COVID-19 cases in the United States have topped 86 million. According to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, there have been 86,057,599 cases of COVID-19 resulting in 1,013,029 deaths representing a mortality rate of 1.2%.
Among the 86 million cases is one Dr. Anthony Fauci whose diagnosis was revealed yesterday. Dr. Fauci's diagnosis did not stop him from testifying in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today albeit by remote video where he had to endure the grandstanding of Rand Paul. Fauci and other witnesses testified to obtain more funding for the public health response to COVID. Predictably, Democrats were supportive while Republicans either outright opposed any additional funding or at the very minimum were less than eager to lend support.
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States last year after cancer and heart disease and has claimed nearly 200,000 more American lives so far this year. The pandemic stage might have receded but COVID-19 will be a public health matter for the foreseeable future no matter how much Republicans want to wish it away or call it a hoax.
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