CDC: 1.4 million cases by January
The CDC releases a report on predicting as many as 550,000 to 1.4 million cases of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and Liberia alone, by the end of January. CDC scientists also say that there may be as many as 21,000 reported and unreported cases of Ebola in just those two countries as soon as the end of this month.
“he model shows — and I don’t think this has been shown by other modeling tools out there — that a surge now can break the back of the epidemic. It also shows that there are severe costs of delay,” CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a press conference Tuesday.
Sex change treatments begin
Under Pentagon approval, Manning, is to begin treatment for gender dysphoria while serving her sentence in military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Manning has asked for hormone treatments since announcing she wanted to live as a woman.
Requests FAA drone permission
Amazon is asking the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to use Amazon Prime Air drones to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less. The aircraft can travel over 50 miles per hour and carry loads of up to 5 pounds. The Company says, about 86 percent of Amazon’s deliveries are 5 pounds or less. The FAA allows hobbyists and model aircraft makers to fly drones, but commercial use is mostly banned. Amazon is asking for an exemption so it can test its drones only over Amazon’s private property, away from airports or areas with aviation activity —and not in densely populated areas or near military bases.
We believe customers will love it, and we are committed to making Prime Air available to customers worldwide as soon as we are permitted to do so.
Wins Kentucky Derby
Chrome wins the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Chrome made winning the race look easy, pulling away down the stretch to win the race by 1 3/4 lengths. The racehorse ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.66 and paid $4.20, $5.60 and $7. The horse was the 5-2 favorite in the crowd of 164,906, the second largest in the Derby’s history. The horse has a unlikely pedigree for a Kentucky Derby champion, with his mother only winning one race in her career. Trainer Art Sherman becomes the oldest trainer to win the Derby. After the race, Sherman said:
He gave me the biggest thrill I ever had in my life. Sometimes you don’t get a lot of respect. We’re in Kentucky and you know most of the Derby winners are bred here and few outside of Kentucky.