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Washington mdash; Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former head of the Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday the drop in new coronavirus infections across the nation is a hopeful trend, and Americans can take the declines in new cases to the bank as they re being driven by growing vaccination rates and high levels of immunity among the U.S. population. Whereas the past trends when we saw cases start to decline, we were somewhat skeptical because we knew stanley cup a lot of those declines were a result of behavioral changes, people pulling back more, taking more precautions. And then as soon as we sort of let our guard down, we saw cases surge again, Gottlieb said in an interview with Face the Nation. Right now, the declines that we re seeing, we can take to the bank. Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Face the Nation Gottlieb, who led the FDA under the Trump administration, said cases and hospitalizations are declining nationwide, including in states like Michigan, which was battling a surge in infections. I think that these declines we re seeing are really locked in stanley website at this point, he said. So I don t think we need to be as worried that as we take our foot off the brake, things are going to surge again. There have been more than 31.7 million confirmed coronavirus cases, though the nation this week saw a 10% drop in average cases from the past week, f stanley quencher ederal health officials said Friday. Gottlieb said the public should examine the outlook of Ctxo Presidential contenders who look the part
Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.Special Section: Campaign 2010Raese defeated a crowded field of Republicans and becomes part of the GOP quest to dismantle the Democratic Senate majority as high unemployment and the slow economic recovery take a toll on their political prospects this fall. In Louisiana, scandal-tainted Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter easily beat two little-known challengers and will meet Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon, who won his party s primary, in November.Vitter survived a 2007 prostitution scandal after he admitted an unspecified serious sin after his phone number appeared in the records of a Washington prostitution ring. He has also shrugged off fresh questions about his judgment in allowing an aide to remain on his staff for more than two years after a viole stanley sverige nt attack on a woman police identified as his ex-girlfr stanley website iend. With little competition from his own party, he and Melancon have already engaged in attacks. There is a clear choice in this election, and as we educate voters about my positive plans for putting Louisiana first stanley cup and contrast it with David Vitter s hostility toward women, veterans and Louisiana families, I know we ll win, Melancon said.Vitter said in a statement that Melancon was too liberal. Louisiana voters will get to