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The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about medical devices.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about medical devices.

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Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald

Email address for group

medical-device@m.resiliencesystem.org

Now the U.S. Has Lots of Ventilators, but Too Few Specialists to Operate Them

As record numbers of coronavirus cases overwhelm hospitals across the United States, there is something strikingly different from the surge that inundated cities in the spring: No one is clamoring for ventilators.

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Pressure rises for rapid COVID-19 testing

The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed has now helped achieve the remarkable success of two vaccines shown to be highly effective in preventing COVID-19. But pressure is rising for a similar push from the administration in a different area key to fighting the pandemic: rapid testing.

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What's next for COVID-19 apps? Governance and oversight

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Studies conducted in April and May 2020 showed that in countries like the United States, Switzerland, and Italy, between 55 and 70% of adults in all age groups were willing to download a contact tracing app (5).

Yet these figures do not match the current DCT apps uptake. Even in countries with robust privacy safeguards in place, downloads of DCT apps have been below expectations. At the time of writing, the Australian DCT app has been downloaded by 6.5 million (26% of the population), the Italian one by 8 million (13.4%), and the newly released French one by 1.5 million (2.3%). Ireland has about 1.3 million active app users (24%), Switzerland 1.8 million (21.5%), and Germany 16 million (19.3%).

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