From the New York Times this morning, authorities in the U.S. are considering delaying that second Moderna and Pfizer second shot so more people can be vaccinated.  While Anthony Fauci is against doing this, the UK has better controlled this infection by doing so: And remember, this is the country from which came that B.1.1.7 variant.  The two key points are that more of the population can be made partially immune after only one shot, and it is possible that a slight delay from the three-weeks to a month period to, say, three months or four, might make the vaccine even more effective than the 95% announced rate.  From the NYT: B ritain and the U.S. have now given a roughly similar number of   total shots per capita . The difference is that Britain has deliberately delayed second shots, by up to 12 weeks. The results are   impressive . Further, the FDA and CDC called for a pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because 6 out of 6.8 million experienced extremely rare blood clots th

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732        1185        246       82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120      572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835      130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703       85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224        299      465 Jan      14      4142     15512        1151         189      712                  Feb      3      4005    14265       1209       107      398           25       2414    10578        1582       119      144 Mar     2       1989     9490        1726        110      194           17        1289      9736        2736       171       74           24         936   10206        3158       277       55           25        1405   10470        2244       249