Coronavirus updates: Florida bars to re-open at half-capacity; adults with COVID-19 more likely to have dined out
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, Americans are struggling with feelings of safety once again as another American is diagnosed with the coronavirus every 2.45 seconds.
Most state case counts and deaths, with the exception of Wisconsin, are improving across the nation, but deaths are still more than a third higher than they were at the beginning of July. America has been averaging about 35,000 cases per day.
In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will ease restrictions on public gatherings beginning Friday but a face mask mandate will stay in place. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, however, said she will not ease the city's guidelines on public gatherings after a troublesome Labor Day weekend that included dozens of reported violations.
Meanwhile, in New York City, transit commuters will face a $50 fine beginning Monday if they refuse to wear a face mask. But, in Florida, bars will be allowed to reopen on Monday at 50% capacity.
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Some significant developments:
- California reached a bleak milestone, becoming the first state in the nation to reach 750,000 coronavirus cases. Los Angeles County claims a third of those cases, becoming the first county to surpass 250,000 cases.
- The Senate failed to pass a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill Thursday in a 52-47 vote. One Republican senator voted with Democrats against the bill.
- Chinese scientists began Phase 1 human trials for a coronavirus vaccine nasal spray.
- Across the globe, South Korea continues to see a downward trend in infections with the daily number of cases under 200 for the ninth day. But, in France, officials reported 9,843 infections, the highest daily count since the end of the country's lockdown in April.
Provost Bruce A. McPheron said in an email to the university community that existing health measures and policies will continue to be in place in the spring. Instead of spring break, there will be two "instructional breaks," or days with no classes.
“This approach will keep our community together throughout the semester and reduce travel-related exposures,” McPheron said.
– Jennifer Smola, The Columbus Dispatch
Fauci: We may not be able to sit in theaters for another year or more
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said movie goers may have to wait another year or more before being able to enjoy their favorite Friday night activity.
In an interview on Instagram Live with actress Jennifer Garner, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Americans need to wait nearly a year after a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine is created before going to the movies or theaters.
“I think it’s going to be a combination of a vaccine that has been around for almost a year and a good public health measures,” Fauci told the film star.
If a vaccine is created by November or December of this year, he said that would mean the soonest the majority of the population can be vaccinated is mid to late 2021.
1 in 5 hospitalized young adults require intensive care, research letter says
New data suggests that young people may be more at risk for severe developments from coronavirus infection than previously thought.
A study of more than 3,200 hospitalized young adults, age 18 to 34, found that about 1 in 5 of them required intensive care, according to a Harvard research letter published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers also found that 10% required mechanical ventilation and 2.7% died.
While the in-hospital mortality rate is still lower than that reported for older adults with COVID-19, young adults with at least one underlying condition faced risks comparable with those observed in middle-aged adults without them. Harvard scientists also noted that more than half of these patients requiring hospitalization were Black or Hispanic.
Cases and deaths are down, but remain devastating
Wisconsin on Thursday set a record for the most coronavirus cases in a week – and it was the only state to do so. In July’s devastating surge, it wasn’t unusual for a dozen states to have new records every day.
But while most states are doing better than their worst, the country continues to bear a terrible burden. Deaths are still more than a third higher than they were at the beginning of July. An American has been dying of COVID-19 every two minutes, Johns Hopkins University data shows. Nearly 5,000 Americans died in the latest week.
America has been averaging about 35,000 cases per day. In the latest week, that means every 2.45 seconds another American is diagnosed with the coronavirus. In the latest week, nearly a quarter-million Americans tested positive.
On a person-by-person basis, America reports in four days the number of cases South Korea has reported in the entire pandemic. Adjusted for population, America reports as many deaths between breakfast and lunch as Vietnam has ever had. Cases are rising again in the European Union, but the United States has substantially more cases with substantially less population. And the European Union has been reporting deaths at a fifth the pace of the United States.
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