COVID-19 Briefing for 12-14-2020

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.


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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 April 17th. Cases

1062 Detected
(+22 from Thursday and +86 from last Friday and +216 in four weeks)

93 Active
(+3 from Thursday and +39 from last Friday and +27 in four weeks)

960 Recovered
(+19 from Thursday and +47 from last Friday and +188 in four weeks)

9 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and unchanged from last Friday and +1 in four weeks)

Testing

7448 by MCPH
(+96 from Thursday and +263 from last Friday and +705 in four weeks)

4451 by Others
(+55 from Thursday and +2660 from last Friday and +1051 in four weeks)

11899 total
(+151 from Thursday and +529 from last Friday and +1756 in four weeks)

219 tests pending results
(22 from Thursday and -23 from last Friday and +24 in four weeks)

Videos





Dr John Campbell: Ivermectin and COVID 19 (12-12-2020)





Dr John Campbell: Weekend update, 12 - 13 December (12-13-2020)





Olsterholm Update Episode 35: The Last Mile to the Last Inch



Dr John Campbell: Vaccines and genetics (12-13-2020)



TWiV 692: COVID-19 clinical update #40 with Dr. Daniel Griffin




TWiV 693: Vax to the future




Long Covid: When coronavirus symptoms don't go away | DW News (12-13-2020)



NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast (12-13-2020)
--most of the episode covers aspects of the pandemic--



Social Media Preps for Wave of COVID Vaccine Misinformation



‘During this interview, 10-12 people will die from covid’: Dr. Osterholm speaks to the scary reality








Stories About Vaccines



Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line [LINK]

Social Media Preps for Wave of COVID Vaccine Misinformation [LINK]

'Nothing too surprising there': Pfizer COVID vaccine ingredients are pretty standard, experts say [LINK]

Pfizer says first COVID-19 vaccine supplies being prepared to ship from Michigan site [LINK]

Vaccinated people will still need to wear a mask. Here’s why [LINK]

Social Media Preps for Wave of COVID Vaccine Misinformation [LINK]

Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]

The coronavirus vaccine rollout will be messy. People will have to deal with that. [LINK]

Why you shouldn’t worry about getting Bell’s Palsy from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]




Research Papers, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, and News About Testing



Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread [LINK]

It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [LINK]

Coronavirus Shows You May Not Be as Good at Detecting Misinformation as You Think [LINK]

How does social distancing affect our brains? [LINK]

Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Boston highlights the impact of superspreading events [LINK]

Remembering seasonal coronaviruses [LINK]

Facing up to long COVID [LINK]

Rationale for COVID-19 Treatment by Nebulized Interferon-β-1b–Literature Review and Personal Preliminary Experience [LINK]

Humidified Warmed CO2 Treatment Therapy Strategies Can Save Lives With Mitigation and Suppression of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An Evidence Review [LINK]

Diverse Functional Autoantibodies in Patients with COVID-19 [LINK]

Assessment of antiviral potencies of cannabinoids against SARS-CoV-2 using computational and in vitro approaches [LINK]

Vitamin D Deficiency in COVID-19 Quadrupled Death Rate [LINK]

Portable Saliva-Based Smartphone Platform Could Rapidly Expand COVID-19 Testing [LINK]

Solid Sewage Beats Wastewater for Tracking COVID-19 [LINK]

Kintor Proxalutamide's COVID-19 Clinical Trial Shows Significant Reduction in Hospitalization and Ventilation Rates [LINK]


SARS-CoV-2 RNA reverse-transcribed and integrated into the human genome [LINK]

Millisecond-scale molecular dynamics simulation of spike RBD structure reveals evolutionary adaption of SARS-CoV-2 to stably bind ACE2 [LINK]

Targeting transcriptional regulation of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors ACE2 and TMPRSS2 [LINK]

At what times during infection is SARS-CoV-2 detectable and no longer detectable using RT-PCR-based tests? A systematic review of individual participant data [LINK]

Results of Open-Label non-Randomized Comparative Clinical Trial: “BromhexIne and Spironolactone for CoronаvirUs Infection requiring hospiTalization (BISCUIT) [LINK]

Social and racial inequalities in COVID-19 risk of hospitalisation and death across Sao Paulo state, Brazil [LINK]

Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Lung of Diabetic Patients [LINK]



Medical Professions, the Medical System, and Mental Health



CDC — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Ethical Principles for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, 2020 — Weekly / November 27, 2020 [LINK]

As Hospitals Fill With COVID Patients, Medical Reinforcements Are Hard to Find [LINK]

‘Indiana is on fire’: Gov. Eric Holcomb orders hospitals to delay elective surgeries as COVID-19 overwhelms health care system [LINK]

‘Covid-19 has an odour, and the dogs are detecting it’: meet the canine super-squad sniffing out the virus [LINK]

All hospital ICU beds filled in San Joaquin Valley region amid COVID-19 surge (California) [LINK]

Front-Line Workers Call For Stronger Enforcement Of COVID-19 Safety Restrictions [LINK]

'We're not winning this battle': Relentless COVID-19 surge fills 1 in 8 hospital ICU units [LINK]

Tony Hsieh's last months are a tragic reminder of how Covid isolation can worsen mental health — here's how to help [LINK]


Veterans Administration unveils first coronavirus vaccine sites as case numbers continue to climb [LINK]

Risk for binge drinking increases with each week of COVID-19 lockdowns [LINK]

Swedish Covid Workers Are Quitting, Leaving ICUs Short-Staffed [LINK]

Vietnam jails Hanoi CDC chief for overstating COVID-19 gear cost [LINK]



COVID-19 in the USA

First Coronavirus Vaccines Head to States, Starting Historic Effort [LINK]

After 110K Virus Deaths, Nursing Homes Face Vaccine Fears [LINK]

Pfizer’s Covid vaccine ships within hours. Here’s how the U.S. plans to deliver it [LINK]

Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying (Kansas) [LINK]

More Idaho National Guard soldiers tapped for COVID-19 help [LINK]

2020 Was Especially Deadly. Covid Wasn’t the Only Culprit. [LINK]

Young People Have Less Covid-19 Risk, but in College Towns, Deaths Rose Fast [LINK]

Gov. DeWine calls for National Guard to provide security support at jails where corrections officers have COVID-19 (Ohio) [LINK]

The Americans least likely to take a COVID-19 vaccine are the ones being hit hardest by the virus [LINK]

Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll [LINK]

Gym defying COVID-19 orders being fined nearly $10K per day (Washington) [LINK]

The Receding Horizon of Travel’s Return [LINK]

Virus Outbreak at Hawaii Prison Infects 89 Inmates and Staff [LINK]

A COVID-19 conspiracy theory has reached college sports, including the UW-Oregon rivalry, and that’s a shame [LINK]

Woman Returns Home, Cautions Others After 3-Month Battle With COVID-19 (Utah) [LINK]

First Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in states Monday, marking a pivotal moment in the pandemic response [LINK]


Florida's Keyontae Johnson in 'critical but stable condition' after collapse; previously tested positive for COVID [LINK]

Gov. Mike Parson continues to ignore White House virus-fighting recommendations (Missouri) [LINK]

Illinois reports 8,737 cases, 127 coronavirus deaths [LINK]

New coronavirus outbreaks reported at Foster Farms poultry processing plants (California) [LINK]

Court orders 50% reduction at Orange County jails due to COVID-19 (California) [LINK]

Arizona has highest rate of COVID-19 spread in the nation - azfamily - Dec. 11, 2020 [LINK]

Drama over school reopenings reaches fever pitch in L.A. and Orange counties (California) [LINK]

Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough (Florida) [LINK]

Experts warn of low Covid vaccine trust among Black Americans [LINK]

COVID-19 in Tennessee: Record-high 11,352 new cases, 62 deaths reported on Dec. 13 [LINK]

Coronavirus cases in Ohio surge 41.7% in a week [LINK]



COVID-19 Around the World

Children May Be Driving the Pandemic After All - Spiegel - 11 Dec 2020 [LINK]

Why the Covid economic crisis has hit poorer nations less deeply than feared [LINK]

Calgary, Edmonton protesters rally against COVID-19 measures as Alberta adds 1,590 new cases (Canada) [LINK]

Bolsonaro branded 'homicidally negligent' over Brazil's vaccine planning [LINK]

Germany to enter hard Lockdown starting wednesday. [LINK]

COVID-19 reinfection? A suspected case in a Peruvian patient [LINK]

Germany: Anti-lockdown protest leader contracts COVID and dies [INTIAL STORY] [DEATH-GERMAN] [DEATH-ENGLISH]

Why leaving your nose hanging out of your mask could spread COVID and land you hefty fines (Canada) [LINK]

Swiss hospitals implore health minister to tighten coronavirus restrictions [LINK]

Bahrain approves registration for Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]

South Korea breaks 1000 daily new cases for 1st time since beginning - YonhapNews - DEC 13, 2020 [LINK]

Eight months after his first bout with the virus, Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria tested positive again in October, making him one of the world’s first known cases of apparent reinfection [LINK]


Russia reports 28,080 new coronavirus cases, 488 deaths [LINK]

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 20,200 - RKI [LINK]

Philippines secures access to COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]

Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions [LINK]

Brazil COVID-19 death toll tops 180,000 [LINK]

Who will get the first jabs in Bangladesh? [LINK]

Covid: Relaxing restrictions 'could trigger third wave', NHS bosses warn (United Kingdom) [LINK]

22% of Brazilians unwilling to take COVID vaccine, as Bolsonaro refuses to take shot (Utah) [LINK]

Barcelona concert tests use of same-day COVID-19 screening (Spain) [LINK]

Peru suspends clinical trials of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine [LINK]

Conflicts of interest among the UK government’s covid-19 advisers [LINK]

Belgium: Saint Nicholas a super-spreader, 57 care home residents infected after a visit by Saint Nicholas [LINK]

Meet COVID: It loves parties, the holidays and everyone: Alberta ad (Canada) [LINK]

Bahrain National Health Regulatory Authority approves Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine (Press Release) [LINK]

Venezuelan leader's son vaccinated against COVID-19 with Russian vaccine — TV [LINK]

Two cricketers from Australia's Big Bash League under investigation for "possibly" breaching the country's COVID-19 protocols [LINK]

First batch of Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Canada [LINK]

Eswatini’s prime minister dies - Ambrose Dlamini was airlifted to neighboring South Africa about two weeks ago after testing positive for COVID-19 [LINK]

South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike [LINK]

South Africa's chief justice calls COVID-19 vaccines 'satanic', 'of the devil' [LINK]



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Published at 4:45am on Monday, December 14, 2020