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COVID-19 Update, November 24, 2020: Make or Break

Vaccines are coming, maybe sooner than we think, but the holiday season kicks off this week; will millions of travelers worsen an already dire pandemic? Are we looking at a decisive moment, for better or worse? Fasten those seatbelts and ...

COVID-19 Update, November 23, 2020: Running Wild

Another day, another vaccine report, another reason to hope. Already, 2021 is looking much, much better. But there are still weeks to go before a vaccine can begin to be distributed and the coronavirus is, in the president's words, "runni ...

COVID-19 Update, November 20, 2020: Season's Greetings

It now looks like we all might be getting a Christmas present in the form of a COVID-19 vaccine, which, if the FDA approves, could start rolling out in mid-December. The full rollout will take months, of course, but with other viable ...

COVID-19 Update, November 19, 2020: The Quarter Million

There are now 250,000 people dead in the US from COVID-19. More in fact. Let that sink in. The consequences of these losses are far-reaching. In addition to the grief they cause, they tear at the social fabric. There's more good vaccine ...

COVID-19 Update: November 18, 2020: The 95% Solution

It's another good news/bad news day. The latest information on the Pfizer vaccine is spectacular and, despite the many hurdles to distribution, there's reason to believe that both new vaccines will start rolling out in a matter of weeks. ...

COVID-19 Update, November 17, 2020: Hold Tight

The morning after the blockbuster announcement of a second imminent vaccine, we awake to face the grim daily reality of the pandemic. The good news is that the pandemic is met with a more vigorous response even in parts of the country ...

COVID-19 Update, November 16: The Second Breakthrough

For the second Monday in a row, there's excellent news on the horizon, with the announcement of the Moderna vaccine. The bad news is the coronavirus is raging, unchecked, through the country. Can people be persuaded to hunker down and do ...

COVID-19 Update, November 13, 2020: "A Humanitarian Disaster"

These are the words of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN medical correspondent about the alarming widespread increase of COVID-19 cases across the country, an event that is straining medical services in many areas to the breaking point. With a ...

COVID -19 Update, November 12, 2020: The National Hot Spot

At this point, COVID-19 is running rampant across the US (and many other parts of the world); you can accurately say that the entire United States is a coronavirus hot spot. As we have noted time and again, no coordinated plan exists for ...

COVID-19 Update, November 10, 2020: Winter is Coming

A vaccine is on the horizon, and hopes are high. But in the near term, the challenges remains as the pandemic rages on, with 10 million Americans having been infected. Many factors are in play that could affect the course of the next ...

COVID-19 Update, November 9: Game Changers

What a difference a weekend makes: As the world -- well, most of it -- knows, Joseph Biden is the president-elect of the US, putting the prospect of a coordinated national response to the pandemic back on the table. Wasting no time, ...

COVID-19 Update, November 6, 2020: America on Hold

Although the outcome is looking increasingly obvious, America still waits breathlessly for the winner of the presidential election. The country is on hold in another way, too, as the pandemic continues its course without strong ...

COVID-19 Update, November 5: The Long Wait

As the country anxiously awaits the outcome of the presidential election, the pandemic expands its reach, with state after state seeing record numbers of infections. The wait continues -- for a president, a vaccine, a national COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 Update, November 4: There's Got to Be a Morning After

It's the day after the election and America is on edge, waiting to find out the winner of the presidential contest. (Possibly by the time you read this, we will know something; then again, maybe not.) The outcome will have many ...

COVID-19 Update, November 2, 2020: Pandemic Election Edition

As the nation goes to the polls -- those who haven't done so already -- the pandemic rages unabated. What role will it play in the outcome? Meanwhile, the president has all but disowned Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has some tough words for the ...

COVID-19 Update, October 30, 2020: Denial

The US passes another grim milestone, one ignored by the president and his associates -- a fact that -- eight months into the pandemic -- is still difficult to process. As never before, denial is shown to have deadly consequences. Europe ...

COVID-19 Update, October 29, 2020: "A Very Difficult Trajectory"

These are the words of Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguing that, despite the president's insistence at we are at the beginning of the end of the pandemic, we aren't even at the end of the beginning. Meanwhile, COVID-19 runs riot in Europe, ...

COVID-19 Update, October 28, 2020: Cognitive Dissonance

In a political spin that would leave George Orwell breathless, the presidential administration insists that the pandemic is ending. Meanwhile, hospitals are overwhelmed, the stock market is plunging, Congress can't agree on a stimulus ...

COVID-19 Update, October 27, 2020: Lost Honor

As the pandemic continues unabated, the president on the campaign trail, disavows it altogether. The herd immunity plan, advocated by Dr. Scott Atlas, looks more unworkable than ever. And morale at the CDC is at an all-time low. But ...

COVID-19 Update, October 26, 2020: "We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic"

So says White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, admitting the current administration's strategy for dealing with the pandemic is do nothing until a vaccine is available? What does the president say? It's the media's fault: "A plane goes ...