News and Weather Briefing for Friday, June 12, 2020

OUTLOOK

Expect dry and pleasant conditions across the area today and Saturday. An unsettled weather pattern returns to the area Sunday and continues into next week with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible each day.

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]



Most recent Local Government Meetings

The Macon County Board of Commissioners met on June 2nd. [LINK]

The Franklin Town Council met on June 1st. Members of the public and local media outlets were allowed in the town hall. [LINK]



General Forecast Through Sunday Night

Today

Partly cloudy. Highs ranging from the 70s in the higher elevations to near 80 in the valleys. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. WInds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Sunny. Highs in the 70s. WInds out of the north around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph in the morning, shifting to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Sunday Night

A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Hazards

Hazardous weather is not expected today. An isolated thunderstorm is possible in the afternoon.



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Tropical Weather
(The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th)







Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.



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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 37,160 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,029 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 38,171 confirmed cases from 553,650 targeted tests, and 780 hospitalized and 1,053 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 38,473 people infected and 1,090 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

COVID-19 Data for Macon County from Coronaction. [LINK]

Detected 158
Recovered 42
Deceased 1
Actives 115

Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK] http://www.maconnc.org/health-department.html

Detected 173
Recovered 17
Deceased 1
Actives 155

Testing Data

MCPH Tests 1,938
Other Tests 423
Total Tests 2,361
Pending 354




Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]

Dr John Campbell

World Update for June 11th


Message for the World and India



Research

Coronavirus Vaccine Update, June 11 [LINK]

Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 [LINK]

Moderna Advances Late-Stage Development of its Vaccine (mRNA-1273) Against COVID-19 [LINK]

PRESS RELEASE: Danish vaccine against coronavirus passes tests in mice [LINK]

PRESS RELEASE: Editors of The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine: Pharmaceutical Companies are so Financially Powerful They Pressure us to Accept Papers [LINK]

Influence of conflicts of interest on public positions in the COVID-19 era, the case of Gilead Sciences [LINK]




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Published at 6:03am on Friday, June 12, 2020