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Here you have the comparative Covid-19 data for Feb. 9, 2021:
In the U.S., there were 95,452 new cases (approximately 17 percent less than reported in last week’s issue) with a total of 27,799,946 cases; on Feb. 9 there were 3,644 deaths (an 11 percent decrease in deaths over data reported in the last two week’s issue) and the U.S. death total has reached 457,868.
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The United Kingdom, on Feb. 9, had 12,364 new cases (approximately 27 percent decrease in new cases from last week) and 3,972,148 total cases. There were 1,052 new deaths Feb. 9 (18 percent fewer deaths than last week), increasing the UK’s Covid death total to 113,850. The UK remains fifth (behind the U.S., India, Brazil, and Russia) on the worldwide total cases list.
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In Italy, On Feb. 9, there were 10,360 new cases and on that day Italy had 422 deaths (an approximate 7 percent increase in new cases and 16 percent decrease in deaths over last week’s issue); there are to date 2,655,319 total cases and 92,002 total Covid-19 deaths.
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In France, on Feb. 9, there were 18,870 new cases, (a 19 percent decrease over last week’s reporting) with a total of 3,360,325 total cases. There were 508 new deaths on Feb. 9 (a 5 percent increase in deaths over what was reported in last week’s issue) with a total of 77,238 Covid-19 deaths in France.
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In Germany, On Feb. 9, there were 5,725 new cases; there have been 2,302,051 total cases. There were 674 deaths (63,271 total Covid-19 deaths in Germany). In comparison to data reported last week, Germany had approximately 16 percent fewer cases and 32 percent fewer new deaths.
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Canada remains 22nd on the worldwide total cases list. Canada had 2,677 new cases on Feb. 9; 810,797 total cases. On Feb. 9, Canada had 74 new deaths (three fewer than last week) for a total of 20,909 deaths.
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We offer a podcast and coverage from GZero World on Israel's and India’s effort to vaccinate and other efforts to combat the pandemic. India remains 2nd on the worldwide total cases list. India had 10,510 new cases; 1,058,300 total cases. On Feb. 9, India had 85 new deaths a total of 155,280 deaths.
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Israel is 27th on the worldwide total cases list and on Feb. 9 they had 7,191 new cases; 703,719 total cases. On Feb. 9, Israel had 45 new deaths for a total of 5,216 deaths.
The table below illustrates cases per million and deaths per million for the U.S. (with data on four leading states, plus California and Hawaii) and the countries that lead the world in cases and deaths.
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The old adage, “We come with bad news and good news” is an accurate description of today’s Revitalize. Two brilliant efforts at long-form journalism: “Dying of Covid in a ‘Separate and unequal’ L.A. hospital” in The Sunday New York Times and Atul Gawande’s “Inside the worst-hit county in the worst-hit state in the worst-hit country” from the current issue of The New Yorker starts us out. LA’s Martin Luther King Hospital (MLK) and Minot, N.D., have seen cases and deaths well beyond the U.S., and in MLK’s instance, far greater than the affluent communities that surround it. Race, ethnicity, and poverty inequalities are explored in The NY Times article and Gawande digs into how politics and economics shape public health.
To transition to the good news we turn to Kaiser Health News for “Community health workers, often overlooked, bring trust to the pandemic fight.” A brilliant look at the key role community health workers are playing and let us remind you that their number will be greatly expanded because the “‘$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan’ includes the hiring of 100,000 people to help with ‘vaccine outreach and contact tracing in the near term, and to transition into community health roles’ after the covid crisis is over.”
The good news is found in the reduction of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in those getting the vaccination in long-term care facilities in the U.S.; see the link please to recent Skilled Nursing News reporting on the data with a link to a new study. A look at Israel’s efforts to implement and expand to all citizens over 60 a vaccination program as well as India’s success at mandating masks and social distancing and starting a vaccination program is found in the linked series on GZERO World. Atul Gawande joins Ian Brenner “to talk about some of the success stories from around the world" and we recommend you view/listen to the whole series that also includes a look at what is happen in the U.S. and Gawande weighing in “on whether or not China and Russia's less-vetted vaccines are safe to take.”
We close with the great Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Laurie Garret on Politics War Room who goes back to the beginning of the pandemic to document what went wrong and then offers a analysis of "what we can expect going forward, and what our lives will look like in 2021 once the vaccine begins to get more widely distributed.” If not interested in the Al Hunt-James Carville opening segment on the current state of politics, jump to 21 minutes into the podcast for the great explainer Laurie Garret's segment.
From California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and all the places staying warm and staying safe, this is Revitalize for Feb. 10, 2021:
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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Dying of Covid in a ‘separate and unequal’ L.A. hospital: Inside an overwhelmed facility in the worst-hit part of California, where the patriarchs of two immigrant families died when they fell sick.
Inside the worst-hit county in the worst-hit state in the worst-hit country.
Community health workers, often overlooked, bring trust to the pandemic fight. President Joe Biden has endorsed a bigger role for these workers as part of his $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan.” The proposal includes the hiring of 100,000 people to help with “vaccine outreach and contact tracing in the near term, and to transition into community health roles” after the covid crisis.
A new study on COVID-19 among nursing home residents and staff found that the cases decreased at a faster rate among both groups after the first vaccine clinic took place in facilities, suggesting that transmission could decline in three weeks after receiving the first vaccine dose.
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For a while, says surgeon and public health expert Dr. Atul Gawande, India was on the same skyrocketing COVID-19 infection rate pathway as the United States. But then something remarkable happened: masking went way up, and infection rates plummeted. And in Israel, Dr. Gawande estimates that enough of the population has already been vaccinated to meaningfully bring down infection and hospitalization rates. The key to effective pandemic responses around the globe, Dr. Gawande concludes, is effective leadership.
Still confused about masks? Here’s the science behind how face masks prevent Coronavirus. UCSF epidemiologist George Rutherford, MD, and infectious disease specialist Peter Chin-Hong, MD, talk about the CDC’s reversal on mask-wearing, the current science on how masks work, and what to consider when choosing a mask.
Vaccine terms explained: Efficacy vs. effectiveness, herd immunity and others.
With Covid-19 raging across the country for a full year, James and Al are joined by Pulitzer-prize winning author and journalist Laurie Garrett to find out what we can expect going forward, and what our lives will look like in 2021. If not interested in the Hunt-Carville political analysis, jump to 21 minutes.
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