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Microsoft Outlook Morris, Max From: Morris, Max Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 9:54 PM To: Morris, Max Subject: 07/12/2021 Coronavirus Daily Recap and BREAKING NEWS - FDA warns of potential nerve complication with J&J vaccine Importance: High This email is provided for informational, non-commercial purposes only. Use or reliance on the information contained in this email is at your sole risk. This email is not provided by or affiliated in any way with Ally Financial Inc. These updates are being shared to multiple organizations, individuals and lists who/which are bcc’d. Best effort we are sending Daily updates during the business week, typically in the evening, a Weekend Recap on Monday mornings, and any significant breaking news events provided anytime. Please note some numbers included in the Statistics and news stories come from various sources and so can vary as they are constantly changing and not reported at the same time. All communications are TLP GREEN and can be shared freely. Know someone who might want to be added to our Updates? Of course ask them first, and then have them send us an email to [email protected]. A very good Monday evening Everyone! Yep, you can you believe it. We already have one day in the books. Hopefully your week has started off on a great note and you are ready to knock it out of the park in the days to come. If not, as always we will do our best to hopefully raise your spirits a bit and help you along the way. Following are major Headlines, the “Good Stuff”, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, Highlights, as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tonight, our words of wisdom and inspiration are from Brooke Hampton, who said: If you can’t runaway to a cabin in the woods right now, start small. Make a cup of tea and find a sunset to watch. Turn off your phone and read a book in the bath. Go for a drive and blast some Stevie Nicks. Fight for moments of peace in the midst of crazy. You can do that. I like Brook’s thinking. Hopefully, we all have our little piece of calm, serenity and paradise that we try escape to every now and then. And that place is just as unique as each of us are individually. That one little place or thing that we use to help us recharge and get back to looking ahead with a positive mind and a grateful heart. While Stevie Nicks wouldn’t be my first choice to blast on the stereo in my car, I completely understand how great it is to roll the windows down, feel the breeze as you drive, crank your tunes up loud and sing in a way that would scare dogs and cats away. And put your phone down for a bit (yes I need to do as I say and not as I do on this one). Because finding that little bit of peace is so important for all of us. It doesn’t have to be anything grand or take a lot of time either. And finding how to get it isn’t all that hard. You just have to remember to do it. Remember to find time for yourself. Because you are important. To your family, your friends, your coworkers. And to all of us who get these emails. So don’t forget to find those little moments. Especially when you need them the most . CVOB Website Dashboard, individual US State, US County, Global Trending Charts and Data as well as US Vaccinations, US Restrictions, our Communications Archive and the COVID-19 Reference page can be found at https://www.sunknighty.net/. BREAKING NEWS – US Food and Drug Administration warns of potential rare nerve complication with Johnson & Johnson vaccine The US Food and Drug Administration updated the label on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine Monday to warn of the possible increased risk of a rare neurological complication known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. 1 The updated label indicated that "Reports of adverse events following use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine under emergency use authorization suggest an increased risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome during the 42 days following vaccination.” Guillain Barré syndrome is a neurological disorder in which the body's immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis that typically is temporary, and while the agency said they had not established the vaccine could cause the syndrome, it did note an increase of 100 preliminary reports of the condition. The Food and Drug Administration said that 95 of the 100 reports involved people who needed hospitalization, and one person died, but the numbers represent a tiny fraction of the nearly 13 million Americans who have received the one-dose vaccine, with most cases of the side effect reported in men - many 50 years old and up - and usually about two weeks after vaccination. The guidance said that people should seek medical attention if they notice symptoms such as weakness or tingling in the arms and legs, especially if it spreads, after receiving a vaccine, with other telltale symptoms that include difficulty walking, speaking, chewing or swallowing; double vision; and bowel or bladder control problems. The agency said "The chance of having this occur is very low, and the rate of reported cases exceeds the background rate by a small degree," stressing that even if the vaccine does raise the risk of the syndrome, it's still better to get vaccinated. The Food and Drug Administration said that "Each year in the United States, an estimated 3,000 to 6,000 people develop GBS,” and “Most people fully recover from the disorder," adding “GBS has also been observed at an increased rate associated with certain vaccines, including certain seasonal influenza vaccines and a vaccine to prevent shingles.” The agency said that no similar signal has been identified with the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and Johnson & Johnson confirmed it was talking to both the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the agency about the issue. Headlines US health officials, after meeting with vaccine maker Pfizer, reiterated on Monday that Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need to get a booster shot and that they needed more data from the company before they could determine if they are necessary, a spokesperson for the Health and Human Services Department said. The World Health Organization's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a "dangerous trend" since there was little data available about the health impact. All eyes are on the Delta variant that is now dominant in the US as new Covid-19 cases rise week-to-week and the variant - first identified in India and also known as B.1.617.2 - accounts for a growing share, but trends from Israel and the United Kingdom - where the variant became dominant a few weeks sooner than in the US - present hope for a less deadly and severe surge than others that have come before, with experts saying that vaccination progress will be the most critical factor in preventing the worst outcomes. People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are still getting infected with Delta, but global health officials said the shots have protected most people from getting severely sick or dying, with Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, saying Monday that “There are reports coming in that vaccinated populations have cases of infection, particularly with the delta variant,” but adding while “The majority of these are mild or asymptomatic infections,” hospitalizations are rising in some parts of the world, mostly where vaccination rates are low and the highly contagious variant is spreading. Israel’s average daily cases are twice what they were in mid-April when the first cases of Delta were identified in the country, and at that time there were an average of five deaths each day, but despite the rise of the variant - which now accounts for more than 90% of new cases in the country - average daily deaths have stayed consistently below that. While issuing warnings that the pandemic is not over and won't be in a week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that England will lift most remaining lockdown restrictions July 19 as planned, despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, adding that although COVID-19 risks remain, mandates will be replaced by a recommendation that people wear masks in crowded places and on public transport, as well as the use of vaccine passports in nightclubs and other venues with crowds. 2 The United Nations on Monday lamented what it called a “dramatic worsening" of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the pandemic, and in a report issued jointly by five agencies said hunger outpaced population growth in 2020, with nearly 10 percent of all people estimated to be undernourished and the sharpest rise coming in Africa, where 21 percent of the people are estimated to be undernourished. To keep on top of employee sentiment about the return to the office, professional services company Genpact is going beyond the surveys, team huddles and other traditional communication channels it already employs, using its AI-powered chatbot - named Amber – that “asks” employees questions to capture their concerns in real time, and while most other chatbots are only able to reply or “answer” questions posed by someone, one of the most important features of Amber is that it is interactive, with a continuity of conversation that can’t be replicated in an employee survey.
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