Covid-19 Tracker: A Meaningful Dip In Hospitalizations

San Francisco CA

11 October, 2021

7:42 PM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local October 11, 2021 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Though case numbers may be rising, hospitalizations took a significant dip over the weekend for the first time in close to a month. Positivity rates remain low while R Number models suggest a local rate of transmission below 1. In philanthropy circles it's called a "public-private partnership", when the public provides the research and development funds from which private companies, Merck for example, profit. The FDA will soon consider Merck's Covid-19 pill, for emergency use authorization. Although Merck's trials show efficacy, there is some conflicting independent data but does anyone seriously doubt the pill will get the green light? To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.