COVID Researchers Just Issued Their Bleakest 2021 Prediction Yet
By John Quinn of Best Life |
COVID Researchers Just Issued Their Bleakest 2021 Prediction Yet
While White House chief medical adviser
Anthony Fauci, MD, has been telling Americans that we ll start to see some degree of normalcy return by late fall, new research out of the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) casts a far bleaker projection. In their latest report, the IHME poured cold water on the idea that the country will be able to avoid another wave of COVID-19 hitting next winter. The grim prognosis was included in their Jan. 22 COVID-19 Results Briefing. Keep reading to hear why exactly these COVID-19 researchers think a winter 2021 wave is inevitable, and for another update on where the virus is spreading now, check out How Bad the COVID Outbreak Is in Your State.
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On hold? Cactus League asks MLB to delay start of spring training because of coronavirus
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Indians Ernie Clement gets ready to hit in the ninth inning of a Cactus League game last year against the White Sox in Glendale, Ariz.AP
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CLEVELAND, Ohio MLB has been asked to delay the start of spring training in Arizona by Cactus League and government officials in the cities that host the 15 teams that call the desert home because of the surging coronavirus. Camps were expected to open on Feb. 17.
MLB Players Association, however, expects camps and the regular season to open on time because they’ve been assured of that by MLB.
COVID Variants May Prompt Additional Moderna Vaccine
Jan. 25, 2021 As mutated strains of the coronavirus represent new threats in the pandemic, vaccine makers are racing to respond.
Moderna, whose two-dose vaccine has been authorized for use in the U.S. since Dec. 18, said Monday that it is now investigating whether a third dose of the vaccine will better prevent the spread of a variant first seen in South Africa, while it also tests a new vaccine formula for the same purpose.
“Out of an abundance of caution and leveraging the flexibility of our mRNA platform, we are advancing an emerging variant booster candidate against the variant first identified in the Republic of South Africa into the clinic to determine if it will be more effective … against this and potentially future variants,” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said in a statement.Pfizer and BioNTech, whose vaccine was also authorized in December, announced last week that their COVID-19 vaccine creates antibodies that c
By Justine Coleman - 01/25/21 03:51 PM EST
Officials from the Cactus League and Arizona communities are asking MLB to delay spring training for 15 teams in the state due to the high COVID-19 infection rate.
Cactus League Executive Director Bridget Binsbacher made the request through a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred that was dated Friday and signed by six mayors, two city managers and the president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
Players typically report to spring training in February, bringing 15 teams to train at 10 facilities in the area for games beginning at the end of February or beginning of March, The Arizona Republic noted.