Update

United States

Deaths, logged nearly 2,092

Highest since 6th May, (2,611)

Record numbers of fatalities

Maine, Alaska, Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Washington, Ohio, Oregon

Dr. Fauci

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/thanksgiving-covid-decisions/2020/11/24/1fa6aba4-2b72-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html

We had a great Thanksgiving last year and we’re looking forward to a great Thanksgiving next year, but today we’re going to call a timeout

Marist poll

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/marist-poll-results-analysis/#sthash.iGKNGTzM.PHNgfmUD.dpbs

58% plan on celebrating Thanksgiving with fewer people

36% plan same number of people as last year

4% more people

Who will have smaller gatherings

Democrats, 74%

Independents, 58%

Republicans, 39%

Midwest, 65%

Northeast, 63%

West, 57%

South, 51%

Personal pandemic

71% of adults know someone who has had coronavirus

Travel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/25/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

Thanksgiving travel down?

AAA estimates a 10% reduction in travel

6.4 million doses in 24 hours

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/24/vaccine-plan-first-doses/

State allocation, which based overall population

20 million people in 2020

Pfizer, larger centers first

Vaccine priorities?

Health-care workers

Residents of long-term care facilities

First responders

Teachers

Grocery workers

100 million high-risk

53 million adults over the age of 65

US Problems, next months

Winter

State, county, municipality

Coordination, UK, US, Germany

I woke up in a free country

Testing accuracy, and may not be positive for days

Everyone tested every 2 weeks

Contact tracing is weak, 100 people per infection need contacted

100,000 contact tracers needed

Compliance when pinged

Lack of therapeutics

Participation in clinical trials

Vaccine immunity delay, IgG could be several weeks

Anti-vaccine thinking

Vitamin D denial

UK Christmas

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-55..