OUTLOOK
Dry and cool air will mix in from the northwest today and linger through Monday. By Wednesday, muggy and warm air moves in with thunderstorms expected each afternoon into the weekend.
GoFundMe Established to Benefit Children of David and Dawn Head
On Saturday, 5/23/2020, Macon County Sheriff's Deputy David Head and his wife, Dawn, a Physical Therapist with Highlands/Cashiers Hospital, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. They leave behind four children, Jeslyn Head (17), J.D. Head (13), Erin Sanborn (17), and Sidney Sanborn (19). This fund has been set up by the employees of the Macon County Sheriff's Office in an effort to help all 4 children of David and Dawn Head. [LINK]
News Briefing Moved to Between the Weather Segment and COVID-19 Segment
Due to the length of this morning's news briefing, it has been moved to after the weather briefing segment and before the COVID-19. Scroll down to see it.
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Today
Patchy fog this morning. Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 70s in the higher elevations to near 80 in the main valley around Franklin and Otto. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny. Highs in the 70s to near 80. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s to the lower 80s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows ranging from around 60 down into the 50s.
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Tropical Weather
(The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th)
Special Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun May 31 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to discuss the area of low pressure over the central Atlantic and the potential for tropical cyclone formation over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
1. An area of low pressure located about 350 miles east of Bermuda is producing limited shower activity. The low is forecast to move northeastward at 5 to 10 mph later today, and development is not expected due to unfavorable environmental conditions.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent.
2. Tropical Depression Two-E, located near the Pacific coasts of Guatemala and El Salvador, is forecast to move inland and dissipate over Guatemala or southeastern Mexico by tonight. However, the remnants are expected to turn northwestward within a broader developing area of disturbed weather, possibly emerging over the Bay of Campeche on Monday. If the remnants do move back over water, environmental conditions appear conducive to support some redevelopment of the system while it moves little during much of the upcoming week. Regardless of redevelopment, heavy rainfall is likely over portions of southern Mexico during the next few days. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook will be issued later this morning by 9 AM EDT.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
End Daily Weather Segment
Begin News Briefing
Two Americans Launch Into Space Aboard a SpaceX Dragon Capsule
SpaceX Demo-2 (also referred to as Crew Demo-2, and Dragon Crew Demo-2) is a crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which launched yesterday at 3:22pm. Demo-2 is the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission (STS-135 [LINK]) in 2011, and also the first-ever operated by a commercial provider. The mission, which launched spacecraft commander Douglas Hurley and joint-operations commander Robert Behnken to the International Space Station, is also the first two-person orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since STS-4 in 1982 [LINK]. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 10:29am.
Recap Video by NASA
SpaceX Ongoing Live Coverage Through Docking
SpaceX will provide live coverage of the flight through the docking with the Internation Space Station later this morning at 10am.
Postflight News Conference
NASA has a live stream channel on Youtube that will also be providing live coverage of operations during this mission.
Crew Dragon Schedule Update:
6:45 am – Downlink event w/ Crew Dragon
10:27am – Docking
12:45pm – Hatch Opening
1:15pm - Welcome ceremony
3:15pm - Post-arrival News Conf
* Admin. Jim Bridenstine, NASA
* Mark Geyer, JSC
* Pat Forrester, NASA
End of NASA continuous coverage.
Astronauts were awakened at 4:49am this morning with "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath.
County Holds Press Conference on COVID-19 Situation
The Macon County Health Department held a press conference to disseminate information to local and regional news outlets. In attendance were: WLOS-TV (2 people), PLateua Daily News, The Highlander, Macon County News, Blue Ridge Public Radio, WFSC-AM/WNCC-FM, The Franklin Press, and Macon Media.
Here is the full video of the event.
The video and commentary thread on Facebook [LINK]
County Commissioners Hold Budget Work Session
The Macvn County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session Tuesday. Video and supporting documents are on the website. [LINK]
End News Briefing Segment
Begin COVID-19 Update
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 26,488 people in North Carolina are infected, 859 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 27,673 confirmed cases from 404,157 targeted tests, and 638 hospitalized and 877 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 27,794 people infected and 929 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).
COVID-19 Data for Macon County from Coronaction. [LINK] https://coronaction.net
Detected 62
Recovered 14
Deceased 1
Actives 47
Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK]
Detected 70
Recovered 3
Deceased 1
Actives 66
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
How coronavirus spreads outdoors vs. indoors
Dr John Campbell:
Asymptomatic infection
MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 76: Antibody Testing False Positives in COVID-19
Research
(repeat from yesterday)
Going along with the theme of Dr John Campbell's video, here are some links to several studies, research, and clinical trials that have and are being conducted as part of humanity's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Don't be afraid to try to read some of these papers and be sure to use Google (or your favorite search engine) to help you understand some words and concepts.
ASU develops state’s first saliva-based COVID-19 test [LINK]
Forecasting the Spread of COVID-19 under Different Reopening Strategies [LINK]
Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [LINK]
Visualizing the invisible: The effect of asymptomatic transmission on the outbreak dynamics of COVID-19 [LINK]
Small droplet aerosols in poorly ventilated spaces and SARS-CoV-2 transmission [LINK]
Population-scale testing can suppress the spread of COVID-19 [LINK]
Impact of Superspreaders on dissemination and mitigation of COVID-19 [LINK]
Comprehensive Transcriptomic Analysis of COVID-19 Blood, Lung, and Airway [LINK]
Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans [LINK]
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case series [LINK]
The Spectrum of Cardiac Manifestations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - a Systematic Echocardiographic Study. [LINK]
Two thirds of people contacted through tracing did not fully cooperate, pilot scheme finds [LINK]
Death threats after a trial on chloroquine for COVID-19 [LINK]
Trained Immunity: a Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection [LINK]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Alteration of the Brain in a Patient With COVID-19 and Anosmia [LINK]
Famotidine, Histamine, and the Coronavirus [LINK]
Features of COVID-19 post-infectious cytokine release syndrome in children presenting to the emergency department [LINK]
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection [LINK]
Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin and Doxycycline in Combination or IVE Alone in Patients With COVID-19 Infection. [LINK]
Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York City area [LINK]
Single-dose replicating RNA vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primates [LINK]
Modeling the thermal inactivation of viruses from the Coronaviridae family in suspensions or on surfaces with various relative humidities [LINK]
Treatment of COVID-19 Patients with Convalescent Plasma [LINK]
Reduction of secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a cohort study in Beijing, China [LINK]
Lessons Learned to Date on COVID-19 Hyperinflammatory Syndrome: Considerations for Interventions to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Infection and Detrimental Hyperinflammation [LINK]
COVID-19 Testing, Epidemic Features, Hospital Outcomes, and Household Prevalence, New York State—March 2020 [LINK]
Reduced Vitamin K Status as A Potentially Modifiable Prognostic Risk Factor in COVID-19 [LINK]
Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank [LINK]
Report 25 - Response to COVID-19 in South Korea and implications for lifting stringent interventions [LINK]
Two anti-inflammatory drugs found that inhibit the replication of the COVID-19 virus [LINK]
Development and Utilization of a Rapid and Accurate Epidemic Investigation Support System for COVID-19 [LINK]
Study finds surge in hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine prescriptions during COVID-19 [LINK]
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Published at 6:00am on Sunday, May 31, 2020
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