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Biden lays out COVID-19 strategy on first full day in office

I have to admit that I am appalled at the idea of allowing pharmaceutical companies to distribute vaccines without the explicit guidance and help of the federal government. Especially considering that they have zero experience with manufacturing or distributing medical products. Nor could they possibly have any concept of logistics or the demographics of the areas where their products are used. It's just amazing what we let them get away with.

YOU can't beat winter fishing

[Biden lays out COVID-19 strategy on first full day in office]('https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/biden-covid-strategy-first-full-day-presidency/')

Its like talking to Drunk Uncle.

[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Trump [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]was[/COLOR] already doing everything he states.

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lotta nopin' goin' down........... YUP

And now back to our previously scheduled programming:

My wife and I are in a younger group of folks so it will be a bit until we can get the vaccine. We will continue to be careful and hopefully our number is called sooner than later.

My mother is 73 and received a call from her blood doctor and was told they have been allocated enough vaccine to help her. She awaits her call.

I have to admit that I am appalled at the idea of allowing pharmaceutical companies to distribute vaccines without the explicit guidance and help of the federal government. Especially considering that they have zero experience with manufacturing or distributing medical products. Nor could they possibly have any concept of logistics or the demographics of the areas where their products are used. It's just amazing what we let them get away with.

I'm confused. Who but the pharmaceutical companies MFG medical products???

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Very sad to hear.

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Very sad to hear.

Even sadder that they had to be there for the reason they were in the 1st place
I hope they all end up being OK
Thanks to all of them for their service

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Well, it is a very dark form of sarcasm or humor. But I admit every day I look at the governor's report as to how there are 200 or so less hospitalizations on a certain day, followed after a comma that 160 people died that same, certain day. One with an agenda could make something of that I guess as well.
Still waiting for new appointment availability so I can be disappointed all over again next week.

I'm confused. Who but the pharmaceutical companies MFG medical products???

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Nineteen police officers have tested positive for coronavirus two weeks after the [Capitol riot,]('https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-mob-deaths/index.html') the union representing Capitol Police said Friday.
“The union was advised there are 19 confirmed positive cases since Jan 6th, ” Gus Papathanasiou, chair of the United States Capitol Police Labor Committee, said in an email

Health officials have worried that the mass of largely unmasked people, many shouting and pushing, would result in the spread of the virus. Several police officers were directly assaulted.
“I do think you have to anticipate that this is another surge event. You had largely unmasked individuals in a non-distanced fashion, who were all through the Capitol,” former US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield said in a previous interview with the McClatchy newspaper group.
At least four members of Congress have also tested positive for coronavirus after the attack earlier this month.

[SIZE=7]A day after[/SIZE] President Biden sought to [jump-start the U.S. response]('https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-agenda-depends-on-success-in-curbing-covid-19-pandemic-11611223201') to the pandemic, key Covid-19 metrics appeared to show some signs of easing.

Covid-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. continued a downward trend that health experts say [could signal a plateauing]('https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-21/card/HUIeWeVNaDpZzitIwg84') of critical cases. Deaths also were slightly lower. Newly reported cases, meanwhile, edged up from a day earlier but remained below 200,000.

Still, the country’s metrics are hovering at or near highs, and Mr. Biden on Friday warned the U.S. death toll could top 600,000. His [pandemic response plan]('https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-21/card/YNz9EtQwnIsQuIL8qFLp') is focused partly on [ramping up vaccinations]('https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-covid-19-vaccine-plan-how-he-intends-to-speed-up-distribution-11610794800?mod=article_inline') and curbing the virus through mask wearing, treatments and testing data.

While U.S. testing capacity has improved, nearly 20% of counties, or more than seven million people, [lack a single site that administers coronavirus tests]('https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-22/card/OPjvaqE5cIwegr7jG3gA'). Access remains especially limited in many lower-income areas, complicating efforts to contain the spreading virus.