18 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Pfizer Says It Is Not Clear That Their Shot Is Effective Against The South African Variant. This Applies To The Moderna Vaccine Too According To NEJM Study.

Written by Steven Hansen

The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 26.1 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 15.5 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 8.5 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today’s posts include:

• U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 70,188
• U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 63,398
• U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 2,459
• U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 16.8 % of the population
• The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations improved, and deaths improved
• Hopefully, these current improving COVID trends will remain in play even with the new strains
• The U.S. lost a whole year of life expectancy – and for Black people, it’s nearly 3 times worse
• Thousands of service members saying no to Covid vaccine
• ‘Somewhere in there, the vaccine got overpromised’: How the COVID-19 vaccination process turned chaotic and confusing
• How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?
• Genetic mutation inherited from Neanderthals could help protect against severe COVID-19 cases
• Oxford University’s major therapeutics trial goes international
• Surprise Find in COVID-19 Brain Capillaries – Could this contribute to COVID brain fog?
• Pregnant women at higher risk for COVID infection

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