Since the COVID-19 Updates have grown ever larger, Macon Media has decided to begin posting them as separate articles so people who do not want to wade through several dozen links and videos, don't have to do do. 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. To start us off, Wikipedia has a list of known pandemics throughout history. [LINK]
Headlines
Governor Roy Cooper Issues "Stay at Home" Order for the state to mitigate the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 [LINK]
The Town of Franklin and Macon County have added further restrictions to the State of Emergency currently in effect. [LINK]
COVID-19 Update for March 25th
The CDC website [LINK] reports 764 people in North Carolina are infected with 2 deaths and that the infections are spreading person-to-person, the NCDHHS website [LINK] also reports 763 cases and 3 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 944 people infected and 5 deaths.
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Good News
Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public [LINK]
Kennels go empty after every animal gets adopted at Colorado shelter amid outbreak [LINK]
U.S. Approves Abbott Labs Five-Minute ‘Rapid’ Coronavirus Test [LINK]
MLB uniform maker to make up to 1 million masks, gowns for healthcare workers [LINK]
Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer, Wife Donating More than $25 Million for COVID-19 Relief [LINK]
Google donates $800 million in cash and ads to fight coronavirus [LINK]
Social distancing appears to be working in Oregon, experts say [LINK]
Florida man leaves whopping $10K tip for serving staff to split amid coronavirus spread [LINK]
Why the oldest restaurant in San Francisco refuses to lay off a single employee [LINK]
Coronavirus Video Briefings
World Health Organization Briefing
White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
Governor's Coronavirus Briefing for North Carolina
English
Spanish
General Articles
Coronavirus: NHS staff first to receive 'antigen testing' for COVID-19 [LINK]
Mystery In Wuhan: Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Negative ... Then Positive [LINK]
China Shuts Down All Cinemas, Again [LINK]
96% of small business owners are already feeling coronavirus impact [LINK]
Coronavirus cases in India surge to 873, death toll at 19. State-wise tally [LINK]
Watch the impact a large gathering can have over a much wider area in terms of potential virus spread
Want to see the true potential impact of ignoring social distancing? Through a partnership with @xmodesocial, we analyzed secondary locations of anonymized mobile devices that were active at a single Ft. Lauderdale beach during spring break. This is where they went across the US: pic.twitter.com/3A3ePn9Vin— Tectonix GEO (@TectonixGEO) March 25, 2020
What we’re learning from Iceland this week is as fascinating as it is crucial to fighting the coronavirus epidemic: That somewhere in the neighborhood of half of everyone testing positive for the coronavirus will show absolutely no symptoms. [LINK]
Rural Coronavirus Cases Increase by 28% in Past Day [LINK]
This map shows how millions of Americans are isolated with no internet during coronavirus pandemic [LINK]
Mayor: Teenager with COVID-19 died after initially being denied care over insurance [LINK]
March 27th Update from Dr John Campbell
With 425 new cases, number of patients in Israel rises to 3,460
50 of the diagnosed are in serious condition, 73 moderate; majority are staying at home under monitoring; country preparing for potential full closure this week [LINK]
The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic [LINK]
These 29 photos will show you what the COVID-19 pandemic looks like around the world [LINK]
OVER 900 FLORIDA HEALTHCARE WORKERS SIGN PETITION ASKING GOVERNOR TO ORDER PEOPLE TO SHELTER IN PLACE AMID COVID-19 [LINK]
Coronavirus pandemic could inflict emotional trauma and PTSD on an unprecedented scale, scientists warn [LINK]
LA mayor says city is likely 5 days away from coronavirus reaching NYC-level [LINK]
Bill Gates: Entire country needs to shut down for 6-10 weeks to effectively fight coronavirus [LINK]
Over 500 NYPD members test positive for coronavirus [LINK]
‘They Need Us’: Cuomo Urges Strength as NY Cases Near 46K, More Than 600 Dead
Hospitals are stretched to capacity -- and being asked to stretch further -- as the peak of the crisis threatens to hit earlier than projected; to date, more than 56,000 have been infected and 738 have died in NY, NJ and CT [LINK]
High Schoolers & College Students May Not Be Eligible For Stimulus Checks [LINK]
Endangered gorillas at risk of coronavirus
Congo’s Virunga National Park, home to about a third of the world’s mountain gorillas, is barring visitors until 1 June [LINK]
Research
Investigation into how smoking impacts patients [LINK]
Simulating an epidemic
Respiratory Health for Better COVID-19 Outcomes [LINK]
Sweden refuses to lockdown the country in 'huge experiment' on coronavirus [LINK]
Bad People
CORONAVIRUS
Woman who coughed on $35K worth of grocery store food charged with four felonies [LINK]
Austin company looking to dock paychecks for those receiving stimulus checks [LINK]
Watch: Amazon delivery driver caught SPITTING ON PACKAGE, leaves it on customer’s front porch [LINK]
Archive
March 27th Updates [LINK]
March 26th Update [LINK]
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Published at 5:30am on Saturday, March 28, 2020
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