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Gallup: 72% of U.S. parents fear COVID-19 danger at schools, daycare

October 9, 2020

Oct. 9 (UPI) — Nearly three-quarters of parents in the United States say they’re “somewhat” or “very” concerned about their children picking up COVID-19 at school or daycare centers, a Gallup survey shows.

According to the poll, part of the Franklin Templeton-Gallup Economics of Recovery Study, 45% of U.S. parents say they’re “very worried” and 27% are “somewhat” concerned. Thirteen percent said they are “not too worried” and 9% said they’re “not at all worried.”

More than half said school cleanliness and sanitation had a major impact on their feeling, and 47% cited requirements or lack of requirements for daily health screenings for students and teachers as a major influencing factor in how they feel about sending children to schools full time. Another 44% said class size was a “major” concern.

“Most parents who have one or more children enrolled in school would prefer that their child’s school have some

Trump falsely dismisses virus danger: ‘You catch it, you get better, and you’re immune’

October 8, 2020

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President Donald Trump on Thursday, just days after being hospitalized for COVID-19 and as he continued to receive medical care at the White House, once again downplayed his own sickness and the threat to Americans across the country.

“Remember, when you catch it, you get better, and you’re immune,” he told Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in his first extensive interview since getting out of Walter Reed hospital Monday and with Election Day now just weeks away.

The president’s continued effort to minimize the danger comes as more than 211,000 American lives have died from the virus that continues to spread in many parts of the U.S., including inside the White House and within the ranks of his own administration.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump pulls off his protective face mask as he poses atop the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, Oct. 5, 2020. — President Donald Trump pulls off his protective face mask as he poses atop the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center

Trump testing positive for Covid-19 means the president’s health is in danger, not U.S. security

October 5, 2020

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It’s official: The president of the United States, the most powerful individual on the planet, has contracted Covid-19. Donald Trump is now at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is receiving experimental treatments and steroids to battle episodes of drops in oxygen, fever and fatigue. More than 200,000 Americans have already lost their lives from the coronavirus.

Multiple contingencies — some downright apocalyptic — are taken into account to ensure the country is safe and the people’s business continues under any circumstance.

The president’s hospital stay has produced a swirl of commentary about the potential national security implications of Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis. Some have suggested that the U.S. government is in the midst of the most dangerous period in its history. But as significant as this news is, we would be well served by taking a step back from the threat-inflation now seeping into the national conversation. The

After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water

October 2, 2020

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Two months after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., in 2018, Kevin Phillips, then a manager for town’s irrigation district, walked from one destroyed home to another.

Burned out cars, the occasional chimney and the melted skeletons of washers and dryers were the only recognizable shapes.

“You started to actually be shocked when you saw a standing structure,” he said.

Mr. Phillips, now Paradise’s town manager, was following the team taking samples from intact water meters connected to homes that were now reduced to gray ash. He knew from the Tubbs Fire in 2017 that harmful toxins were likely in the water distribution system: Rapid action would be needed to protect people returning to the community from the dangers of toxins like benzene, which can cause nausea and vomiting in the short-term, or even cancer over time.

Wildfires, which turned skies a dim orange over cities from Seattle to Santa

Most American Families Facing Financial Danger During Pandemic: Poll | Health News

September 30, 2020

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By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporters

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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than 60% of households with children in the United States have struggled with serious financial problems during the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll shows.

Black and Hispanic households with children have borne the brunt of the hardships, which include struggles to afford medical care, depletion of household savings and difficulty paying debts, the poll found.

Conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the poll surveyed more than 3,400 adults, 1,000 of whom were living with children under the age of 18, between July 1 and Aug. 3.

Of the Hispanic households with children that responded, 86% reported these difficulties; in Black households, 66% reported them. In white households, the number hovers around 50%.

The stark racial differences were surprising, as they surfaced

Danger Is Approaching for Coronavirus Vaccine Stocks

September 30, 2020

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The Covid-19 vaccine race appears to be entering the home stretch. For biotech investors, the trouble could be just beginning.

Despite a recent pullback, biotech investors are pricing in multiple Covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs in the near future.

Pfizer

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and its partner

BioNTech

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could have late-stage clinical data as soon as the end of October, while data from

Moderna

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is expected soon after.

Johnson & Johnson

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and

Novavax

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have also recently begun their own late-stage trials and could have data within a few months.

Optimism abounds: Moderna’s shares have more than tripled so far this year, while Novavax stock has surged more than twentyfold. The so-called “vaccine trade” has become very popular with retail investors. After all, the federal government has opened its checkbook to companies trying to develop vaccines. What’s more, the total addressable market includes all of humanity, at

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