Covid 3/6/21

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A whole year later and a bunch of promises for testing – finally an OTC test approved by FDA – FDA authorizes over-the-counter coronavirus test – Axios

“The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test for home and other over-the-counter uses.

Why it matters: The single-use test, developed by Cue Health, may increase the availability of reliable coronavirus tests in the United States, potentially allowing Americans to avoid trips to the doctor’s office or a testing site.

By the numbers: The FDA said the test correctly identified 96% of positive coronavirus samples from individuals who had symptoms and correctly identified 100% of positive samples from asymptomatic people.”

Another indication perhaps our lifestyle contributing as Statins are shown to be 50% likely to die – a cholesterol free lifestyle is vegan – Statin users 50% less likely to die from severe COVID-19 (medicalnewstoday.com)

“A new study suggests that taking statins may help reduce the risk of dying from severe COVID-19.

In the study, people who regularly took statins before they developed COVID-19 were roughly 50% less likely to die in the hospital than people who did not.

Statin usage also seemed to reduce patient levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation.

If further studies support these findings, this could provide a cost-effective, widely-available, low-risk treatment option for COVID-19.”

Ethical quandary – to vaccine prisoners before others? – Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’ (apnews.com)

“A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates in the state were high-risk, but concluded that prioritizing them for inoculation could be a “public relations nightmare.””

Over 2K in the US followed by Brazil

NY leads confirmation. Ohio leads death with 751! More revisions?

Significant dispersion across Ohio so likely another reclassification. The timeline of the dataset is becoming meaningless.

LA county is leading all counties.

LA is still falling back down into the pack

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