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The first known case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was confirmed by the CDC on January 21, 2020. [51] The next day, the owner of the medical supply company Prestige Ameritech wrote to HHS officials to say he could produce millions of N95 masks per month. In a follow-up letter on January 23, the business owner informed the government that "We are the ...
Many state health departments direct residents to follow the CDC or base their recommendations on the agency's, which have not changed since August 2022. California isn’t the first state to ...
Also on March 16, Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force released new recommendations based on CDC guidelines for Americans, titled "15 Days to Slow the Spread". These recommendations included physical distancing and hygienic instructions, as well as directions to the states in dealing with school closures, nursing homes, and common public venues.
The CDC now says you’re cleared to resume normal activities when the following are both true for at least 24 hours: Your symptoms are getting better overall You haven’t had a fever (and aren ...
The CDC released a statement warning of the potential for a “tripledemic”—in which cases of Covid, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all peak at the same time—in mid ...
This caught some by surprise since Iowa was struggling (compared to other states) to distribute coronavirus vaccines in early February. [117] On February 26, Arkansas fully repealed all mandates except for a mask mandate, which the governor said would likely be repealed at the end of March. Arkansas continues to make recommendations. [118]
On July 4, 2020, Trump falsely stated that "99 percent" of COVID-19 cases are "totally harmless". [67] [72] In the same speech, Trump contradicted several public health experts by saying that the U.S. will "likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year". [72]
The first COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and South Korea were identified at around the same time. [21] Critics say the U.S. government has botched the approval and distribution of test kits, losing crucial time during the early weeks of the outbreak, with the result that the true number of cases in the United States was impossible to estimate with ...