Good news on coronavirus

Outside The Beltway
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There is good news on a possible vaccine and new treatments COVID-19. There is also evidence that the lockdowns and quarantines are controlling the spread of the disease. Here are the links:

  1. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced development of a new vaccine:
    UPMC doctors in Pa. say they’ve developed a coronavirus vaccine - pennlive.com

  2. There are very promising results with early trials of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19:
    Dr. Stephen Smith on effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine: 'I think this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic' | Fox News

  3. Number of new cases in New York City and Italy appear to have peaked:
    COVID-19 pandemic in New York City - Wikipedia
    COVID-19 pandemic in Italy - Wikipedia

With so much bad news, sometimes the good news gets overlooked. There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel.

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oh boy… cnn’s not going to like this

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Gasp!

CNN criticizes people who went against the White House’s advice!!

How can this be?

About 70 people in their 20s chartered a plane from Austin, Texas, to Mexico for spring break two weeks ago. They went against the advice of White House officials who asked that people avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 and nonessential air travel.

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Italy peaked 12 days ago.

You would have been hard pressed to find news of that.

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Spain has now surpassed them by 2,000 cases.

US is now at 245,658 confirmed cases and 6,069 dead. 2.4%

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I was at UPMC HQ twice in January.

3 months later, vaccine.

I’ll send my Venmo to anyone who wants to thank me.