COVID-19
Supply chains suffered from disruptions worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Government restrictions that limited human activity in general severely affected both the manufacture and movement of goods. Shortages of products ranging from protective equipment to exercise equipment were quite …
Two countries orchestrated a near-perfect response to COVID-19, and artificial intelligence (AI) played a key role. Taiwans handling of the pandemic has been outstanding. The country has only 530 confirmed cases, and only 7 deaths since the outbreak. Iceland, too, …
Dr. David Nabarro, World Health Organization special envoy on COVID, is arguing for the middle way to have robust defenses against the virus without using lockdowns as the primary control method. Nabarro says “The only time we believe a lockdown …
There was another update on President Trump’s COVID from Walter Reed and the medical team. Trump is now getting the steroid Dexamethasone. This was due to oxygen levels getting to around 94. The steroid Dexamethasone was given to patients in …
The medical team of doctors at Walter Reed gave an update on President Trumps COVID treatment. They said he is on a 5-day course of the drug Remdesivir. Trump is being given a 5-day course of Remdesivir. He was previously …
President Trump’s doctor reported that he has been given Regeneron’s antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19. This was a precautionary measure. REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, …
Trump and Melania tested positive for COVID. Many people at the Tuesday debate were exposed. Biden was at the debate. About 20 people were traveling in the presidential helicopter when Hope Hicks first had COVID-19 symptoms. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin was …
There are four vaccines that are in phase 3 clinical trials in the USA. They are * BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines * Moderna * Johnson & Johnson viral vector vaccine. * Oxford/AstraZeneca viral vector vaccine A fifth vaccine should start US trials …
The double whammy for the European Union GDP is Brexit and COVID. In 2019, the EU had a combined GDP of $18.3 trillion. The UK leaving removes $2.5 trillion. COVID removed another 10-12% in 2020. The Jan, 2021 GDP will …
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve published results of a survey of 35 economic forecasters on August 14, 2020. They predicted the US economy would expand at an annual rate of 19.1 percent in the third quarter. This was almost double the …