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Today: The White House pledged to send an increase in resources to Michigan and other states hardest hit by a new wave of COVID-19 infections, not just an increase in vaccines. States should expect much smaller J&J vaccine shipments in the future, and new documents obtained by House Democrats show the extent to which former Trump officials interfered with the CDC.
Let’s start with the vaccines:
White House in Michigan: Sorry, there are no extra doses for you
The White House said Friday it planned to send additional staff to help with vaccinations in affected states, but declined calls to send more doses of the vaccine.
“We will provide states with significant increases in cases with a set of additional tools to help them slow the spread,” the White House coronavirus response coordinator said. Jeff Zients
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This includes additional federal staff to help with vaccines, as well as more testing capacity and more therapy to treat people with the virus.
Despite this: The offer will not include more doses of the vaccine itself, something Michigan officials in particular have been asking for.
Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer: Bipartisan lawmakers are urging Biden to send more vaccines to Michigan amid the rise that Biden is rescinding Trump-approved Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin. The five states account for nearly 44% of US COVID-19 cases MORE (D) called President Biden
Joe Biden, Anne Frank’s half-sister: Trump “obviously admired Hitler,” the Biden-GOP infrastructure talks about starting a rupture. We must stop slowing down China’s climate MORE send more doses given the worrying rise in cases in the state, as have several prominent public health experts and members of the state congressional delegation.
Zients argued that the vaccine is still needed nationwide.
“There are tens of millions of people across the country in all states and counties who have not yet been vaccinated and the fair and equitable way the vaccine is distributed is based on the adult population by state, tribe and territory,” he said. to say. .
Read more here.
Democrats say: Documents show Trump officials helped suppress CDC reports on coronavirus
Early advisers to the Trump administration helped suppress scientific information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that they considered harmful to President Trump
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“Our research has shown that Trump administration officials are involved in a persistent pattern of political interference in the country’s public health response to the coronavirus pandemic, nullifying and intimidating scientists and making harmful decisions that allow the virus spreads faster, ”Rep. James said. Clyburn (DS.C.), chairman of the subcommittee.
Specifically, the committee found that former scientific advisor Paul Alexander attempted to alter or block at least 13 CDC reports related to the coronavirus.
Yippee: When it worked, as in the case where CDC leaders reported that they changed the opening sentence of a report on the spread of the virus among younger people, Alexander bragged.
“Small victory, but a victory but and yes!” according to reports, he wrote in an email.
The Trump administration has denied any political interference affecting CDC reports and claimed Alexander’s emails “absolutely did not shape the department’s policy or strategy.”
Read more here.
Vaccines for young people: Pfizer-BioNTech requests emergency authorization to vaccinate young people aged 12 to 15
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech applied to modify their emergency use authorization with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain approval to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 12 to 15.
The measure would extend the FDA’s emergency authorization for the vaccine, which is currently only available to people over the age of 16. With the other two vaccines authorized in the US for adults only, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would become the first available for young people aged 12 to 15 in the US
The two companies said they plan to apply for similar age extensions to other regulators around the world in the coming days.
Carry on: Launch of Pfizer and BioNTech research last month who determined that their vaccine is 100% effective in the age group. At the time, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he hoped to start vaccinating young people aged 12 to 15 before the start of the next school year. This could go a long way in getting this to happen.
Read more here.
Goodbye Goodbye: White House warns states expecting low weekly J&J vaccine shipments
White House officials said Friday that states will receive substantially fewer doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the next few weeks, until the Food and Drug Administration can authorize the company’s production facilities in Baltimore.
“We expect a relatively low level of weekly doses distributed to states, tribes, territories and our federal channels” until the manufacturing plant is authorized, Jeff Zients, Said the White House coronavirus response coordinator on Friday.
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that doses shipped from Johnson & Johnson will drop from about 4.9 million this week to 700,000 next week, a reduction of 85 percent.
According to CDC data, only 5 million shots of Johnson & Johnson have been administered nationwide, compared to 170 million shots of the other two authorized vaccines.
Unfulfilled goals? J&J previously said it expects to deliver 24 million doses by the end of April, but it’s unclear if this could happen without the Baltimore plant’s permission. But the last time he mentioned those figures was on March 31st. Since then, the company in public statements only said it would meet, or nearly meet, the goal of 100 million doses delivered by the end of May.
Read more here.
Concerns about variants are rising: CDC documents are rising in the Brazilian strain in the US
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in Brazil are increasing in the United States.
Data released Thursday showed 434 reported cases of variant P.1 in 28 jurisdictions.
States that see the variant: Most cases are recorded in Massachusetts, where there are 102 cases. Other states most affected by variant P.1 include Illinois with 93 cases, Florida with 87 cases, and California with 39 cases.
The P.1. The variant is the second most common variant in the US behind variant B.1.1.7 first identified in the UK, which the CDC director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle Walensky: Night Care: Biden Terminates Trump-Approved Medicaid Work Requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin | CDC director says racism is a “serious threat to public health” The worst current hotspots of the current COVID-19: CDC director in Brazil and India says racism is a “serious threat to public health” to public health “. The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: We make an agreement on MORE infrastructure and taxes said Wednesday is the dominant strain in the country. A total of 19,554 strains of variant B.1.1.7 have been reported in 52 U.S. jurisdictions
The United States has reported 424 cases of the third variant, B.1.351, which was first discovered in South Africa.
Read more here.
What we are reading
CDC increases examination of rare “advanced infections” after vaccination (Washington Post)
To speed up vaccination, some call for delaying second vaccinations (New York News)
Scientists are working to achieve an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat COVID-19 (Statistical news)
They have tested negative for COVID. However, they show long symptoms of COVID (Kaiser health news)
State by state
Wisconsin reports most daily COVID-19 cases in nearly two months; deaths, hospitalizations are also on the rise (Wisconsin State Journal)
The change to phase 2 could mean a decrease in vaccine doses sent to northern Virginia (WTOP)
Indiana’s new tax on vaporization products proposed as “petty” (Chicago Tribune)