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Not good news for AstraZeneca vaccine – S. African Variant seems to be resistant – https://wpta21.com/2021/02/08/at-least-one-covid-19-vaccine-ineffective-against-new-strain-of-virus/

“a small South African study using younger patients found the AstraZeneca shots provided minimal protection against mild and moderate cases of the South African variant of the coronavirus.”

“One million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in South Africa were intended for health care and other essential workers, but the government is not allowing those doses to be distributed because of the new findings.

That strain of COVID-19 is now here in the United States, and Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Matthew Sutter says that’s reason for concern and caution.”

US is making good progress on vaccination – nowhere near Israel but no one is

US Vaccine administered continues to be over 1 million day – with a peak of 2.2 Million a day just few days back

Under 2K deaths in US reported – no other country above 1K

CA resumed its top spot for both confirmation and deaths for the US

LA leads all county. Tarrant County TX is near LA for deaths.

Confirmation is starting to pick up in the NW

LA confirmation has become back to earth – 7 day moving confirmation now below 5K. Death is slowly inching down.

Compared to historical flu pandemics – the second peak was managed much better than in the past. Assuming the peak deaths has been reach for the second wave it represent only 2X from first peak.