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 this afternoon and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to August 4th [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.
460 Detected Cases (unchanged in one day)
70 Active Positive (-5 in one day)
389 Recovered (+3 in one day)
3 Death (unchanged in one day)
Testing Data for Macon County
4218 MCPH Tests (unchanged in one day)
1427 Tests by Others unchanged in one day
5645 Total Tests (unchanged in one day)
236 Tests Pending Results (-1 in one day)
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 website [LINK] reports 125,219 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,969 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 125,532 confirmed cases from 1,837,410 targeted tests, and 1,057 hospitalized and 1,982 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 137,630 people infected and 2,043 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]
Videos
(sorry, no video segment today)
Sports, Entertainment, and Crowded Venues
The NFL will fine players up to $50,000 for breaking coronavirus rules [LINK]
Odell Beckham Jr. Said NFL Should Cancel Season: Owners 'Don't See Us as Human [LINK]
25 infected at Bible camp in Oregon. [LINK]
15 more TSA workers at Charlotte airport test positive for COVID-19 [LINK]
First cruises to set sail post COVID-19 abruptly canceled due to outbreak — More than 40 aboard the ship have been infected as cruise CEO admits failure. [LINK]
Can You Test Positive for Coronavirus and Be at Work? Sports Leagues Say Yes [LINK]
Asheville City Schools suspend summer workouts after 4 athletes test positive for COVID-19 [LINK]
1000 person house party busted in Tennessee [LINK]
Rafael Nadal won't play in US Open, cites coronavirus concerns [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
Hydroxychloroquine not effective, time to 'move on:' White House coronavirus testing chief Giroir [LINK]
Disgraced Nevada researcher behind Fauci COVID-19 conspiracy theory [LINK]
Structure of the Pandemic [LINK]
Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients [LINK]
No one really knows why coronavirus thrives so well in slaughterhouses. Here are three theories [LINK]
RLF-100 (aviptadil) trial shows rapid recovery in Covid-19 patients [LINK]
Regeneron’s Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail in Primates [LINK]
Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-based 3-month Follow-up Study [LINK]
One scientist’s six-point recovery plan to tackle COVID-19 anxiety [LINK]
Ancient Part of Immune System May Underpin Severe COVID [LINK]
Magnitude and Dynamics of the T-Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Both Individual and Population Levels [LINK]
Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs dendritic cell and T cell responses [LINK]
Serum Iron Level as a Potential Predictor of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Severity and Mortality: A Retrospective Study [LINK]
BMI is Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Intensive Care Unit Admission in African Americans [LINK]
A cytokine super cyclone in COVID-19 patients with risk factors: the therapeutic potential of BCG immunization [LINK]
Exploring Drug Repurposing for COVID-19 Treatment [LINK]
FDA approves expanded access to Wilmington company’s experimental Covid-19 therapy [LINK]
Masks, Masks, Masks
(Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!)
People perceive mask-wearers to be more trustworthy and socially desirable -- yet more likely to be ill [LINK]
Anti maskers existed during the pandemic 100 years ago - and one was shot on the street. [LINK]
Despite Mask Wars, Americans Support Aggressive Measures To Stop COVID-19, Poll Finds [LINK]
Man fires at officers with AK-47 a day after refusing to wear a mask, police say [LINK]
Don't wear a mask in Houston, receive $250 fine [LINK]
Hundreds seen at massive house party in Los Angeles, many without masks [LINK]
Back to School
Download a PDF of "LIGHTING OUR WAY FORWARD: North Carolina's Guidebook for Re-opening Schools" [LINK]
Using social contact data to predict and compare the impact of social distancing policies with implications for school re-opening [LINK]
Finding a path to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic [LINK]
ew Orleans councilman: 'I would rather have students dumb and alive than have them educated and dead' [LINK]
Teachers returned to a Georgia school district last week. 260 employees have already gone home to quarantine. [LINK]
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well. [LINK]
Another major Mass. teachers union calls for full remote learning to start school year [LINK]
Indiana Students and Teachers no longer required to wear masks if they can maintain 3-6 feet social distance [LINK]
Arkansas teachers protest re-opening schools amid COVID-19 crisis [LINK]
San Antonio teacher writes will ahead of school year ‘in the event I pass away’ of COVID-19 [LINK]
With coronavirus cases reported at some reopened schools, protesters take to the streets with fake coffins [LINK]
AZ: “Our state is simply not ready to have all our students and educators congregate in school facilities," Kathy Hoffman wrote. [LINK]
The United States Is Reopening Many of the Wrong Schools [LINK]
U.N. chief: World faces 'generational catastrophe' due to COVID-19 school closures [LINK]
Eleven southeast Kansas school leaders attended Branson retreat; six now have COVID [LINK]
Report: Massive COVID-19 outbreak hits Rutgers football team [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
Top Federal Reserve official says US needs another lockdown to save economy [LINK]
Drastic Decline in ER Visits Suggests Many People Avoided Critical Medical Care in March and April [LINK]
Trump on coronavirus death toll: 'It is what it is' [LINK]
Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states [LINK]
Rural America Could Be Hardest Hit by COVID-19 [LINK]
Kodak reportedly under SEC investigation over disclosure of U.S. drug producing deal [LINK]
U.S. needs to get daily cases down to 10,000 before fall, Fauci says [LINK]
Clorox won't have enough disinfecting wipes until 2021, its CEO says [LINK]
Most Americans support single, national strategy to combat COVID-19 [LINK]
Florida: 5 Who Attended Same Meeting as DeSantis Test Positive [LINK]
'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases [LINK]
Shopper who coughed on a cancer patient at Florida Pier 1 arrested on assault charge [LINK]
Homestead teen dies after being intubated in hospital with COVID-19 [LINK]
'Potential Surge' Nearly every Tennessee county has unacceptable virus transmission rate [LINK]
Teens in 3 Michigan counties hit by COVID-19 outbreak — and parties may be to blame [LINK]
auci: No one can predict how bad the pandemic will get this fall [LINK]
Tens of Thousands Positive COVID Results in Texas Not Reported, Officials Say [LINK]
‘It's Devastating': Fort Lauderdale Man Who Lost Bakery Dies Due to COVID-19 [LINK]
Critically ill COVID-19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF-100 [LINK]
'It's just going to be like this now': These Wisconsinites survived COVID-19, but 'recovery' hasn't meant a return to normal [LINK]
‘We made a big mistake’: How California GOP consultant and his wife contracted COVID-19 [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Germany debates curbing freedom of assembly after coronavirus rallies [LINK]
Berlin rally against Coronavirus rules features neo-Nazis, anti-Semitic displays [LINK]
Second COVID wave highly likely to hit France this year, scientists say [LINK]
France’s ongoing COVID-19 economic recovery [LINK]
AI helps doctors fight COVID-19 in Brazil [LINK]
Ecuador is close to overtaking China in coronavirus cases [LINK]
Mayor of Itajaà - SC, Brazil, suggests treating Covid-19 infections by rectal administration of ozone [PORTUGESE]
Pandemic pushes Mexico's 'lucha libre' wrestlers outdoors and online [LINK]
Colombia businesses struggle amid rising coronavirus infections [LINK]
One person is dying of COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran: state TV [LINK]
Coronavirus: Data leak reveals true death toll in Iran three times official figures, says report [LINK]
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Published at 6:00pm on Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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