AGI – In the US a new daily record of coronavirus infections with 46,000 infections has been reached. The total number of infections thus rose to 2.69 million while deaths in the United States are 127,322. Cases continue to grow exponentially in eight US states, including California and Texas where 8,000 and 7,000 infections were detected yesterday.
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the US presidential election in November, has announced that he will not hold rallies due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, marking a major difference with his rival, President Donald Trump. “This is the most unusual campaign in modern history,” said former Barack Obama number two, stressing that it will follow “doctors’ orders, not just for me but for the country, and this means I won’t be holding rallies.”
Remdesivir stocks
The United States has purchased virtually all of the stocks for the next three months of remdesivir, one of the two drugs that have been shown to work against Covid-19, leaving nothing for GB, Europe and most of the rest of the world, writes the Guardian.
The unilateral action on the drug by the US alarms experts also for future prospects, for example in the event that a vaccine becomes available.
The Trump administration has already shown that it is ready to outperform all other countries in terms of offers and maneuvers to ensure the medical supplies it needs for the United States.
Fauci’s predictions
“We could have 100,000 new cases a day in the United States if we can’t control the epidemic. I’m very worried.” This was stated by epidemiologist Anthony Fauci, epidemiologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during the hearing before the congress commission.
“From next month we will move to a new phase in the vaccine trial. We are not sure of the result, but we are optimistic that we will soon find a vaccine. We hope to have the doses available at the beginning of next year”
CNN and the comparison between Trump and Schettino
The pandemic drama is turning the United States into a drifting ship, with its commander on the run. “Commander … c., Get on board”. Chris Cuomo, prime time CNN host and brother of the famous New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, used this famous phrase to remember the disaster of Concordia, the cruise ship that ended up on the rocks off the island of Giglio in 2012 , causing the death of 32 people. Donald Trump as the commander Francesco Schettino, who had abandoned the drifting ship. The conductor, who had followed the affair to be sent, showed images of Concordia and urged Trump not to “run away” from the emergency of the pandemic and to “take over the leadership of the country”. “Get on board,” he repeated, pronouncing in Italian the phrase with which the rescue coordinator, Gregorio De Falco, ordered Schettino not to run away.
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