COVID-19 Afternoon Update for April 21, 2020

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

Stats for Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at 2:30pm per CoronaWiki.org

Earth

2,536,657 Known Infections
175,488 Known Deaths

USA

804,078 Known Infections
43,663 Known Deaths

North Carolina

6,979 Known Infections
220 Known Deaths

Macon County

2 Known Infections
1 Known Death


Quarantined family re-creates 1981 Journey video shot by shot [LINK] 

Conspiracy theorists burn 5G towers claiming link to virus [LINK] 

NC closes prison, sends staff to combat Neuse outbreak [LINK]


Poll: 43 percent of Americans have lost jobs or wages due to coronavirus outbreak [LINK]

America can’t reopen without massive increase in coronavirus tests, experts warn [LINK]

Russian Police Break Up Anti-Lockdown Protest [LINK]

Tracking the novel coronavirus in the U.S. [INTERACTIVE MAP]

More than 1,500 N.J. nursing home residents have died from coronavirus, state reveals [LINK]


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COVID-19 Update



The CDC website [LINK] reports 6,493 people in North Carolina are infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 6,951 confirmed cases, 427 hospitalized and 213 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 6,979 people infected and 220 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]


Videos From Medical Professionals

Nightshifts as a COVID Cardiologist | Doctor's Vlog



Quick VLOG from COVID RED ZONE // UK DOCTOR // Covid-19 Vlog #14



Dr. John Campbell

Tuesday 21 April, Ethnicity and Sex




GENERAL ARTICLES



The problem with thinking you know more than the experts [LINK]

Antibody Treatments May Be the Best Hope Against the Virus Until a Vaccine [LINK] 

Expert reaction to comments made by Dr Maria van Kerkhove at the WHO that there is no evidence antibody tests can show that an individual is immune or is protected from the infection [LINK]

Outcomes of hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with Covid-19 [LINK]






Published at 2:30pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2020