Episode 38: Science Friday with Dr. Jose

Questions:

1. Update on Numbers 
2. Update on Models 
3. News on Rallies and Debate Cancellations 
4. News on The Third Peak 
5. Vaccine and Trial News 
6. JAMA Study 1: Excess Deaths update in the US 
7. JAMA Study 2: Excess All Cause Mortality in US and 18 other countries
8. Bonus: A Comparison of this Pandemic and Plague in Florence in the 1340s 

Links: 

• NYT, Third Peak
• NYT, Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Trail Halted
• STAT, Eli Lilly Trail Halted
• JAMA, Excess Deaths in the US (update/research letter)
• NPR, Americans are Dying in the Pandemic at Rates Far Higher Than in Other Countries
• JAMA, Excess Mortality from All Causes in the US and 18 Countries
• WaPo, A comparison of our current pandemic with plague in Florence in the 1340s