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Today: The White House is committed to sending a wave of resources to Michigan and other states hardest hit by a new wave of COVID-19 infections – not just a wave of vaccines. States should expect much smaller J&J vaccine shipments in the future, and new documents obtained by House Democrats show the extent to which former Trump officials have intervened with the CDC.
We will start with vaccines:
White House in Michigan: Sorry, there are no extra doses for you.
The White House said Friday it intends to send additional staff to help with vaccinations in the affected states, but rejected calls to send more doses of vaccine.
“We will provide states with significant case growth with a set of additional tools to help them stop the spread,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients
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This includes additional federal staff to help with vaccinations, as well as more testing capacity and more therapies to treat people with the virus.
In any case: The offer will not include multiple doses of the vaccine itself, which Michigan officials in particular have requested.
Governor Michigan Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer: Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to send more vaccines to Michigan amid growing Biden cancels Trump-approved Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin Five states account for nearly 44 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the US (D) called President Biden
Joe Biden, Anne Frank’s step-sister: Trump “obviously admired Hitler” Biden-GOP infrastructure speaks from a rocky start We must stop reducing China’s climate weakness MORE to send more doses, given the worrying increase in cases in the state, as well as a few prominent public health experts and members of the state congressional delegation.
Zients claimed that the vaccine is still needed all over the country.
“There are tens of millions of people across the country in every state and county who have not yet been vaccinated, and the fair and equitable way the vaccine is distributed is based on the adult population by state, tribe and territory,” he said. .
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Democrats say: Documents show Trump officials helped suppress coronavirus CDC reports
Former Trump administration top advisers helped suppress scientific information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that they considered harmful President Trump
Donald TrumpFirst GOP MP asks Gaetz to resign Matt Ketz from Katie Hill: “I feel betrayed by him,” Anne Frank’s half-sister: Trump “obviously admired Hitler” MORE, and attacked the agency’s credibility, according to documents obtained by House Democrats.
“Our investigation has shown that Trump administration officials have engaged in a persistent pattern of political interference in the national public health response to the coronavirus pandemic, overloading and assaulting scientists and making harmful decisions that have allowed the virus to spread further. quickly, ”said Rep. James. Clyburn (DS.C.), chairman of the subcommittee.
Specifically, the committee found that former Scientific Adviser Paul Alexander tried to modify or block at least 13 CDC reports related to coronavirus.
Yippee: When it worked, just as if the CDC leaders had changed the original phrase of a report on the spread of the virus among younger people, Alexander boasted about it.
“Small victory, but still a victory and yes !!!” he would have written in an e-mail.
The Trump administration denied any political interference in the CDC’s reports, saying Alexander’s e-mails “absolutely did not shape the department’s policy or strategy.”
Read more here.
Vaccines for young people: Pfizer-BioNTech requests emergency authorization for vaccination of children aged 12 to 15
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have applied to change their emergency use authorization to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 15.
The measure would extend the FDA’s emergency authorization for the vaccine, which is currently only available to those 16 years of age and older. With the other two vaccines authorized in the US for adults only, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will become the first available for children aged 12 to 15 in the US
The two companies said they intend to request similar age extensions from other regulators around the world in the coming days.
It follows: Pfizer and BioNTech have been launched research last month which determined their vaccine is 100% effective in the age group. At the time, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he hoped to start vaccinating children between the ages of 12 and 15 before the start of the next school year. This could go a long way toward achieving this.
Read more here.
Goodbye: White House warns states to expect low weekly J&J vaccine deliveries
White House officials said Friday that states will receive substantially fewer doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the coming weeks, until the Food and Drug Administration can authorize the Baltimore-based production facility.
“We expect a relatively low level of weekly doses distributed to our states, tribes, territories and federal channels” until the production unit is authorized, Jeff Zients, Said the White House coronavirus response coordinator on Friday.
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the doses sent by Johnson & Johnson will drop from about 4.9 million this week to 700,000 next week, a reduction of 85%.
Only 5 million Johnson & Johnson photos were administered nationally, according to the CDC, compared to 170 million photos of the other two licensed vaccines.
Unfulfilled goals? J&J has previously said it expects to deliver 24 million doses by the end of April, but it is unclear whether this could happen without the Baltimore plant’s permission. But the last time he mentioned these numbers was March 31. Since then, the company, in public statements, has only stated that it will meet or almost meet a target of 100 million doses administered by the end of May.
Read more here.
Concerns about variants are growing: CDC documents are growing in the Brazilian strain in the US
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that cases of COVID-19 first detected in Brazil are on the rise in the United States.
data released on Thursday showed 434 reported cases of variant P.1 in 28 jurisdictions.
States that see the variant: Most cases are reported in Massachusetts, where there are 102 cases. Other states most affected by P.1 include Illinois with 93 cases, Florida with 87 cases and California with 39.
P.1. variant is the second most common variant in the US behind variant B.1.1.7 first identified in the United Kingdom, which the CDC director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle Walensky Overnight Care: Biden Cancels Trump-Approved Medicaid Work Requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin | CDC director says racism is “a serious threat to public health” | COVID-19’s current worst hotspots: The CDC director in Brazil and India says racism is “a serious threat to public health”. said Wednesday is the dominant strain in the country. A total of 19,554 strains of variant B.1.1.7 have been reported in 52 US jurisdictions
The United States recorded 424 cases of the third variant, B.1.351, which was first discovered in South Africa.
Read more here.
What we read
CDC accelerates control of rare “discovered infections” after post-vaccination (Washington Post)
To speed up vaccination, some call for a postponement of two shots (New York Times)
Scientists are working for an evasive dream: a simple pill to treat COVID-19 (Stat News)
They gave negative results to COVID. However, they have prolonged COVID symptoms (Kaiser Health News)
State by state
Wisconsin reports most daily cases of COVID-19 in almost 2 months; deaths, hospitalizations also increase (Wisconsin State Journal)
Moving to Phase 2 could mean reducing the doses of vaccine sent to North Virginia (WTOP)
New proposed tax on Indian steam products deemed “miserable” (Chicago Tribune)