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Case numbers in the United States continue to plummet. About 23,000 new infections are being identified each day, the fewest in nearly a year.
- Several states in the Midwest and Northeast have seen reports of new cases decline by more than 50 percent over the last two weeks. No state is seeing a major increase in cases.
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Half of all people in the United States have started the vaccination process, and 40 percent are fully vaccinated. But the number of doses administered each day has fallen by about half from its April peak.
- Deaths have also been declining, but the national data was skewed recently by reports of many earlier deaths in Oklahoma and Maryland.
For more in-depth reporting, please look at the Times' presentation of current data, trends, and the impact on your community and where you work.
Comparative Covid-19 data for June 1, 2021 illustrate that Italy, Germany, and Canada showed significant decline in new cases with decreased or stable hospitalization and death tolls. France showed an increase in new cases yet a decrease in new deaths.
As to vaccinations, all countries other than the U.S. are employing a delay in second doses approach, and those countries for the most part are using AstraZeneca. Thereby the first-dose-only numbers in France, the UK, Italy, Germany, and Canada are approximately two times greater than fully vaccinated. Italy and France have 40 percent of their population with one dose, Germany with 45 percent, and the UK with 60 percent of their population with one dose. In comparison, the U.S. as of June 1 had 51 percent of the population with one dose and 42% with two doses or having received the J&J one-dose jab.
“Can we use all those air travel credits this summer, accept our friends' invites to the great Tuscan house, trek the Camino de Santiago in the fall, or visit our pals on the Isle of Wight?” These and many more questions about getting out of the U.S. this summer and fall were asked of our publisher as he traveled Michigan and Illinois and to our editor as she “face timed” friends around the globe. A quick answer is found in our lead article from Forbes: “Europe is opening: June EU travel restrictions, Covid-19 test requirements, quarantine by country.”
Leading with good news as to travel, let us offer some sobering news as to the future of the Pandemic in a quartet of great articles. We turn first to the opinion pages of The New York Times for University of North Carolina sociology professor and Times opinion writer (and often found in these pages) Dr. Zeynep Tufekci’s "Covid’s deadliest phase may be here soon." She tells us “A new, more transmissible variant could devastate countries without vaccines.” StatNews offers us “Four global agencies are calling for investments of up to $50 billion to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which they say has reached 'a perilous point.'” Article number three is from Slate: "The really surprising thing about fully vaccinated people who get Covid-19," which bolsters our spirits with the lead “The number of so-called breakthrough cases we’re seeing is even lower than expected.” And to complete this vaccination grand rounds we offer from AXIOS: "The hurdles to creating a universal coronavirus vaccine."
Some history and politics of the pandemic response is found in The Washington Post’s scoop "Anthony Fauci’s pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world.’" Next we link an article with insight into Pfizer's rollout efforts: "Boxed in: How a single Pfizer decision complicated the Covid vaccine rollout while boosting profits." Let us then go to a NYT political for "On vaccine mandates, the G.O.P. isn’t on its own anymore" that offers “Support for vaccine passports has once again fallen along partisan lines — but it isn’t as divisive as other pandemic precautions.”
We close with a look at staffing in the skilled nursing industry, where the news was bad pre-Covid-19 and has gotten worse. Skilled Nursing News tells us “The most agonizing struggle to find and retain operational staff at skilled nursing facilities continues to be a condition in search of a cure. The pandemic worsened the situation, magnifying concerns about health and safety, which were then piled onto already low wages and relatively uncompetitive pay.”
Back in the home office in Culver City where the over-16 vaccination rate is now 80 percent and rising while the June gloom temperature is not, we offer Revitalize for June 3, 2021:
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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Europe is opening: June EU travel restrictions, Covid-19 test requirements, quarantine by country.
Covid’s deadliest phase may be here soon. A new, more transmissible variant could devastate countries without vaccines.
Global agencies call for $50 billion investment to combat Covid-19. Four global agencies are calling for investments of up to $50 billion to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which they say has reached “a perilous point."
The really surprising thing about fully vaccinated people who get Covid-19. The number of so-called breakthrough cases we’re seeing is even lower than expected.
The hurdles to creating a universal coronavirus vaccine.
Anthony Fauci’s pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world.’
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Boxed in: How a single Pfizer decision complicated the Covid vaccine rollout while boosting profits. Pfizer says its decision was intended to speed vaccine delivery, but it meant the Covid shots were sent mostly to densely populated areas and not to pharmacies and primary care;
On vaccine mandates, the G.O.P. isn’t on its own anymore. Support for vaccine passports has once again fallen along partisan lines — but it isn’t as divisive as other pandemic precautions.
Competition for nursing home workers hits an all-time high. The most agonizing struggle to find and retain operational staff at skilled nursing facilities continues to be a condition in search of a cure. The pandemic worsened the situation, magnifying concerns about health and safety, which were then piled onto already low wages and relatively uncompetitive pay.
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