Tuesday, September 22 top news briefs
It is Tuesday, September 22. Here are top news briefs.
200,000 deaths from Covid-19 in USA
In sad news, the U.S. has reached 200,000 deaths from Covid-19. The first confirmed case in the U.S. was on January 21. There were outbreaks on the west coast and in New York City.
Fast forward to today and we are the worst-affected country in the world and we have 200,000 deaths. Black and Latino Americans are dying at three times the rate of white Americans.
We are averaging about 800 deaths daily. It is possible that we’ll end the year with 400,000 deaths.
Mitt Romney backs vote on Supreme Court nominee
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he would go forward with voting for President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday. Politico said this means there are enough votes in the Republican Senate majority (currently 51 senators) to move forward with voting on a nominee, and they will likely unite to confirm a conservative justice. Democrats and two Republican Senators wanted to wait until the next president is elected, but that probably won’t happen. President Trump said he would announce the nominee on Saturday.
28-year-old OBGYN doctor dies from coronavirus
A Houston-area OBGYN doctor, Adeline Fagan, passed away on Saturday from the coronavirus. She was only 28 years old. She became infected after she did a rotation in the ER to treat Covid-19 patients in July. She was a second-year resident — which meant she was still in training. CNN reported that Fagan had a history of asthma and respiratory infections. Fagan was hospitalized for two months and received multiple treatments, but her health continued to deteriorate. On August 3, she was intubated and placed on a ventilator, and passed away early morning on September 19. CNN reported that over 1,400 people between the ages of 25 to 34 have died from the coronavirus in the U.S.
NFL fines three teams, coaches $350k for not wearing masks
The NFL fined three teams $250,000 because their head coaches did not wear a mask during games on Sunday — the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers. Each of the three head coaches were fined $100,000 on top of the team fine. Most NFL coaches were seen wearing a mask on their face, but many pulled them down. The three coaches fined had their masks pulled down for the majority of their games. It is clear that NFL head coaches are struggling to keep their masks on while trying to lead their teams.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid had the most unique mask — a large plastic face shield. It kept on fogging up on him during the first game, but on the second game, he fixed the problem by using a defogging product used by hockey players.
NASA releases plan to land first female on moon in 2024
NASA has released its plan to land the first female on the moon in 2024. There have been no human on the moon since 1972. The plan from NASA would cost $28 billion. NASA plans to use its new rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion spacecraft on top of it. NASA will do several tests this fall, then launch an unmanned mission in 2021 around the moon, and do a crewed mission around the moon in 2023 before sending the “first female” in 2024. The moon is about 240,000 miles away.
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https://apnews.com/a05360a9df7e19f9bee83f520deada1c
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/timeline-coronavirus-started/story?id=69435165
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/22/us/houston-adeline-fagan-covid-19-death/index.html
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-adeline-conquer-covid
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1308220527161425921