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COVID-19 Numbers from Macon County Public Health
Here are the latest COVID-19 Numbers and Demographics Report from Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to Macon Media.
Cases
782 Detected
(+6 from Tunesday and +61 from last Wednesday and +145 in four weeks)
52 Active
(-7 from Tunesday and +12 from last Wednesday and +22 in four weeks)
812 Recovered
(+13 from Tunesday and +49 from last Wednesday and +120 in four weeks)
8 Deaths
(unchanged from Tunesday and unchanged from last Wednesday and +1 in four weeks)
Testing
6883 by MCPH
(+62 from Tunesday and +236 from last Wednesday and +849 in four weeks)
3580 by Others
(+113 from Tunesday and +273 from last Wednesday and +1276 in four weeks)
10463 total
(+175 from Tunesday and +509 from last Wednesday and +1554 in four weeks)
155 tests pending results
(+26 from Tunesday and +68 from last Wednesday and +52 in four weeks)
America's Agenda: COVID-19 & A Responsive Rx Supply Chain
Videos
The mental health toll of COVID-19
Slow Motion Sneeze in 4K - The Slow Mo Guys with Dr Anthony Fauci
The Costs of Coronavirus - JAMA NETWORK
How Doctors Can Predict Who Dies From COVID-19
TWiV 683: Two COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
On this episode of TWiV, mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer show over 90% efficacy, prothrombotic auto-antibodies in serum of COVID-19 patients, and the whereabouts of SARS-CoV-2 in the human body. Show notes at [LINK]
Artist performs “Quarantine Concerts” for doctors and nurses in a hospital Parking Lot
Stories About Vaccines
Vaccine Possibilities [LINK]
Distributing the COVID Vaccine: The Greatest Logistics Challenge Ever
Pfizer and BioNTech Conclude Phase 3 Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, Meeting All Primary Efficacy Endpoints (Press Release) [LINK]
Pfizer Covid vaccine 95% effective and passes all safety checks, final analysis shows [LINK]
Vaccine, looking very good
The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight [LINK]
Pfizer To Seek FDA OK For COVID-19 Vaccine 'Within Days' [LINK]
Exclusive: Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccine shots to poorer countries - sources [LINK]
Now that two highly effective Covid vaccines are within reach, we just have to get them to 7.8 billion people [LINK]
Health officials say every state will have COVID vaccine doses within 24 hours after FDA green light [LINK]
Dolly Parton learned she funded the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine when the rest of us did [LINK]
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials [LINK]
Safety and immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine administered in a prime-boost regimen in young and old adults (COV002): a single-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, and News About Testing
COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown: response time is more important than its strictness [LINK]
A rapid at-home covid-19 test — for under $50 — just got FDA approval [LINK]
No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic [LINK]
COVID-19 can have a major impact on sperm quality: "Men who were ill are better off waiting with children" [LINK]
CDC removes guidance pushing for school reopenings amid COVID pandemic saying ’new scientific information has emerged’ [LINK]
Belief in conspiracy theories is a barrier to controlling spread of COVID-19 [LINK]
The Coronavirus Is Airborne Indoors. But We’re Still Scrubbing Surfaces. [LINK]
Why a Negative COVID Test Doesn't Mean a Safe Thanksgiving [LINK]
Long covid: Damage to multiple organs presents in young, low risk patients [LINK]
Stanford "lab on a chip" can detect Covid-19 in half an hour [LINK]
Number of COVID-19 'long haulers,' survivors experiencing lasting virus symptoms, is growing [LINK]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Test for Self-Testing at Home [LINK]
A continuously self-sterilizing form of copper capable of 99% SARS-CoV-2 deactivation in 30 seconds [LINK]
Medical Professionals Speak Out
Health-care workers are desperate for Americans to listen: ‘We didn’t go to nursing school to be martyrs’ [LINK]
A Nurse's Plea: 'I Wish That I Could Get People To See COVID Through My Eyes' [LINK]
Bay Area doctor says this holiday season has to 'suck' so future ones don't [LINK]
U.S. is in an 'absolutely dangerous situation' as Covid outbreak worsens, top health official says [LINK]
Hospitals could soon be overwhelmed amid COVID-19 surge, L.A. County officials say [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
Dr. Fauci says US needs a national response to COVID-19 crisis, instead of ‘disjointed’ state-by-state approach [LINK]
Why the United States Can’t Defeat the Coronavirus [LINK]
'Tired to the bone': Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases [LINK]
Hospitals across US cancel elective procedures — again [LINK]
More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus [LINK]
U.S. surpasses 250,000 Covid-19 deaths [LINK]
COVID-19 to Become Third-Leading Cause of Death in United States [LINK]
Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19 - Iowa Capital Dispatch [LINK]
Texas County Sends Emergency Text Alert To 4.7M Residents Requesting They Cancel Holiday Gatherings During COVID-19 Surge [LINK]
Anthony Fauci Urges Caution Ahead Of Holiday Season, Says His Family Will Have Thanksgiving Dinner Over Zoom [LINK]
One in six Texans infected with COVID-19, study estimates [LINK]
Gov. DeSantis' office pledges no lockdown in Florida as COVID cases spike [LINK]
New York City to Close Public Schools Again as Virus Cases Rise [LINK]
South Dakota gov. resists statewide mask mandate as weekly positivity rate remains second highest in the country [LINK]
Ohio’s coronavirus numbers late because of reduced local health department staffing, unprecedented case volume, system errors [LINK]
Some Tarrant County Residents With COVID-19 Tell Contact Tracers They Had Attended Cowboys Home Games (Texas) [LINK]
LA County Records Nearly 4,000 New COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours, as Officials Warn of Stay at Home Order [LINK]
Florida Legislature: Not our role to contain the coronavirus [LINK]
Gavin Newsom Apologizes for Breaking His Own COVID Rules. Other Californians Went to Jail | Jon Miltimore [LINK]
How the Cherokee Nation is beating the coronavirus pandemic even as surrounding areas surge [LINK]
Gov. Andy Beshear unveils new coronavirus restrictions for Kentucky [LINK]
Wisconsin is running out of ICU beds amid COVID-19 surge, warns DHS Secretary-designee [LINK]
N.Y. Shuts Funeral Home Where Dozens of Bodies Were Found in Trucks [LINK]
Walz to temporarily close bars, restaurants and fitness centers as COVID-19 cases surge (Minnesota) [LINK]
News Stories and Research About Masks
Yes, Masks Work: Debunking the Pseudoscience [LINK]
Pandemic science, Wear a mask to protect yourself
A (Complete) Debunking of Denis Rancourt’s Argument That “Masks Don’t Work.” [LINK]
Wearing of Cloth or Disposable Surgical Face Masks has no Effect on Vigorous Exercise Performance in Healthy Individuals [LINK]
McKenzie County (North Dakota) sheriff will not enforce mask mandate. North Dakota has the highest infection rate in the world. [LINK]
Kansas Gov announces statewide face-covering protocol [LINK]
Gov. Tony Evers extends Wisconsin mask mandate into 2021 [LINK]
Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers: A Randomized Controlled Trial [LINK]
"When does the Narwhal bacon?" -- A 28-year-old ‘nerd’ in Baltimore invented a new type of mask, and tapped into the strangeness of this 2020 holiday season [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
Newfoundland and Labrador have now gone over 200 days without a single case of community transmission [LINK]
Controversy in the Netherlands after it was proposed to make the COVID-19 vaccine indirectly mandatory, which could ban non-vaccinated people from certain public places. PM Rutte says the government will think about it [LINK]
South Australia reveals reason for sudden 6 day lockdown, new Covid-19 Strain with ultra short 24 hr incubation period. [LINK]
Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not 'shift mindsets,' says Swedish scientist [LINK]
The miracle of Schwyz: How the canton turned from the Corona hotspot back into a safe valley after the yodel musical [GERMAN]
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Published at 4:20am on Thursday, November 19, 2020
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