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
Stark photos show miles-long row of cars waiting outside a Florida food bank as demand surges by 600 percent and more than half-a-million residents file for unemployment [LINK]
UK PM spends night in intensive care with coronavirus [LINK]
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COVID-19 Update for April 7th
The CDC website [LINK] reports 2,870 people in North Carolina are infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 2,870 cases, 27 hospitalized and 33 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 3,054 people infected and 50 deaths.
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
GOOD NEWS
A second potential COVID-19 vaccine, backed by Bill and Melinda Gates, is entering human testing [LINK]
Bill Gates to Spend Billions on Coronavirus Vaccine Development [LINK]
Los Angeles Opens Coronavirus Testing to Anyone, Not Just People Most at Risk [LINK]
Dr. Anthony Fauci applauds Iowa's coronavirus mitigation response: 'Doing a very good job' [LINK]
THE FALLEN
Those We’ve Lost: This series tells the stories of people who have died of the coronavirus. [LINK]
GENERAL ARTICLES
Grocery Workers Are Beginning To Die Of Coronavirus [LINK]
Wife of Alton mayor caught at party at bar, violating stay-at-home order, police say [LINK]
NYPD: 19.3% of department on sick report; 2,228 members test positive for coronavirus [LINK]
Face masks ‘should be a national mandate,’ virologist says [LINK]
You can’t use ventilators without sedatives. Now the US is running out of those, too [LINK]
Staff of overrun N.J. hospital breaks down in tears after EMS comes to its rescue [by volunteering to fill in as temporary staff] [LINK]
(VIDEO) Update from Dr John Campbell
Monday 6th April, Global update
Basic but essential knowledge
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 50: Dip in Daily New Deaths; Research on Natural Killer Cells & COVID-19
Around the World
Italy is preparing countrywide "immunity testing" so that people with antibodies can go back to work [LINK] (Italian)
Italian mayor uses drones to scream profanities at residents ignoring lockdown [LINK]
India Cuts Off U.S. from Nearly Half of Its Hydroxychloroquine Supply [LINK]
India to export ant-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine on case by case basis [LINK]
Some Swedish hospitals have stopped using chloroquine to treat COVID-19 after reports of severe side effects [LINK]
Stones Thrown At Karnataka Cops For Stopping Prayer Meet During Lockdown [LINK]
Economic Impact
Walmart employee’s family files wrongful death lawsuit after man dies of coronavirus complications [LINK]
The World Has Enough Money to Cope with COVID-19 in Offshore Accounts [LINK]
Spain To Roll Out Permanent Universal Basic Income ‘Soon’ [LINK]
Japan's economy has been dealt the 'final blow' by the coronavirus pandemic, says analyst [LINK]
COVID-19 Update Archive
April 2020
04-06 [AFTERNOON UPDATE]
04-05 [NEWS AND WEATHER]
04-04 [NEWS AND WEATHER]
04-03 [NEWS AND WEATHER]
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 6:00am on Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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My compliments on all the blood, sweat, and (maybe) tears that have gone into producing this compilation. Thank you very much for all this hard work.
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