Real Death Toll?, Space Debris to Hit Earth & No Pants Day - Friday, May 7th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, May 7th, 2021!
What to know about:
- what new analysis found about what could be the real COVID-19 death toll around the world
- the latest findings about COVID-19 vaccines for kids
- a piece of a rocket expected to hit Earth this weekend
- insects trained to sniff out COVID-19
- how much Americans are spending on Mother's Day
- how one profession is using No Pants Day for a good cause
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Study Estimates Real Covid Death Toll: Stat News, NPR, Seattle Times, Full Study
Moderna Adolescents Vaccine Data: CNBC, CBS News, USA Today, Moderna
Idaho Middle School Shooting: AP, CNN, NBC News, Reuters
Rocket Part Falling Toward Earth: USA Today, WaPo, NY Times, Defense.Gov
Could Bees Be Used to Detect COVID-19?: Business Insider, Reuters, Wageningen University
Vax Live Concert Is Saturday: Variety, ABC7, Global Citizen, EW, Yahoo
'See Us Unite' Campaign: Axios, CBS News, Deadline, Asian American Foundation, CSUSB
Twitter Testing a Tip Jar: The Verge, TechCrunch, Mashable, Twitter,
Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees: AP, Engadget, Video Game HOF, People, USA Today
Americans' Mother's Day Spending: Fox Business, Today, NRF, Census
Ideas for Last-Minute Gifts: CNN, NY Post, Wired
Feel Good Friday: Comic's 'No Pants Day' For a Cause: AP, ScreenRant
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, May 7th. |
| 0:01.8 | What a new analysis found about what could be the real COVID-19 death toll around the world |
| 0:06.9 | and the latest findings about COVID vaccines for kids. |
| 0:10.3 | Also, look out for space debris. |
| 0:12.3 | A piece of a rocket as large as the Statue of Liberty is expected to hit Earth this weekend, |
| 0:16.6 | but most experts say there's no need to worry. We'll explain. |
| 0:20.0 | Plus, we're talking about COVID-sniffing insects. |
| 0:22.6 | The average gift amount for this year's Mother's Day and how one profession is using |
| 0:26.8 | no pants day for a good cause. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:36.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:41.1 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:46.3 | Well, it looks like COVID-19 may have been twice as deadly as we thought. |
| 0:50.9 | At least that's according to the Highly Influential Institute for Health, |
| 0:53.9 | Metrics, and Evaluation at the University of Washington. |
| 0:57.1 | Scientists there looked at death rates from the last 14 months, |
| 1:00.0 | and compared that to what's typical in a non-pandemic year. |
| 1:03.5 | Then they adjusted the numbers for a handful of other factors related to the pandemic, |
| 1:07.4 | like people putting off healthcare or an uptick in drug overdoses. |
| 1:11.3 | And what they found was the worldwide COVID-19 death toll is likely more than double the official |
| 1:16.3 | count. The study suggests nearly 7 million people died from the virus worldwide. |
| 1:21.0 | About 905,000 of them were here in the U.S., |
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