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The elections ended but the pandemic did not
About 53,000 people were hospitalized for coronavirus on Thursday in the United States and deaths surpassed 1,000 for the fourth day in a row as the country broke its record for the most Covid-19 cases in a single day on Friday, with 128,000 additional. new infections, according to the Washington Post.
In light of the alarming increase, some state and local governments across the country are implementing new restrictions, such as out-of-state travel testing requirements, collection limitations, and business closures.
Everything to combat the emerging virus within an economy already paralyzed by the pandemic.
Political rush for a coronavirus vaccine
Meanwhile, the outgoing president who just lost the election on the Biden-Harris camp seems indifferent: “The case levels are high, but a lot of the case levels are high due to the fact that we have the best testing program. anywhere in the world”. . We have developed the most and the best test, and we test much more than any other country, so it shows obviously more cases. This administration will not go into a lockdown. Hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows what administration will be, I guess time will tell, but I can tell you this administration will not be closed. “
Trump has also touted the coronavirus vaccine announced Monday by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the same company that was forced to pay hundreds of thousands of US dollars in legal settlements to several Nigerian families as financial compensation for allegedly conducting a clinical trial. illegal. of meningitis drugs in 1996 in about 200 children in Kano.
As a result, many of these children were paralyzed by the trials and even four children died.
Pfizer has a track record to follow
“Pfizer announced on Monday that its China virus vaccine is over 90% effective. This far exceeds all expectations. No one thought they would reach that level, and we have others to come that we believe will be at the same level. Maybe more, if that’s possible. So Governor, Governor Cuomo will have to let us know when he’s ready for it. Otherwise, we can’t deliver it (vaccine dose, ed) to a state that won’t give it to his people right away. And I know a lot, I know the people of New York very well. I know they want it, so the governor would let us know when it’s ready. “
Experts are paying attention, as the safety of this vaccine for the virus that has already claimed more than 200,000 lives in the US is still unknown.
In addition, the efficacy of the vaccine has not yet been proven, as the company has not released all the details about its preliminary analysis and many believe that it is necessary to have “independent and open eyes” to thoroughly scrutinize the findings before administering it to the patient. general public.
