scientists at the university’s Jenner Institute had a head start on a vaccine, having proved in previous trials that similar inoculations — including one last year against an earlier coronavirus — were harmless to humans. That has enabled them to leap ahead and schedule tests of their new coronavirus vaccine involving more than 6,000 people by the end of next month, hoping to show not only that it is safe, but also that it works.
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Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers | CDC (me- Most facilities cannot currently meet these standards and current production numbers because of how processing lines are designed)
Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
Source: Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers | CDC
Best safety – test employees when reporting to work, space out work
Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at Two Family Gatherings — Chicago, Illinois, February–March 2020 | MMWR
In this cluster, two family gatherings outside the household likely facilitated the spread of SARS-CoV-2; one index patient who attended both events likely triggered a chain of transmission that included 15 other confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and ultimately resulted in three deaths. Media reports suggest the chain of transmission described in Chicago is not unique within the United States.§ Together with evidence emerging from around the world (10), these data shed light on transmission beyond household contacts, including the potential for super-spreading events. More comprehensive information is needed to better understand the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in community settings and households to better inform initiation and termination of public health policies related to social distancing or stay-at-home orders. Overall, these findings highlight the importance of adhering to current social distancing recommendations,¶ including guidance to avoid any gatherings with persons from multiple households and following state or local stay-at-home orders.
6 Bay Area counties extend stay-at-home orders through May – Los Angeles Times
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley will retain shelter-in-place orders.
— Read on www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-27/6-bay-area-counties-extend-stay-at-home-orders-through-may
Prague mayor under police protection amid reports of Russian plot | World news | The Guardian
Zdenêk Hřib says there is ‘risk to my life’ as magazine alleges he was poisoning target
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/prague-mayor-under-police-protection-amid-reports-russian-plot-zdenek-hrib
Trump is a danger to the American people. But the Republicans refuse to stop him | Suzanne Moore | Opinion | The Guardian
The president is vilified and ridiculous – and he will continue to spout dangerous, offensive nonsense as long as his party supports him, says Suzanne Moore
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/27/trump-is-a-danger-to-the-american-people-but-the-republicans-refuse-to-stop-him
What History Can Tell US about Today’s Coronavirus Pandemic – DER SPIEGEL
In an interview, medical historian Frank Snowden discusses how the coronavirus pandemic mirrors past outbreaks and argues that we must quickly apply the lessons learned today in preparation for the next disease.
— Read on www.spiegel.de/international/world/what-history-can-tell-us-about-today-s-coronavirus-pandemic-a-378ebd03-cefb-45a6-bb7a-2db184de81cc
Bus riders need masks Detroit
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:
SMART bus passengers now required to wear masks
World Leaders Launch $8 Billion Collaboration to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine. Guess Who Isn’t Participating.

On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, have agreed to an unprecedented $8 billion initiative to fight the coronavirus pandemic, an effort that will include a race to develop a vaccine and ensure equal access to it.
“The world needs these tools and it needs them fast,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference Friday. “In the past, they have not been available to all. That cannot be allowed to happen again.”
If you’re thinking that such a collaborative sentiment would be anathema to President Donald Trump—who last month attempted to buy a German company in order to gain exclusive rights to a vaccine—you’ve guessed right. “There will be no US official participation,” a US spokesman told Reuters when asked about the WHO initiative.
This, of course, tracks with every other go-it-alone, “Make America Great” decision Trump has built his presidency on, as well as his recent accusation that WHO had “severely” mismanaged its handling of the pandemic, a claim widely viewed as an attempt to divert attention from his ongoing failures in dealing with the virus. Yet amid the current pandemic—a crisis the United States leads with the highest death toll in the world—Trump’s latest refusal to participate in a global effort, what could be a vital opportunity to develop a sorely needed vaccine, is still pretty stunning.
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