COVID-19 Update for Thursday Afternoon, July 8, 2020

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. First Section is a repeat of the local and state numbers that were in this morning, briefing in the news and weather report on Macon Media.



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]
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 2nd and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 7th [LINK]




321 Detected Cases (+11 in one day)
113 Active Positive (+1 in one day)
207 Recovered (+10 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)

Testing Data for Macon County

3268 MCPH Tests (+3 in one day)
936 Tests by Others (+ 3 in one day)
4201 Total Tests (+3 in one day)
312 Tests Pending Results (-27 in one day)




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


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Videos from Medical Professionals

Dr John Campbell

239 Scientists agree on Aerosolization transmission

Medcram Video

Coronavirus Pandemic Update 93: Antibodies, Immunity, & Prevalence of COVID-19 - New Data from Spain



Why Does COVID-19 Have So Many Symptoms?



Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such

If someone asks: What's the evidence for mask wearing? Here is a list of *SEVENTY* papers, including reviews/meta-analysis and individual studies, in reverse chronological order. [LINK]

The best (and worst) materials for masks [LINK]

Your Mask Cuts Own Risk by 65 Percent [LINK]

SARS-CoV-2 virus culture from the upper respiratory tract: Correlation with viral load, subgenomic viral RNA and duration of illness [LINK]

Androgen Regulates SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Levels and Is Associated with Severe COVID-19 Symptoms in Men [LINK]

Hydroxychloroquine as an aerosol might markedly reduce and even prevent severe clinical symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection [LINK]

High levels of SARS-CoV-2 specific T-cells with restricted functionality in patients with severe course of COVID-19 [LINK]

Melatonin as adjuvant treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia patients requiring hospitalization (MAC-19 PRO): a case series [LINK]

Air recirculation role in the infection with COVID-19, lessons learned from Diamond Princess cruise ship [LINK]



Press Releases

Moderna Completes Enrollment of Phase 2 Study of its mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) [LINK]




Government and Quasi-Government Agencies

Coronavirus Briefing: NC Gov. Roy Cooper (07/09/20)





WHO weekly Member States information session on COVID-19




News Outlets

Coronavirus deaths are rising in hotspots [LINK]

Coronavirus expert says Americans will be wearing masks for ‘several years’ [LINK]

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again. [LINK]

This 60-Second Hack To Make Your Face Mask Fit Better [LINK]

10-year-old boy being treated for COVID-19; mom says 'it's not a joke' [LINK]

Covid-19: what will happen to the global economy? | The Economist



Job losses remain 'enormous': Coronavirus unemployment claims are worst in history [LINK]

COVID-19 Media Briefing: The pandemic’s impact on Black communities



Florida man, His 3 Sons Who Sold Toxic Bleach As COVID-19 Miracle Cure Charged [LINK]

Florida reports record 120 new coronavirus deaths (vs previous high of 83 in April [LINK]

CDC director says agency won't revise school reopening guidelines despite WH push [LINK]

Top Pediatrician Says States Shouldn't Force Schools To Reopen If Virus Is Surging [LINK]

With No End in Sight to the Coronavirus, Some Teachers Are Retiring Rather Than Go Back to School [LINK]

States with severe coronavirus outbreaks should 'seriously look at shutting down' - Dr. Fauci [LINK]

Florida Coronavirus Patient Dies After Two Hospitals Turn Her Away [LINK] 

Illinois Gov. Pritzker says states were forced to compete in 'sick Hunger Games' competition for PPE without national coronavirus plan: "the federal government needs to institute some national rules, including a mask mandate, as well as to provide more testing supplies" [LINK]

California governor says schools will reopen when the data shows it is safe to do so [LINK]

California records highest single-day coronavirus toll: 149 deaths [LINK]

Two arrested after coughing on Walmart employees, refusing to wear masks, AZ cops say [LINK]

Over 1,000 TSA agents have tested positive for COVID-19 [LINK]

U.S. coronavirus cases rise by over 60,000, setting single-day record [LINK]

Tulsa health official says Trump rally "likely contributed" to spike in coronavirus cases [LINK]

Texas parents face a frightening lack of information on coronavirus risks in child care centers [LINK]

ACC delaying start of fall sports until Sept. 1 [LINK]

Nashville pulls out of MLS Is Back Tournament [LINK]

Georgia sees dramatic rise in COVID-19 patients in hospitals [LINK]

Federal workers are returning to the office. Some members of Congress say they shouldn’t be. [LINK]

Harvard public health experts warn coronavirus is as ‘lethal as ever’ - “A false narrative is wrongly taking hold that COVID-19 has lost its teeth.” [LINK]



COVID-19 Around the World

Neo-Nazis telling followers to ‘deliberately infect’ Jews and Muslims with coronavirus, report warns [LINK]

Tearful WHO director calls for global unity to fight the virus following U.S. pullout [LINK]

Taiwan marks 91 days without new local coronavirus case [LINK]

WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on COVID-19 and vaccine development in Africa



Battling COVID-19: Government Press Briefing On The Current Situation Of Coronavirus In India



Ontario Premier Doug Ford provides update on COVID-19 response | LIVE



Thailand: Covid 19 Daily Briefing 9 July, 2020



S. KOREAN GOV'T BRIEFING ON COVID-19 | FORECAST OF KOREAN ECONOMY


There are only 12 people with confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Irish hospitals [LINK]

China warns of deadly ‘unknown pneumonia’ in Kazakhstan [LINK]

Bolsonaro to be sued for endangering journalists at test announcement [LINK]

The Intensive Care section of the hospital of Bergamo, Italy, which has been the most COVID-battered city in the world, is now COVID free. [LINK]

Spread through a market, coronavirus overwhelms Venezuelan oil hub [LINK]



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Published at 1:40pm on Thursday, July 09,2020