2 Burst results for "January 7Th 2020"
KOMO
"january 7th 2020" Discussed on KOMO
"News center. Hundreds of New Yorkers learning they got expired doses of Pfizer vaccine, the city's health department confirming that almost 900 people got expired. Covid 19 shots at pop up sites around Times Square, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's listening and hopeful about ongoing Bipartisan talks on infrastructure. The Kentucky Republicans, saying that he's anticipating that Senate Democrats will use budget reconciliation, which would mean they only need a simple majority to pass a bill on areas where they don't agree. Just when did the coronavirus entered the United States? Up to now? The first confirmed patient and first major outbreaks were confirmed right here in Washington state back in January of 2020, But it's Joel Achenbach reports in The Washington Post. A new study from the National Institutes of Health found evidence that the virus may have been in the U. S as early as December of 2019 and Joel joins me on the KOMO news line. Good afternoon. Hey, Thanks for having me. What exactly did this NIH study find? Well, it's a really interesting thing. They they have this program called All of us in which volunteers give blood samples and you know, And do they allow themselves to be studied? They have several 100,000 people signed up for this thing. As a way of advancing precision medicine, which is kind of their customized medicine just for a single person, rather than the kind of one size fits all medicine that they typically do. In any case, they looked at these old blood samples from early last year, and they found nine people who had signs antibodies to the coronavirus. In that first couple months of the year, and the first one was January. 7th. It was an Illinois a person in Illinois on January 7th 2020, and they think sort of did. It probably took a couple weeks for the antibodies to form. And so they're saying, you know, maybe, um, around Christmas Eve 2019. You could have had someone in Illinois, you know, with the infection from the coronavirus. Any indication at this point, whether it's from that person in Illinois or any of the other folks with those antibodies that they were traveling, or maybe cut it through community spread. Well, that's exactly the right question. You know, it could be that someone had been in Wuhan in China and had flown back to the United States, and that's what they're picking up, and it's very unlikely that that early you have community spread, but they don't know that I'm trying to do a follow up to see if they can. Nail that down, you know, try to get some travel history from these nine people. Um, and it's also possible to some of them are false positives. In fact, it's likely that maybe even one or two is a false positive of those nine. What's interesting, though, is it They don't think it's statistically likely at all that they're all false positives. And it kind of confirms what we've known, which is that the virus was here and possibly spreading earlier, Suzanne, then we officially knew that we documented you know we had some problems with testing. The CDC had sort of limits on who should get tested because because there just wasn't much capacity to test then and it's likely that there was more virus, Uh, circulating or present in the US In January and February before we really saw the big outbreaks in March. I was really interested, though, to see from your report that none of those positive results of those those blood samples from the NIH came from Washington state where the outbreak started. That's correct. Now, keep in mind what they looked at. I think 24,000 blood samples From across the country. And yet none of them came from. Uh, one of them came from those coastal states. It doesn't mean it wasn't there. It just means that you know, they they're probably wasn't very much and you know, this is a very Um, spotty survey of blood samples so you could have had you know the coronavirus and you know it was in Washington state because it was detected there. Uh, this is a pretty, you know, it's not a very finally meshed net that they threw. These are just you know some blood samples from across the country really interesting study and worth reading about online at Washington post dot com. Joel Achenbach, the reporter on that piece, Joel. Thank you. Hey, Thanks.
WZFG The Flag 1100AM
"january 7th 2020" Discussed on WZFG The Flag 1100AM
"What's first, Josh? One year ago. On the night of January, 7th 2020 Americans were shocked to learn that Iran had launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at US and coalition forces in Iraq. I ran called it fierce revenge for the assassination of General Kasem Soul Amani. As reports of the attack inundated the airwaves, viewers were left wondering what had happened, and, perhaps most importantly, where their casualties The barrage, damaged runways, tents, equipment and a helicopter and the Pentagon acknowledged that 110 people needed to be treated later for traumatic brain injuries. No one was killed. The remaining U. S and Coalition forces that had not been evacuated were able to take cover in bunkers thanks to what President Trump referred to at the time as an early warning system. We now know what many of the national security community suspected That early warning system was the space based infrared system, or Sievers, a constellation of satellites that surveilled Earth's surface. 24 7 to detect missiles. Rarely has the Defense Department offered such a high profile example of the system's capabilities and its direct impact on the American War fighter. Our Space Forces Second Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado was doing their job that night and provided that critical early warning to seek cover. In an exclusive interview they shared of one of the most high profile missile attacks on American forces in recent history, Squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Brain and Davenport said. This is what they're trained to do. Day in and day out. That part felt very normal. That's why it felt surreal because it felt like any other day. Other than the fact that we all knew there were Americans and allies. On the other end of that missile. Job. Well done. Space force. Our nation salutes you. As an airman who wore a space wings badge during my last duty assignment at Space and Missile System Center. I'm glad to see my former colleagues protecting our forces from the ultimate high ground. And in case you didn't hear it's now official. The headquarters of U. S Space Command will be located in Huntsville, Alabama. The Pentagon is moving forward to satisfy a congressional directive in the 2021 defense policy bill that will result in the renaming of at least 10 Army bases and possibly two Navy ships that honor the Confederacy. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller appointed for members of what will eventually be an eight member congressional E mandated panel, the lengthily named Commission on the naming of items of the Department of Defense that commemorate the Confederate states of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America. Congress voted on January 1st to override President Trump's veto of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, a $740 billion defense policy bill that includes a provision for the Defense Department to create a special commission tasked with putting an end to the long standing U. S military tradition. Of honoring Confederate leaders. This is a major waste of time and money at a time when our nation is deeply in debt and our military as many challenges and a number of serious enemies to deal with. This is nonsense. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Joint Chiefs Chairman, Army General Mark Milley to discuss what she described as necessary precautions to prevent an unhinged president from accessing nuclear codes. But experts and officials say there's no place in the system for the military or Congress to intervene in this sitting presidents access to the nuclear arsenal. In a circulated letter, Pelosi said, quote the situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy. And quote Pelosi and dozens of other lawmakers, mostly Democrats have called for President Trump's removal from office following the violent takeover of the capital by a few 100 of his supporters. All I can say is the speaker Pelosi is a vicious, nasty, power hungry person who seems to enjoy doing all she can to her president Trump a man who she has hated since the day people elected him. Commanders have until February, 21st to review their units, emblems, morale patches, mottoes, nicknames, coins and other heraldry and insignia. And remove any that are racist, sexist or derogatory, the Air Force announced recently. Starting at the squadron level and moving up, commanders must abolish symbols that are derogatory to any race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion. Age or disability status to ensure an inclusive and professional environment, according to a memo from Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles CQ. Brown, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and General John J. Raymond, head of the space force, the memo, states quote. It is critical for the department of the Air Force to embody an environment of dignity, respect and inclusivity for all airman and guardians. Our core values demand. We hold ourselves to high standards and maintain a culture of respect and trust in our chain of command and quote. Air Force instruction. 84-105, Last updated in 2019 directs units on how to best recognize their organizational lineage, honors and heraldry. Commander should consult the AF I which emphasizes that symbols and language should be original and good taste and non controversial and their local historian Given the huge threats to our nation from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others I'd rather have our leaders focused on combat readiness. Hey,.