COVID-19 Update for Sunday,August 23,2020Includes Latest Update on Schools

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Macon County COVID-19 News
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COVID-19 in the USA
COVID-19 Around the World
Sports, Entertainment, and Other Crowded Venues
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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.

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Macon County COVID-19 News

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 since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.




These numbers will next be updated Monday afternoon.

514 Detected Cases
41 Active Positive
469 Recovered
4 Death

Testing Data for Macon County

4677 MCPH Tests
1680 Tests by Others
6357 Total Tests
123 Tests Pending Results



Macon County Schools Update

Schools started back on Monday, August 17th with most children attending school twice a week for in-person instruction. High School students will attend one day a week, with an opportunity for extrs instruction on Fridays. On Saturday,it was announced that in-person instruction at Franklin High School has been suspended until September 11th due to to the number of staff that have had to undergo self-isolation due to exposure or positive COVID-19 test results.

Press Release
Sunday, August 23rd

From Macon County Public Schools:

Today we were notified that a student at East Franklin Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19.

This individual is currently under quarantine. Contact tracing is currently underway through the Macon County Health Department. Any student or staff member identified through the contact tracing will be notified.

Macon County Schools will continue to work closely with the Macon County Health Department as we monitor this situation.




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]



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Videos

Dr John Campbell

Sunday Updates and Reflections





The video referenced in Dr Campbell's video:

Focus on the Family

Responding to the Coronavirus with Faith and Common Sense - Dr. Francis Collins






The Untold Truth Behind Face Masks and Covid-19







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Pandemic Heroes


Lost on the Frontline [LINK]


mid coronavirus surge in California, hospital workers say they're not protected [LINK]





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Research Papers, Clinical Trials, and News About Such



Dishonesty during a pandemic: The concealment of COVID-19 information [LINK]

Public health lessons learned from biases in coronavirus mortality overestimation [LINK]

Gaps in early surveillance of coronavirus led to record-breaking US trajectory (press release) [LINK]

Estimation of case-fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the New York State [LINK]

A Platform Incorporating Trimeric Antigens into Self-Assembling Nanoparticles Reveals SARS-CoV-2-Spike Nanoparticles to Elicit Substantially Higher Neutralizing Responses than Spike Alone [LINK]

Inflammation: the key factor that explains vulnerability to severe COVID [LINK]





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Masks, Masks, Masks
(Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!)


Sociopathic traits linked to non-compliance with mask guidelines and other COVID-19 containment measures [LINK]

Public officials move to muzzle violent outbursts by anti-maskers [LINK]

Advice on the use of masks for children in the community in the context of COVID-19: annex to the Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19, 21 August 2020 [LINK]

56 people in a Starbucks in Paju, South Korea tested positive for COVID-19 after 1 infected patient visited the store. However, the workers all tested negative – why? Because they work a mask throughout the entirety of their shift. [LINK]

Nearly 70,000 U.S. lives could be saved in the next 3 months if masks are worn, researchers say [LINK]

Large crowds gather in Dublin for anti-mask protest [LINK]




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Back to School


Download a PDF of "LIGHTING OUR WAY FORWARD: North Carolina's Guidebook for Re-opening Schools" [LINK]


17 more students test positive for COVID in Ga. Tech Greek house [LINK]

30 coronavirus outbreaks found in English schools after June reopenings, new research shows [LINK]

Two Florida teachers turned their students' desks into little Jeeps to make social distancing less scary [LINK]

New CDC guidelines say schools shouldn’t close if someone gets COVID-19 [LINK]

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts [LINK]

Missing school is 'worse than virus for children' [LINK]



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COVID-19 in the USA



Estimating unobserved SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United States [LINK]

Opinion by Robert M. Sapolsky: Why our brains are having so much trouble with Covid-19 [LINK]

9 reasons to be optimistic that a COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available in 2021 [LINK]

CDC: U.S. Death Toll to Reach Nearly 195,000 by Sept. 12 [LINK]

Anthony Fauci: "Helpless Means You Can't Do Anything. There's a Lot We Can Do." [LINK]

Florida coronavirus case total tops 600,000; over 10,300 residents dead [LINK]

Georgia becomes 10th state to top 5,000 virus deaths (NC is 17th with 2,531 as of 3pm today) [LINK]

Emails show businesses held sway over state reopening plans - Associated Press - Aug 23rd, 2020 (South Carolina) [LINK]

COVID-19 Is Prompting Wealthy People to Move Out of Cities. The Plague Had the Same Effect Hundreds of Years Ago [LINK]

Police hunt for 'COVID hug' man who grabbed strangers at Walmart (Massachussetts) [LINK]

How Maine flattened the virus curve - so far [LINK]



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COVID-19 Around the World


Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on schools and childcare reopening [LINK]

Kentucky man accused of violating Canada COVID-19 rules could be fined $750K, cops say [LINK]

Thirteen people died in a stampede at a disco in Peru after a police raid to enforce the country’s lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday. [LINK]

German scientists run concert test to see how coronavirus spreads [LINK]

Italy Rules Out New Lockdown as Coronavirus Cases Rise [LINK]

Brothels start to close in Spain to cut Covid-19 risk [LINK]

Banned artist Ai Weiwei releases new documentary ‘CoronaNation’ about lockdown in Wuhan [LINK]

As COVID-19 deaths surpass 60,000, Mexico hits 'catastrophic scenario' officials warned about [LINK]

France says country’s new coronavirus cases predominate among people under 40 [LINK]




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Sports, Entertainment, Public Transportation, and Other Crowded Venues



South Dakota sets new record for COVID-19 cases after hosting Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. [LINK]

Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception [LINK]

Illegal rave organisers to be fined up to £10,000 under new restrictions [LINK]

NFL puts some teams on hold while looking into COVID-19 tests from New Jersey [LINK]

Outdoor Dining Is a Hit, but Restaurants Face ‘Apocalyptic’ Times [LINK]




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Published at 5:00pm on Sunday, August 23, 2020