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 July 20th and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 20th [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.
401 Detected Cases (+20 since Friday)
124 Active Positive (-2 since Friday)
256 Recovered (+22 in one day since Friday)
1 Death (unchanged since Friday)
Testing Data for Macon County
3733 MCPH Tests (+77 since Friday)
976 Tests by Others (+26 since Friday)
4706 Total Tests (+106 since Friday)
325 Tests Pending Results (+35 since Friday)
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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 97,958 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,629 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 99,778 confirmed cases from 1,394,864 targeted tests, and 1,115 hospitalized and 1,634 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 99,803 people infected and 1,652 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
Dr John Campbell
Long term immunity more likely
Changes in data gathering
Sources:
Trump Administration Orders Hospitals To Bypass CDC, Send COVID-19 Data To Washington [LINK]
US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here’s what this means for the world [LINK]
COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs
For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting
Updated July 10, 2020 [PDF]
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 98: At Home COVID-19 Testing - A Possible Breakthrough
The current COVID-19 testing strategy in the United States is estimated by the CDC to pick up less than 10% of infections. Dr. Seheult of MedCram.com features snippets from a recent This Week in Virology (Episode 640) with Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard who explains that the technology exists for at home, inexpensive, self-administered, "paper" COVID-19 tests that are likely accurate enough to pick up the vast majority infectious cases of COVID-19. And how lower sensitivity of inexpensive tests may be ideal for a screening test that is performed with high frequency. Utilization of paper type COVID-19 tests may provide the optimal path forward to curtail the growth of COVID-19 and open schools and our economy in a much safer way. (This video was recorded July 20, 2020).
LINKS / REFERENCES:
This Week in Virology Episode 640 | [LINK]
New England Journal of Medicine | [LINK]
NYU Study on Abbott ID Now | [LINK]
New York Times | [LINK]
Test Sensitivity is Secondary to Frequency (Dr. Mina) | [LINK]
Abbott ID Now | [LINK]
CNN Test Costs | [LINK]
Johns Hopkins Tracker | [LINK]
Live Science | [LINK]
Korean CDC | [LINK]
Washington Post | [PAYWALLED] [GOOGLE CACHE]
Reuters | [LINK]
WNC COVID-19 News
NC-120 Representative Kevin Corbin Holds Town Hall in Murphy from WKRK
Tip of the iceberg: What’s WNC’s true rate of COVID-19? [LINK]
Gloria Pincu reflects on her battle with COVID-19 [LINK]
COVID-19: Contact tracing fears, rumors vs. how it really happens [LINK]
NCHSAA pushes fall sports back to Sept. 1 [LINK]
Coronavirus cluster found at Cherokee casino [LINK]
COVID-19 cases grow to 149 in Haywood; 124 are isolated or in quarantine [LINK]
Jackson County Department of Public Health Identifies COVID-19 Outbreak at Local Skilled Nursing Facility [LINK]
HIGHLANDS: Ask the Mayor Sunday July 19th, 2020 [LINK]
Highlands Town Board mandates wearing masks in commercial areas [LINK]
Revised Franklin High School Class of 2020 Graduation Plans [LINK]
Pandemic Heroes
Peruvian businessman who sold oxygen at low price amid pandemic despite high demand, known as the "Angel of Oxygen" has died due tu Covid - 19 [LINK]
At least 120,000 Americans are needed to test COVID-19 vaccines. A 'very encouraging' 107,000 are so far signed up. [LINK]
Almost 1 million Brazilians sign-up to volunteer for vaccine trials. 9k will be selected. [LINK]
100 year old Captain Tom Moore has now been knighted after raising almost £33m for the NHS during the coronavirus.
Captain Tom Moore has been knighted by the Queen during a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Sir Tom earned himself the honour after raising almost £33m for the NHS during the coronavirus crisis. The 100-year-old Second World War veteran set out on his challenge to walk 100 lengths of his Bedfordshire garden before reaching 100.
Mental Health
Your 'Doomscrolling' Breeds Anxiety. Here's How To Stop The Cycle [LINK]
Discussion on mental health amid COVID 19 fear [LINK]
Women leaders call for integrating mental health into COVID-19 response [LINK]
Managing eating disorders and mental health during COVID-19 [LINK]
[Video] - Doctor who survived COVID-19 creates app to help medical workers monitor mental [LINK]
Mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19 [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
How a vaccine gets made, explained (to kids) [LINK]
Coronavirus: Six types of COVID-19 identified by scientists in 'major' breakthrough for treatment | UK News [LINK]
New study reveals Oxford coronavirus vaccine produces strong immune response [LINK]
Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Agreement with the United Kingdom for 30 Million Doses of mRNA-based Vaccine Candidate against SARS-CoV-2 [LINK]
SARS-CoV-2 failure to infect or replicate in mosquitoes: an extreme challenge [LINK]
Social distancing alters the clinical course of COVID-19 in young adults: A comparative cohort study [LINK]
Dynamics and significance of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection [LINK]
COVID-19 Patient with Multifocal Pneumonia and Respiratory Difficulty Resolved Quickly: Possible Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of Quercinex (Nebulized Quercetin-NAC) as Adjuvant [LINK]
The Infectious Nature of Patient-Generated SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol [LINK]
A Preceding Low-virulence Strain Pandemic Inducing Immunity Against COVID-19 [LINK]
Bacteriophages Could Be a Potential Game Changer in the Trajectory of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) [LINK]
Large-scale Multi-omic Analysis of COVID-19 Severity [LINK]
Melatonin Inhibits COVID-19-induced Cytokine Storm by Reversing Aerobic Glycolysis in Immune Cells: A Mechanistic Analysis [LINK]
Serology testing in the COVID-19 pandemic response [LINK]
The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to end the pandemic [LINK]
Masks, Masks, Masks
MIT researchers create a reusable silicone mask to replace the N95 [LINK]
CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 [LINK]
Unlike the United States, more and more countries are making masks mandatory [LINK]
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Making sense of the research on COVID-19 and masks [LINK]
'Masks Work': Mass General Brigham Study Finds Masks Significantly Cut Coronavirus Cases And Limited The Spread Of Coronavirus Among Health Care Workers In Boston During The State's Surge [LINK]
Ingles joins list of grocery stores now requiring customers to wear face coverings [LINK]
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Coronavirus Face Masks & Protection FAQs [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wastes COVID-19 funds on luring tourists to pandemic hotspots [LINK]
(GA) 'Nobody dies at school': Marietta to only offer virtual learning for now [LINK]
U.S. companies fear workplace coronavirus precautions do not address airborne risk [LINK]
'We need to close down' — Florida reports more than 10,000 coronavirus cases for fifth day [LINK]
Mom who nearly died due to COVID-19 meets her newborn son 1 month after birth [LINK]
‘I’m not willing to go’: Canadian truckers worry about entering U.S. due to coronavirus - National [LINK]
At least 3,958 people in Texas have died of coronavirus. Nearly 20% of those deaths were reported in the past week. [LINK]
Florida Virus ‘Out of Control,’ Los Angeles Is on the Brink [LINK]
The End Of $600 Unemployment Benefits Will Hit Millions Of Households And The Economy [LINK]
Gov of Georgia is trying to get a gag order against Mayor of Atlanta for defying him and making masks mandatory. [LINK]
U.S. will finally use coronavirus testing method that let Wuhan test 6.5 million people in 10 days [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020 [LINK]
BBC News - Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine can train immune system [LINK]
American tourists banned in Bahamas after latest U.S. coronavirus numbers [LINK]
Elderly couple married for 61 years leave hospital together after recovering from coronavirus [LINK]
How Taiwan beat the coronavirus [LINK]
COVID-19: Smart Lockdown Results Pakistan Vs Neighbours - BUALinks [LINK]
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Published at 6:00pm on Monday, July 20, 2020
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