Source: ‘Vaccine diplomacy’ sees Egypt roll out Chinese coronavirus jab | Global health | The Guardian
Photo: Snow blankets parts of Southern California – Los Angeles Times
Paramedics leave some patients at home amid hospital COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times
In Los Angeles County, EMTs “are assessing patients and releasing them to stay at home, because they aren’t quite sick enough to need hospital-level care. … If they did come to the hospital, they may not get the type of attention that they might expect,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, the California health and human services secretary.
Many hospitals are now going to contingency care, in which staffers work longer hours and wards are reconfigured to take more patients. The next step could be “crisis care,” in which more medical rationing would occur.
Source: Paramedics leave some patients at home amid hospital COVID-19 surge – Los Angeles Times
Lebanon Reports Record High of 2,878 Daily Covid-19 Cases — Naharnet
ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19 eight days after receiving vaccine
“We know from the vaccine clinical trials that it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine,” said Dr. Ramers.
Dr. Ramers says he knows of several other local cases where health care workers became infected around the time they received the vaccine. He says all the cases illustrate the fact that results aren’t immediate. Even after you start receiving some protection, it won’t be full protection.
“That first dose we think gives you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get up to 95%,” said Dr. Ramers.
Dr. Ramers says Matthew’s story also shows that even with vaccines, the pandemic isn’t going to turn around instantly.
“You hear heath practitioners being very optimistic about it being the beginning of the end, but it’s going to be a slow roll, weeks to months as we roll out the vaccine,” said Dr. Ramers.
He adds this case is a good reminder of why masks, handwashing, and other COVID protocols are important, even after receiving the vaccine.
Source: ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19 eight days after receiving vaccine
Sweden’s Recipharm to help make Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine outside US – The Jerusalem Post
The Swedish company said it will carry out the process in its drug product manufacturing facility located in France.
Source: Sweden’s Recipharm to help make Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine outside US – The Jerusalem Post
America can’t compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off | The Japan Times
This is a very dangerous game. Stopping trade secrets from leaking from the U.S. to China is one thing. But trying to smash the Chinese tech industry is a far taller order, and it seems unlikely to succeed.
Countries specialize when they trade with each other. The U.S. is great at software, Japan at car manufacturing, Taiwan at making semiconductors, and so on. For China to be integrated with the world economy while not specializing in any internationally competitive high-tech products at all would be extremely strange. China is no longer the low-cost assembly platform it was in the 2000s, slapping together iPhones with components made in Korea and Japan; its tech talent and accumulated knowledge are now world-class. Someone, somewhere, will want to buy Chinese tech products, and the U.S. won’t be able to stop them.
And in the meantime, export controls are hurting U.S. companies. If China can’t buy high-tech equipment, semiconductors, and software from the U.S., then it will go buy them from Japan or Europe or elsewhere. Or if the U.S. manages to block that too, then China will simply learn how to make the products itself. The main enduring result will be a loss of revenue for American manufacturers, who will now be permanently shut out of the Chinese market.
Source: America can’t compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off | The Japan Times
Pandemic-Era Heroes: Chaplain maintains calm, strength amid the outbreak’s storm – San Gabriel Valley Tribune (my first pay job was at Inter-Community Hospital)
Aguilar leads a staff of four professional chaplains, an administrative manager and about 60 spiritual care volunteers in three hospitals, Inter-Community Hospital in Covina, Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora, hospice and home care and a network of more than 16 primary and specialty care locations.
“In my daily routine, I’m involved in overseeing the spiritual care of 635 hospital beds,” he said. “This involves each of the professional chaplains to be rounding on patients, answering requests; assisting trauma’s and end-of-life situations, along with the care and support of over 3,500 employees. Chaplains are available 24 /7 and receive calls around the clock. I personally round at all three facilities on a regular basis.”
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants | CDC
- In the United Kingdom (UK), a new variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 (VOC 202012/01 or B.1.1.7) emerged with an unusually large number of mutations. This variant has since been detected in numerous countries around the world, including the United States (US) and Canada.
- In South Africa, another variant of SARS-CoV-2 (501Y.V2 or B.1.351) emerged independently of VOC 202012/01. This variant shares some mutations with VOC 202012/01. Cases attributed to this variant have been detected outside of South Africa.
- In Nigeria, another distinct variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 also emerged.
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