The chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce says there may never be a vaccine for coronavirus.
Kate Bingham told Kay Burley @Breakfast if a vaccine was found, it may not prevent people from getting the virus but will reduce symptoms.
Archiv: task forces
As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal
(09.05.2020)
Birx and others were frustrated with the CDC’s antiquated system for tracking virus data, which they worried was inflating some statistics — such as mortality rate and case count — by as much as 25 percent, according to four people present for the discussion or later briefed on it. Two senior administration officials said the discussion was not heated.
“There is nothing from the CDC that I can trust,” Birx said, according to two of the people.
NYPD: Intelligence and Counterterrorism
The Deputy Commissioner oversees both the Intelligence Bureau, which is responsible for intelligence collection and analysis; and the NYPD‘s Counterterrorism Bureau operations, including the partnership with the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, the first and largest of its kind in the nation.
New York City is home to more than 8 million people and hosts over 58 million visitors from all over the world annually. The Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureaus provide some of the most highly trained and best equipped officers to patrol the city, collect and analyze data, and collaborate with partner agencies.
NYPD: Counterterrorism
The CT Bureau reviews possible terrorist targets and develops innovative, forward-thinking policies and procedures to guard against attacks, training first responders and specialized units and developing intelligence capabilities for detecting and preventing terrorist attacks. The bureau coordinates with federal, state, and other law enforcement agencies in intelligence gathering and sharing, and plays an integral role in the FBI‘s Joint Terrorist Task Force.
Critical Response Command (CRC) is one of the Department‘s first lines of defense against a terrorist-related attack. A permanent cadre of hand-selected police officers devoted to counterterrorism, CRC members are trained to respond swiftly, with sufficient expertise and force, to the most highly organized and heavily armed attacks. All CRC team members are trained in special weapons and long-range guns, explosive trace detection, radiological and nuclear awareness, biological and chemical weapons awareness, and are equipped with the skills to detect an impending attack and utilize the best possible response to an emerging situation. The team conducts daily counterterrorism deployments to critical infrastructure sites throughout New York City, saturating strategic locations with a uniform presence to disrupt and deter terrorist planning and hostile surveillance operations.
(…)
Domain Awareness System (DAS) is a powerful counterterrorism and policing tool jointly developed and built by the NYPD and Microsoft. As a central platform, DAS is used to aggregate data from internal and external closed-circuit television cameras, license plate readers, and environmental sensors, as well as 911 calls and other NYPD databases. DAS uses an interactive dashboard interface to display real-time alerts whenever a 911 call is received or a sensor is triggered.
Bundeswehr stellt in Frankenberg digitales Gefechtsleitsystem vor
Vorrang dabei hätten zunächst die deutschen Landanteile der künftigen schnellen Eingreiftruppe der NATO „Very High Readiness Joint Task Force“ (VJTF).
Dr. Birx Says States Seeing ‚Dramatic Decline‘ In Percent of Coronavirus Positive Cases As Reopening Gets Underway
White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Brix says there has been „a dramatic decline across the states“ in the percent of coronavirus positive cases.
At a press conference on Friday, Brix said there have been „significant declines week over week“ in new COVID-19 cases.
CDC acknowledges mixing up coronavirus testing data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledged Thursday that it is combining the results from viral and antibody COVID-19 tests when reporting the country‘s testing totals, despite marked differences between the tests.
First reported by NPR‘s WLRN station in Miaimi, the practice has drawn ire from U.S. health experts who say combining the tests inhibits the agency‘s ability to discern the country‘s actual testing capacity.
Trump privately questions whether coronavirus deaths are being overcounted as Fauci projects the opposite
(13.06.2020)
But inside the West Wing, officials said there have been steady doubts about coronavirus figures arriving from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, either because they are behind or potentially skewed. In meetings of the White House task force, senior officials have raised questions about how the agency is compiling and tracking its data.
The death count questions illustrate the degree to which Trump and his allies have begun to scrutinize the data and advice emerging from government sources: Death counts are questioned, models are doubted, recommendations are debated and discarded and medical experts — even those widely trusted by the American people — are viewed with suspicion.
As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal
(09.05.2020)
During a task force meeting Wednesday, a heated discussion broke out between Deborah Birx, the physician who oversees the administration’s coronavirus response, and Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Birx and others were frustrated with the CDC’s antiquated system for tracking virus data, which they worried was inflating some statistics — such as mortality rate and case count — by as much as 25 percent, according to four people present for the discussion or later briefed on it.
Questions raised over accuracy of US coronavirus death toll
Last week, The Washington Post reported that at a recent discussion on COVID-19 data, Birx told CDC Director Robert Redfield that “there is nothing from the CDC that I can trust.”
According to the paper, Birx and others feared the CDC was inflating coronavirus statistics, like mortality rates and case numbers, by up to 25 percent.
But not everyone shares the view that COVID-19 deaths are being overcounted.
Trump says he was ‚surprised‘ by Fauci‘s warnings on reopening
The president separately said in an interview with Fox Business‘s Maria Bartiromo that “we have to get the schools open, we have to get our country open, we have to open our country.“
„Now we want to do it safely, but we also want to do it as quickly as possible, we can‘t keep going on like this … You‘re having bedlam already in the streets, you can‘t do this. We have to get it open. I totally disagree with him [Fauci] on schools,” the president added.
Reports: 11 US Secret Service members currently positive for COVID-19
A spokesperson for DHS reportedly declined to comment on the number of cases.
Fauci to enter ‚modified quarantine‘: report
He will be staying at home and teleworking while wearing a mask continually for 14 days.
White House plans to scale back coronavirus task force
The Hill was not invited to Pence‘s briefing with reporters, but his office provided a transcript of his remarks.
Dr. Anthony Fauci: COVID-19 “May Turn Out to be Like a Bad Flu Season”. His Peer Reviewed Article Versus His Public Statements
It is not over yet, but this is much less than what our hysterical media and politicians have led us to believe. In the beginning of this historic, media-fueled panic, it sounded like millions would die in the US alone and tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, globally.
Cuomo: If you want to blame someone and fire someone for bade projections then fire CDC, WH coronavirus task force and Navarro who had huge projections
(17-04.2020)
Live: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Holds Coronavirus Briefing | NBC News
(17.04.2020)
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic as it spreads across New York state, which has the most positive cases in the United States.
LIVE: Press Briefing with Coronavirus Task Force
President Donald Trump and White House Coronavirus Task Force Daily Press Briefing
4/15/20 “The battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases,” Trump said at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden.
Trump says decision coming ‘shortly’ on reopening economy, as task force formed
(today)
The task force is also expected to include acting chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Tom Philipson and White House advisers Larry Kudlow, Peter Navarro, Chris Liddell, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Jared Kushner denies claim he runs ‚shadow task force,‘ Trump slams ‚fake sources‘
(02.04.2020)
Bennett then asked what Kushner‘s „role“ and „qualifications“ are for the alleged role — which was the subject of a Washington Post story last month.
Kushner calmly rebuffed his question and implicitly expressed doubt about the veracity of his sources.
„If some people are talking to you, that means they‘re probably not informed as to what is going on,“ the former New Jersey real estate developer and investor said.
Martin Sprenger nicht mehr Mitglied in CoV-Taskforce
Der von Minister Rudolf Anschober (Grüne) hoch geschätzte Fachmann für Public Health war mit Kritik an Regierungsmaßnahmen – etwa an der Schließung der Parks und Wandergebiete – aufgefallen.
Watch live: Coronavirus task force holds press briefing
04/02/20
Watch live: Coronavirus task force holds press briefing
04/01/20
Watch the live video above.
Watch Live: White House coronavirus task force holds press briefing
03/29/20 Watch live in the video above.