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Landmark Danish study shows face masks have no significant effect

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Do face masks work? Earlier this year, the UK government decided that masks could play a significant role in stopping Covid-19 and made masks mandatory in a number of public places. But are these policies backed by the scientific evidence? Yesterday marked the publication of a long-delayed trial in Denmark which hopes to answer that very question. The ‘Danmask-19 trial’ was conducted in the spring with over 3,000 participants, when the public were not being told to wear masks but other public health measures were in place. Unlike other studies looking at masks, the Danmask study was a randomised controlled trial – making it the highest quality scientific evidence. Around half of those in the trial received 50 disposable surgical face masks, which they were told to change after eight hours of use. After one month, the trial participants were tested using both PCR, antibody and lateral flow tests and compared with the trial participants who did not wear a mask. In the end, there was no statistically significant difference between those who wore masks and those who did not when it came to being infected by Covid-19. 1.8 per cent of those wearing masks caught Covid, compared to 2.1 per cent of the control group. As a result, it seems that any effect masks have on preventing the spread of the disease in the community is small. Some people, of course, did not wear their masks properly. Only 46 per cent of those wearing masks in the trial said they had completely adhered to the rules. But even if you only look at people who wore masks ‘exactly as instructed’, this did not make any difference to the results: 2 per cent of this group were also infected.

When it comes to masks, it appears there is still little good evidence they prevent the spread of airborne diseases.

The results of the Danmask-19 trial mirror other reviews into influenza-like illnesses. Nine other trials looking at the efficacy of masks (two looking at healthcare workers and seven at community transmission) have found that masks make little or no difference to whether you get influenza or not. But overall, there is a troubling lack of robust evidence on face masks and Covid-19. There have only been three community trials during the current pandemic comparing the use of masks with various alternatives – one in Guinea-Bissau, one in India and this latest trial in Denmark. The low number of studies into the effect different interventions have on the spread of Covid-19 – a subject of global importance – suggests there is a total lack of interest from governments in pursuing evidence-based medicine. And this starkly contrasts with the huge sums they have spent on ‘boutique relations’ consultants advising the government. The only trials which have shown masks to be effective at stopping airborne diseases have been ‘observational studies’ – which observe the people who ordinarily use masks, rather than attempting to create a randomised control group. These trials include six studies carried out in the Far East during the SARS CoV-1 outbreak of 2003, which showed that masks can work, especially when they are used by healthcare workers and patients alongside hand-washing. But observational studies are prone to recall bias: in the heat of a pandemic, not very many people will recall if and when they used masks and at what distance they kept from others. The lack of random allocation of masks can also ‘confound’ the results and might not account for seasonal effects. A recent observational study paper had to be withdrawn because the reported fall in infection rates over the summer was reverted when the seasonal effect took hold and rates went back up. This is why large, randomised trials like this most recent Danish study are so important if we want to understand the impact of measures like face masks. Many people have argued that it is too difficult to wait for randomised trials – but Danmask-19 has shown that these kind of studies are more than feasible. And now that we have properly rigorous scientific research we can rely on, the evidence shows that wearing masks in the community does not significantly reduce the rates of infection. Written byProf Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson Carl Heneghan is professor of evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford and director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Tom Jefferson is a senior associate tutor and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford

 Nick Note: As i have been telling you N95 Coffe filter paper masks and Surgical toilet paper masks DO NOT WORK. My silicone rubber masks with my P3 R Cartage Filter made with Biolab ULPA U 15  glass medium are proven to work. I have done all i can do the rest is up to you.

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Masks Do NOT WORK ACP

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JPMorgan lays out the nightmare election scenario that could send markets into a tailspin

New York (CNN Business)Much of Wall Street views the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn the election results as a desperate sideshow destined to fail. But JPMorgan is telling clients there’s still a chance that this process descends into chaos. It is 2020, after all. Michael Cembalest, chairman of market and investment strategy at JPMorgan Asset Management, warned in a report Wednesday of the “remote risk of an American horror story” and “constitutional mayhem.” Cembalest, who helps oversee $2.2 trillion in assets, pointed to President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night firing of the top US election security official, Attorney General William Barr’s decision to authorize prosecutors to probe alleged voter fraud and the fleeting drama over certifying election results in Michigan’s largest county. “Bottom line: a LOT of very unorthodox things have to happen for Trump to be reelected,” the JPMorgan strategist wrote. “Even so, I’m not ruling anything out.” Post-election chaos would of course rattle markets, which famously hate uncertainty. The smoother-than-feared election set off a celebration on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 notching its biggest post-election rally since 1932. But if investors don’t know who’s going to be in charge of the world’s largest economy, they could easily sell first and ask questions later. “Markets might react negatively if the US as the world’s reserve currency nation is seen as sliding down a path toward electoral illegitimacy due to post-election maneuvers by political parties,” Cembalest wrote. To be sure, legal experts say Trump’s long-shot bid at overturning the election is just that, a long-shot. Put simply, Trump is losing by too many votes in too many states. As Cembalest notes, Trump would need to “reverse or impede results in three states” to prevent Joe Biden from reaching the 270 electoral votes required by the Constitution. And as CNN has reported, despite Trump’s baseless claims (which Twitter has repeatedly flagged), there is no evidence of the widespread fraud required to overturn those results. The JPMorgan strategist laid out several developments that could cast doubt on that outcome, including that one or more states submit competing slates of electors. Those competing slates would then be resolved January 6 by the new Congress through rules spelled out in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. “The nightmare scenario for markets,” according to Cembalest, would be if Senate Republicans declare the ECA unconstitutional, flip three states in Trump’s favor to give him the required 270 electoral votes and Democrats refuse to participate. “All of which sets up the prospect of dueling inaugurations,” Cembalest wrote, noting that this outcome was only “narrowly averted” in 1876. Another risk laid out by Cembalest is if Barr directs investigators to “seize or impound election records” to probe for voter fraud, slowing down the process.For the most part, investors have appeared to ignore Trump’s war on the election results.  Markets have not flinched in response to headlines about his campaign’s many lawsuits. If anything, Wall Street came to terms with the outcome of the election even before CNN and other media outlets projected Biden to be the winner. Investors have largely focused on other matters, including the makeup of the US Senate, progress in the quest to develop a coronavirus vaccine to fight the worsening pandemic and the prospects for the economic recovery. A messy Trump-Biden transition will derail desperately needed stimulus But some are beginning to raise concerns about a transfer of power. “I think we’re making far too little of this,” CNBC anchor Jim Cramer said Wednesday while expressing worries about a peaceful transition to a new administration. Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said that although her firm’s experts don’t see much of a risk of “rogue” electors, there “could certainly still be some black swan political event.” Perhaps heeding the warnings of Cembalest, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has repeatedly urged Americans to respect the outcome of the election. “We need a peaceful transition. We had an election. We have a new president,” Dimon said Wednesday during The New York Time’s virtual DealBook conference. “You should support that whether you like it or not, because it’s based on a system of faith and trust.”

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New York City will close schools for in-person learning to curb Covid outbreak, Mayor de Blasio says

New York City’s schools will move to remote learning only as the city tries to tamp down a growing number of coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The shuttering of the nation’s largest school system had been anticipated for days after de Blasio told parents on Friday to have a plan in place in case the city decides to close schools for in-person learning, NBC News New York reported. Remote learning will begin Thursday, the mayor said in breaking the news over Twitter. “We’re in the middle of something really tough right now,” de Blasio said at a press briefing Monday. “We have put health and safety first, and we will put health and safety first.” The mayor said the city would close classrooms if the citywide positivity rate, or the percentage of positive tests, hits an average of 3%, which it reached on Wednesday. On a call with reporters Friday afternoon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the city has the authority to close schools if local officials think it’s appropriate. New York City’s schools will move to remote learning only as the city tries to tamp down a growing number of coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The shuttering of the nation’s largest school system had been anticipated for days after de Blasio told parents on Friday to have a plan in place in case the city decided to close schools for in-person learning, NBC News New York reported. Remote learning will begin Thursday, the mayor said in breaking the news over Twitter. “We’re in the middle of something really tough right now,” de Blasio said at a press briefing Monday. “We have put health and safety first, and we will put health and safety first.”

  Nick Note: I told you so and this is just the beginning of the beginning of a slaughter! Won’t they be surprised when the kill the cats toilet paper  masks do not work. The only thing to do is complete and total lockdown and exterme isoplation. Which they will come to incubator and all.
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Masks offer only moderate protection against COVID – study

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Danish study of 6,000 people suggests face masks provide only moderate protection (20%) against COVID-19 infection and could not preclude that they provide no protection at all, Denmark’s leading state hospital, Rigshospitalet, said on Wednesday. Nick Note: as far as i am concerned its been settled business for a long time. last winter when Dennis came to see me from a trip to London setting up the trust. He had the worst “cold” ever. I wore a N95 mask and so did he. Dennis got very very sick but recovered. I ha a slight temperature and congestion. I took my Quinine pills and quickly improved. It was at that time i discovered the N95 toilet paper masks were a sick joke. And that is when i utilized military style cartage filter and silicone masks, Look i have never seen N95 masks used in germ warfare training or in Biohazard labs. We advanced the science with our custom dual use civilian military P3 ULPA U15 masks. Which i am making available at great expense. I know of no one wearing our masks and filters that got infected. AND coworkers in the same hospital setting have gotten infected with the N95 toilet paper joke (kill the cats) masks. I have the NEW 1 um ULPA P3 U125 filters in stock.

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US adds 161,934 COVID-19 cases, 1,707 deaths

According to data from the authoritative Johns Hopkins University, there are more than 55 million and a half infections and 1,337,559 victims. The heaviest toll is still that of the US with 11.35 million infections and 248,600 deaths. As for the tragic ranking of mortality, in second place is Brazil with 166,699 deaths followed by India (130,519), Mexico (99,026), Great Britain (52,839), Italy (46,346) and France (42,461). of infections has become the first European country to exceed two million cases, to be precise 2,087,183 behind the United States, India (8.9 million) and Brazil (5.9 million).

USA: 161,934 cases and 1,707 deaths in 24 hours

The United States has recorded 161,934 new coronavirus infections and 1,707 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University.The country now has a total of at least 11,357,322 cases and 248,672 deaths, according to the university tally.

In India, over 130,000 victims
The number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in India has exceeded 130,000, according to data from the American Johns Hopkins University.

The Asian country is third in the world for the number of Covid-19 victims behind the United States (almost 250,000) and Brazil (over 166,000).It is second in terms of the number of infections recorded since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, 8.87 million

Turkey, cases on the rise.

Partial lockdown since Monday Turkey has joined the growing list of countries that are imposing a partial lockdown after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. The Turkish Interior Ministry announced today that the new measures limiting the working hours of restaurants, cafes, shopping centers and hairdressers from 7 to 17 will come into effect on Friday evening. A partial block will also be imposed on weekends until further notice, while cinemas will be closed for the rest of the year.Ankara has reported 3,819 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours and 103 coronavirus-related deaths, updating the toll. Total deaths at 11.70

New record of cases in Tokyo
Tokyo has recorded a new record of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, confirming data that indicate the arrival of a third wave, which could lead the authorities to impose new restrictions. As reported by the public chain NHK, in the last 24 hours 493 new cases of contagion have been registered in the capital, a figure higher than the previous daily record (472), recorded on 1 August. Nationally, Japan recorded a new daily record with 1,736 new infections last Saturday.

Australia, six-day mini lockdown in the southThe premier of South Australia has announced the imposition of a six-day lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus after the discovery of an outbreak in a hotel. The Guardian reports it. Australia in general has managed to manage the Covid-19 pandemic better than almost any country in the world with less than 28,000 total cases and just over 900 victims. In the south, after more than seven days without a case of local transmission, 20 infected were registered in Adelaide where another 4,000 people were forced to go into solitary confinement. For this reason Prime Minister Steven Marshall has announced the new measures and other states of Australia have closed the borders to the south. The lockdown, which will start from midnight today, will be mini in duration but quite rigid. They will close all universities and schools except for children with disabilities and children of essential workers; stop at bars, restaurants, pubs, clubs and even take-away food; you can only go to the hospital for chemotherapy or other cancer treatments and for urgent interventions; ban on outdoor sports, a very popular activity throughout Australia especially now that it is summer, and of course stop all travel within the region. Nick Note: every once in a while i like to give you a global perspective. As you can see its the Virus gone wild. I would also like to note many countries that are seeing record infections are countries with strict lock down rules and mandatory joke toilet paper mask enforcement. Obviously IT IS NOT WORKING. IT TAKES REAL MASKS AND STRICT total ISOLATION… tHEIR IS NO SAFE DISTANCE….. NOT 3 FEET, NOT 10 FEET NOT 1 HUNDRED….  Tell this next wave blows over STAY HOME!

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Saudi minister says nuclear armament against Iran ‘an option’

Saudi Arabia reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons if Iran cannot be stopped from making one, says the minister.

Saudi Arabia reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons if regional rival Iran cannot be stopped from making one, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs has said. “It’s definitely an option,” Adel al-Jubeir told the DPA news agency in a recent interview. If Iran becomes a nuclear power, he said, more countries would follow suit. Trump’s administration wants a more far-reaching programme and an end to Iran’s regional interference – a position supported by Saudi Arabia. “We believe the Iranians have only responded to pressure,” said al-Jubeir. Asked what changes he anticipates could come once President-elect Joe Biden takes charge in January, he said: “We will have to see.” Biden has promised to return to the nuclear deal but has said he will seek to put pressure on Iran’s regional activities and missile programmes, among other things. Last week, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud urged the world to take a “decisive stance” to address Iran’s efforts to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. In response, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh called on the kingdom to refrain from “baseless allegations and hate-mongering”. Nick Note: I shudder to think what evil Trump will conjurer up. It is obvious to me he wants to go out with a blaze of glory,

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Governors ratchet up restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving

From California to Pennsylvania, governors and mayors across the U.S. are ratcheting up COVID-19 restrictions amid the record-shattering resurgence of the virus that is all but certain to get worse because of holiday travel and family gatherings over Thanksgiving. Leaders are closing businesses or curtailing hours and other operations, and they are ordering or imploring people to stay home and keep their distance from others to help stem a rising tide of infections that threatens to overwhelm the health care system. “I must again pull back the reins,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday as he restricted indoor gatherings to 10 people, down from 25. “It gives me no joy.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is pulling the “emergency brake” on efforts to reopen the economy, saying the state is experiencing the fastest growth in cases yet, and if left unchecked, it will lead to “catastrophic outcomes.” The move closes many nonessential indoor businesses and requires the wearing of masks outside homes, with limited exceptions.

The tightening came as Moderna Inc. announced that its experimental coronavirus vaccine appears to be over 94% effective, based on early results. A week ago Pfizer disclosed similar findings with its own formula. The news raised hopes that at least two vaccines against the scourge could win emergency authorization and become available in the U.S. before the end of 2020.

A record-breaking nearly 70,000 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Sunday, 13,000 more than a week earlier, according to the COVID Tracking Project. Deaths in the U.S. are running at more than 1,100 per day on average, an increase of over 50% from early October.

The virus is blamed for more than 246,000 deaths and over 11 million confirmed infections in the the U.S. Thanksgiving was on the minds of leaders nationwide as they enacted tougher restrictions amid fears that the holiday will lead to more infections. “We don’t really want to see mamaw at Thanksgiving and bury her by Christmas,” said Dr. Mark Horne, president of the Mississippi State Medical Association. “It’s going to happen. You’re going to say ‘Hi’ at Thanksgiving, ‘It was so great to see you,’ and you’re going to either be visiting by FaceTime in the ICU or planning a small funeral before Christmas.”

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s stay-at-home order went into effect Monday. Only essential businesses, including grocery stores and pharmacies, will be open.

Washington’s Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee ordered gyms, bowling alleys, movie theaters, museums and zoos to shut down indoor operations. Stores must limit capacity to 25%.

People from different households will be barred in Washington from gathering indoors unless they have quarantined. There is no enforcement mechanism. Inslee said he hopes people obey anyway.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on residents in the nation’s third-largest city to restrict social gatherings to 10 people starting Monday. In instructions that were advisory, not mandatory, she urged residents to stay home except for essential activities, like going to work or grocery shopping.

Philadelphia banned all indoor dining at restaurants and indoor gatherings of any size, public or private, of people from different households, starting this Friday.

In Michigan, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary and said it was “incredibly reckless” for President Donald Trump’s science adviser Scott Atlas to urge people to “rise up” against Michigan’s latest restrictions.

Over the weekend, Whitmer announced that Michigan high schools and colleges must halt in-person classes, restaurants must stop indoor dining and entertainment businesses must close for three weeks. Gathering sizes also will be tightened.

Even North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, who has resisted a mask mandate for months, put one in place over the weekend, amid a severe outbreak in the state. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds took a similar action and enacted a limited version of a mask mandate Monday. Still, several other GOP governors were taking incremental steps, or resisting even those — continuing to emphasize “personal responsibility” rather than government edicts.

Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt announced bars and restaurants must space tables 6 feet apart and end in-person service at 11 p.m.

In hard-hit South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem continued her hands-off approach and resisted a mask mandate or other restrictions.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in recent days has been emphasizing that new treatments and vaccines are expected to become available soon.

Vice President Mike Pence sounded an upbeat tone Monday on a call with governors, saying that the government is ready to help states where hospitals are nearing capacity and emphasizing that vaccines are coming.

“America has never been more prepared to combat this virus,” he said.

Nick Note: Do you belive this shit?

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President Trump asked senior advisers to attack Iran’s main nuclear site

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take action against Iran’s main nuclear site in the coming weeks. The meeting occurred a day after international inspectors reported a significant increase in the country’s stockpile of nuclear material, four current and former U.S. officials said on Monday. A range of senior advisers dissuaded the president from moving ahead with a military strike. The advisers — including Vice President Mike Pence; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary; and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — warned that a strike against Iran’s facilities could easily escalate into a broader conflict in the last weeks of Mr. Trump’s presidency. Any strike — whether by missile or cyber — would almost certainly be focused on Natanz, where the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Wednesday that Iran’s uranium stockpile was now 12 times larger than permitted under the nuclear accord that Mr. Trump abandoned in 2018. The agency also noted that Iran had not allowed it access to another suspected site where there was evidence of past nuclear activity. Mr. Trump asked his top national security aides what options were available and how to respond, officials said. After Mr. Pompeo and General Milley described the potential risks of military escalation, officials left the meeting believing a missile attack inside Iran was off the table, according to administration officials with knowledge of the meeting.

Mr. Trump might still be looking at ways to strike Iranian assets and allies, including militias in Iraq, officials said. A smaller group of national security aides had met late Wednesday to discuss Iran, the day before the meeting with the president.

The episode underscored how Mr. Trump still faces an array of global threats in his final weeks in office. A strike on Iran may not play well to his base, which is largely opposed to a deeper American conflict in the Middle East, but it could poison relations with Tehran so that it would be much harder for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, as he has promised to do.

Since Mr. Trump dismissed Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and other top Pentagon aides last week, Defense Department and other national security officials have privately expressed worries that the president might initiate operations, whether overt or secret, against Iran or other adversaries at the end of his term.

The events of the past few days are not the first time that Iran policy has emerged in the final days of a departing administration. During the last days of the Bush administration in 2008, Israeli officials, concerned that the incoming Obama administration would seek to block it from striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, sought bunker-busting bombs, bombers and intelligence assistance from the United States for an Israeli-led strike. Vice President Dick Cheney later wrote in his memoir that he supported the idea. President George W. Bush did not, but the result was a far closer collaboration with Israel on a cyberstrike against the Natanz facility, which took out about 1,000 of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges. Ever since, the Pentagon has revised its strike plans multiple times. It now has traditional military as well as cyberoptions, and some that combine the two. Some involve direct action by Israel.

The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded that Iran now had a stockpile of more than 2,442 kilograms, or over 5,385 pounds, of low-enriched uranium. That is enough to produce about two nuclear weapons, according to an analysis of the report by the Institute for Science and International Security.

But it would require several months of additional processing to enrich the uranium to bomb-grade material, meaning that Iran would not be close to a bomb until late spring at the earliest — well after Mr. Trump would have left office. While the amount is concerning, it is far below the amount of fuel Iran possessed before President Barack Obama reached a nuclear accord with Tehran in July 2015. Late that year, under the terms of the accord, Iran shipped about 97 percent of its fuel stockpile to Russia — about 25,000 pounds — leaving it with less than it would need to build a single weapon. Nick Note: Trump is rattling door knobs for sure. He needs something BIG. And he is prepared to act. Remember come January 21st he is a no dick mother fucker. Now he is the most powerful man in the world. He could go out with a bang!

 

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Biden: We are heading into very dark winter

President-elect Joe Biden warned the United States is heading into a “very dark winter” as new coronavirus cases break records each day in many states as he called for an economic relief package similar to one already passed by House Democrats. “I know we can do this,” Mr Biden said during remarks after an economic briefing, despite case and hospitalisation numbers suggesting the country cannot without a vaccine.

“We’re going into a very dark winter. Things are going to get much tougher before they get easier. That requires sparing no effort to fight COVID,” Mr Biden said,.

The incoming president sharply criticised the Trump administration and GOP governors over their shunning of wearing face-coverings to stop the third spike in Covid-19 cases. “Does anyone understand why a governor would turn this into a political statement?” he said, holding up a mask. “It’s about being patriotic.” Mr Biden, citing unnamed experts, claimed if all Americans covered their faces when in public 100,000 lives would be saved by 21 January. “There’s nothing macho about not wearing a mask,” he said. He also contended that Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election and green-light the usual transition process is making the pandemic and its toll worse. “More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” he said of the outgoing administration and the incoming one. “It’s important that there be coordination now.” There are over 246,800 deaths in the United States from the virus, with at least 11.1m infected, according to The Johns Hopkins University. One alarming projection, compiled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , expects that number to climb to 282,000 by 5 December. With more and more Americans all over the country getting sick, Americans are wondering whether to cancel or drastically scale back their holiday plans. The president-elect said experts have advised him that gatherings should be limited to 10 people to help slow the spread of the respiratory bug. That’s what he and incoming First Lady Jill Biden plan to do with their family, he said, noting they are trying to determine who is coming to dinner in Wilmington, Delaware. Nick Note: Are you REALLY willing to risk your life to fight with your kids over a Turkey. And 15 people are to many but ten is safe…… REALLY. I guess it depends on who those ten people are and who they have been dancing with. As sleepy Joe would say REALLY!  If masks would work the virus would not be out of control. People are wearing the toilet paper masks more then ever. If ha ha ha social distancing were enough we would not be having record infections, hospitalizations and deaths. And as far as the vaccine other then the coming photo ops mass vaccinations will only begin in April and you can count on two years after that IF IF IF the vaccine works and IF IF IF immunity lasts more then 6 months before we beat this monster. And the truth is the economy does not have two years. The masses do not have six months before they reach financial Armageddon