Another quick test announcement this time FDA approval….when will these things show up!….good news it’s a saliva sample no stick up the brain – https://theweek.com/speedreads/931533/fda-approves-salivabased-coronavirus-test-viewed-major-game-changer

“For starters, the process should be a lot more comfortable for people. It doesn’t, as Slavitt puts it, require sticking "something four inches up a kid’s nostril." But besides being painless, it’s affordable — the materials are about $4, Slavitt said, and even when adding the cost of labor and overhead, its development is still cheaper than current tests.”

“Official data shows 88-94%. If you assume 90% sensitivity, this is the best accuracy (sensitivity) of any saliva test.

(It also means if you took it twice, for $20, you would have 99% accuracy).”

“Yale, in partnership with the NBA, developed the test without any intention of making a profit.”

Cant wait to see this being used for the general public! Perhaps govt red tape and lobbying will crush it?

Interesting admission by Dr. Fauci – https://bgr.com/2020/08/15/coronavirus-update-fauci-interview-sunlight-kills-coronavirus-effect-of-outdoors-on-covid-19/

“McConaughey asked Fauci whether it’s true that sunlight kills the virus (which has sickened more than 5.2 million people in the US and killed almost 168,000 at this point, according to Johns Hopkins University). “It does,” Fauci replied. “That’s one of the reasons why outside in the sun when you are interacting … That is much, much better than being inside … Outside is always better than inside.””

So why didn’t quarantine come with a caveat you had to be outside during the day vs. inside – this could have saved many lives based on what I have discovered in the data. In addition to the UV deactivating the virus the body would have also gotten vitamin D and the dilution factor of fresh air making the viral load manageable.

Relatively high death day for a Sunday report Brazil leads with 1742

Florida leads the US states in death at 204

On a county basis Maricopa leads at 49 deaths

Confirmations continue to rise in the Big 4 counties but at a much slower pace than last month peaks. Right now Miami-Dade has the best fatality rate but I suspect it is data integrity issue vs. reality.

Over 10% of the county population in LA and Maricopa has been confirmed with covid-19. Miami at 5.5% and Harris at only 2.1%.

Most countries continue to see a rise in confirmations – the only decline on the chart below is Singapore.