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CBD Hemp Oil Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2027: By Product Type, Application, Treatment Center, Distribution Channel and Region. -…

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CBD Hemp Oil Marketwas valued US$ XX Bn in 2019 and is expected to reach US$ XX Bn by 2027, at a XX% CAGR of around XX% during a forecast period.

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Cannabidiol (CBD) oil or CBD hemp oil is a natural plant essence that is obtained from the stalk and seed of cannabis (hemp) plants. CBD Hemp oil and its product is used against chronic pain, Epilepsy, Parkinsons disease, Huntingtons disease, Sleep disorders, Glaucoma, and acne. In the United States, the cannabidiol drug Epidiolex was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2018 for the treatment of two epilepsy disorders.The report study has analyzed revenue impact of COVID -19 pandemic on the sales revenue of market leaders, market followers and market disrupters in the report and same is reflected in our analysis.

The scope of the report includes a detailed study of global and regional markets for CBD Hemp Oil with the reasons given for variants in the growth of the industry in certain regions.The CBD hemp oil market is expected to be driven by a sharp increase in the occurrences of some infectious and chronic disease. Several benefits are directly accountable for the diminishing incidences of acnes, lessening stress and depression, symptoms of cancer, and alleviating pain. Enabling the indications of sleep disorder and depression, specifically amongst the young people is a key factor that is expected to lead the growth of CBD hemp oil market in upcoming years. Additionally, its excellent healing properties, increased application of CBD hemp oil in various different forms like spray, tincture, and vape in both emerging and developed countries equally are likely to open up some innovative opportunities of growth for the CBD hemp oil market. Additionally, remarkable penetration of some e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Ebay in different parts of the world is expected to drive sales of this oil, which will further increase the CBD hemp oil market throughout the forecast period.

The report on CBD Hemp Oil market covers segments such as Product Type, Application, Distribution Channel and Region. The Product Type segment includes Hemp Based and Marijuana Based. Among the Product Type, Hemp Based is accounted for the largest XX% market share in the CBD Hemp Oil market. The Application segment is further sub-segmented into Sleeping Disorders and Depression, Multiple Sclerosis, and Neurological Pain. Among the Application, Sleeping Disorders and Depression is accounted for the largest XX% market share in the CBD Hemp Oil market. Based on Distribution Channel, the CBD Hemp Oil market is sub-segmented into Hospital Pharmacies, Retail Pharmacies, and Online Pharmacies. Amongst them Retail Pharmacies are accounted for the largest XX% market share in the global CBD Hemp Oil market.

Based on regional segment, the CBD Hemp Oil market is sub-segmented into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. The CBD hemp oil market in Asia Pacific is expected to significant upsurges due to increase per capita income of people and raised frequency of chronic diseases in Asia Pacific. CBD hemp oil is comprehensively used in relieving chronic pain; therefore, the market is predicted to reach significant growth in the region. Furthermore, it is expected that North America will hold a considerable growth of the CBD hemp oil market over the forecast period. The regional market growth is mostly driven by the excellent healthcare amenities and rapid implementation of innovative ideas in forecast period.

Key players operating in the CBD Hemp Oil market are Cannavest, Pharmahemp, ENDOCA, BAFA Gmbh, Protect Pharma Rakitovica, Biobloom Hemp, Deep Nature Project, Harmony, DragonflyCBD, MH medical hemp GmbH, Celtic Wind, HemPoland, Opencrop GmbH, Medical Marijuana, Cannoid, Canopy Growth Corporation, Elixinol Global, Include Isodiol, NuLeaf Naturals, PharmaHemp, Aphria Inc., and Folium Biosciences. The companies functioning in the market are concentrating on R&D investments and fund raising activities to drive clinical trials that lead to robust product pipeline. As detection rate and market perception withstand to expand, there are anticipations for market growth during forecast period. Furthermore, innovative product sanctions in the market will further drive the market growth.

The objective of the report is to present a comprehensive assessment of the market and contains thoughtful insights, facts, historical data, industry-validated market data and projections with a suitable set of assumptions and methodology. The report also helps in understanding CBD Hemp Oil market dynamics, structure by identifying and analyzing the market segments and project the global market size. Further, the report also focuses on the competitive analysis of key players by Product, price, financial position, Product portfolio, growth strategies, and regional presence. The report also provides PEST analysis, PORTERs analysis, and SWOT analysis to address the question of shareholders to prioritizing the efforts and investment shortly to the emerging segment in the CBD Hemp Oil market.Scope of the CBD Hemp Oil Market

CBD Hemp Oil Market, By Product Type

Hemp Based Marijuana BasedCBD Hemp Oil Market, By Application

Sleeping Disorders and Depression Multiple Sclerosis Neurological PainCBD Hemp Oil Market, By Distribution Channel

Hospital Pharmacies Retail Pharmacies Online PharmaciesCBD Hemp Oil Market, By Region

North America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa South AmericaKey players operating in the Global CBD Hemp Oil Market

Cannavest Pharmahemp ENDOCA BAFA Gmbh Protect Pharma Rakitovica Biobloom Hemp Deep Nature Project Harmony DragonflyCBD MH medical hemp GmbH Celtic Wind HemPoland Opencrop GmbH Medical Marijuana Cannoid Canopy Growth Corporation Elixinol Global Include Isodiol NuLeaf Naturals PharmaHemp Aphria Inc. Folium Biosciences.Dermira, Inc.

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Michigan hemp farmer educating others to clear the air of common misconceptions about the crop – WTOL

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Mike Gaynier is about to harvest his first hemp crop after seeing a growth in the CBD market. He wants people to know a few key things about hemp.

ERIE, Mich. It's a weed, but not the weed your thinking of.

In Erie, Michigan, farmers are learning about the reality and misconceptions of growing hemp in the Midwest.

Mike Gaynier's background is in agriculture insurance, but since the 2018 Farm Bill passed opening up the door so more people can grow hemp, he's been interested.

"I saw where this was going and I thought it was an opportunity for my customers, for me - I own land, but for my customers to diversify a little bit," Gaynier said.

In a few weeks, he'll be able to harvest his first crop with Green Farms Company where the hemp will be used for their line of CBD products.

"There's salves, there's balms, there's CBD oil, there's gummies for people, there's gummies for animals to remove anxiety," Gaynier said.

Families that have been farming for generations are also switching over to the crop seeing how quickly the industry has grown.

"There is just a little extra something here in this area and we've tried to put our finger on it, but it's just the weather patterns and the soil conditions and everything, so we're hoping to get something a little bit different, something special out of our hemp plants," farmer Darren Koraleski said.

Gaynier says while it might look the same, stealing hemp plants from farmers like him won't give you that desired buzz, since there's close to no THC.

"We had some curious people come in the back of the field and chop out 20 plants because I'm sure they thought it was marijuana. I'm here to tell you, you could eat that entire plant and not get high," Gaynier said.

Once these plants are heavier and ready to harvest, it's going to be another three years before this same land can be used for hemp again.

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The Valens Company Manufactures Record Number of Product SKUs in the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2020 – Sports Grind Entertainment

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At the Kansas City Federal Reserves virtual Jackson Hole economic-policy symposium, Fed chairman Jerome Powell drove a final stake into the legendary inflation fighter Paul Volckers Fed. The new orthodoxy promises easy money as far as the eye can see and holds that inflation is good not Venezuelan and Zimbabwean hyperinflation of course, just a moderate dose thus ensuring that a dollar every year is worth less. Americans should be afraid.

Powell announced the Feds new inflation-averaging strategy. The central bank is changing how it defines and attempts to achieve the 2 percent inflation target, which it adopted on its own authority in 2012. Henceforth, the Fed will attempt to catch up for past inflation shortfalls. Powell warned that inflation below its desired level, which our enlightened central bankers have decreed is 2 percent, can lead to an unwelcome reduction in inflation expectations, causing lower inflation. Joe and Sally Sixpack, however, would view gas, steak, and dental check-up prices not rising as welcome.

Additionally, the Fed chairman declared the central bank would not, as it has in the past, preemptively raise interest rates to stave off higher inflation when unemployment falls below its natural rate.

The new policy has an asymmetric pro-inflation bias. Americas central bankers are not contemplating deflationary policies to offset excessive past inflation. If inflation were 5 percent in period one, the Fed would try to bring it down to 2 percent in period two, not to negative 1 percent.

The Fed is a masterful political actor. Powell touted The Fed Listens events as connecting with the American people. All well and good, but it is Congress, which represents the American people, that the Fed is supposed to heed.

The Fed isnt independent or the policymaker. It is an instrument of Congress, which by statute directs it to conduct monetary policy to achieve stable prices, maximum employment, and moderate low-term interest rates. Stable prices mean inflation hovering around zero, not prices doubling every 35 years. If a 200-pound MMA fighters weight increased 2 percent every year to 244 pounds after a decade, nobody would suggest his weight was stable.

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Shame on the Fed for redefining its role under the law. But shame on Congress for not insisting the central bank hew to statute.

If Congress wants inflation, it should pass legislation changing the Feds mandate to that effect, which President Trump or Biden would likely sign. But while many congressional cravens may want inflation, few want to go on record voting for it.

Powell allowed, Many find it counterintuitive that the Fed would want to push up inflation. No kidding. Money is a unit of account, a means of exchange, and a store of value. Stable money is a sine qua non of stable, prosperous, free societies. Theres enormous value in the dollar remaining constant for consumers and firms planning, transacting, and saving. Imagine a world where a yard continually changed.

The received wisdom is that deflation is bad. Precipitous deflation is harmful. However, gentle deflation benefits many firms and individuals. During much of the 19th century the U.S. enjoyed mild deflation.

To bolster inflation the Fed is keeping real wholesale interest rates negative.

Interest rates are the price of present versus future investment and consumption. They are the economys most important price, dynamically signaling where and when capital should be allocated to maximize value.

Keeping interest rates artificially low, as the Fed has done for nearly two decades, causes systemic malinvestment, incentivizes excessive risk-taking, and sustains zombie firms, making society poorer, and is sowing the seeds for the next crisis. It punishes savers and creditors.

There are, however, powerful constituencies for easy money. Americas biggest borrower, the federal government, loves it. Real-estate developers and brokers and much of Wall Street also vigorously support cheap debt.

With everyone focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, inflation is low on peoples list of concerns, but its brewing. From December 2019 to August 24, 2020, the monetary base (M1) increased 35 percent. The Feds real benchmark interest rate is negative. The pandemic has crimped production. As America limps out of the crisis and the velocity of money the rate at which money turns over recovers, its a recipe for inflation.

Since the Feds creation in 1913, its policies have massively debased the dollar and caused or contributed to multiple economic crises, including the Great Depression and the Great Recession, devastating job and wealth creation. While the central bank can affect price levels, easy money cant increase sustainable long-term employment and wealth. Congress should, therefore, eliminate any doubt about what the Fed can and should do by doing away with its dual mandate, narrowly focusing it on maintaining stable prices, something that it is equipped to deliver.

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The Future of Skincare: Get Glowing with QULCBD – Cannabis Now

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QULCBD represents the next generation of skincare, beauty and wellness. Combining the highest quality ingredients with the most advanced technology, QULCBDs formulators came up with a new, luxury CBD skincare line that launched in California last year.

Unlike most other U.S.-based CBD skincare lines on the market that utilize CBD isolate and basic ingredients like coconut oil, QULCBD was created with the intent to be competitive with top European skincare brands like La Mer, Natura Bisse, La Prairie and Chantecaille. On their search for the perfect formulation, QULCBD founders attended a Parisian skincare show where they discovered just how effectiveprobiotics and microalgae are when paired together. Probiotics help maintain a healthy balace of bacteria that results in younger, healthier and more radiant skin that is more resilient against aging, pollution and the sun.

So the founders decided to pair these ingredients with pure, small-batch, full-spectrum CBD and a myriad of other pure, power-packed ingredients including Rubescens Scenedesmus, Retinol, Marshmallow Root, Milk Thistle, Rose Hip Oil, Trehalose and Galactoarabinan. Now a patent-pended formula, no other company can legally combine these ingredients in their skincare products.

Adding high-quality, USA-farmed, full-spectrum CBD to the already effective ingredients featured in QULCBD products gives users all the increased benefits of this power-packed plant, which is known for its soothing properties and assists in maintaining healthy, youthful and glowing skin. The full-spectrum CBD contains less than 0.3% THC and includes pure fatty acids found in hemp, important cannabinoids such as CBN, CBG, and CBC, along with a natural combination of terpenes sourced from Hemp extract that contains as many as 110 different minor cannabinoids.

QULCBDs popular Glow Kit includes four signature products from their scientifically formulated beauty line that synergistically work together to keep you glowing all day and night. The kit gives consumers a way to try out a whole new skincare routine and product line at a more accessible price point.

We want our amazing products to be affordable for anyone to use, but still high end, said Shaya Mulcahy, QULCBDs Skincare Specialist. She added that the entire price of the Glow Kit at $399 is what one might pay for just a single moisturizer from one of the aforementioned luxury European skincare brands, which do not include any superior ingredients over what QULCBD offers.

Knowledge is power and knowing how your skin reacts to the ingredients in products is critical to finding the best product for your body and skincare goals, and the QULCBD beauty line, in my experience, has worked for all skin types, said Morgan Kelly, QULCBDs Senior Skincare Expert.

Karol M., identified as a Next Generation of Skincare user says, for being a mom and being tired, these products combined have made my skin come back to life. QUL is more than cool.

Below, we break down how each product in this four-step skincare system works, and the amazing ingredients that make them up.

QULCBDs Glow Kit features signature products scientifically formulated for their 4-step skincare system: Exfoliating Cleanser, Anti-Aging Moisturizer, Gl Serum, and Night Repair Moisturizer.

QULCBD wants to make your skincare regime effortless and enjoyable. The company believes in full transparency, and their formulas are very straight forward and efficacious, while the system is easy and quick. The products are effective across various skin types. This allows one to see results and stay committed to a daily routine.

STEP 1: Exfoliate with QULCBDs Exfoliating Cleanser

See effective results immediately with QULCBDs sulfate-free Exfoliating Cleanser, as it travels deep into pores to remove the impurities and helps condition the skin.

The gel-based cleanser offers exfoliation two ways physically and chemically. Both are essential in the removal of dead skin and sebum build-up, which causes breakouts. When both methods are used in a routine, the skin will appear brighter and clearer.

Since the exfoliator uses apricot powder instead of grains, it is extremely fine. This means it safely opens pores without causing any microtears in the skin.

Its a gentle cleanser that can be used daily, even on sensitive skin, Mulcahy explained. And with CBD in the product, it keeps your skin hydrated as you cleanse.

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STEP 2: Hydrate with QULCBDs Anti-Aging Moisturizer

Rich in antioxidants, QULCBDs lightweight Anti-Aging Moisturizer combinesfull-spectrum CBDwith a power-blend ofmicro-algaeand probiotics to providehydrationandanti-agingbenefits.

Unlike the majority of skincare routines, QULCBDs moisturizer is intended to be applied before the Glo Serum. This is because the serum is an oil made with more than 15 different oil botanicals. If you were to apply the serum first, then the moisturizer would not be able to penetrate through the serum.

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STEP 3: Nourish with QULCBDs Glo Serum

The QULCBD Gl Serum is designed as a beautiful daytime finishing oil for all skin types. It can be applied based on the preference of the user and does not feel heavy or greasy.

Smoothing, firming and calming ingredients in the Glo Serum fortify and strengthen the natural skin barrier while adding extra nourishment that provides immediate smoothness. This leaves your skin dewy, firm and glowing.

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STEP 4: Repair & Rejuvenate with QULCBDs Night Repair Moisturizer

QULCBDs rejuvenating Night Repair Moisturizer contains high levels of quality ingredients, including full-spectrum CBD (hemp extract), retinol, and double the probiotics and micro-algae. Encouraging cell turnover on a deeper level, this nighttime moisturizer is specifically intended to provide immediate and ongoing beautiful, youthful skin.

It combines proven active and natural ingredients to give you the best results possible, Mulcahy said.

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BONUS: Wind Down with the Vegan Vanilla CBD Tincture

Take your beauty and self-care routine to the next level by adding one of QULCBDs tinctures to your wellness regime. With 800mg of full-spectrum CBD, the Vanilla CBD tincture is enhanced with natural vanilla flavor while maintaining terpenes and minor cannabinoids. This allows for the entourage effect to take place, giving you all the beneficial aspects of CBD. Add to your herbal tea, and wind down at the end of the day for a restful nights sleep.

How to use QUL Tinctures:Shake well before using. Using provided dropper, take desired amount daily. Repeat as needed at home or on the run as a powerful hemp extract facial oil.

For a limited time, a free vegan, Vanilla CBD Tincture is included in the QULCBD Glow Kit.

After a long journey searching to find the perfect curation of ingredients, QULCBD is proud to offer a simple and effective, but luxurious skincare line for dewy, healthy skin all day and night. Handcrafted and extensively tested, QULCBD products incorporate only the best ingredients.

All products contain the highest quality USA-farmed, full-spectrum CBD, which is extracted by hand and harvested with care. The Esthetician-approved line is cruelty-free, sulfate-free, gluten-free, and Vegan friendly (all tinctures are Vegan).

The Glow Skin Care Kit specifically gives people interested in focusing more on their skincare a great way to see how important and effective all steps in a routine are. Each product and step in the process supports each other to give you the most radiant skin possible.

Visit kulcbd.com and get glowing today! Use promo code QUL30CBD for 30% off your entire order.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 9-19-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

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TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., September 19, 2020, there have been 509,154 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 13,874 total cases and 308 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a67-year old male from Cabell County, a 62-year old female from Raleigh County,a 79-year old female from Raleigh County, an 81-year old male from PutnamCounty, a 93-year old female from Putnam County, a 71-year old female fromKanawha County, a 78-year old male from Kanawha County, a 72-year old male fromKanawha County, a 66-year old male from Mercer County, a 79-year old male fromMercer County, and a 48-year old male from Hardy County. We are deeply saddened bythis news, a loss to both the family and our state, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHRCabinet Secretary. Our deepest condolences are extended at this time ofgrief.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour(44), Berkeley (938), Boone (192), Braxton (10), Brooke (106), Cabell (712),Calhoun (23), Clay (34), Doddridge (18), Fayette (534), Gilmer (21), Grant (150),Greenbrier (120), Hampshire (100), Hancock (141), Hardy (80), Harrison (336),Jackson (238), Jefferson (418), Kanawha (2,258), Lewis (38), Lincoln (152),Logan (565), Marion (253), Marshall (154), Mason (134), McDowell (80), Mercer(398), Mineral (163), Mingo (353), Monongalia (1,867), Monroe (146), Morgan(50), Nicholas (82), Ohio (349), Pendleton (52), Pleasants (16), Pocahontas(59), Preston (149), Putnam (484), Raleigh (471), Randolph (234), Ritchie (10),Roane (47), Summers (40), Taylor (117), Tucker (15), Tyler (15), Upshur (60),Wayne (339), Webster (7), Wetzel (49), Wirt (10), Wood (347), Wyoming (96).

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the localhealth department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain countymay not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual inquestion may have crossed the state border to be tested.Suchis the case of Jackson, Lincoln, and McDowell counties in this report.

Pleasevisit the dashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.

Free COVID-19 testing locations areavailable this weekend in Kanawha and Monroe counties:

Kanawha County, September19, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, West Virginia State University, 5000 Fairlawn Avenue,Institute, WV

Monroe County, September19, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Monroe County Health Department, 200 Health CenterDrive, Union, WV

Kanawha County, September20, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, 108 Lee Street,East, (Use Reynolds Street Entrance) Charleston, WV

Additional sites will be open next week inBoone, Cabell, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Ohio, Marion, Mingo, andWayne counties. Testing is available to everyone, including asymptomaticindividuals. For testing locations, visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.

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Governor Cuomo Announces New Record-high Number of COVID-19 Tests Reported to New York State – ny.gov

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomotoday announced a new record-high number of test results 110,444 were reported to New York State yesterday. Yesterday, 0.89 of test results reported to New York State were positive. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available atforward.ny.gov.

"When we first started this journey a few months ago, we only had the capacity to do a few hundred tests per day - we have now reached a new record with over 110,000 tests reported to the State in one day,"Governor Cuomosaid."Despite testing more than most other states, our infection rate remains below one percent. But this pandemic is not over. We must protect our progress, and it's going to take all of us to keep up our hard work to do so. Everyone must continue to wash their hands, wear their masks, remain socially distant and above all, stay New York Tough."

Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,434establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 6establishments thatwere not in compliancewith state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:

Today's dataissummarizedbrieflybelow:

Of the 110,444 testresults reported to New York State yesterday, 986, or 0.89 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive testresults reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Capital Region

1.0%

0.5%

0.8%

CentralNew York

1.2%

1.6%

0.5%

Finger Lakes

0.6%

0.4%

0.5%

Long Island

1.1%

0.9%

1.0%

Mid-Hudson

1.4%

1.4%

1.2%

Mohawk Valley

0.6%

0.4%

0.4%

New York City

1.0%

0.9%

1.1%

North Country

0.2%

0.4%

0.3%

Southern Tier

0.4%

0.4%

0.4%

WesternNew York

1.5%

1.2%

0.9%

TheGovernor also confirmed 986 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to449,038 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 449,038 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

3,006

27

Allegany

96

1

Broome

1,459

9

Cattaraugus

253

4

Cayuga

196

1

Chautauqua

536

1

Chemung

322

17

Chenango

248

0

Clinton

154

0

Columbia

580

0

Cortland

155

5

Delaware

130

1

Dutchess

5,053

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COVID-19 Daily Update 9-18-2020 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

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TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reportsas of 10:00 a.m., September 18, 2020, there have been 502,803 total confirmatory laboratory results receivedfor COVID-19, with 13,683 total cases and 297 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an83-year old male from Mingo County, an 87-year old female from Mason County,and a 62-year old male from Logan County. As we extend our deepestsympathies to the loved ones, we also encourage all West Virginians torecognize the continued need to take every possible step to slow the spread ofthis disease, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour(42), Berkeley (929), Boone (191), Braxton (10), Brooke (106), Cabell (707),Calhoun (23), Clay (33), Doddridge (17), Fayette (524), Gilmer (20), Grant(150), Greenbrier (119), Hampshire (100), Hancock (140), Hardy (78), Harrison(332), Jackson (244), Jefferson (413), Kanawha (2,194), Lewis (38), Lincoln(153), Logan (559), Marion (252), Marshall (150), Mason (130), McDowell (86),Mercer (394), Mineral (161), Mingo (346), Monongalia (1,836), Monroe (146),Morgan (49), Nicholas (79), Ohio (349), Pendleton (51), Pleasants (16),Pocahontas (59), Preston (147), Putnam (471), Raleigh (470), Randolph (233),Ritchie (10), Roane (43), Summers (34), Taylor (117), Tucker (15), Tyler (15),Upshur (60), Wayne (336), Webster (7), Wetzel (49), Wirt (10), Wood (346),Wyoming (94).

Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the localhealth department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain countymay not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual inquestion may have crossed the state border to be tested.

Pleasevisit the dashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.

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After Criticism, C.D.C. Reverses Covid-19 Guidelines on Testing People Who Were Exposed – The New York Times

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The C.D.C. reverses its guidance on testing for people who were exposed to the virus and arent showing symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed a recommendation that people who have had close contact with someone infected with the coronavirus did not need to get tested unless they had symptoms.

The change came after widespread criticism of the earlier guideline, as well as reporting from The New York Times that the recommendation had come from political appointees in the Trump administration and skipped the agencys usual, rigorous scientific review.

The Times reported Thursday that the guideline was posted on the C.D.C. website despite strenuous objections from the agencys scientists.

The previous phrasing, which said asymptomatic people who have had close contact with an infected individual do not necessarily need a test, now clearly instructs them: You need a test.

Public health experts welcomed the change as consistent with research showing that people without symptoms can spread the virus. Some research has suggested that they are actually most likely to transmit to others starting around a day before the onset of symptoms, when the viral load can be the highest.

Its good to see science and evidence taking a front seat for a change, said Scott Becker, chief executive of the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

Emails by a former top Trump health official and his science adviser show efforts to silence the C.D.C.

Emails obtained by The Times illustrate how a top Trump health official and his science adviser tried to browbeat career officials at C.D.C. at the height of the pandemic, challenging the science behind their public statements and trying to silence agency staff members.

The Times reported last week on pressures on the C.D.C. to change its weekly disease reports exerted by Michael R. Caputo, a former Trump campaign official installed by the White House in April as the top spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department, and his science adviser, Dr. Paul Alexander, a part-time assistant professor of health research methods. Mr. Caputo went on medical leave this week.

The emails, obtained by Noah Weiland of The Times, conform with what current and former C.D.C. officials called a five-month campaign of bullying.

One of the emails was written after Dr. Anne Schuchat, a 32-year veteran of the C.D.C., appealed to Americans to wear masks and warned, We have way too much virus across the country.

She is duplicitous, Dr. Alexander wrote to Mr. Caputo. He asked Mr. Caputo to remind Dr. Schuchat that during the H1N1 swine flu outbreak in 2009, thousands of Americans had died under her work.

Of Dr. Schuchats assessment of Covid-19s dangers, Dr. Alexander fumed, wrongly, The risk of death in children 0-19 years of age is basically 0 (zero) PERIOD she has lied.

Mr. Caputo forwarded that assessment to Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the C.D.C. director. When a member of the health departments White House liaison office called the agency to ask questions about Dr. Schuchats biography, C.D.C. officials were left with the impression that some in Washington could have been searching for ways to fire her.

Far from hiding what they knew about the viruss danger, as Bob Woodwards new book contends President Trump was doing, the emails seem to indicate that aides in Washington were convinced of their own rosy prognostications, even as coronavirus cases were shooting skyward.

Trump acknowledged that distribution of an authorized vaccine for every American may not be until next year.

Mr. Trump sought on Friday to recalibrate his assurances on vaccine availability, acknowledging that authorized doses might not be widely available in the United States until next spring even if distribution starts earlier.

Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump said that once a vaccine is authorized, distribution will begin within 24 hours after notice. He added: We will have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year. And likely much more than that. Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month, and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April.

The president had said earlier that a vaccine would be available to the general public immediately once it is authorized, and although he held firm on that pledge, he acknowledged that it would take perhaps months from that point to distribute vaccines to hundreds of millions of Americans.

Because of fears that Mr. Trump would interfere in the process to improve his election chances and pressure the Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine before it was proved safe, the chief executives of all the leading pharmaceutical companies signed a pledge two weeks ago saying they would not release any vaccines until they were sure they were safe.

Opinion polls have shown that many Americans are already hesitant about taking a vaccine that is seen to have been rushed to market by the federal government for political reasons.

Mr. Trumps estimates of how many vaccine doses would be available this year conflicted with projections by the chief science adviser for his administrations Operation Warp Speed effort, Moncef M. Slaoui, a former chairman of global vaccines for GlaxoSmithKline and a widely respected figure in the vaccine field. He and other leaders of Warp Speed were present at Fridays news conference but not asked to comment.

In interviews with CNN and National Public Radio, Dr. Slaoui has said he expected only enough vaccine to immunize 20 million to 25 million people by years end. Enough to vaccinate all Americans would be ready by about the middle of next year, he said.

Dr. Slaoui has publicly said he would resign if there was political interference in the process of delivering a safe, effective vaccine.

Iran is a virus red zone, a health minister says.

Iranian health officials warned for weeks that the country would see another wave of the virus if schools reopened and religious ceremonies proceeded. But the government ignored their advice, instead allowing crowds to gather for the Shiite ceremony of Ashura, universities to resume classes and a million students to sit for an indoor college entrance exam.

We consider the entire country in the state of alarm and a red zone, said Irans deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, in an interview on state television Friday. (Iran has defined a red zone as a place with an alarming increase in the number of deaths, new cases and hospitalizations.)

In February, during the earliest weeks of the pandemic, Iran emerged as a global hot spot, but the countrys health ministers initially denied the severity of the outbreak. Officials have repeatedly resisted the harsh shutdowns and quarantines enacted by other countries to curb the spread of the virus.

President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iranians must find a way to coexist with the virus and that shutting down businesses, schools and religious ceremonies was not feasible. And from the start, power struggles between the president and the military have hampered the countrys response.

On Friday, the health ministry said 144 people had died and 3,049 had tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.

An infectious-disease doctor at the main coronavirus hospital in Tehran posted a video on Instagram saying his hospitals Covid-19 emergency triage team had seen over 200 patients a day in the past week, many of them students and teachers. He warned that at this pace, the country would soon face a crisis as hospital and medical staff members become overstretched and beds unavailable for new patients.

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Roughly 10 million people in England face new virus restrictions amid a spike in new cases. The countrys once-vaunted testing system is on the verge of collapse. And Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain is contemplating closing restaurants and pubs to corral a second surge in Europes worst-affected country.

Mr. Johnson is also facing rising anger over his contradictory edicts. Over the summer, he offered people a government-subsidized discount at restaurants and pubs but spoke bluntly on Friday about the virus advancing across Britain.

Theres no question, as Ive said for several weeks now, that we could expect and we are now seeing a second wave coming in, Mr. Johnson said in a television interview. I dont think anybody wants to go into a second lockdown, but clearly when you look at what is happening, youve got to wonder whether we need to go further than the new law forbidding gatherings of more than six.

It does seem ironic, said Jonathan Ball, a professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, after encouraging mass attendance at pubs, cafes and restaurants, that restrictions on those activities were being considered.

The R number, a measure of how many people on average a single patient will infect, rose to between 1.1 and 1.4, the government said on Friday. Any number over 1 is a worrisome indication that the epidemic is growing.

In the week ending Sept. 10, there were roughly 6,000 new daily cases outside hospitals and nursing homes in England, the governments official statistics authority estimated, nearly a doubling from the week before.

In other news from around the world:

More than 30 million cases have been reported worldwide as of Friday morning, according to a New York Times database. India, in particular, has recently contributed significantly to the count, having added more than 93,000 new cases a day on average over the last week.

President Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala said Friday that he had tested positive for the virus, becoming at least the fourth Latin American leader to be infected during the pandemic. In a video address, the president said he was in stable condition and continuing to work. More than 3,000 people have died from the virus in Guatemala. The countrys pandemic response has been hindered by widespread poverty, proximity to hard-hit Mexico and the Trump administrations decision to continue deporting Guatemalan migrants, despite the high positivity rates among the returnees.

Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims who set out to celebrate the Jewish New Year at the grave in Ukraine of a revered rabbi started heading home on Friday, after being prevented from entering from Belarus due to virus travel restrictions.

New Zealand recorded no new cases of the virus on Friday for the first time in more than a month, after an outbreak in Auckland in August threatened the progress against the virus. The country now has just 70 active cases. Of those, 37 are from community transmission and the rest are from overseas arrivals.

Sciences Po, one of Frances most prestigious universities, is closing its Paris campus for 14 days after a significant number of students tested positive for the virus. Classes will be held online. And Nice, the countrys fifth-largest city, banned social gatherings of more than 10 people in parks, gardens and beaches to try to slow the spread of the virus. Cases have surpassed 50 per 100,000 people in Nice, where a third of the residents are considered elderly. The sale and consumption of alcohol is also forbidden after 8 p.m. and bars will have to close at 12:30 a.m. Bordeaux and Marseille are facing similar rules.

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has extended a national state of emergency until September 2021. Last month, the Philippine Congress extended Mr. Dutertes emergency powers to address the pandemic, and it passed legislation allocating support for low-income households and people who lost their jobs because of the crisis.

A repeatedly extended ban on nonessential travel between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico that was set to expire Sept. 21 has been extended again, to Oct. 21, according to the Department of Homeland Security. However, Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday, said he was working to open the border with Canada pretty soon.

Chinas CanSino Biologics and a military-backed research institute are preparing to start clinical trials of a two-dose vaccine regimen after scientists raised concerns that their current one-dose treatment failed to produce a strong enough immune response. The vaccine was promoted by Chinese state media as a front-runner in the vaccine race but struggled to get Phase 3 trials started in Canada.

Early voting began in earnest Friday in four states: Virginia, South Dakota, Wyoming and Minnesota, a key Midwestern battleground that both candidates visited.

With the pandemic limiting indoor gatherings, elections administrators have urged voters to cast ballots either by mail or in person before Election Day. States have already seen record numbers of absentee ballot requests, and officials expect exceptional levels of voter participation before Nov. 3.

At a municipal voting center in northeast Minneapolis, voters waited 30 to 40 minutes in a line that snaked through an office park near Interstate 35W. The familiar I Voted stickers were replaced with a more precise I Voted Early model.

Darcy Berglund of Minneapolis said she had voted the first day that polls were open because she often travels back and forth to Iowa to care for her ailing mother.

If she really takes a turn Nov. 2, I wont be coming up here, said Ms. Berglund, 60. Even if I were in town, Im so worried about this election. I just wanted to make sure I got my vote in.

In most places in states that allow in-person early voting, it means going to a City Hall or a local board of elections, though some larger jurisdictions will arrange for regional early vote centers. The pandemic has brought even larger early-vote locations, with some major league sports franchises opening their vacant arenas and stadiums.

As millions of American students have returned to school across the country in recent weeks, cases have forced quarantines and shutdowns, and a few states, including Texas and Ohio, have rolled out online dashboards to track cases in schools.

Determining the impact of school openings on the broader trajectory of the pandemic has been difficult as reporting from states and districts has been spotty and inconsistent, with officials in some places refusing to reveal case numbers.

The number of cases reported by schools will almost certainly be an undercount, experts say, because children in particular are likely to be asymptomatic when carrying the virus, and are unlikely to be tested in the absence of symptoms.

In other education news:

A high school student in Attleboro, Mass., went to the first day of in-person classes on Monday despite testing positive days earlier. Roughly 30 people at Attleboro High School who came into contact with the student are now in quarantine. Attleboros mayor said that the students parents knew he had tested positive when they sent him to school.

Police in Mitchell, S.D., removed a man from a school board meeting for refusing to put on a mask in violation of district policy. Several speakers later criticized the mask mandate and asked why parents had not been surveyed about whether they supported it. A survey wouldnt change my mind, one member of the school board said.

Because of virus-related precautions, Baylor University has postponed its football season opener scheduled for Saturday against the University of Houston. The matchup was hastily arranged last week to fill a void after each teams original season-opening opponent had to cancel because of unmet standards for playing during the pandemic. More than a dozen football games at the elite F.B.S. level have been canceled or postponed in the first three weeks of the season.

Northeastern University in Boston has agreed to refund most of the fall semester tuition of 11 first-year students who were dismissed earlier this month for violating the schools virus rules by gathering in a room without masks or social distancing.

More than 1,000 students and employees at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., have been instructed to quarantine, according to the schools virus dashboard.

New York City will soon let restaurants add a temporary charge of up to 10 percent as help in the pandemic, (though not for takeout or delivery), as long as it is clearly noted on menus.

The charge, which comes before tax, will be allowed until 90 days after the date, yet to be determined, when indoor dining is fully restored. (Indoor dining resumes on Sept. 30 at only 25 percent capacity.)

But in interviews, many restaurant owners said they werent ready to add the new surcharge, especially at the full 10 percent.

A growing group of restaurateurs and activists urging the City Council to add some restrictions to the surcharge that will improve conditions for workers, such as limiting it to restaurants that pay their entire staff, including servers, at least the full city minimum wage or above, as he does.

A lockdown in Israel transforms celebrations for the Jewish high holidays.

As Israelis prepare to celebrate the holiest days on the Jewish calendar under a new lockdown, organizing prayer services is proving to be more of a mathematical brainteaser than a spiritual exercise.

Rabbis must arrange worshipers into clusters of 20 to 50, separated by dividers, determining the size of the groups based on complex calculations involving local infection rates, and how many entrances and square feet their synagogues have. Masks will be required, and many seats will have to remain empty.

With the virus rampaging again, Israel became one of the few places in the world to go into a second lockdown. The rules took effect on Friday, on the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

The government has issued a list of restrictions along with a plethora of exemptions that many criticize as a formula for confusion and noncompliance.

The atmosphere in the run-up to the holidays was more despairing than joyous.

These are not the holidays we were hoping for, said Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the president of Ohr Torah Stone, an Israel-based Jewish education group with emissaries around the world. The fragility of life is upon us, but I see people rising to the occasion.

The three-week national lockdown was timed to coincide with the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur holy days and the festival of Sukkot, in the hope of causing less economic damage because business slows down in any case around the holidays. It was also aimed at preventing large family meals that could become petri dishes for the virus.

Israel successfully limited the spread of the virus in the spring, but the number of cases, when adjusted for population, has risen to among the highest in the world. The country has had more than 300 confirmed new cases per 100,000 people over the last week more than double the rate in Spain, the hardest-hit European country, and quadruple that of the United States.

Reporting was contributed by Livia Albeck-Ripka, Peter Baker, Alexander Burns, Sarah Cahalan, Julia Carmel, Shaila Dewan, Sydney Ember, Nicholas Fandos, Farnaz Fassihi, Antonella Francini, David Gelles, Denise Grady, Ruth Graham, Katie Glueck, Christina Goldbaum, Jason Gutierrez, Rebecca Halleck, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Mike Ives, Andrea Kannapell, Isabel Kershner, Apoorva Mandavilli, Donald G. McNeil Jr., Constant Mheut, Zachary Montague, Benjamin Mueller, Kevin Roose, Anna Schaverien, David Segal, Michael D. Shear, Mitch Smith, Megan Specia, Liam Stack, Matt Stevens, Katie Thomas, Glenn Thrush, Maria Varenikova, Amber Wang, Sui-Lee Wee, Noah Weiland and Rachel Wharton.

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Wisconsin health officials report more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row – Post-Crescent

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For the third day in a row, Wisconsin health officials reported more than 2,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the state.

Saturday's 2,283 positive casesmade up 18.3% of the 12,472 test results reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The average number of new daily cases over the last seven dayswashigher than ever Saturdayat 1,708.

Positive tests reported on Thursday, Friday and Saturday totaled 6,850, marking the highest number of positive tests over a three-day period in Wisconsin.On Friday, a record high 2,533new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was reported. The previousday, Thursday, saw 2,034new positive tests, the third highest single-day total, according to DHS.

The state health department also reported Saturday that three more people had died, bringing the total number of deathsin Wisconsin due to the coronavirus to 1,241.

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More than 1.4million Wisconsinites have been tested for the virus since the pandemic began.Of the 99,562 who have tested positive:

As of Friday afternoon, 342people with COVID-19 were hospitalized and 98of them were in intensive care, according to DHS. An additional 121hospital patients were awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.

Globally, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 30 million and nearly 1 million people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data.As of Saturday afternoon inthe United States, 6.7 million people have tested positive and more than 198,900 have died.

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In South Korea, Covid-19 Comes With Another Risk: Online Bullies – The New York Times

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Some people, like Ms. Kim, have paid a price. Online harassers labeled her a cougar, suggesting she used sex to proselytize to a younger man. Others said that, should she get pregnant, the infant should undergo a paternity test. Officials in the city of Busan debunked the rumors, but they continued to spread online.

Once discharged, she filed complaints with a major web portal to remove the fake content. But after trying to hound dozens of blogs, she gave up. There were too many of them, she said.

The global fight against the pandemic has raised privacy concerns across countries. Governments, including those of Italy, Israel and Singapore, have used cellphone data to track potentially infected people and their contacts. China has employed mobile phone apps with little disclosure about how they track people. Venezuela has urged neighbors to turn each other in.

South Korea, an intensely connected country where nearly everyone totes a smartphone, has taken those efforts a step beyond. In addition to making some personal data public, the authorities sometimes use it to send text messages to people whose cellular data history indicates they were in proximity to an infected person. Other than China, South Korea is virtually the only country in the world whose government has the power to collect such data at will during an epidemic, according to Prof. Park.

In the initial desperate months of the pandemic, government websites uploaded a detailed sketch of each patients daily life until they were diagnosed and isolated. The government did not reveal patients names but sometimes released revealing data such as their addresses and employers.

That rush of data fed a growing culture of online harassment. In South Korea, doxxing digging up and publishing malicious personal information had already been a growing problem, often cited in the recent suicides of K-pop stars.

Restaurants visited by patients were sometimes treated as if they were cursed. Citing one female patients frequent visits to karaoke parlors, online trolls claimed that she must be a prostitute. Gay South Koreans began to fear being outed, prompting the government to promise them anonymity in testing after an outbreak erupted at a gay club in Seoul in May.

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