Lack of mask use is key factor in Covid-19 outbreaks at fitness facilities, studies say
From CNN s Deidre McPhillips
Two studies published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked Covid-19 outbreaks over the summer in Chicago and Hawaii to exercise facilities. The reports suggest that mask use may be a key mitigation strategy in these settings.
In Chicago, 60% of people who attended in-person fitness classes between August 24 and September 1 tested positive for Covid-19. Another 7% of attendees reported symptoms consistent with the disease.
While some mitigation measures were in place at the facility – including required temperature checks and symptom screenings upon entry – removal of masks was permitted during exercise, according to the report by researchers from Chicago and the CDC.
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Storms delay distribution of 6 million vaccine doses
President Joe Biden tours a Pfizer manufacturing site, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Portage, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A freezer used to store Pfizer-BioNtech s COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at a Pfizer manufacturing site, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Portage, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Winter storms delay distribution of 6 million coronavirus vaccine doses
Fenit Nirappil, Amy Goldstein and Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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A car comes to an intersection in an area with no power in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Sergio Flores
Hazardous winter conditions delayed the distribution of 6 million doses of coronavirus vaccines this week, the White House announced Friday, hindering lifesaving vaccine drives just as they were gaining momentum.
The delayed doses amount to a three-day supply, and this week s winter storms have slowed the arrival of vaccine in all 50 states, according to Andy Slavitt, the White House s senior adviser on the government s response to covid-19. President Joe Biden, speaking at a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., that manufacturers coronavirus vaccine, said the weather is slowing up the distribution of vaccine.