2021. Not a trend you want to see. The number of new daily cases and deaths in the U.S. rose for the third-straight day. The number of states that have seen the weekly trend of new cases rise this week inched up to 15 on Thursday from 14 on Wednesday. The remaining Group of Seven nations said we see America’s donation of 500 million vaccine doses for poorer nations and…well we won’t each matc...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-10-2021
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 10th, 2021. Yesterday we told you San Francisco might be the first major city to reach herd immunity. But yesterday Seattle’s Mayor declared 70% of that city’s residents 12+ have been fully vaccinated. The effort now is to get Seattle fully reopened and people supporting local small retailers and restaurants, arts and culture programming, and transit. U.S. taxpayers will apparently buy 500 million ...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-10-2021
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 10th, 2021. Yesterday we told you San Francisco might be the first major city to reach herd immunity. But yesterday Seattle’s Mayor declared 70% of that city’s residents 12+ have been fully vaccinated. The effort now is to get Seattle fully reopened and people supporting local small retailers and restaurants, arts and culture programming, and transit. U.S. taxpayers will apparently buy 500 million ...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-09-2021
June 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 9th, 2021. Experts say San Francisco may have become the first major city in the United States to hit herd immunity. Yes, there are still about 137 cases a day, but they aren’t gaining enough of a foothold to trigger wider outbreaks. And that, for all practical purposes, is what herd immunity looks like. Nearly 80% of residents have received at least one shot with 68% fully vaccinated. While San F...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-09-2021
June 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 9th, 2021. Experts say San Francisco may have become the first major city in the United States to hit herd immunity. Yes, there are still about 137 cases a day, but they aren’t gaining enough of a foothold to trigger wider outbreaks. And that, for all practical purposes, is what herd immunity looks like. Nearly 80% of residents have received at least one shot with 68% fully vaccinated. While San F...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-08-2021
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 8th, 2021. Increasing vaccinations in the U.S. from this point on may prove difficult. A Gallup survey shows 76% of U.S. adults say they’ve been vaccinated or plan to be, a number that hasn’t moved much in three months. Among those not planning to be vaccinated, 78% say they won’t reconsider. 53% of U.S. adults say they’re worried about people choosing not to get vaccinated, and it’s now the public'...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-08-2021
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 8th, 2021. Increasing vaccinations in the U.S. from this point on may prove difficult. A Gallup survey shows 76% of U.S. adults say they’ve been vaccinated or plan to be, a number that hasn’t moved much in three months. Among those not planning to be vaccinated, 78% say they won’t reconsider. 53% of U.S. adults say they’re worried about people choosing not to get vaccinated, and it’s now the public'...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-07-2021
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 7th, 2021. The Group of Seven is a summit of the world’s wealthier democracies, it’s happening next week, and the UK will use that occasion to urge world leaders to commit to vaccinating the world by the end of 2022. Britain pledged in February to give most of its surplus supply to COVAX, the U.N.-backed program to vaccinate poorer countries. There might be a new kind of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-07-2021
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 7th, 2021. The Group of Seven is a summit of the world’s wealthier democracies, it’s happening next week, and the UK will use that occasion to urge world leaders to commit to vaccinating the world by the end of 2022. Britain pledged in February to give most of its surplus supply to COVAX, the U.N.-backed program to vaccinate poorer countries. There might be a new kind of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-04-2021
June 04, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.68 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 4th, 2021. The United States sends its first shipments of surplus vaccine doses abroad today. 80 million doses by the end of June to start with. 75% of the first 25 million doses will be allotted through COVAX, the international distribution system to help with vaccinations in the world's poorest countries. California will fully reopen in less than two weeks and do away with almost all mask a...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-04-2021
June 04, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.68 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 4th, 2021. The United States sends its first shipments of surplus vaccine doses abroad today. 80 million doses by the end of June to start with. 75% of the first 25 million doses will be allotted through COVAX, the international distribution system to help with vaccinations in the world's poorest countries. California will fully reopen in less than two weeks and do away with almost all mask a...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-03-2021
June 03, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.29 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 3rd, 2021. CDC data shows twelve U.S. states now have 70% of adult residents who’ve had at least one Covid vaccine shot. California and Maryland are the newest to hit that mark, joining Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The national goal is to have one shot or more administered to 70% of those 18 and older by ...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-03-2021
June 03, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.29 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 3rd, 2021. CDC data shows twelve U.S. states now have 70% of adult residents who’ve had at least one Covid vaccine shot. California and Maryland are the newest to hit that mark, joining Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The national goal is to have one shot or more administered to 70% of those 18 and older by ...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-02-2021
June 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.01 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 2nd, 2021. Good decisions come from good data and throughout the pandemic the data has been questionable. Case in point, Peru has more than doubled its official death toll after a government review. That instantly makes it the country with the highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita. And just 3% of Latin Americans have been fully vaccinated. In the UK, they’re dwelling on good news...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-02-2021
June 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.01 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 2nd, 2021. Good decisions come from good data and throughout the pandemic the data has been questionable. Case in point, Peru has more than doubled its official death toll after a government review. That instantly makes it the country with the highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita. And just 3% of Latin Americans have been fully vaccinated. In the UK, they’re dwelling on good news...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-01-2021
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 1st, 2021. The World Health Organization announced from now on, coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing and discriminating against nations where they were first detected. The UK variant will be known as Alpha, the South Africa Beta, Brazil will be Gamma, and India Delta. They also considered naming the variants after Greek Gods. New coronavirus ca...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 6-01-2021
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for June 1st, 2021. The World Health Organization announced from now on, coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing and discriminating against nations where they were first detected. The UK variant will be known as Alpha, the South Africa Beta, Brazil will be Gamma, and India Delta. They also considered naming the variants after Greek Gods. New coronavirus ca...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-31-2021
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 31st, 2021. A hospital in Houston is being sued by 117 employees who say it’s turning them into vaccine “guinea pigs” and breaking the law by requiring they get the shot. The lawsuit alleges compulsory vaccines violate the Nuremberg Code, created as a reaction to Nazi medical experiments. However, updated guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says yes, employers of all kinds ca...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-31-2021
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 31st, 2021. A hospital in Houston is being sued by 117 employees who say it’s turning them into vaccine “guinea pigs” and breaking the law by requiring they get the shot. The lawsuit alleges compulsory vaccines violate the Nuremberg Code, created as a reaction to Nazi medical experiments. However, updated guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says yes, employers of all kinds ca...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-28-2021
May 28, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 28th, 2021. Data from Johns Hopkins shows average daily Covid case counts in the U.S. are at less than half the level recorded at the start of May. The country is seeing an average of 23,407 new infections per day over the past week. The U.S. reports an average of 1.7 million daily vaccinations, and nearly 50% of the population has received one dose or more. Case counts have not been this low since J...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-28-2021
May 28, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 28th, 2021. Data from Johns Hopkins shows average daily Covid case counts in the U.S. are at less than half the level recorded at the start of May. The country is seeing an average of 23,407 new infections per day over the past week. The U.S. reports an average of 1.7 million daily vaccinations, and nearly 50% of the population has received one dose or more. Case counts have not been this low since J...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-27-2021
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 27th, 2021. France is imposing a mandatory quarantine on visitors from Britain to slow the spread of the Indian variant. Germany has even stricter limits on people coming in from the U.K. Travel companies can only transport German citizens and residents from Britain. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she was relying on a study in a top infectious disease journal when she said outdoor transmi...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-27-2021
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 27th, 2021. France is imposing a mandatory quarantine on visitors from Britain to slow the spread of the Indian variant. Germany has even stricter limits on people coming in from the U.K. Travel companies can only transport German citizens and residents from Britain. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she was relying on a study in a top infectious disease journal when she said outdoor transmi...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-26-2021
May 26, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 26th, 2021. The CDC reports nearly one out of two Americans have now received at least one dose of a vaccine as of yesterday. And half of citizens 18 and over have been fully vaccinated. The United States has administered 287,788,872 doses. Elsewhere, problems remain. Bahrain's health ministry reported the highest daily death toll in that small island nation as a surge in cases hits record levels. A...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-26-2021
May 26, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 26th, 2021. The CDC reports nearly one out of two Americans have now received at least one dose of a vaccine as of yesterday. And half of citizens 18 and over have been fully vaccinated. The United States has administered 287,788,872 doses. Elsewhere, problems remain. Bahrain's health ministry reported the highest daily death toll in that small island nation as a surge in cases hits record levels. A...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-25-2021
May 25, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 25th, 2021. India crossed another milestone yesterday with more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus. That death toll is the third highest in the world after the U.S. and Brazil, accounting for 8.6% of coronavirus fatalities globally. It’s still believed the real numbers are much higher. Speaking of Brazil, its Health Ministry confirmed just shy of 450,000 dead from the virus. A damning repor...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-25-2021
May 25, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 25th, 2021. India crossed another milestone yesterday with more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus. That death toll is the third highest in the world after the U.S. and Brazil, accounting for 8.6% of coronavirus fatalities globally. It’s still believed the real numbers are much higher. Speaking of Brazil, its Health Ministry confirmed just shy of 450,000 dead from the virus. A damning repor...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-24-2021
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 24th, 2021. There was a time anyone who suggested the novel coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan was branded a conspiracy theorist, so certain was the reporting that it emerged naturally. Now none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s not convinced. He joins the rising number of voices calling for a real investigation into the virus' origins. For example, the Wall Street Journal reported three re...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-24-2021
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 24th, 2021. There was a time anyone who suggested the novel coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan was branded a conspiracy theorist, so certain was the reporting that it emerged naturally. Now none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s not convinced. He joins the rising number of voices calling for a real investigation into the virus' origins. For example, the Wall Street Journal reported three re...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-21-2021
May 21, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 21st, 2021. The CDC apparently believes relaxing mask requirements will encourage people who haven’t already done so to get vaccinated. Some experts in human behavior say not likely. The gamble is people will be nervous in a maskless world if they aren't vaccinated. The risk is that those people never felt at risk and all this will do is cause unvaccinated people to go unmasked. With 52 more COVID-1...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-21-2021
May 21, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 21st, 2021. The CDC apparently believes relaxing mask requirements will encourage people who haven’t already done so to get vaccinated. Some experts in human behavior say not likely. The gamble is people will be nervous in a maskless world if they aren't vaccinated. The risk is that those people never felt at risk and all this will do is cause unvaccinated people to go unmasked. With 52 more COVID-1...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-20-2021
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 20th, 2021. Yesterday, India reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country at any time during the pandemic, setting a global record. Over the last month, India’s COVID-19 fatalities have jumped six-fold. And the infections continue to spread, mostly through the countryside where most people live, and health care is limited. Restrictions are returning across Asia. Mongolia h...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-20-2021
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 20th, 2021. Yesterday, India reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country at any time during the pandemic, setting a global record. Over the last month, India’s COVID-19 fatalities have jumped six-fold. And the infections continue to spread, mostly through the countryside where most people live, and health care is limited. Restrictions are returning across Asia. Mongolia h...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-19-2021
May 19, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 19th, 2021. The hope is that we’re seeing the last of the worst. India’s total cases since the pandemic began crossed over 25 million yesterday and there was a record 4,329 deaths in 24 hours. Argentina also had a record one-day coronavirus death toll of 745 as it deals with a second wave of infections. However, in India, there’s at least a trend of falling cases. Lots of buzz after Dr. Anthon...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-19-2021
May 19, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 19th, 2021. The hope is that we’re seeing the last of the worst. India’s total cases since the pandemic began crossed over 25 million yesterday and there was a record 4,329 deaths in 24 hours. Argentina also had a record one-day coronavirus death toll of 745 as it deals with a second wave of infections. However, in India, there’s at least a trend of falling cases. Lots of buzz after Dr. Anthon...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-18-2021
May 18, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 18th, 2021. If you’re in India, you have to wonder what else could happen. A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea was expected to make landfall on India’s west coast last night. Authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people, but what the threat also did was suspend desperately needed vaccinations in one state. Flooding and crowded evacuation shelters could also make matters worse. Con...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-18-2021
May 18, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 18th, 2021. If you’re in India, you have to wonder what else could happen. A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea was expected to make landfall on India’s west coast last night. Authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people, but what the threat also did was suspend desperately needed vaccinations in one state. Flooding and crowded evacuation shelters could also make matters worse. Con...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-17-2021
May 17, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 17th, 2021. The shocking news out of India persists. Not only have bodies been found floating in the Ganges River, more have been found buried in shallow sand graves on its banks. Police with portable loudspeakers are asking people not to dispose of bodies this way. The good news, after hitting record highs for weeks, new cases are said to be stabilizing. A study out of India shows only 0.06% of peo...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-17-2021
May 17, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 17th, 2021. The shocking news out of India persists. Not only have bodies been found floating in the Ganges River, more have been found buried in shallow sand graves on its banks. Police with portable loudspeakers are asking people not to dispose of bodies this way. The good news, after hitting record highs for weeks, new cases are said to be stabilizing. A study out of India shows only 0.06% of peo...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-14-2021
May 14, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 14th, 2021. The CDC now says fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outdoors, even in crowds, and in most indoor settings like stores. The guidance still calls for masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, and prisons. Now comes the confusion. How do businesses know for sure who is and isn’t vaccinated? And what about state and municipal mask mandates that are still in e...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-14-2021
May 14, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 14th, 2021. The CDC now says fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outdoors, even in crowds, and in most indoor settings like stores. The guidance still calls for masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, and prisons. Now comes the confusion. How do businesses know for sure who is and isn’t vaccinated? And what about state and municipal mask mandates that are still in e...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-13-2021
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 13th, 2021. COVID-19 deaths in the United States have fallen to an average of around 600 per day. That’s the lowest level in 10 months. Over half of states are in the single digits and there are days when a state’s number is zero. But at the same time, the Red Cross is warning cases are exploding across Asia and the Pacific. Over 5.9 million new infections in the past two weeks. An independent revie...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-13-2021
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 13th, 2021. COVID-19 deaths in the United States have fallen to an average of around 600 per day. That’s the lowest level in 10 months. Over half of states are in the single digits and there are days when a state’s number is zero. But at the same time, the Red Cross is warning cases are exploding across Asia and the Pacific. Over 5.9 million new infections in the past two weeks. An independent revie...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-12-2021
May 12, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 12th, 2021. The New York Times reported the CDC was relying on a faulty study in declaring a 10% chance of the transmission of Covid-19 outdoors in support of outdoor mask mandates. The CDC now says it’s more like 1% or less. Critics are now asking how a key component of the U.S. Covid response was not only wrong, but never questioned. In a related story Dr. Kavita Patel said she thinks the CDC’s cr...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-12-2021
May 12, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 12th, 2021. The New York Times reported the CDC was relying on a faulty study in declaring a 10% chance of the transmission of Covid-19 outdoors in support of outdoor mask mandates. The CDC now says it’s more like 1% or less. Critics are now asking how a key component of the U.S. Covid response was not only wrong, but never questioned. In a related story Dr. Kavita Patel said she thinks the CDC’s cr...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-11-2021
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 11th, 2021. The FDA expanded use of Pfizer's vaccine yesterday to kids as young as 12. The hope is that this will get adolescents protected before heading back to school in the fall. Canada was the first to expand use to 12 and up. Interestingly, researchers found kids developed higher levels of antibodies than young adults. The India variant continues to work its way around the world. Argentina's H...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-11-2021
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 11th, 2021. The FDA expanded use of Pfizer's vaccine yesterday to kids as young as 12. The hope is that this will get adolescents protected before heading back to school in the fall. Canada was the first to expand use to 12 and up. Interestingly, researchers found kids developed higher levels of antibodies than young adults. The India variant continues to work its way around the world. Argentina's H...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-10-2021
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 10th, 2021. Calls for India's prime minister to implement a nationwide shutdown continue to increase. COVID-19 is spreading there so fast the country Saturday reported more than 4,000 dead, a new single-day high. This is generating bodies faster than they can be buried or cremated. Vaccines and treatments, including oxygen, remain in short supply. But why is this happening? The World Health Organiza...
Coronavirus news, updates, hotspots and information for 5-10-2021
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBThis is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for May 10th, 2021. Calls for India's prime minister to implement a nationwide shutdown continue to increase. COVID-19 is spreading there so fast the country Saturday reported more than 4,000 dead, a new single-day high. This is generating bodies faster than they can be buried or cremated. Vaccines and treatments, including oxygen, remain in short supply. But why is this happening? The World Health Organiza...