12 March 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: New Studies Show CDC-Sanctioned Surgical Masks Not Effective Enough For Front-Line Health Care Workers. COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages Disrupt 45% of Laboratories.

Written by Steven Hansen

The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 14.5 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 17.6 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today’s posts include:

• U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 49,356
• U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 1,557
• U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 29.4 % of the population
• The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved and deaths worsened
• The Real Reasons Why Millions Of Americans Will Defy Covid Mandates And Vaccines
• To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA to Relax Vaccine Handling Advice
• Will Cruises Be Back in 2021 and Will Vaccines Be Mandatory?
• ‘Real-World’ Data Suggest COVID Vax Cuts Asymptomatic Infection Risk
• Vaccine-induced antibodies may be less effective against several new SARS-CoV-2 variants
• Countries with higher obesity rates have suffered more Covid deaths on average
• Early COVID Shots May Have Been Less Potent Than Expected
• COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net
• Good News, Bad News for Novavax COVID Vaccine
• What’s In The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package?
• SARS-CoV-2 jumped from bats to humans without much change
• The CDC released new Covid-19 guidance for childcare programs

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