US Covid-19: US to Buy 187 Million Rapid Tests, Biden Plans Donation of 500 Million Pfizer Shots

Biden is set to announce his order of an additional 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses at tomorrow's virtual vaccine summit, pushing the total U.S. donation pledge to at least 1.13 billion, per sources.

With @ArmstrongDrew:https://t.co/tDdhfn0UbL

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 21, 2021

THREAD: My book, “Uncontrolled Spread,” debuts today. It aims to shed new light on systemic woes and mistakes that left U.S. excessively vulnerable to Covid and how we make sure this never happens again. I owe deep gratitude to many people who helped bring this book to completion pic.twitter.com/aIIpnv4xg5

— Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 (@ScottGottliebMD) September 21, 2021

MAJOR IDAHO HOSPITAL NETWORK SYSTEM SAYS 70% OF ICU PATIENTS HAVE COVID, 98% OF PATIENTS UNVACCINATED

— FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) September 22, 2021

California gets to the lowest cases/capita in the US 👍
Still a ways to go to get to pre-Delta levels and containment pic.twitter.com/YqCnTWiRC8

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 22, 2021

Lesson #1001
How to keep people out of the hospital or dying from Covid?
The California county with near 100% eligible vaccinated and one of the US cities with highest % vaccinated https://t.co/WgSDYaBQJ7 pic.twitter.com/kwC0rRnDFb

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 21, 2021

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:
 
🔹 Confirmed cases to date: 4,428,117  
🔹 Note: Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed
 
More information at https://t.co/TLLUGwPGY7. pic.twitter.com/dv8p7u1Pfo

— California Department of Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) September 21, 2021

Vermont, #1 in the US for 69% fully vaccinated, had only 1 patient with covid in the hospital in late July. Now 48. Does this indicate 69% is not enough (80+% has been reached in several countries), waning immunity, or both? pic.twitter.com/wOgcXT0S38

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 21, 2021

As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, September 21, the Medical Center has 53 confirmed or suspected inpatient COVID-19 cases, including 40 adult patients and 13 children. Of the COVID-19 positive patients, 77.3% are unvaccinated, 9.1% are not eligible (under 12), and 13.6% are vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/DBk2icC7Ki

— The University of Mississippi Medical Center (@UMMCnews) September 21, 2021

ℹ Florida COVID-19 Update for September 21, 2021

🚨 Total Confirmed Hospitalizations: 8,130 pic.twitter.com/Oe6e7dTW2a

— Florida Hospital Association (@FLHospitalAssn) September 21, 2021

NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:
➡️1,822 new positive PCR tests
➡️987,710 total positive PCR tests
➡️583 new positive antigen tests
➡️148,306 total positive antigen tests
➡️38 new confirmed deaths
➡️24,467 total confirmed deaths
➡️2,773 probable deaths
 https://t.co/JW1q8aOh8F pic.twitter.com/HpwCEHi8FW

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) September 21, 2021

September 21st COVID-19: 7-day average deaths is the highest since February https://t.co/6WweGi6qO5 pic.twitter.com/BYNd3osLHh

— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) September 21, 2021