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.
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 17th and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 17th [LINK]
381 Detected Cases (+9 in one day)
124 Active Positive (+5 in one day)
256 Recovered (+4 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3733 MCPH Tests (+100 in one day)
976 Tests by Others (+30 in one day)
4709 Total Tests (+100 in one day)
325 Tests Pending Results (-58 in one day)
Macon Media posted a COVID-19 update yesterday afternoon. [LINK]
Here are some numbers from the CDC, the NCDHHS, and the Johns Hopkins Dashboard. Macon Media prefers the Johns Hopkins Dashboard because the counts include those non-residents that are left out of the CDC and NCDHHS numbers.
The CDC website [LINK] reports 83,793 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,499 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 85,701 confirmed cases from 1,199,575 targeted tests, and 1,070 hospitalized and 1,5039 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 85,771 people infected and 1,522 deaths.
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
Source: Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Live with Dr. Fauci [LINK]
Research Papers, Clinical Trials and News About Such
A single intranasal dose of chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored vaccine confers sterilizing immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infection [LINK]
Preprint: Predicting Criticality in COVID-19 Patients [LINK]
Why no-one can ever recover from COVID-19 in England – a statistical anomaly [LINK]
Clinical characteristics of children and young people hospitalised with covid-19 in the United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study [LINK]
Social media fosters conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19, which inhibit health-protective behaviors [LINK]
What Can SETI Scholars Learn from the Covid-19 Pandemic? [LINK]
Masks, Masks, Masks
CDC: Considerations for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 [LINK]
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Coronavirus Face Masks & Protection FAQs [LINK]
Why governments have the right to require masks in public [LINK]
U of T tests show Canadian-made mask deactivates 99% of SARS-CoV-2 virus [LINK]
Anti-mask protesters' new weapon: wearing masks that offer no COVID-19 protection [LINK]
How did face masks become a political issue in America? [LINK]
Manhattan Beach authorizes fines up to $350 for not wearing a mask [LINK]
Some Experts Say Face Shields Better Than Masks for Coronavirus Protection [LINK]
Why Aren’t Face Shields More Popular in California? There are benefits to wearing face shields, but experts say there are limits to the amount of protection they can offer. [LINK]
COVID-19 in the USA
Coronavirus pandemic could get much, much worse, according to this health expert ‘If we don’t get the growth of this pandemic under control now, in a few months, when the weather turns cold and forces people to spend more time indoors, we could face a disaster that dwarfs the situation today,’ says John M. Barry [LINK]
‘OSHA is AWOL’: Critics say federal agency is where workplace COVID-19 complaints go to die [LINK]
Every U.S. state is accumulating new virus cases at a faster clip than Canada. Yep, all 50. [LINK]
Florida now has more Covid-19 cases than any other state. Here’s what went wrong. [LINK]
White House press secretary: 'The science should not stand in the way of' schools fully reopening [LINK]
NJ Looks to Close Digital Divide for Students Learning From Home Amid COVID-19 [LINK]
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference suspends all fall sports for indefinite period [LINK]
Capital of China’s Xinjiang region shuts down as coronavirus returns - SCMP - Jul. 17, 2020 [LINK]
COVID-19 Around the World
"Sometimes we have to stand up to doctors" [SWEDISH]
Catalan government recommends residents of Barcelona and metropolitan area stay at home [LINK]
End of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 early due to coronavirus crisis [LINK]
Virologist warns of ‘second wave’ as coronavirus cases jump in Belgium [LINK]
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5:30pm on Wednesday, July 17, 2020
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