US COVID-19 death toll tops 400,000

about 60% of the more than 24 million confirmed Cove in 19 cases in the US were reported since Election Day 2020. I'm not convinced at all that we're past the worst of it, Johns Hopkins University reports. New Cove in 19 cases in the US in the past week dropped 11% since the previous week's peak. But health officials aren't feeling optimistic yet. If only we had a national plan the last 10 months. What a big difference that would have made one main area of concern. Bottlenecks. With the vaccine roll out, we have distributed to the states about 31 million doses of vaccine. We've only given 12 million doses. Another issue, a cove in 19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom is spreading in the U. S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 122 cases of this more contagious strain of the virus were confirmed in 20 states. It will, in fact, many, many more people and unfortunately probably will end up killing more people. Uh, then the current mainstream that we've been dealing with for much of 2020 President elect Joe Biden says his administration's goal is to deliver 100 million doses of vaccine in his 1st 100 days in office. It's been very clear from the Biden team. They don't wanna do a federal takeover. What they wanna do is they want to partner with states and they want to coordinate with states. I'm John Lawrence reporting.

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 400,000 on Tuesday in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis has been judged by public health experts a singular failure.The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly equal to the number of Americans killed in World War II. It is about the population of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tampa, Florida; or New Orleans. It is equivalent to the sea of humanity that was at Woodstock in 1969.It is just short of the estimated 409,000 Americans who died in 2019 of strokes, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, flu and pneumonia combined.And the virus isn't finished with the U.S. by any means, even with the arrival of the vaccines that could finally vanquish the outbreak: A widely cited model by the University of Washington projects the death toll will reach nearly 567,000 by May 1.While the Trump administration has been credited with Operation Warp Speed, the crash program to develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines, Trump has repeatedly downplayed the threat, mocked masks, railed against lockdowns, promoted unproven and unsafe treatments, undercut scientific experts and expressed scant compassion for the victims.Even his own bout with COVID-19 seemed to leave him unchanged.The White House defended the administration.“We grieve every single life lost to this pandemic, and thanks to the president’s leadership, Operation Warp Speed has led to the development of multiple safe and effective vaccines in record time, something many said would never happen," said White House spokesman Judd Deere.President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday.The nation reached the milestone of 400,000 deaths in just under a year. The first known deaths from the virus in the U.S. were in early February 2020, both of them in Santa Clara County, California.While the count is based on figures supplied by government agencies around the world, the real death toll is believed to be significantly higher, in part because of inadequate testing and cases inaccurately attributed to other causes early on.It took four months to reach the first 100,000 dead. It took just over a month to go from 300,000 to 400,000.

The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly equal to the number of Americans killed in World War II. It is about the population of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tampa, Florida; or New Orleans. It is equivalent to the sea of humanity that was at Woodstock in 1969.

It is just short of the estimated 409,000 Americans who died in 2019 of strokes, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, flu and pneumonia combined.

And the virus isn't finished with the U.S. by any means, even with the arrival of the vaccines that could finally vanquish the outbreak: A widely cited model by the University of Washington projects the death toll will reach nearly 567,000 by May 1.

While the Trump administration has been credited with Operation Warp Speed, the crash program to develop and distribute coronavirus vaccines, Trump has repeatedly downplayed the threat, mocked masks, railed against lockdowns, promoted unproven and unsafe treatments, undercut scientific experts and expressed scant compassion for the victims.

Even his own bout with COVID-19 seemed to leave him unchanged.

The White House defended the administration.

“We grieve every single life lost to this pandemic, and thanks to the president’s leadership, Operation Warp Speed has led to the development of multiple safe and effective vaccines in record time, something many said would never happen," said White House spokesman Judd Deere.

President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday.

The nation reached the milestone of 400,000 deaths in just under a year. The first known deaths from the virus in the U.S. were in early February 2020, both of them in Santa Clara County, California.

While the count is based on figures supplied by government agencies around the world, the real death toll is believed to be significantly higher, in part because of inadequate testing and cases inaccurately attributed to other causes early on.

It took four months to reach the first 100,000 dead. It took just over a month to go from 300,000 to 400,000.

US COVID-19 death toll tops 400,000

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