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US surpasses 500K COVID deaths; FDA addresses variants and vaccines
Yahoo ^ | 02/22/2021 | Anjalee Khemlani

Posted on 02/22/2021 2:44:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The U.S. surpassed 500,000 deaths Monday, marking the latest grim milestone in the country's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health experts anticipated reaching the current death toll this month, as cases and hospitalizations peaked last month. Even as the trend is decreasing on both fronts, with deaths likely to slow in coming weeks, variants circulating bring a new wave of concerns.

President Joe Biden is slated to hold a vigil Monday evening to remember the 500,000 lives lost.

Projections of the circulation of the U.K. variant (B.1.1.7) show it will be the dominant strain in the U.S. by March. Studies are ongoing about the effects of the new strain, with the U.K. saying earlier this month it could be more deadly in addition to being more transmissible. But health experts believe the vaccines will continue to be effective in protecting against the strain.

Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is slated to have its vaccine candidate analyzed by independent experts for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with anticipation of a rollout coming as early as the weekend. The single-dose vaccine would alleviate the burden on administrators for current two-dose vaccines and could help to reach more vulnerable populations because it requires less-intense cold storage than mRNA vaccines.

Novavax (NVAX), another vaccine candidate that has commitments for its candidate in the U.S. and globally, is now fully enrolled for its Phase 3 clinical trial, with results and a filing for emergency use authorization expected by Spring.

Another candidate from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi (SNY), which partnered for the effort, is moving ahead with a new formulation for Phase 2 after a previous version was deemed ineffective. The duo expects to start Phase 3 by the second quarter if all goes well.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19; covidtruthers; deaths; frflatearthers; vaccines; variants
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1 posted on 02/22/2021 2:44:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I would kobe to see the numbers of people dying of covid amd not with covid.


2 posted on 02/22/2021 2:46:13 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Dutch Boy

Kobe died in a helicopter crash, not from covid...
:)


3 posted on 02/22/2021 2:49:42 PM PST by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind; All

Yawn, does ANYONE believe this number?


4 posted on 02/22/2021 2:49:54 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

I can certainly think of one FReeper.


5 posted on 02/22/2021 2:51:46 PM PST by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Correction

US Surpasses Half Million while Steal Occupies.

Thou Shall Not Steal


6 posted on 02/22/2021 2:51:51 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: SeekAndFind

If anyone actually believes this grossly inflated number then please get psychological help


7 posted on 02/22/2021 2:52:21 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel & a deplorable. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I call BS on these death Numbers, I personally Saw 2 People DIE from COVID, one was the driver of the Truck that had a Heart Attack while dying from COVID and the other was the Harley Rider he HIT HEAD ON who apparently was dying of COVID when he got Hit.


8 posted on 02/22/2021 2:53:31 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Cobra64

Nope. Not after seeing gunshot victims listed as covid deaths. Not buying it for one second.


9 posted on 02/22/2021 2:53:40 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Cobra64
Yawn, does ANYONE believe this number?

Yes, probably over half of the population.

Eventually, it will be shown to be one of the biggest hoaxes, ever.

The CDC has become so corrupt as to be irrelevant.

A national center to prevent disease has to be credible to have a significant effect.

The CDC started sacrificing its credibility for political purposes long ago. Now, close to half the population has serious reason to doubt their numbers.

10 posted on 02/22/2021 2:54:22 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Dutch Boy

Somewhere around 70k which is flu / cold / pneumonia average.

There is no pandemic just a other cold variant.


11 posted on 02/22/2021 2:57:37 PM PST by maddog55 ((the only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!))
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To: Cobra64

No one I know believes it. My daughter works for Visa and got a call very early in the “epidemic” from a 70-year-old cardholder who was hospitalized overnight with a badly broken leg. An overnight in a hospital might be $5,000 - $7,000 at most, but his bill was $35,000 for “Covid respirator care.”

Meanwhile in my very nice senior complex, we have perhaps 200 “vulnerable” citizens who socialize and and have picnics on the lawn and go to one another’s places for dinner and drinks and whatever. No Covid cases that anyone knows of. One good friend died at 91 from Leukemia. Another fellow handed out free Corona beer to his friends in honor of the virus.


12 posted on 02/22/2021 2:58:40 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Seruzawa

And there was no flu this year either. It’s like a miracle.


13 posted on 02/22/2021 3:05:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

This story should have started with Once Upon a Time....


14 posted on 02/22/2021 3:06:22 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: SeekAndFind

The 500K number may be suspect but there is no doubt that the CCP got more of us this past year than the NVA did in eight years.


15 posted on 02/22/2021 3:06:47 PM PST by Ben Hecks (Don't Google it - Duck it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is that real deaths or part of the 1600% inflated numbers CDC admits happened?


16 posted on 02/22/2021 3:08:39 PM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: SeekAndFind

covid covid covid is the new russia russia russia...

seek and find out why the biden administration isn’t concerned about the invaders bringing any illnesses with them across the border...


17 posted on 02/22/2021 3:14:32 PM PST by heavy metal (covid covid covid is the new russia russia russia...)
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To: SeekAndFind

500K according to WHO, is the question.


18 posted on 02/22/2021 3:15:26 PM PST by simpson96
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To: SeekAndFind

100% BS- LIES


19 posted on 02/22/2021 3:18:08 PM PST by Fledermaus (The Republican Party is DEAD! It took 160 years but The Whigs Struck Back!)
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To: SeekAndFind

A true vaccine provides immunity to the individual as well as stopping transmission. These covid “vaccines” do neither. Yet we call them vaccines......


20 posted on 02/22/2021 3:19:15 PM PST by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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