Schools, Why we lack PPE, Battles inside Hospitals, Vaccines and more not to miss

Schools are expanding time to 4 days in-person. For the latest see Burlington elementary schools expanding to four days of in-person classes which also discusses college testing and low positive rates  Read about schools

Depleted National Stockpile Contributed to COVID PPE Shortage: ‘You Can’t Be Prepared If You’re Not Funded to Be Prepared’

When President Donald Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, he became one of 7.4 million people in America infected by the coronavirus. That number includes around 1,000 health care workers who have died from the virus — some of whom were left without essential personal protective equipment, or PPE.

Why was the U.S. left scrambling for such critical supplies — and why do problems persist now, months into the pandemic?

A new investigative documentary from FRONTLINE, The Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre offers some answers. Premiering Tuesday, Oct. 6 on PBS and online, America’s Medical Supply Crisis traces unheeded warnings and their deadly consequences.

“This is deplorable,” Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association, says in the film. “When you stop and think that we send soldiers into battle with the equipment that they need, yet we were asking nurses to do the exact same thing, but without the equipment that they needed. There’s a failure in the system. I think those who are in position to ensure that the supply chain was being maintained, they failed us big time.”

Over seven months of interviewing manufacturers and government officials, analyzing records and tracking key medical supplies, AP investigative reporters Juliet Linderman and Martha Mendoza, along with producer Peter Klein of the Global Reporting Centre and his team, found missed opportunities....Read about why we are lacking PPE

Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills

Front-line health care workers are locked in a heated dispute with many infection control specialists and hospital administrators over how the novel coronavirus is spread ― and therefore, what level of protective gear is appropriate.

At issue is the degree to which the virus is airborne...Read more

Fauci Sees Covid-19 Vaccines For Different Patients With Five In Final-Stage U.S. Trials

With four vaccines against Covid-19 in the final stage of U.S. clinical trials and a fifth on its way, Dr. Anthony Fauci sees the potential for vaccines to hold promise in some patient populations better than others.

Fauci said late last week he remains optimistic about vaccines in their final stage of development and he believes Americans will begin to be vaccinated in November and December. And as vaccines are approved, researchers may find that one works better on one population than others...read about vaccines

There's an 80 Percent Chance You Have COVID If You Have This Symptom

... according to a new study published on Oct. 1, there's one tell-tale COVID symptom that 80 percent of patients exhibit, making it a strong indicator you have COVID before you even get tested: loss of sense of smell. For this research, a team from University College London studied 590 patients in the U.K...theres-80-percent-chance-covid