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.
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COVID-19 Numbers from Macon County Public Health
Here are the latest COVID-19 Numbers and Demographics Report from Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to Macon Media.
Cases
891 Detected
(+4 from Thursday and +45 from last Friday and +182 in four weeks)
49 Active
(-5 from Thursday and -17 from last Friday and +23 in four weeks)
834 Recovered
(+9 from Thursday and +62 from last Friday and +158 in four weeks)
8 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and unchanged from last Friday and +1 in four weeks)
Testing
6883 by MCPH
(unchanged from Thursday and +140 from last Friday and +789 in four weeks)
3640 by Others
(+60 from Thursday and +240 from last Friday and +1192 in four weeks)
10523 total
(+60 from Thursday and +380 from last Friday and +1981 in four weeks)
197 tests pending results
(+74 from Thursday and +67 from last Friday and +29 in four weeks)
Videos
Dr John Campbell: Update
TWiV 684: Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 immune memory
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, and Shane Crotty explains a study of antibodies, B cells and T cells in patients which suggests that immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 might be long-lived.
Show notes at [LINK]
COVID vs Common Cold vs Flu - Which one is it?
LA County restricts in-person dining amid COVID-19 surge
Millions of Americans relocating amid COVID-19
Coronavirus infections surge as Thanksgiving approaches
Stories About Vaccines
Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines Explained [LINK]
Fauci says herd immunity possible "reasonably quickly" if enough Americans take vaccine [LINK]
The John Batchelor Show #744 1/2 The vaccine is coming! The vaccine is coming! And what is to be done? with HenryIMiller of PacificResearch and HenryMillerMD.org
Website [LINK]
The John Batchelor Show #745 1/2 The vaccine is coming! The vaccine is coming! And what is to be done? with HenryIMiller of PacificResearch and HenryMillerMD.org
Website [LINK]
Here's the Coronavirus Vaccine Maker That's Most Likely to Blow Past Pfizer and Moderna. It lags a little behind the leaders for now, but that could soon change. [Johnson & Johnson] [LINK]
First US immunizations for COVID-19 could arrive on December 12 [LINK]
Hackers 'try to steal Covid vaccine secrets in intellectual property war' [LINK]
Vaccine czar: 'Unfortunate' that COVID-19 vaccine 'has been politicized' [LINK]
Fauci: Vaccines are an incentive to 'double down' on precautions [LINK]
Oxford Vaccine is 70.4% effective when combining data from two dosing regimens [LINK]
AZD1222 vaccine met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 (Astra Zeneca) [LINK]
Operation Warp Speed chief says if immunization plan goes well enough Americans should be vaccinated by May [LINK]
G-20 leaders pledge to 'spare no effort' to ensure equitable access to coronavirus vaccines worldwide [LINK]
The mink link: How COVID-19 mutations in animals affect human health and vaccine effectiveness [LINK]
The world's now scrambling for dry ice. It's just one headache in getting coronavirus vaccines where they need to go [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, and News About Testing
Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 screening [LINK]
What the data say about asymptomatic COVID infections [LINK]
Statistical techniques to estimate the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate [LINK] [PDF]
Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic virus discovered in Japan and Cambodia [LINK]
Surgical Mask Partition Reduces the Risk of Noncontact Transmission in a Golden Syrian Hamster Model for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [LINK]
Anti-COVID-19 efficacy of ivermectin in the golden hamster [LINK]
Community factors and excess mortality in first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. [LINK]
Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy [LINK]
Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
To Save the Economy, Save People First [PDF]
You can get COVID-19 and the flu at the same time [LINK]
Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks [PDF]
Utah hospitals have begun informal rationing of care, doctors say, as they cope with surge of COVID-19 patients [LINK]
No time to let down our guard [LINK]
We're celebrating Thanksgiving amid a pandemic. Here's how we did it in 1918 — and what happened next [LINK]
Public health expert: Americans no longer acting 'with common purpose' on pandemic [LINK]
COVID-19 spread when 5 million people left Wuhan for Chinese New Year, yet 50 million Americans will still travel for Thanksgiving [LINK]
Air travel: Despite Covid warnings, more than 1 million people passed through US airports Friday [LINK]
'No beds anywhere': Minnesota hospitals strained to limit by COVID-19 [LINK]
Texas first responders who die from COVID-19 denied state benefits [LINK]
NYC Dead Stay in Freezer Trucks Set Up During Spring Covid-19 Surge [LINK]
Arizona university locks students out of classes for not getting mandatory coronavirus tests [LINK]
‘It’s frightening. It’s insane’: Fort Lauderdale bars packed with mask-less partygoers [LINK]
Pandemic Pet Therapy: What's So Special About A Critter Friend? [LINK]
New York City Hit a 3% Positive Test Rate. Or Did It? [LINK]
El Paso inmates help move bodies into morgues as Covid deaths soar [LINK]
Coronavirus cases are soaring in the D.C. region. Experts say the worst is yet to come. [LINK]
'We feel guilty for gathering': 15 members of an Arlington family got COVID after a family party [LINK]
Los Angeles County restricts in-person dining due to COVID-19 cases [LINK]
'All people' should avoid: CDC raises warning against cruise ship travel to highest level [LINK]
FL Governor DeSantis hires Ohio Uber driver to rig COVID stats [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Coronavirus: why are western countries like the US and Britain still not learning from Asia’s success? [LINK]
To be forced to lock down the economy once may be regarded as a misfortune; to do so twice looks like carelessness' [LINK]
Rich Countries Block COVID-19 Drugs Rights Waiver [LINK]
COVID-19 fatalities in Iran near 45,000 [LINK]
Iran tightens COVID-19 restrictions [LINK]
France finds COVID-19 in mink at one farm, ministry says [LINK]
COVID-19 restriction eased with masks not required outdoors and gathering limits raised (Victoria, Australia) [LINK]
Greece is using non-ICU specialists, refusing intubation and could soon use hotels as hospitals as the health system in the north has collapsed [LINK]
Observing the pandemic from Antarctica [LINK]
China detects COVID-19 on German pork knuckles, suspends imports from 20 countries [LINK]
Europe's Death Rate Over 3 Times Higher Than the U.S., as COVID Surges Globally [LINK]
Russia ready to provide other countries with Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, says Putin [LINK]
Portuguese court has ruled PCR Tests “Unreliable” & Quarantines “Unlawful” [LINK]
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Published at 4:00am on Monday, November 23, 2020
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