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Everlywell at-home COVID-19 testing kits receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization
Everlywell, a health and wellness company that provides at-home lab testing kits, has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for a COVID-19 at-home collection kit. Everlywell’s EUA is the first to be issued to a digital health company that is not a diagnostics manufacturer. It is also the only EUA for at-home COVID-19 testing that is not tied to one specific lab; the company is allowed to work with a number of…
It’s Saturday night and the US is moving quickly toward 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths
I took a long walk today with a mask in one pocket and some portable hand sanitizer in the other. When I did come within several dozen feet of fellow walkers or the occasional biker, I respectfully put on my mask – remember, masks likely do not protect you, but they really are to protect others.
When I drove back through town I noticed most people on the streets skipping the masks and ignoring “social…
COVID-19 reported illnesses over 5M world-wide with over 325K deaths
With just over 4.25% of the world population, the US has over 1.5M COVID-19 illnesses and over 93K deaths – not very good math.…
Borrowers Will Be Stuck with PPP Debt; Access to Loans Is Uneven, Particularly for Women and Minorities
Coronavirus Outbreak – Hey, Donald Trump, making America great – we are the leader in COVID-19 illnesses and deaths
It is Sunday and nearly 5 million world citizens (7.85 billion) have become ill with COVIF-19.
In the United States 1.5 million have been sickened and nearly 90,000 have died and we are only 4.29% of the world population.
There is no country that is even a close second.
And, here are the projections:…
Coronavirus “Superspreaders” a risk to Choir Practice
The CDC reports today about COVID-19 and asymptomatic illnesses and “superspreaders.”
Superspreading events involving SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been reported.
Following a 2.5-hour choir practice attended by 61 persons, including a symptomatic index patient, 32 confirmed and 20 probable secondary COVID-19 cases occurred (attack rate = 53.3% to 86.7%); three patients were hospitalized, and two died. Transmission was likely facilitated by close proximity (within 6 feet) during practice and augmented by the…
US COVID-19 Deaths estimated to be between 100,000 to 200,000 by June 1
The models vary, most based on the assumptions of social distancing.
Over that last few days I have seen both the ongoing march of illnesses and deaths and the number of people out on the road, walking and riding bikes increasing. Yesterday the garden store was packed with people buying plants – most wearing masks. Take-out in the few restaurants in my town seemed be be booming with customers waiting on their orders several feet…
Businesses that Reopen Too Soon Should be Subject to Tort Liability
Timothy D. Lytton is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law.
President Donald J. Trump has vacillated between entreating Americans to shelter in place and tweeting support for protesters demanding an immediate end to the shutdown. When Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced that he was relaxing restrictions despite the warnings of public health officials, mayors around the state urged local businesses not to reopen and local residents…
From cruise ships to fishing vessels—learning from past COVID-19 disasters
Fishing season is right around the corner, and at least one player in the seafood industry is doing everything it can to minimize the chances of a COVID-19 outbreak on its Alaska-bound vessels. Prior to heading out for the season, employees must participate in a two-week quarantine, daily temperature checks by nurses, and, if the company can obtain them, have a negative COVID-19 test two days before they are set to embark.
Alaska’s seafood industry,…