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Trump administration appointee at HHS pushed a strategy of young, healthy people getting infected with COVID-19 to "develop immunity and help stop the spread"

Paul Alexander wrote that "younger healthy people, children, teens" deliberately getting infected was a "potent weapon" to achieve herd immunity. Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images Paul Alexander, a former top science adviso.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytDec 16th, 2020

Americans calling for herd immunity should look at Sweden"s coronavirus experiment to see why it won"t work

Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Some Americans are pushing herd immunity as a way to reopen the economy in the United States.  The concept of herd .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 15th, 2020

Trump says the UK"s coronavirus plan for "herd immunity" would have been "catastrophic" and caused "a lot of death"

Getty The UK's original plan to deal with the coron.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 1st, 2020

More Americans could die from coronavirus than those killed in battle during Civil War, White House projection shows

Associated Press President Donald Trump and his leadi.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 31st, 2020

Coronavirus has killed over 1,000 Americans. How do you choose between saving the U.S. economy and sparing lives?

President Trump warns of ‘suicides,’ and Bill Gates talks of ‘pile of bodies,’ but they’ve both touched upon an economic term known as the Identifiable Victim Effect......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 26th, 2020

Dr. Fauci said he would never call coronavirus the "Chinese virus," which Trump insists on doing

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to the novel coronavirus as the "Chinese virus."  Anthony Fauci, the US's top expert on infectious disease, on Sunday said he'd never use this phrase to describe the viru.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 23rd, 2020

An infectious disease expert explains why herd immunity probably won"t work in the fight against coronavirus

Reuters Herd immunity occurs when enough of a population is immune to a pathoge.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 20th, 2020

An infectious disease expert explains how we"ll achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus and why we"re not there yet

Reuters Herd immunity occurs when enough of a population is immune to a pathogen that it prevents its further sprea.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 20th, 2020

Explainer: What is herd immunity and will it affect the pandemic?

The outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus has raised questions about a phenomenon known as "herd immunity" and whether it might play a role in how the pandemic progresses......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 19th, 2020

UK"s Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity

UK's Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity The British government's str.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMar 14th, 2020

The CDC is warning travelers about visiting 5 countries because of the coronavirus. Here"s the US government"s guidance for Americans.

REUTERS/Remo Casilli The US State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued travel notices for countries affected by the novel coronavirus. As of Wednesday, the coronavirus had killed at least 2,760 people and i.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 28th, 2020

Trump ‘shocked’ by deadliness of flu — it’s killed at least 16,000 Americans this season

As the world focuses on coronavirus, at least 29 million people in the U.S. have experienced flu illnesses this season, the CDC says......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 28th, 2020

The US and UK lead the world"s coronavirus vaccinations - but they may struggle to reach herd immunity if they reopen too soon

More contagious variants and vaccine skepticism could still pose a barrier to herd immunity, scientists said.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 21st, 2021

As more Americans get vaccinated, a fourth coronavirus surge is unlikely, former FDA chief says

"We're talking about some form of protective immunity in ab.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 21st, 2021

A Johns Hopkins professor predicts the US will reach herd immunity by April, but many experts aren"t so optimistic

The nation's rapid drop in coronavirus cases is evidence it's close to reaching herd immunity, Dr. Martin Makary wrote in The Wall Street Journal. Peopl.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytFeb 20th, 2021

Biden just purchased 200 million additional doses of coronavirus vaccines - and we now have enough shots to immunize most Americans

Biden said his predecessor, former president Donald Trump, "didn't order enough vac.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytFeb 11th, 2021

How Close Is The UK To "Herd Immunity"?

How Close Is The UK To 'Herd Immunity'? While the UK has long abandoned the strategy of achieving herd immunity by allowing the viru.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytFeb 4th, 2021

"To heal, we must remember": Biden paid tribute to 400,000 Americans lost to COVID-19 with moving ceremony at Lincoln Memorial

"To heal, we must remember. It's hard sometimes to remember," Biden said. "But that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation." U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend a coronavirus disease (COVID-1.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 19th, 2021

NewsWatch: When will Americans receive the extra $300 in unemployment benefits?

President Trump signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday night......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchDec 29th, 2020

: When will Americans receive the extra $300 in unemployment benefits?

President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill on Sunday night......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchDec 29th, 2020