CDC Admits “Most Transmission Occurs At Home”; Will Require All Foreigners To Test COVID-Negative Before Entering US: Live Updates
BY TYLER DURDEN, Zero Hedge
By Francesco Abbruzzino
Summary:
- US to require COVID tests for all international travelers
- US changes vaccine reporting parameters
- Disneyland joins Dodgers stadium in becoming vaccination site
- US cases decline
- US hospitalizations hit new records led by California
- US plans new vaccination plan
- Ireland now world’s worst-hit country
- Netherlands seeing cautious decline
- Singapore may introduce contact tracing bill
- EU strikes 8th deal to buy vaccine doses
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Update (1340ET): During a Tuesday press briefing about the US vaccination effort, CDC head Robert Redfield issued another warning about COVID-19 transmission, saying many areas in the US are “on the verge of exponential growth”, while also acknowledging that most instances of viral transmission are occurring within households.
That’s not exactly new information, as data has consistently shown the virus mostly spreads among members of the same household. Redfield’s comments even bring to mind research which brings to mind research we shared just the other day. In a blog post, author and statistician William Briggs argued that lockdowns don’t work because they simply force people to congregate in even smaller areas, like their homes: “a lockdown will spread this bug faster than allowing people to remain at liberty,” he said.