Wuhan has been named the no.1 destination Chinese citizens want to visit after the coronavirus crisis is over. https://t.co/NRqUA4msZ8
— CNN International (@cnni) May 2, 2020
Worth reading the whole thing:
BREAKING: A new report warns the coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as two years https://t.co/Ae1ECyzdkw pic.twitter.com/1DA9I5ln0N
— Bloomberg (@business) May 1, 2020
Amazing: This interesting #Covid19 update from @WADeptHealth points out that the first confirmed case in the U.S. was detected 101 days ago. In the 100 days that followed, +1M people in the US have been diagnosed with the infection. So far. So fast. https://t.co/Hb74m5wXaH
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 30, 2020
The tally by Johns Hopkins University records more than 1.1 million cases in the country as of 8:30 pm Friday (0030 GMT Saturday), with 64,789 deaths, a rise of three percent from a day earlier pic.twitter.com/i0S3PDJwfy
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 2, 2020
Most experts agree that the current U.S. testing capacity for #COVID__19 falls far short. The U.S. had performed just over 6 million diagnostic tests for the virus as of April 29. https://t.co/deTd26NyCK pic.twitter.com/7EgWHKGxYk
— Reuters Graphics (@ReutersGraphics) May 2, 2020
Since it’s the weekend, here’s an excellent thread from a science writer linking a whole bunch of longer reads:
@BuffDavis @blythecreek @AwakenKaruna Here’s your unroll: https://t.co/zOlS0TI07C
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 1, 2020
Good news for those of us on blood pressure meds:
Remember the early hysteria about ACE inhibitors putting patients w/ #COVID19 at risk? That was a wrong turn.
3 new @NEJM appears and editorial today: There is no evidence these drugs or ARBs have any detrimental effect.https://t.co/Mzc7SUKTKb pic.twitter.com/M6AecEOu7w— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 1, 2020
THREAD: Nationwide new covid19 cases and hospitalizations, excluding data from New York tristate area, continue to rise. Once declines in the New York area are added to recent trends, we still see a persistent, multi-week plateau at about 30,000 new cases a day and 2,000 deaths. pic.twitter.com/tIHKeV534c
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) May 2, 2020
Until we have a vaccine, there's no back to normal. We have to create a new normal. The only way forward is to stop spread from #COVID19 cases and clusters of cases rapidly. https://t.co/H5Qdghp9dV
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) May 1, 2020
Damn.
The @WhiteHouse appears to have forbidden #TonyFauci from testifying about #COVID19 before the House Committee.https://t.co/e1EUJWlPEH— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 1, 2020
Poll: Americans in all 50 states say their governor is handling the coronavirus better than Trump https://t.co/sukoj4aNPn pic.twitter.com/mvBs3M3JK4
— The Hill (@thehill) May 1, 2020
Trump insists, without evidence, that a Wuhan lab is linked to pandemic's origin. Here's a close look by @meredithwadman and me into @NIH decision to cut @PeterDaszak grant–and the resultant outrage–because of @EcoHealthNYC links to that Wuhan lab. https://t.co/BK9adurIzu pic.twitter.com/e18NcfVGlw
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) May 1, 2020
#Coronavirus cases and deaths are growing at faster rates in rural areas https://t.co/g80ziBMsKn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 30, 2020
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