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U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million in a Week

posted by martyb on Monday November 16 2020, @08:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the up-20%-is-good,-right? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus_:

U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week:

U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week

More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, according to a COVID-19 tracker by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 166,555 new cases on Sunday, with 1,266 new deaths.

The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases. Positive test rates and hospitalization rates are on the rise across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[...] Hospitalizations continue to climb. More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, more than ever before.

The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities in the U.S. According to data from the CDC as of Nov. 7, hospitalization rates for Hispanic or Latino people are 4.2 times higher than that of white people. American Indian or Alaska Native people have been hospitalized at 4.1 times the rate of white people, with Black people being hospitalized at 3.9 times the rate of white people.

[...] The Trump administration has blocked the current coronavirus task force from communicating with President-elect Biden's team.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @02:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @02:15PM (#1078241)

    What is telling, is that the same people religiously believe in masks despite no evidence, and religiously disbelieve efficiency of vitamins (D and C) despite any evidence.

    Those people do not form an opinion themselves, they parrot whatever they are told from the up high. Arguing with them is as pointless as arguing with a dog.

    In the meantime:
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900720302318 [sciencedirect.com]

    Highlights
    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes a respiratory infection, at times followed by severe systemic illness.
    • Low dose (0.5–2 g/d) vitamin C may have benefits when used early in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections.
    • Severe late forms of coronavirus disease 2019 are due to a cytokine storm involving interleukin-6 and endothelin-1.
    • Vitamin C (especially at high doses) can reduce mediators such as interleukin-6 and endothelin-1.
    • Thus, vitamin C may also benefit patients with severe late-stage coronavirus disease 2019.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @05:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @05:20AM (#1078687)

    Oh look, another whiny git. Every time I've seen the vitamin D, C stuff people have been quite open. They didn't just accept it as fact and happened to voice their questions and concerns.

    What horrible behavior! Something is wtong with you wackos, you have a strange need for acceptance of whatever comes out of you.