COVID-19 Update for Wednesday 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.


Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 7th [LINK]


296 Detected Cases
113 Active Positive
182 Recovered
1 Death

3160 MCPH Tests
933 Tests by Others
4093 Total Tests
317 Tests Pending Results





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


Videos from Medical Professionals

Dr John Campbell

Face coverings and culture

Knowns and unknowns about coronavirus



Further report on ethnicity and mortality



Coronavirus Pandemic Update 92: Blood Clots & COVID-19 - New Research & Potential Role of NAC
(published four days ago)



Coronavirus Q&A With Rochelle Walensky - July 8 at 10A Central



Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such

The role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A rapid review [LINK]

Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke linked to COVID-19 [LINK]

Thymosin alpha 1 (Tα1) reduces the mortality of severe COVID-19 by restoration of lymphocytopenia and reversion of exhausted T cells [LINK]

Pfizer and BioNTech’s First Vaccine Candidate [LINK]

The emerging spectrum of COVID-19 neurology: clinical, radiological and laboratory findings [LINK]

Catching and killing of airborne SARS-CoV-2 to control spread of COVID-19 by a heated air disinfection system [LINK] 

Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19 [LINK]

Increased Risk of COVID-19 Among Users of Proton Pump Inhibitors [LINK]

More on T Cells, Antibody Levels, and Our Ignorance [LINK]

Association between consumption of fermented vegetables and COVID-19 mortality at a country level in Europe [LINK]

Inhaled corticosteroids: A rapid review of the evidence for treatment or prevention of COVID-19 [LINK] 

Government and Quasi-Government Agencies

COVID-19 and Children [LINK]



News Outlets

Austin Convention Center being prepped as field hospital for coronavirus patients [LINK]

‘Please Tell Me My Life Is Worth A LITTLE Of Your Discomfort,’ Nurse Pleads [LINK] 

Nurses Who Battled Virus in New York Confront Friends Back Home Who Say It’s a Hoax [LINK] 

Mother was a nurse, father a physicians assistant. Took their high risk 16 year old to a church youth event with no masks or social distancing. Gave her hydroxychloroquine on their own and refused intubation. She died. [LINK]

Coronavirus has infected nearly 1 out of 100 people in Florida; 63 new deaths takes toll to 3,841 [LINK]

As Florida coronavirus cases soar, new credit card study links infection spikes to in-person restaurant dining [LINK]

Coronavirus Kills More in Florida, Texas in One Month Than 20 Years of Hurricanes [LINK]

Florida still not reporting how many hospitalized with COVID. DeSantis won’t say why. [LINK]

Atlanta to mandate face masks to contain coronavirus [LINK]

Tulane researchers find that coronavirus can survive in air for hours [LINK]

Fauci says it's a "false narrative" to take comfort in lower coronavirus death rate [LINK]

Brain Problems Linked to Even Mild Virus Infections [LINK]

Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases. [LINK]

N.J. will now require people wear masks outside to battle coronavirus, Murphy says [LINK]

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count [LINK]

Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now [LINK]

Poll finds 81% of Canadians think Canada-U.S. border should stay closed [LINK]

Coronavirus updates: US sets another grim record with over 60,000 new cases in a day [LINK]

Tom Hanks 'has no respect' for people not wearing masks [LINK]

56 Florida hospital ICUs have hit capacity and another 35 hospitals show ICU bed availability of 10% or less [LINK]

Scientists warn of potential wave of COVID-linked brain damage [LINK]

More States Require Masks In Public As COVID-19 Spreads, But Enforcement Lags [LINK]





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Published at 2:00pm on Wednesday, July 08,2020