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 2nd and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 7th [LINK]
325 Detected Cases (unchanged)
113 Active Positive (unchanged)
211 Recovered (unchanged)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3403 MCPH Tests (unchanged)
951 Tests by Others (unchanged)
4354 Total Tests unchanged)
413 Tests Pending Results (unchanged)
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 74,529 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,396 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 75,875 confirmed cases from 1,071,290 targeted tests, and 989 hospitalized and 1,420 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 75,457 people infected and 1,436 deaths.
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/north-carolina-coronavirus-cases.html
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Videos
Dr John Campbell
Increased blood clotting
What Does an Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection Look Like?
SciShow News COVID-19 News & Updates Video Playlist [LINK]
What if a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Never Developed?
Medcram Video
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 94: Inhaled Steroids COVID-19 Treatment; New Pneumonia in Kazakhstan?
Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID-19 is a topic that has generated significant interest during this pandemic, especially after dexamethasone was shown to reduce mortality in the RECOVERY randomized controlled trials. Dr. Seheult of https://www.medcram.com discusses what we know about inhaled steroids for the treatment of coronavirus, data on patients with asthma, and controversy about a new possible strain of pneumonia in Kazakhstan. (This video was recorded July 10, 2020).
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
The COVID-19 Vaccine Race: Status update as of July 5 2020 [LINK]
44% of COVID-19 cases are the result of transmission during the pre-symptomatic phase. Median time of symptom onset is 5 days. Infectiousness begins at 2 days [LINK]
COVID-19 in Children and the Dynamics of Infection in Families [LINK]
An adult with Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 [LINK]
Why COVID-19 Silent Hypoxemia is Baffling to Physicians [LINK]
A vaccine that contains a self-amplifying version of the the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RNA within a lipid nanoparticle elicits a robust antibody and immune cell response in mice without antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) [LINK]
ICU admissions and in-hospital deaths linked to covid-19 in the Paris region are correlated with previously observed ambient temperature [LINK]
Incidence of Stress Cardiomyopathy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic [LINK]
Obesity, walking pace and risk of severe COVID-19: Analysis of UK Biobank [LINK]
In Search of Preventative Strategies: Novel Anti-Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Sativa Extracts Modulate ACE2 Expression in COVID-19 Gateway Tissues [LINK]
Global COVID-19 registry finds strokes associated with COVID-19 are more severe, have worse outcomes and higher mortality [LINK]
Working memory capacity predicts individual differences in social-distancing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States [LINK]
Inflammatory olfactory neuropathy in two patients with COVID-19 [LINK]
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Measures Reports From a National Survey of 9,120 ICU Clinicians [LINK]
Tissue-specific tolerance in fatal Covid-19 [LINK]
Clinical characteristics of 82 cases of death from COVID-19 [LINK]
News Outlets
Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality And Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations [LINK]
Despite hopes that it would, summer weather has not stopped virus’s spread in the U.S. [LINK]
U.S. sets record for new COVID cases third day in a row at over 69,000 [LINK]
28 percent of all deaths in the United states are due to Covid19, Pneumonia, and Influenza [LINK]
If everyone wears a mask, 58% of Covid-19 deaths could be prevented by fall, study says [LINK]
Syracuse, NY: Asymptomatic Child Spread Disease to At least 16 After Being Sent to In-Home Daycare by a Mom Who Didn’t Report Symptoms. Daycare Owner Did Temperature Checks And Sanitized Objects, but Couldn’t Detect or Prevent Spread from Asymptomatic Child. [LINK]
37-year-old Port Clinton war vet dies from COVID-19 complications on Fourth of July Richard Rose in April posted on Facebook that he would not wear a mask. In an unlikely turn of events, he lost his battle with COVID-19 three months later. [LINK]
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Florida reopened too fast, jumping ‘over a couple of checkpoints' [LINK]
Florida County Commissioner Who Voted Against Masks In Hospital With COVID [LINK]
Tuscaloosa man dies of COVID-19, family says he refused to wear mask [LINK]
Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder' [LINK]
Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surge in Florida [LINK]
Coronavirus rages in Orange County, but don't tell that to Disney fans [LINK]
More than 11,000 children test positive for coronavirus in Florida [LINK]
Dozens of Florida hospitals max out of ICU capacity amid surge in COVID-19 cases [LINK]
Florida restaurant shuts down after cook calls to report COVID diagnosis but 'felt good' -- and dies hours later [LINK]
'I thought this was a hoax': Patient in their 30s dies after attending 'COVID party' [LINK]
Up to 4,000 coronavirus cases prevented by NYC contact tracers [LINK]
Elderly maskless man wields gun after getting kicked out of Arizona yogurt shop [LINK]
Las Vegas casinos hiding infections of employees [LINK]
Bases locked down as dozens of US Marines in Okinawa get Covid-19 [LINK]
Coronavirus: California reports record-high ICU usage and hospitalizations [LINK]
Richard Rose: Ohio Man Dies of COVID-19 After Saying Masks Were Hype [LINK]
As Texas morgues fill up, refrigerator trucks are on the way in several counties [LINK]
'In A Fight For Our Lives': Mississippi Issues New Mask Order Amid COVID-19 Spike - NPR - July 10th, 2020 [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Merkel: You can't fight the pandemic with lies [LINK]
Thousands march for French bus driver who died after face mask attack by passengers [LINK]
German club plans mass virus testing to fill stadium again [LINK]
Coronavirus Lies Backfire On Belarus Strongman Lukashenko [LINK]
Coronavirus updates: outbreaks hit Catalonia’s second largest city [LINK]
Romania reports, once again, a record number of new cases: 698. [ROMAINIAN]
Woman says bartender used her coronavirus tracing information to message her on Facebook [LINK]
Low spread of infection among Stockholm's homeless (translation in comments) [SWEDISH]
Romania could reinstate state of emergency at 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in 3-4 days, health minister says [LINK]
China's CanSino in talks for COVID vaccine Phase III trial overseas [LINK]
Japanese governor demands U.S. military meeting after coronavirus outbreak in Okinawa bases [LINK]
Herd immunity against COVID-19 may be off the table [LINK]
How Covid-19 can damage the brain [LINK]
Virus Storm Threatens to Engulf South Africa’s Hospitals [LINK]
Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa [LINK]
COVID-19: Mass gravesites prepared in Gauteng [LINK]
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is now reaching 'full speed' [LINK]
Congo virus funds embezzled by 'mafia network', says deputy minister [LINK]
More people have died in Africa from coronavirus than during worst Ebola outbreak [LINK]
Egypt's Social Media Discovered Its Coronavirus Crisis [LINK]
Coronavirus: Kenyan schools to remain closed until 2021 [LINK]
African mistrust of Western vaccines threatens coronavirus fight [LINK]
Deciding who lives and dies in a Cape Town township [LINK]
'We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters [LINK]
Africa's unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19 [LINK]
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Published at 5:05pm on Saturday, July 11, 2020
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