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With coronavirus outbreaks continuing to spread across the world, the United States is “likely” to see a shortage of generic pharmaceutical drugs, according to a new federal intelligence report obtained by ABC News.The report, prepared by the Department of Homeland Security and distributed Thursday to law enforcement and government agencies around the country, warned that the U.S. is already seeing shortages of more than 200 drugs and medical supplies due to strains on the supply chain caused by international shutdowns early on in the pandemic.

Those shortages would only be made worse should unchecked outbreaks force yet another round of widespread shutdowns, the analysts concluded, further straining the system in a way that many U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies would be “unable to quickly offset.” “Chinese factories that produce raw ingredients for common antibiotics closed for weeks as of March and India’s lockdown extended until the end of May,” the report said, citing news reports. “France, Germany, and China have also considered re-imposing lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases have begun to re-emerge.” The warning comes as officials in some states have already halted some reopening plans or closed back down as coronavirus cases rise in at least 29 states, according to an ABC News analysis. Florida reported just under 9,000 new cases on Friday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official, made what he called a “plea” to the country on Friday to understand that the outbreaks, which are mainly in the South and West, could potentially spread to the entire country.

“If we don’t extinguish the outbreak, sooner or later, even ones that are doing well are going to be vulnerable to the spread,” Fauci said. “So we need to take that into account because we are all in it together, and the only way we’re going to end it is by ending it together.”

Vice President Mike Pence, however, said the country has made “truly remarkable progress” in moving forward and commended “all 50 states in this country are opening up safely and responsibly” before acknowledging some increases.

Dr. Jay Bhatt, former medical chief at the American Hospital Association, called the report “extremely concerning” — especially in the middle of a pandemic. “Accessing affordable generic medications for vulnerable populations can mean the difference between a good outcome and a bad outcome,” said Bhatt, an ABC News contributor. “As infections and hospitalizations rise, our patients can’t endure shortages from lifesaving medications. We have to apply our lessons from several months ago so we don’t end up in dire straits.” Nick Note: We just finished a inventory of all our medicines prescription and over the counter. I placed a BIG order. And had to do my wiggle waggle to get supplied. Shortages are already popping up. STOCK UP NOW! Make sure you have prescriptions and keep copis!

The report further warned drug shortages would have a disproportionate effect on low-income Americans.

A decrease in generic pharmaceuticals, which are significantly less expensive than their brand-name counterparts, would “most risk the health of low-income and unemployed Americans,” who have already been hard hit by the economic hardships of the pandemic, the report found.

“Individuals who cannot afford generic pharmaceuticals are unlikely to switch to brand-name prescriptions because they can cost as much as 95 percent more,” the report said, citing data from a U.S. pharmaceutical research company and a Food and Drug Administration study.

“I am worried about underserved communities and safety net hospitals without significant resources in urban and rural communities as well,” Bhatt said. “I hope hospitals and states not facing shortages can share with those that are to meet the need.”

(Bloomberg) — After months of empty roads, lockdowns were easing and people were getting behind the wheel again.Then the coronavirus struck again — in a fierce way. Californians, Floridians and Texans are back in hiding, and the recovery in driving that had restored highway travel nationwide back to 85% of last year’s levels is looking more fragile than ever. As lockdowns eased and parts of the world reopened for business, driving emerged as the transportation mode of choice and offered some relief for the oil market just two months off of its worst collapse in history. But the fresh resurgence of the virus in the three states with the country’s biggest gasoline markets is threatening to take American drivers off the road and stymie what has been a remarkable recovery for oil. Demand has been flatlining over the past few days at fuel stations across the country with concern over the surge in virus cases making it hard to predict what’s to come, according to one major operator of gasoline stations in the U.S. Houston freeways that were starting to jam up earlier in June as businesses reopened and commuters returned to offices have emptied out again. The county declared its highest level of emergency Friday after area intensive care units reached maximum capacity. Texas Governor Greg Abbott halted plans to reopen the economy further and is rolling back the opening of bars. Road congestion was stable at below-normal levels in the U.S. Thursday, according to data compiled by BloombergNEF. Rush hour commutes in Los Angeles last week took about 30% longer than they would have on empty roads, while a year ago the same drive averaged almost 90% longer that it would have. Movement over time by geography across retail and recreation, grocery stores, parks, and workplaces, were markedly down in Florida and Texas as of June 22 compared to a baseline take from Jan. 3 to Feb. 6, data from Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports show. In California, mobility was also well-below the baseline in every area but parks, which was 8% higher than the winter.

“Now, we have much lower employment and many companies are telling people don’t come to work right now,” said Robert Campbell, head of oil-products research at Energy Aspects Ltd. “It’s inconceivable that gasoline demand is going to be higher this summer.”

Even though the four-week average for gasoline supplied, a demand indicator, climbed for the last eight straight weeks, according to the Energy Information Administration, it is at the lowest level for this time of year since 1996. “If Florida, California and Texas react to this by issuing shelter-in-place or adding new restrictions on movements, this certainly could be detrimental to gasoline demand,” said Patrick DeHaan, an analyst at GasBuddy. “If you do see a resurgence continue in these states, that’s going to spell doom for demand this summer.” Nick Note: All the pain and suffering was for nothing. The dump shits ended the lockdown to soon. THEY BLEW THEIR WAD. YOU GET ONE SHOT OUT OF THE CANNON. THE US CAN NOT RECOVER FROM THE COMING SECOND WAVE. ANOTHER LOCK DOWN IS COMING!!!! And a no shit depression like not seen in the past 100 years. You have been warned!

The Federal Reserve capped dividends and banned share buybacks by big US banks as it released an analysis showing Covid-19 could trigger $700bn of loan losses and push some lenders close to their capital minimums. Announcing the results of a trio of exercises on the health of America’s top lenders, the Fed on Thursday said 33 banks that underwent “stress tests” would be banned from buying back their shares until at least the fourth quarter. The eight biggest had already voluntarily suspended the buybacks, which account for about 70 per cent of the US banks’ shareholder distributions, until July. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chief executive, recently said they were not likely to resume until the fate of the economy was clearer. The US central bank stopped short of banning dividends — as European regulators have done during the crisis. Instead, the Fed said third-quarter quarter dividends from the 33 banks could be no higher than last year’s and no higher than the average of a bank’s earnings for the four quarters ended June 30. It deferred decisions on future dividends until the fallout from the pandemic became clearer, spelling further uncertainty for bank investors. Randal Quarles, Fed vice-chair, said for the first time in a decade supervisors are asking all banks to “reassess their capital needs and resubmit their capital plans to the Federal Reserve later this year”. No date was specified. The Fed’s decision on those plans will depend on “additional stress analyses later in the year”. Mr Quarles added: “If the circumstances warrant, we will not hesitate to take additional policy actions to support the US economy and banking system.” Nick Note: The following are dead broke and if this continues they will require massive bail outs and odds are it won’t work this time!. The dead broke asshole are, Wells FARGOES your Money, JP Morgan the pirate Chase them to get your money back. Goldman Sack up your money and blow town, Bank OF America Insecurity And My old Favorite Deuche bag Bank! broke Broke Broke i tell you. They got a bail out and the coronavirus has struck again. THESE BANKS CANNOT SURVIVE! And for the record they will not survive. And get this the money does not exist to bail them out for  the third time. And the Fed has already put whats is left of their capital on lock down!

The results reveal 37 people who tested positive for Covid-19 had two copies of the e4 variant of ApoE, while 401 had two copies of the e3 variant. After taking into account various factors, including age and sex, the team say people with two e4 variants had more than double the risk of severe Covid-19 than those with two e3 variants.

Melzer said the findings were not down to people with two e4 variants being more likely to be living in a care home – settings that have been hard hit by Covid-19 – since the association remained even when the team excluded participants with a diagnosis of dementia. None of the Covid-19 positive participants with two e4 variants of the ApoE gene had a dementia diagnosis. Fiona Carragher, a director of research and influencing at Alzheimer’s Society, said people with dementia and their families were desperately worried, adding the government must take urgent action to protect people with dementia. But, she said, more research was needed to delve into the possible link between the e4 variant of ApoE and severe Covid-19. Nick Note: this might be a deep dive for most of you. But i am a BIG believer in knowing your enemy. It would be a good idea to suck it up and listen to the video. I want to keep you healthy and make you wealthy. And the only way i keep my job as your trusted adviser is if i preform to YOUR satisfaction. . But you got to do your part, We will get through this if if everyone does their job. I believe its a proven fact that Government is feeding us full of shit as a Thanksgiving Turkey. Masks work, masks don’t work. need to test, no need to test, lock down no lock down…. SHIT!  The one i Love is the US has the lowest infection rates in the world when in fact its the highest!     The cumming greatest  lie of them all will be when they announce a vaccine. ITS IMPOSSIBLE IT WILL NOT WORK. Towards the end of the video above is some good information. Bottom line their will be no cure and their sure as hell will be no vaccine. Just like the common viruses (Rhino Virus, SARS, Mars and Avian flu A and Avian Flu B) the family of corona viruses mutate very quickly ending the vaccines useless. Now with the yearly flue vaccine they get it right a whopping 20% of the time. And is a simple virus that incubates at most a mater of days and mutates at glacier speeds compared to this newest monster that escaped out of the Bio labs in China. Now here is where you must pay attention the coronavirus mutates 30 times faster, is 100 times more contagious, 10 times more deadly than anything we have seen in the past. AND AND AND it incubates for 15 days before symptoms show up and in that time your a super spreader.

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A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by US researchers. The research may explain why early outbreaks in some parts of the world did not end up overwhelming health systems as much as other outbreaks in New York and Italy, according to experts at Scripps Research.

The mutation, named D614G, increased the number of “spikes” on the coronavirus – which is the part that gives it its distinctive shape. Those spikes are what allow the virus to bind to and infect cells.

“The number — or density — of functional spikes on the virus is 4 or 5 times greater due to this mutation,” said Hyeryun Choe, one of the senior authors of the study. The researchers say that it is still unknown whether this small mutation affects the severity of symptoms of infected people, or increases mortality. The researchers conducting lab experiments say that more research, including controlled studies — widely considered a gold standard for clinical trials, needs to be done to confirm their findings from test tube experiments. Older research has showed that the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is mutating and evolving as it adapts to its human hosts. The D614G mutation in particular has been flagged as an urgent concern because it appeared to be emerging as a dominant mutation. Nick Note: This explains a lot. The D614G Mutation is dominate. And these mutants makes the virus far far more infectious. And here is a news flash they forget to tell you. This mutation has changed enough on the protein shell and RNA  that the vaccines they are developing won’t touch it.  The more contagious and what will soon be discovered is the more deadly mutation is spreading Like wildfire in the US is and the NEW outbreak in China,