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Jeffrey Wang, a senior at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, has proved his scientific prowess in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search, having already won at least $25,000 as one of 40 finalists in the nationwide competition. Next week he moves into the last round of judging, in which the top 10 will be awarded $40,000 to $250,000 each.
Jeffrey, 16, was named one of the finalists from an original 1,761 entrants in the Regeneron STS, which was established in 1913 and is billed as “the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school research competition.”
The competition invites high school seniors across the country to submit full research projects in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects.
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Will endemic Covid be as severe or deadly?
To date, more than 500,000 Americans have died from Covid, with more than 28.3 million cases confirmed in the U.S.
If Covid becomes endemic, people will fare better as a whole, and not get as sick from the virus, Saphire says.
When the coronavirus initially spread to the U.S., nobody was immune to it, creating dry kindling for the fire, Saphire says. Eventually, enough of us will be vaccinated or have survived it that there will be enough immune firebreaks that will slow propagation.
As people continue to get vaccinated, infection levels are going to come down dramatically over the course of the spring and summer, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, told CNBC s Squawk Box Thursday.
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