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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.
401 Detected Cases (+7 since Friday)
122 Active Positive (unchanged since Friday)
278 Recovered (+7 in one day since Friday)
1 Death (unchanged since Friday)
Testing Data for Macon County
3810 MCPH Tests (+97 since Friday)
1002 Tests by Others (+30 since Friday)
4812 Total Tests (+265 since Friday)
360 Tests Pending Results (+83 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.
The CDC [LINK]
143,706 Detected Infections
2,343 Reported Deaths
NCDHHS website [LINK]
144,952 Detected Infections
1,924,646 Total Tests
934 Reported Current Hospitalizations
2,347 Reported Deaths
The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK]
144,952 Detected Infections
2,287 Reported Deaths
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Infographic from Johns Hopkins University [LINK] https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/37113.html
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Pandemic Heroes
Lives Cut Short: Remembering Health Care Workers In Their 20s Killed By COVID-19 [LINK]
Fourth Broward Sheriff’s employee dies from COVID-19; Lt. Al Rengifo was 47 [LINK]
Struggling Farmers Work With Overwhelmed Food Banks to Stay Afloat [LINK]
The Nurses Working to Save Coronavirus Deniers [LINK]
Public urged to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine trials after 100,000 people register in first month (United kingdom) [LINK]
China's first symphony telling anti-epidemic fight debuts in Wuhan [LINK]
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Research Papers, Clinical Trials, and News About Vaccines and Such
Yale's COVID-19 saliva test used in NBA gets FDA emergency approval [LINK]
High BMI linked to Covid-19 death risk, especially in men: Study - ET HealthWorld [LINK]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect, Which Uses a New Method of Saliva Sample Processing [LINK]
A new study found a higher rate of child-to-adult COVID-19 transmission than previously described. 46% of household contacts developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 disease. Child-to-adult transmission was suspected in 7 cases. (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 11 Aug 2020) [LINK]
Significantly Improved COVID-19 Outcomes in Countries with Higher BCG Vaccination Coverage: A Multivariable Analysis [LINK]
Emerging Pandemic Diseases: How We Got To COVID-19 [LINK]
A pandemic primer on excess mortality statistics and their comparability across countries [LINK]
Burden of illness in households with SARS-CoV-2 infected children [LINK]
SinoPharm’s Inactivated Coronavirus Vaccine [LINK]
Comparison of Viral Clearance between Ivermectin with Doxycycline and Hydroxychloroquine with Azithromycin in COVID-19 Patients [LINK]
Recurrence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection with a more severe case after mild COVID‐19, reversion of RT‐qPCR for positive and late antibody response: case report [LINK]
2019 Coronavirus Investigation Report [LINK]
Scientists reveal structural details of spike protein used in leading COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]
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Masks, Masks, Masks
(Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!)
The Latest: France deploying riot police to enforce masks [LINK]
Kansas began requiring masks, then virus cases dropped. Weeks later, ‘the data is solid’ [LINK]
Sharon Stone blames mask refuseniks as sister suffers from coronavirus [LINK]
Denmark makes masks compulsory on public transport [LINK]
Spaniards hold anti-mask protest in Madrid as Covid-19 cases rise [LINK]
Anti-mask protests across Europe as coronavirus cases rise 4 days in a row [LINK]
Czechs must wear face masks again in many places from September 1, expect tough autumn [LINK]
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Back to School
Download a PDF of "LIGHTING OUR WAY FORWARD: North Carolina's Guidebook for Re-opening Schools" [LINK]
Wealthier parents are more likely to send their kids back to physical classrooms — here’s why [LINK]
College towns brace for a new wave of COVID-19 [LINK]
Teacher creates national database of COVID-19-related school closings, cases and deaths [LINK]
Children are very contagious, should wear masks to school to prevent COVID spread: Swedish researchers [LINK]
Jared Kushner will 'absolutely' send his children to school despite Covid-19 risks [LINK]
Brantley County school closes after staff test positive for COVID-19 (Georgia) [LINK]
Top doc says contact sports, band practice 'problematic' for students [LINK]
Notre Dame reports 15 new campus COVID cases, with 50% positivity rate [LINK]
U.S. university insured Chinese student tuition against virus. Then COVID-19 hit [LINK]
Teachers say they're preparing for online and in-class lessons with little guidance (Canada) [LINK]
Editorial: We all saw this coming (The Daily Tarheel) [LINK]
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COVID-19 in the USA
Record flu vaccine doses produced to avert COVID-19 hospitals crisis [LINK]
Coronavirus contractors double-dip government funds, receiving relief money and contracts [LINK]
The state of Texas is disclosing hundreds of previously unreported COVID-19 cases in El Paso and thousands statewide [LINK]
The number of pregnant Latinas with covid-19 is staggering. And a warning sign, doctors say. [LINK]
New York Has a 14-Day Quarantine. Many New Yorkers Are Ignoring It. [LINK]
‘We’re Desperate’: Transit Cuts Felt Deepest in Low-Income Areas
As the pandemic wreaks havoc on public transit systems across the country, experts say it is low-income residents, people of color and essential workers bearing the brunt. [LINK]
Americans don't want year-long leases amid the pandemic, neither do landlords [LINK]
NYC: Gyms Can Reopen on August 24, With Strict Health Measures in Place [LINK]
Investigation: COVID rips through motel rooms of guest workers who pick nation’s produce [LINK]
Federal virus money slow to trickle to local public health [LINK]
Minnesota Governor quietly reverses course on Hydroxychloroquine. [LINK]
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COVID-19 Around the World
According to the WHO, Covid-19 has now killed almost 0.01% of the global population [LINK]
COVID-19 deaths amongst NHS staff ‘to be kept secret’ [LINK]
China approves its first vaccine [LINK]
Arrivals to Iceland break quarantine orders, seven test positive for coronavirus [LINK]
Cases rise in south korea again. A pastor claiming to be immune tested positive. [LINK]
Sharp rise in virus cases in Lebanon after deadly port blast [LINK]
Some 10 percent of Dutch believe Covid-19 conspiracy theories [LINK]
Sweden's Covid-19 strategist under fire over herd immunity emails [LINK]
COVID-19: One in five Canadians make no efforts to curb viral spread [LINK]
Visualization - Europe: Covid-19 cases per 100k with more than one case reported since the Jan this year [LINK]
More than 2,000 people in isolation in B.C. due to COVID-19 exposure (Canada) [LINK]
Costa Rica Readies Horse Antibodies for Trials as an Inexpensive COVID-19 Therapy [LINK]
Germany mistakenly neglects to tell 949 travelers [returning from abroad] they have coronavirus [LINK]
Coronavirus: Japan suffers its biggest economic slump on record [LINK]
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Sports, Entertainment, Public Transportation, and Other Crowded Venues
University of Alabama students returning to campus bars causes outrage. [LINK]
Major US airlines to lay off thousands of workers as Covid-19 support expires [LINK]
Live concerts and festivals likely won't return until 2022, says Lollapalooza co-founder [LINK]
NY to Movie Theaters: You’re Not Worth the Risk [LINK]
CFL cancels 2020 season during pandemic (Canada) [LINK]
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