**update** The press release regarding the 4th death due to COVID-19 has been added to the top of this article.
Macon County Reports Fourth Death Related to COVID-19
A Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 has died. The person was over the age of 65 and had underlying health conditions. To protect the family´s privacy, no further information will be released about this patient.
“The family and loved ones of this individual are in our thoughts and prayers. As we head back to school, please continue to practice the 3Ws and be mindful of those that are higher risk,” stated Kathy McGaha, Macon County Health Director.
Mrs. McGaha continued, “We can make a difference by wearing a mask, washing your hands, and staying 6 feet from others. Continue to practice social distancing and limit your trips outside your home to help to slow the spread of COVID-19.”
The entire state of North Carolina is under a “Safer at Home” executive order, currently under phase two with masks required to be worn when social distancing cannot be maintained. Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19; however, anyone of any age can become infected with this illness. Therefore, we ask that community members strictly follow the governor’s orders and continue to practice social distancing, as well as safe hygiene measures such as hand washing and frequently cleaning touched objects and surfaces. The public can monitor the different phases of re-opening and learn more about the restrictions at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/guidance.
It is important to make sure the information you are getting about COVID-19 is coming directly from reliable sources. For more information, please visit the CDC’s website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus and NCDHHS’ website at www.ncdhhs.gov/coronavirus, which also includes future positive COVID-19 test results in North Carolina.
Symptoms for COVID-19 are fever, cough, other lower respiratory illness (shortness of breath). If you believe that you may have COVID-19, please call the Health Department at 828-349-2517. The call center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am – 4:00pm, closing daily for lunch from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, until further notice.
Here is an update for this afternoon on how humanity is dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic that is caused by SARS CoV-2. The story is told through links to news outlets, research papers, and videos. They are presented without comment.
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 20th and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 20th [LINK]
Please note there is a gap for Saturdays and Sundays starting this past weekend since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.
480 Detected Cases (+10 since Friday)
63 Active Positive (+2 since Friday)
413 Recovered (+7 since Friday)
4 Death (+1 since Friday)
Testing Data for Macon County
4344 MCPH Tests (+38 since Friday)
1548 Tests by Others (unchanged since Friday)
5892 Total Tests (+38 since Friday)
249 Tests Pending Results (-42 since Friday)
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Here are some numbers from the CDC, the NCDHHS, and the Johns Hopkins Dashboard. Macon Media prefers the Johns Hopkins Dashboard because the counts include those non-residents that are left out of the CDC and NCDHHS numbers.
CDC [LINK]
134,766 Detected Infections
2,160 Reported Deaths
NCDHHS [LINK]
136,218 Detected Infections
1,986,548 Total Tests
1,109 Reported Current Hospitalizations
2,168 Reported Deaths
Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK]
136,346 Detected Infections
2,192 Reported Deaths
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Infographic from Johns Hopkins University [LINK]
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Videos
(repeat from yesterday for those who missed this section)
MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
COVID-19 Pandemic Update 101: T Cell Immunity vs. Antibodies & Prior Exposure to Other Coronaviruses
The relationship between antibodies for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and immunity, vaccine efficacy, and spread of COVID-19 has received significant attention. Dr. Seheult is back to illustrate why T cells have received less attention than antibodies, but may be more important to long term immunity from COVID-19. Dr. Seheult also discusses how previous infections with common coronaviruses may provide some immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and the hypothesis that reducing the inoculum (initial dose) of SARS-CoV-2 might result in less symptom severity (This video was recorded August 10, 2020).
Five-minute antigen video [LINK]
Sports, Entertainment, Public Transportation, and Other Crowded Venues
Big Ten reportedly voted 12-2 to cancel football season; Michigan, MSU voted not to play [LINK]
Disney World Set To Reduce Hours After Bob Chapek Admits People Are Cancelling Trips [LINK]
Vancouver bar manager stops large group of party bus riders from entering bar [LINK]
Coronavirus: Vicar uses chopsticks to serve bread in Holy Communion safety measure | UK News [LINK]
'Night rave' in B.C. prompts public warning for potential COVID-19 exposure [LINK]
Thousands gather at Smash Mouth concert despite coronavirus pandemic [LINK]
Washington requires 300-square-feet per person in gyms [LINK]
Almost every San Francisco restaurant breaks this one pandemic health rule [LINK]
Southside High School football player tests positive for COVID-19; practice continues (Arkansas) [LINK]
Pandemic Heroes, Interesting Sidenotes and Repurcussions of the Pandemic
Global quiet as human-generated noise drops by 50 per cent under lockdown [LINK]
Job insecurity, child care: Moms reporting psychological distress amid coronavirus pandemic [LINK]
Meet the Georgia teen distributing more PPE than the federal government [LINK]
'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist [LINK]
Telemedicine shines during pandemic but will glow fade? [LINK]
Community mourns the loss of long-time Brandon doctor, who died from COVID-19 complications (Florida) [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
China's Sinopharm starts Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Bahrain [LINK]
Mayo disease specialist says La Crosse’s COVID-19 “reinfection” is more likely a relapse [LINK]
Direct and Indirect Impacts of COVID-19 on Excess Deaths and Morbidity: Executive Summary [LINK]
Mouthwashes Could Reduce the Risk of Coronavirus Transmission [LINK]
Houston Methodist reports rapid recovery of critically ill COVID-19 patients with drug (Aviptadil) [LINK]
Vitamin D deficiency as a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 [LINK]
Wrong person, place and time: viral load and contact network structure predict SARS-CoV-2 transmission and super-spreading events [LINK] [LINK]
Endothelial Injury and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in COVID-19: Treatment with the Lectin-Pathway Inhibitor Narsoplimab [LINK]
Recovery from COVID-19 in a B-cell-depleted multiple sclerosis patient [LINK]
Clinical Outcomes Associated with Methylprednisolone in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 [LINK]
Emerging Therapeutic Modalities against COVID-19 [LINK]
The virus and the vasculature [LINK]
SARS-CoV-2-related mortality in a rural Latin American population [LINK]
(Press Release) SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: PREDICTIVE IMMUNE MARKERS IN COVID-19 RESPONSE [LINK]
Increased risk of sars-cov-2 infection in staff working across different care homes enchanced covid-19 outbreak investigations in london care homes [LINK]
The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 Contextual Data Specification for Open Genomic Epidemiology [LINK]
Cerebrovascular Complications of COVID-19 [LINK]
Engineering human ACE2 to optimize binding to the spike protein of SARS coronavirus 2 [LINK]
Early peak and rapid decline of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a Swiss metropolitan region [LINK]
Covid 19, addressing our reality and maintaining our resilience [LINK]
A Combination of Ivermectin and Doxycycline Possibly Blocks the Viral Entry and Modulate the Innate Immune Response in COVID-19 Patients [LINK]
COVID-19, SARS AND BATS CORONAVIRUSES GENOMES PECULIAR HOMOLOGOUS RNA SEQUENCES [LINK]
(Press Release) Novavax and Takeda Announce Collaboration for Novavax’ COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate in Japan [LINK]
Successful Elimination of Covid-19 Transmission in New Zealand [LINK]
Masks, Masks, Masks
(Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!)
Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech [LINK]
American men are still resisting wearing masks. The problem, experts say, is they’re afraid of looking weak. [LINK]
New KN95 face masks thrown into fire pit at Mission Bay Park, San Diego [LINK]
Hundreds of maskless worshippers attend indoor services at Sun Valley church [LINK]
Edmonton Is Now Handing Out Mask Exemption Cards During Coronavirus [LINK]
Some tourists confused by new COVID-19 mask rules in Paris [LINK]
Back to School
Download a PDF of "LIGHTING OUR WAY FORWARD: North Carolina's Guidebook for Re-opening Schools" [LINK]
School Reopening: Brief Review of Publications (August 2020) [LINK]
Paediatric COVID‐19 admissions in a region with open schools during the two first months of the pandemic [LINK]
Transmission dynamics of SARS‐CoV‐2 within families with children in Greece: a study of 23 clusters [LINK]
COVID-19–Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children — United States, March–July 2020 [LINK]
Teen who shared photo of packed high school hallway says she’s receiving threats [LINK]
Teachers Across the Country Worry About a Rush to Reopen Schools [LINK]
North Paulding High School to shut down for two days to disinfect after reporting 9 COVID-19 cases [LINK]
Serena Williams Helps Donate 4.25 Million Masks to Underserved Schools [LINK]
Coronavirus: How safe is it to return to school? Here are the lessons learnt from other countries | UK News [LINK]
A new look to the school year: Pandemic pods and distance learning [LINK]
Georgia governor rules out requiring masks at public schools [LINK]
Ontario doctors want kids, teachers for study about how COVID-19 spreads in a classroom [LINK]
College Campus COVID cases accelerate while individual college reporting still remains poor [LINK]
Reopening schools too early could spread COVID-19 even faster [LINK]
West Virginia University reports 25 new COVID-19 cases among students since Thursday [LINK]
'Numerous' Central Dauphin athletes test positive for COVID-19, forcing school district to suspend all sports activities (Pennsylvania) [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
No Virus Deaths for Days in Colorado [LINK]
Millennials Slammed by Second Financial Crisis Fall Even Further Behind [LINK]
Texas Surpasses 500k COVID-19 Cases, 7-Day Avg Positivity Rate of 20.3% [LINK]
Bill Gates: US only country to have coronavirus 'testing insanity' [LINK]
America's PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn [LINK]
Coronavirus US: study shows 97,000 children tested positive in last two weeks of July [LINK]
Exclusive poll: Amid COVID-19, Americans Don’t Care About Climate Change Anymore [LINK]
At least 48 local public health leaders have quit or been fired during pandemic [LINK]
How Texas went from a coronavirus slow burn to an explosive disaster [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million: Reuters tally [LINK]
Europeans Say COVID-19 Revealed America as 'Fragile,' Inconsiderate [LINK]
New Zealand marks 100 days with no new COVID-19 cases. Here's how the country stopped the spread [LINK]
Iran shutdown a newspaper after remarks by expert said official figures on cases, deaths in the country account for only 5% of the real toll. [LINK]
East Africa: Covid-19 - U.S. Raises Travel Alert Levels for Kenya, Other East African States [LINK]
A Taiwan health official tried to warn the world about the novel coronavirus. The U.S. didn’t listen. [LINK]
What the rest of the world can learn from South Korea's COVID-19 response [LINK]
WHO director-general says there are ‘green shoots of hope’ in global fight against Covid-19 [LINK]
Coronavirus in Europe: France extends mask use as Greece says it is in second wave | World news [LINK]
Europe lockdown: New coronavirus rules country by country [LINK]
Coronavirus in Israel: 1,085 new diagnoses since midnight [LINK]
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Published at 6:00pm on Monday, August 10, 2020
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