Pence To Be Tested For COVID-19; 'Hundreds Of Millions' Of Face Masks In Production
Source: NPR
Vice President Pence on Saturday announced he and his wife will be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, following confirmation that an aide on his staff was diagnosed with the respiratory disease last week.
Pence made the remarks at a news conference following the coronavirus task force meeting at the White House. Earlier in the week the vice president, who leads the task force, told reporters that he has not been tested for the virus because the White House doctor had told him he didn't need to be.
"I'm pleased to report that he is doing well," Pence said of his aide, adding that "he had mild cold-like symptoms for a day and half." Pence explained that all contact-tracing has been completed and neither he nor the president had direct contact with the aide. Regardless, he said, he would undergo testing later in the day.
He also offered the latest figures on the number of Americans who have been tested: More than 195,000 people have been tested, not including those who were tested in county hospitals or health care labs around the nation. Of those, roughly 19,350 have tested positive for the coronavirus, Pence said...
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/21/817976872/white-house-to-give-an-update-on-coronavirus-tests-response
*** UPDATE: PENCE TESTS NEGATIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS: CNN ****
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-21-20-intl-hnk/h_8e92cf4e05eb5136956ce667a6a5cbe3
President Trump, who spoke first at the press conference listed steps the administration has taken to fight the spread of the virus, including an order for "hundreds of millions" of face masks and other supplies for health care professionals.
"We started with very few masks and now we're making tens of millions of masks," Trump said after blaming previous administrations for the stockpile shortages the country now faces.
He later stated the government has issued a contract for 500 million N95 masks, saying they are "now" available to hospitals and other health care centers. Part of the demand is being met by the private sector in "sixth gear," he said, which is responding by making masks, swabs and ventilators in lieu of their main industries.
- MAP: Tracking the spread of coronavirus in the U.S., NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
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You can download as a PDF (click on "download full-text PDF" ) for better viewing if you like and store to your computer.
Keep in mind this is for the original SARS virus from 2011, not necessarily Covid-19 but some are saying it should be similar. Interesting reading, regardless.
The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221812681_The_Effects_of_Temperature_and_Relative_Humidity_on_the_Viability_of_the_SARS_Coronavirus
KY......
BULLSHIT to all of it!
... it tracks the spread of availability of tests.
That is all.
