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.
Press Release from Macon County Schools
3:28pm
We are excited that Governor Roy Cooper has just announced that North Carolina Public Schools Pre-K through 5th grade can begin Plan A on Monday, October 5, 2020. Macon County Schools principals, administrators and Board of Education will be meeting in the coming days to evaluate what this means for Macon County. An official announcement will be made once a plan is finalized for our district.
COVID-19 Numbers from Macon County Public Health
Data from Macon County Public Health as of this afternoon and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to this afternoon [LINK]
584 Detected Cases (+1 in one day)(+19 in one week)
20 Active Positive (-1 in one day)(+10 in one week)
557 Recovered (+2 in one day)(+10 in one week)
7 Deaths (unchanged)(unchanged in one week)
Testing Data for Macon County
5307 MCPH Tests (+0 in one day)(+153 in one week)
2014 Tests by Others (+23 in one day)(+170 in one week)
7321 Total Tests (+23 in one day)(+323 in one week)
51 Tests Pending Results (unchanged)(+19 in one week)
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
What Is COVID-19? A Patients Guide [LINK]
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Videos
Dr John Campbell
UK US and Canada
Coronavirus Briefing: NC Gov. Roy Cooper (09/17/20)
NASA's VITAL Ventilator Webinar
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
Covid-19 and cognitive bias [LINK]
Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients [LINK]
A Phase 3, Randomized, Stratified, Observer-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older [LINK]
Potential COVID-19 drug azithromycin may increase risk for cardiac events (Press Release) [LINK]
Unusual arterial thrombotic events in Covid-19 patients [LINK]
COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Testing, Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: Analysis of Epic Patient Data [LINK]
The overlooked chamber in coronavirus disease 2019 [LINK]
Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong [LINK]
Covid-19 Virus Survives on Chicken, Salmon, and Pork for 21 Days [LINK]
CDC indicates face masks may be better COVID protection than a vaccine that's 70% effective [LINK]
As evidence builds that COVID-19 can damage the heart, doctors are racing to understand it [LINK]
As Schools Spend Big On Temperature Check Tech, Experts Warn: It Won't Work - "In The Context Of Schools, Fever Screening Is A Particularly Bad Idea," Said Katelyn Gostic, An Epidemiologist At The University Of Chicago. [LINK]
Death certificate data: COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death - CEBM [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
Select Subcommittee Finds White House Task Force Weakened Recommendations as Infection Rates Rose [LINK]
CDC says U.S. should have enough coronavirus vaccine to return to 'regular life' by third quarter of 2021 [LINK]
CDC: If all Americans wore masks, the virus would be controlled in 6 to 12 weeks. [LINK]
Anti-mask protesters heckle Gov. Ned Lamont at news conference for second straight day (Connecticut) [LINK]
Maine 'superspreader' wedding linked to 170 Covid cases and seven deaths [LINK]
Parents send student to school while knowingly infected with coronavirus, mayor says [LINK]
William Barr Says Coronavirus Lockdowns Are ‘The Greatest Intrusion On Civil Liberties’ Since Slavery [LINK]
COVID-19 emails from Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation [LINK]
After balking at masks, pastor and church staff in North Idaho contract COVID-19 [LINK]
Anti-Maskers Storm Target Shouting 'Take Your Masks Off' - Video [LINK]
How much worse off is America from COVID-19 than other rich nations? Much, much worse [LINK]
Penn State athletics sets single-round high for COVID-19 cases with 50 new positives [LINK]
86% of teachers say they had to buy their own PPE for in-person classes [LINK]
More than 3,000 excess deaths in Miss. attributed to COVID-19, disproving Facebook ‘overcounting’ claim | Social media myth claimed most labeled as COVID deaths died of other illnesses instead [LINK]
Honolulu Police Are Issuing An ‘Unprecedented’ Number Of Pandemic Tickets [LINK]
Covid-19 Live Updates: N.Y.C. Schools Again Delay Start of In-Person Classes for Most Students [LINK]
Boy, 2, youngest to die of COVID-19 in Florida [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
WHO says countries need consistent messaging on Covid-19, mustn't turn it into 'political football' [LINK]
Mexico City's 'excess deaths' attributable to COVID-19 almost double official toll [LINK]
Unable to fly to other places due to coronavirus restrictions, some airlines have found a new service: Flights to nowhere. In Australia, a 7-hour sightseeing flight from Sydney to Sydney sold out in just a few minutes [LINK]
'A moment of cheer': 100-year-old Victorian man leaves hospital after surviving coronavirus fight [LINK]
Billie Eilish criticises peers for partying during coronavirus pandemic: 'I haven't hugged my best friends in six months’ [LINK]
About half of Ontario's new COVID-19 infections can't be traced. That's a problem [LINK]
Doctors in hard-hit Madrid: 'It's like March in slow motion' [LINK]
Indian MP who believes mud baths and blowing shells increases immunity tests positive for covid-19 [LINK]
Israeli physicians, scientists to hold anti-lockdown demonstration [LINK]
France reports 10,593 new cases of coronavirus, biggest one-day increase on record [LINK]
A 26-year-old American woman ignored quarantine instructions to go on a bar crawl in Germany, and caused a COVID-19 outbreak at the hotel she works in, officials say [LINK]
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Published at 6:00pm on Thursday, September 17, 2020
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