"Most Americans have changed their Thanksgiving plans, poll finds
Things will get worse in the coming weeks, before they begin getting better with the help of potential vaccines, experts have cautioned.
Millions are traveling for Thanksgiving, despite the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending against it.
But 61% of Americans did alter their Thanksgiving plans in some way because of rising Covid-19 cases, according to poll results released Tuesday by Axios-Ipsos.
The most common changes reported were deciding to see only immediate household members, and having a smaller dinner than originally planned, according to the poll, which was based on a nationally representative sample of 1,002 US adults and conducted November 20-23.
About 9% said they no longer plan to celebrate the holiday at all.
Among those changing their plans: New York's Gov. Cuomo.
Cuomo had told WAMC radio host Alan Chartock on Monday that his mother was planning on traveling to Albany to join him and two of his daughters for Thanksgiving.
In a news conference later in the day, Cuomo warned New Yorkers that coronavirus would make it dangerous to hold Thanksgiving celebrations as usual. The apparent dissonance drew the ire of some people on Twitter.
On Tuesday, his adviser Rich Azzopardi told CNN that the governor had changed his plans.
"Given the circumstances with Covid, he will have to work through Thanksgiving and will not be seeing them," Azzopardi said.
[h=3]Coronavirus task force calls for 'significant behavior change of all Americans'[/h]
As vaccine trials continue, Redfield said it's important to gather safety data on coronavirus vaccines in pregnant women and children.
"Obviously, it's pretty normal that when we bring new products into humans, we really do spare pregnant women initially, but I can tell you that they're going to be targeted to show safety and efficacy in that group very rapidly," Redfield said during his Tuesday Fox News interview.
"I think you're going to see that happen fairly rapidly, just like we're going to see studies begin to look at the safety and immunogenicity in children too."
Redfield said he is hopeful a coronavirus vaccine will be available for the general public by March.
The federal government has said 40 million coronavirus vaccine doses could be available by the end of December.
Even with that prospective timeline, the US Food and Drug Administration could take "days" to discuss issuing an emergency use authorization for a potential Covid-19 vaccine, said FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn.
A vaccine must go through the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), who will all meet on December 10 to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech's application for an emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine.
"That committee ... will send the FDA its comments and recommendations," Hahn said. "Only then can the FDA make a final decision on a vaccine."
Until the vaccines are distributed, the White House coronavirus task force is calling for "significant behavior change of all Americans."
More aggressive testing efforts, the task force said, "must be combined with significant behavior change of all Americans."
"Ensure masks at all times in public, increase physical distancing through significant reduction in capacity in public and private indoor spaces, and ensure every American understands the clear risks of ANY family or friend interactions outside of their immediate household indoors without masks," the task force said in a series of November 22 reports obtained by CNN.
The US is pushing to make the kind of tests that were used in the NBA bubble more widely available to the American public, said White House coronavirus testing czar, Adm. Dr. Brett Giroir.
"If it's good enough for LeBron, it should be good enough for the rest of the American people," Giroir said.
"Ensure all universities returning in the winter move to mandatory weekly testing of all on and off campus students," the reports read. "Planning for that must begin now."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
Things will get worse in the coming weeks, before they begin getting better with the help of potential vaccines, experts have cautioned.
Millions are traveling for Thanksgiving, despite the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending against it.
But 61% of Americans did alter their Thanksgiving plans in some way because of rising Covid-19 cases, according to poll results released Tuesday by Axios-Ipsos.
The most common changes reported were deciding to see only immediate household members, and having a smaller dinner than originally planned, according to the poll, which was based on a nationally representative sample of 1,002 US adults and conducted November 20-23.
About 9% said they no longer plan to celebrate the holiday at all.
Among those changing their plans: New York's Gov. Cuomo.
Cuomo had told WAMC radio host Alan Chartock on Monday that his mother was planning on traveling to Albany to join him and two of his daughters for Thanksgiving.
In a news conference later in the day, Cuomo warned New Yorkers that coronavirus would make it dangerous to hold Thanksgiving celebrations as usual. The apparent dissonance drew the ire of some people on Twitter.
On Tuesday, his adviser Rich Azzopardi told CNN that the governor had changed his plans.
"Given the circumstances with Covid, he will have to work through Thanksgiving and will not be seeing them," Azzopardi said.
[h=3]Coronavirus task force calls for 'significant behavior change of all Americans'[/h]
As vaccine trials continue, Redfield said it's important to gather safety data on coronavirus vaccines in pregnant women and children.
"Obviously, it's pretty normal that when we bring new products into humans, we really do spare pregnant women initially, but I can tell you that they're going to be targeted to show safety and efficacy in that group very rapidly," Redfield said during his Tuesday Fox News interview.
"I think you're going to see that happen fairly rapidly, just like we're going to see studies begin to look at the safety and immunogenicity in children too."
Redfield said he is hopeful a coronavirus vaccine will be available for the general public by March.
The federal government has said 40 million coronavirus vaccine doses could be available by the end of December.
Even with that prospective timeline, the US Food and Drug Administration could take "days" to discuss issuing an emergency use authorization for a potential Covid-19 vaccine, said FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn.
A vaccine must go through the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), who will all meet on December 10 to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech's application for an emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine.
"That committee ... will send the FDA its comments and recommendations," Hahn said. "Only then can the FDA make a final decision on a vaccine."
Until the vaccines are distributed, the White House coronavirus task force is calling for "significant behavior change of all Americans."
More aggressive testing efforts, the task force said, "must be combined with significant behavior change of all Americans."
"Ensure masks at all times in public, increase physical distancing through significant reduction in capacity in public and private indoor spaces, and ensure every American understands the clear risks of ANY family or friend interactions outside of their immediate household indoors without masks," the task force said in a series of November 22 reports obtained by CNN.
The US is pushing to make the kind of tests that were used in the NBA bubble more widely available to the American public, said White House coronavirus testing czar, Adm. Dr. Brett Giroir.
"If it's good enough for LeBron, it should be good enough for the rest of the American people," Giroir said.
"Ensure all universities returning in the winter move to mandatory weekly testing of all on and off campus students," the reports read. "Planning for that must begin now."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
