Americas update and vaccine development

COVID -19, Global Update, June
Cases, 9,273,773
Deaths, 477,807

US
Cases, 2,347,102
Deaths, 121,225

Seven US states have reported their highest coronavirus patient admissions

Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas

Texas, record daily case increase on Tuesday

California + 5,000 cases

Cases also increasing in Arizona, Nevada and Missouri

Florida, Homestead hospital, ITU at capacity

Florida + 3,200 new cases on Tuesday

Dr Anthony Fauci (to Congress)

Wear masks in busy public spaces

Plan A, don’t go in a crowd

Plan B, if you do, make sure you wear a mask

Next few weeks would be critical

Brazil
Cases + 39,000 = 1,145,906
Deaths, 52,645
Bolsonaro ordered to wear a mask in public

Mexico
Cases + 6,288 = 191,410
Deaths + 793 = 23,377

Russia
Cases 606,043
WW2 victory parade

Experimental vaccines
About 14 being tested around the world
Successfully completed a Phase 3, none

COVID-19 vaccine tests begin in South Africa

University of Oxford’s Oxford Jenner Institute

Currently on trial in the UK, n = 4,000

Additional 10, 000 planned

South African study, rigorous review and has been approved by the South African Health

Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the Human Research Ethics Committee of the

University of the Witwatersrand.

Trial, volunteers administered with a COVID-19 vaccine

Safety and efficacy

More than a year, provided it is found to be effective

Second half of 2021.

Engineered to express the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Antibodies produced against sections of the spike protein after natural infection are able to kill the virus when tested in the laboratory

Not a live vaccine, does not replicate in the body

‘It might not protect someone from becoming infected, but it will protect someone from being clinically ill’

China National Biotech Group
Approval to run a large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial in the United Arab Emirates

[francelorrain]

Dr John shining star in a difficult time for humanity.

[sofias]

Dr John... Thank so much for being here for us 🙏

[cab]

I’m cross too with all these leaders who are inept! The people of their countries are in peril as we in the US are in peril and in great need of competent leadership.

[garnet]

I’m in the US. It’s disgusting the Federal response to this pandemic. This is the worst leadership to have had in place during an emergency like this. 😢

[ithacacomments]

Send the mercy ships to Florida.
Please don't move the sick from state to state.

[CROFTUSAS]

Thank you for your update. Greetings from Mexico.

[steveneeply]

Ha! No need to apologize for a laugh. Sorely needed.

[zsdfr]

Dr John, The university in Johannesburg South Africa is pronounced as if the two "w's" were "v's" - ie Vitvatersrand, as in VITamins. Usually abbreviated to VITS and pronounced like "Vitamins". Thank you for your daily update!

[jonathankamrava]

“Variolation came to Europe at the beginning of the 18th century with the arrival of travelers from Istanbul. In 1714, the Royal Society of London received a letter from Emanuel Timoni describing the technique of variolation, which he had witnessed in Istanbul. A similar letter was sent by Giacomo Pilarino in 1716. These reports described the practice of subcutaneous inoculation; however, they did not change the ways of the conservative English physicians.”

[ChristinaLedl]

Georgia has been open for almost 2 months and we’re doing great. We have a gymnastics studio and we are business as usual, thankful we’re able to be open again and saving our business.
I don’t care about a spike in infections, we have to face this and live again.

[excalibur]

British humour is the finest in the world 😉

[WeLoveDisco]

It’s sad to say. Not everyone is following social distancing and wearing masks. In the US.

[kathybrady]

We need to come up with something other than “stay home!!” In CA and TX etc. do masks work? Then great! Distancing? Let’s do it!! The problem with the messaging is that it has changed every few weeks and people honestly give up.

[Zandy]

LOL. Caught me off guard Dr John. Keep up your great work!!!

[CrassCulture]

How did you keep a straight face delivering that beer joke? I was off my rocker.

[celestialteapot]

Russian WW2 deaths in comparison to west largely due to political ineptitude? I respectfully beg to differ. For callous disregard of human life see the UK government, held to account by UN commission on human rights.

[dagedesign]

HI John, . thank you for these great videos, . ...have you had any time to investigate the D614G mutation ?, which has apparently changed the structure of the spikes.

[mycars]

10:37 Hilarious and appropriate delivery of the drink and the joke!

[darcynog]

Data on Brazil vaccine tests.

2000 people will participate in the Oxford vaccine study in colaboration with UNIFESP University in São Paulo. 200 received vaccine or placebo yesterday, mostly health professionals.

[gerardscott]

He's so good even my 1 year old is sitting watching quietly