Several curated videos and links to articles are posted below to allow you to follow the course of humanity's response to this global pandemic.
ABOVE THE FOLD
Mission HEalth implements universal masking [LINK]
Fauci: 'I don't understand why' every state hasn't issued stay-at-home orders [LINK]
Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread [LINK]
State officials not releasing unemployment payment data [LINK]
Masks? Handwashing? Sanitizer? — How to Protect Yourself from Coronaviruses
Coronavirus: Science vs. politics
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COVID-19 Update for April 3rd
Map Source: [NCDHHS]
The CDC website [LINK] reports 1,857 people in North Carolina are infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 1,857 cases, 184 hospitalized and 16 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 2,041 people infected and 21 deaths.
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
VIDEO BRIEFINGS
World Health Organization
(there was no briefing forr April 2nd, so here is the one from April 1st)
White House Coronavirus Task Force
North Carolina
English
Spanish
GOOD NEWS
Jeff Bezos gives $100M to Feeding America amid coronavirus pandemic [LINK]
HBO Will Stream 500 Hours of Free Shows, Movies Amid Coronavirus Crisis [LINK]
New York City to provide free meals to anyone who needs food [LINK]
Boston hospitals getting ‘game changer’ machine that sterilizes 80,000 protective masks a day - The Boston Globe [LINK]
Born during coronavirus lockdown, Raipur twins named ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ [LINK]
THE FALLEN
Those We’ve Lost: This series tells the stories of people who have died of the coronavirus. [LINK]
Acclaimed Comics Artist Juan Gimenez Dies Due To Coronavirus [LINK]
GENERAL ARTICLES
Coronavirus In Texas: El Paso Doctor Returns To Work After Being Suspended For Wearing N95 Mask In Hallways [LINK]
U.S. ended pandemic early-warning program two months before the novel coronavirus began spreading in Wuhan [LINK]
White House advisor Dr. Fauci works 20-hour days and his wife reminds him to eat, sleep and drink water [LINK]
Past Mistakes: The Spanish Flu that started on March 1918 was almost eradicated by December of the same year thanks to global lockdowns; But impatient countries lifted their lockdowns too soon, which resulted in a 3rd wave of the virus to hit, infected & killed thousands more and lasted until 1920. [LINK]
(VIDEO) Update from Dr John Campbell
Some good news, probably
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Official Announcement | The Shows Must Go On - #StayHomeWithMe
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat premieres today at 2pm [LINK]
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 48: Curve Flattening in California, PPE in the ICU, Medication Trials
The United States recorded 1,169 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death toll recorded in any country since the global pandemic began. [LINK]
US Navy is expected to announce that it has relieved the captain who sounded the alarm about a coronavirus outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, according to two US officials. [LINK]
Navy fires USS Theodore Roosevelt captain days after he pleaded for help for sailors with coronavirus [LINK]
FL makes exception to "stay at home order" for religious gatherings [LINK]
Fauci says threats to his personal security 'secondary' to curbing coronavirus [LINK]
Georgia's Governor Says He Didn't Know People Could Spread Covid-19 Without Symptoms [LINK]
San Diego, CA to require masks starting Saturday! [LINK]
Around the World
Bodies pile up on streets in Ecuador as coronavirus spreads [LINK]
Wuhan residents told to stay inside and be vigilant [LINK]
How Taiwan keeps kids safe at school amid COVID-19 (Marketplace)
Cork men quarantined in Vietnam after St Patrick’s Day party [LINK]
Lockdown Imposed in China's Henan Province After Fresh Cases Emerge [LINK]
Curfew imposed in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam, Taif and Qatif governorates [LINK]
Economic Impact
Google reveals travel habits during the pandemic [LINK]
See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19 [LINK]
As global communities respond to COVID-19, we've heard from public health officials that the same type of aggregated, anonymized insights we use in products such as Google Maps could be helpful as they make critical decisions to combat COVID-19.
These Community Mobility Reports aim to provide insights into what has changed in response to policies aimed at combating COVID-19. The reports chart movement trends over time by geography, across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Cost the World $4.1 Trillion [LINK]
Facebook Sees 100% Increase In Calls & Videos Amid Lockdown, Introduces Desktop Messenger To Take On Zoom & Houseparty [LINK]
BAD PEOPLE
Text messages reveal travel company urged students to go on spring break despite coronavirus [LINK]
COVID-19 Update Archive
April 2020
04-02 [LINK]
04-01 [LINK]
March 2020
03-31 [LINK]
03-30 [LINK]
03-29 [LINK]
03-28 [LINK]
03-27 [LINK]
03-26 [LINK]
Published at 6:05am on Friday, April 3, 2020
FL makes exception to "stay at home order" for religious gatherings [LINK]
Fauci says threats to his personal security 'secondary' to curbing coronavirus [LINK]
Georgia's Governor Says He Didn't Know People Could Spread Covid-19 Without Symptoms [LINK]
San Diego, CA to require masks starting Saturday! [LINK]
Around the World
Bodies pile up on streets in Ecuador as coronavirus spreads [LINK]
Wuhan residents told to stay inside and be vigilant [LINK]
How Taiwan keeps kids safe at school amid COVID-19 (Marketplace)
Cork men quarantined in Vietnam after St Patrick’s Day party [LINK]
Lockdown Imposed in China's Henan Province After Fresh Cases Emerge [LINK]
Curfew imposed in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam, Taif and Qatif governorates [LINK]
Economic Impact
Google reveals travel habits during the pandemic [LINK]
See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19 [LINK]
As global communities respond to COVID-19, we've heard from public health officials that the same type of aggregated, anonymized insights we use in products such as Google Maps could be helpful as they make critical decisions to combat COVID-19.
These Community Mobility Reports aim to provide insights into what has changed in response to policies aimed at combating COVID-19. The reports chart movement trends over time by geography, across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Cost the World $4.1 Trillion [LINK]
Facebook Sees 100% Increase In Calls & Videos Amid Lockdown, Introduces Desktop Messenger To Take On Zoom & Houseparty [LINK]
BAD PEOPLE
Text messages reveal travel company urged students to go on spring break despite coronavirus [LINK]
COVID-19 Update Archive
April 2020
04-02 [LINK]
04-01 [LINK]
March 2020
03-31 [LINK]
03-30 [LINK]
03-29 [LINK]
03-28 [LINK]
03-27 [LINK]
03-26 [LINK]
Published at 6:05am on Friday, April 3, 2020
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