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- 700 million: That’s the number of vaccine doses that should be available by April, according to CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield at a Senate health committee hearing.
- According to the International Air Transport Association, the only realistic hope of reviving demand for flights in the absence of a vaccine is to require universal coronavirus tests for departing passengers. Rapid antigen tests should be available in October. They would cost as little as $10—and deliver results within 15 minutes.
- 45 percent: That’s the estimated current national mask-usage, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics.
- Scammer update: In Boston, U.S. Customs officials seized more than 20,000 counterfeit N95 respirator masks from Hong Kong.
- Whether the governor approves or not, Florida’s public universities should be playing the student-discipline card. It’s what adults in charge do during a pandemic. It should be seen as part of preparing students for that real, non-virtual world that awaits. And a reminder that, even if you’re of college age, immortality is not an option.
- 11 percent: Florida’s average positivity rate. 5 percent: Hillsborough County’s rate.
- Pinellas County for Mask Freedoms: a Facebook group that posts talking points to help those challenging local ordinances.