COVID-19 Briefing for 12-04-2020

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.


Above the Fold


Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days [LINK]

Bleak Covid winter: America's outbreak enters worst phase [LINK]

You will get a COVID-19 vaccine record card if you get the vaccine. Here’s what it looks like [LINK]

Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day [LINK]



COVID-19 Numbers from Macon County Public Health

May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to Macon Media.

Cases

957 Detected
(+13 from Wednesday and +42 from last Thursday and +181 in four weeks)

53 Active
(-21 from Wednesday and +2 from last Thursday and +14 in four weeks)

907 Recovered
(+34 from Wednesday and +40 from last Thursday and +165 in four weeks)

9 Deaths
(unchanged from Wednesday and unchanged from last Thursday and +2 in four weeks)


Testing

7127 by MCPH
(+74 from Wednesday and +244 from last Thursday and +585 in four weeks)

4088 by Others
(+112 from Wednesday and +323 from last Thursday and +908 in four weeks)

11215 total
(+186 from Wednesday and +567 from last Thursday and +1493 in four weeks)

119 tests pending results
(-323 from Wednesday and +75 from last Thursday and +26 in four weeks)

Videos





NC to receive 3M rapid COVID-19 tests for public, charter schools(12-03-2020)





Q&A with A&V Livestream 12/2/20 on COVID-19




Livestream recorded 12/2/20 with Amy Rosenfeld and Vincent Racaniello, answering listener questions on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. This is an edit of the original livestream to remove echo in the audio, so the chat is not included. Back again 12/9/20.

NCDHHS Coronavirus Briefing: Dr. Mandy Cohen (12/03/20)



Ep 34 Osterholm Update COVID-19: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times



ABC News Prime: COVID-19 crisis enters darkest phase; Vaccine misinformation; Trump's final acts (12-03-2020)



Protesters take to the streets over new COVID-19 restrictions (12-03-2020)



Pressure mounts on U.S. Congress to pass COVID bill (Reuters 12-03-2020)






California braces for likely COVID-19 lockdowns | WNT (12-03-2020)







Stories About Vaccines



Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination (Moderna Vaccine) [LINK]

Moderna Provides Updates on the Clinical Development and Production of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate (Press Release) [LINK]

State of São Paulo receives one million doses of CoronaVac (Press Release) [LINK]

MIT study: Covid-19 vaccines may be less effective for Asian Americans [LINK]

Would you be willing to get a Covid vaccine in exchange for a $1,500 stimulus check? How one bold proposal would work [LINK]

Biden: Once a vaccine is ready and approved, @KamalaHarris and I are going to ensure it’s distributed equitably, efficiently, and free of charge to every American. (Twitter) [LINK]

No, the Moderna and Pfizer RNA vaccines for COVID-19 will not “permanently alter your DNA” [LINK]

Fauci says he'll get COVID-19 vaccination on camera [LINK]

Pfizer chairman: We're not sure if someone can transmit virus after vaccination [LINK]


Canada could approve COVID-19 vaccine in 'week to 10 days,' says Health Canada senior adviser [LINK]

Vaccines’ Side Effects Risk Sidelining Health Workers While Cases Surge [LINK]

Moderna to supply up to 125 million COVID-19 vaccine doses globally in first quarter [LINK]

You will get a COVID-19 vaccine record card if you get the vaccine. Here’s what it looks like [LINK]

States plan for vaccines as daily US virus deaths top 3,100 [LINK]

CDC to encourage 'Vaccinated for COVID-19' buttons [LINK]

Pfizer halves vaccine supply estimate [LINK]
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Research Papers, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, and News About Testing



Vitamin D Deficiency and Air Pollution Exacerbate COVID-19 Through Suppression of Antiviral Peptide LL37 [LINK]

COVID-19 in children: current evidence and key questions [LINK]

Viral cultures for COVID-19 infectious potential assessment – a systematic review [LINK]

Decoding Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection and Transmission [LINK]

Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 — Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results [LINK]

Implications of delayed reopening in controlling the COVID-19 surge in Southern and West-Central USA [LINK]

Hepatitis C Virus Protease Inhibitors Show Differential Efficacy and Interactions with Remdesivir for Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 in Vitro [LINK]

Repurposing the Ebola and Marburg Virus Inhibitors Tilorone, Quinacrine and Pyronaridine: In vitro Activity Against SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Mechanisms [LINK]

MTX-COVAB, a human-derived antibody with potent neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro and in a hamster model of COVID-19 [LINK]


Lack of evidence of ACE2 expression and replicative infection by SARS-CoV-2 in human endothelial cells [LINK]

A Large, Simple Trial Leading to Complex Questions (Editorial) [LINK]

Japan study finds 98% of COVID-19 patients had immunity six months later [LINK]

New Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Could Help COVID-19 Patients [LINK]

Georgia State University researchers say new drug completely suppresses COVID-19 transmission [LINK]

LL-37 fights SARS-CoV-2: The Vitamin D-Inducible Peptide LL-37 Inhibits Binding of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein to its Cellular Receptor Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 In Vitro [LINK]



Medical Professionals and the Medical System




Developing services for long Covid: lessons from a study of wounded healers [LINK]

Health officials have observed about 300 instances of reinfection in Colorado. [LINK]

Biden asks Fauci to stay on Covid team, become chief medical adviser [LINK]

NIH Director Tells Churches To Do The "Altruistic, Loving Thing" And Stay Closed [LINK]

Lowell field hospital for COVID-19 patients being set up amid second surge, state officials say (Massachusetts) [LINK]

USF, Tampa General selected for Novavax coronavirus vaccine trial (Florida) [LINK]



COVID-19 in the USA

Despair and suicidal feelings deepen as pandemic wears on (Press Release) [LINK]

Fauci: 'I don't socialize. It's my wife and I and the federal agents' [LINK]

More Americans died from COVID-19 yesterday than the number of people killed on 9/11 (Publish Date: 12-03-2020) [LINK]

Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days [LINK]

'I'm 23 years old and I just had a stroke': Arizona man goes viral after COVID-19 experience [LINK]

America’s Pandemic War Games Don’t End Well [LINK]

At least 285 kids and school staff caught COVID-19 at school, new state stats show (New Jersey) [LINK]

NYer shows what using public subways is like during COVID [LINK]

California pioneered the COVID-19 stay-at-home lockdown. Now, it faces a backlash [LINK]


Massachusetts coronavirus cases hit single-day record high for second straight day with 6,000+ new cases reported; State also reported 49 new deaths today [LINK]

Uber asks U.S. CDC to consider ride-hail drivers essential for COVID-19 vaccine distribution [LINK]

Supreme Court sides with California church protesting coronavirus restrictions [LINK]



COVID-19 Around the World

Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day [LINK]

Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany [LINK]

Fauci apologizes for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine | Reuters [LINK]

Sports Stars, Actors And “High-Value” Business Travellers Returning To England Will No Longer Have To Self-Isolate [LINK]

Seoul orders closure of stores, theaters, internet cafes after 9 p.m. (South Korea) [LINK]

Thailand: Chiang Rai man contracts Covid-19 from illegal immigrants [LINK]

Officials probe if staff potluck fuelled University Hospital's deadly COVID surge (Canada) [LINK]

Osaka Alert at Highest; South Korea Cases Rise: Virus Update [LINK]

'I'm the guy who is stealing Christmas': Pallister tells Manitobans to stay apart this holiday season (Canada) [LINK]

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 23,449 [LINK]


Italy tightens curbs for Christmas as COVID deaths hit record high [LINK]

Shared dorms in Toronto shelters put users at risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission, critics warn (Canada) [LINK]



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Published at 7:10am on Friday, December 04, 2020