Coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped 10 million, according to a @Reuters tally, as the country reported over 100,000 infections five times in the past seven days https://t.co/YN0sIVrPkf pic.twitter.com/a2RcR2PlMS
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
President-elect Biden has announced the 12 members of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.
They include vaccine expert Rick Bright, who resigned last month from a top HHS position after alleging he was demoted for political reasons. https://t.co/Kw2fPmYO5p
— Axios (@axios) November 9, 2020
More than 100k cases on a *Sunday* is boggling.
Sunday usually has one of the week’s smallest case counts. https://t.co/rMfOTnqd0r
— Robinson Meyer (@yayitsrob) November 9, 2020
So, can we please now have CDC COVID-19 press briefings back? Maybe every Monday and Friday? Maybe led by someone we trust, e.g. Dr. Anne Schuchat? CDC is supposed to lead us through this, we'd like to have you back!
— Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer) November 8, 2020
SCOTT GOTTLIEB: “We're going to have a record number of hospitalizations this week. Now, 56,000 people are hospitalized. 11,000 are in the ICU. These are very big numbers nationally, and it's accelerating very quickly."pic.twitter.com/mx731cko6A
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) November 8, 2020
I know incoming administrations try to not undermine policies of the outgoing administration, but this is an unprecidented moment. It might increase conspiracy-mongering, but even many people who voted for Trump are looking for guidance & are inclined to trust Biden RE COVID 2/2
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2020
A short #coronavirus thread:
U.S. #COVID19 cases are rapidly rising, w/ 50% of all States in red or orange zone.
Cases don’t tell the whole story, but we could also hit historic highs in daily hospitalizations this week.
Deaths usually lag hospitalizations by 2-4 weeks…
— U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) November 8, 2020
This isn’t about shut downs but about empowering Americans w/ knowledge & data for decision making to prevent community spread & save lives.
With aggressive testing & isolation many universities had 97% less infections, isolated 95% less students!
Mitigation keeps us open!
— U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) November 8, 2020
Glass half full!
I suspect that when we get the full post-game, the coronavirus outbreak in the White House may have helped both literally and figuratively leave people energy-less and less able to attempt to do bad shit around the elections.
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) November 8, 2020
Let the new era of scaremongering begin…
Biden's first move? Mask mandate for all. Here's how he plans on doing it. https://t.co/PIqE5gwFqO
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 8, 2020
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Covid-19: Global coronavirus cases pass 50 million https://t.co/Bf0JxJavjE
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 9, 2020
Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million, according to a @Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total https://t.co/RWOz0BTjMh pic.twitter.com/yphTdBunny
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
The WHO is warning of an 'explosion' of #coronavirus cases throughout Europe https://t.co/FPrz4OgSN1 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 8, 2020
German officials are outraged after 20,000 mostly unmasked people jam the eastern city of Leipzig to protest new coronavirus restrictions. The justice minister says the right to protest is not a right "to put others at massive risk." https://t.co/EO1MUa9Qoo
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 8, 2020
The #coronavirus death toll in France has topped 40k w/ 306 new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours. Public Health France says the overall death toll since the pandemic's start stands at 40,169.
Health officials say new stats will be released Monday https://t.co/GcfF7stEXt pic.twitter.com/XYdCuGYecX— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 9, 2020
In Britain, the poppy appeal grapples with COVID-19 lockdown https://t.co/OiRVMtIP5d pic.twitter.com/YG5XQwLWaM
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
“The UK barely met demand for crucial medicines at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic & the government must act to safeguard supplies, as it grapples with the twin perils of a coronavirus second wave and Brexit, drug manufacturers have warned.”
Oh God.
https://t.co/Pcmw1K9S1W— Sarah Ludford ?pro-European (@SarahLudford) November 9, 2020
#BREAKING Russia confirmed 21,798 new coronavirus cases Monday, setting a new one-day record and the fourth day in a row where new infections passed 20,000 https://t.co/gJPNlOyprm
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 9, 2020
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced Thursday that Moscow’s coronavirus outbreak has spread this week despite efforts to contain it. The number of new cases in Moscow has spiked to more than 5,200 per day so far this weekhttps://t.co/syoA3ZgJ2g
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 8, 2020
Cambodians are marking their Independence Day holiday, but new coronavirus restrictions are keeping them from celebrating at karaoke parlors, beer gardens, museums, cinemas and other entertainment venues, which have been ordered shut. https://t.co/73NCFa8Ri1
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2020
Schools are closed in a Cambodian province to blunt any possible #coronavirus spread following the visit of an infected Hungarian leader https://t.co/xsWogfOfSp
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 8, 2020
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Tata launches faster COVID-19 test as cases rise https://t.co/UMAyBf6B6n pic.twitter.com/3gpVSzXb34
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
Investors bet vaccine sparks revival in beaten down stocks https://t.co/AVnBJZsO6W pic.twitter.com/QtdgsuC1Nl
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
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To some who have been critical of President Trump's response to the coronavirus, Joe Biden’s victory brings with it a glimmer of hope that an end to the pandemic might be in sight. https://t.co/97MCMVEGeF
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 8, 2020
Nursing home COVID19 cases have risen four-fold in surge states https://t.co/NtD8PQ3zkZ via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 9, 2020
BREAKING—El Paso #COVID19 deaths surging so fast, they now need **10** mobile morgues to store deceased bodies, up from 4 last week. 4 new mobile morgues will goto funeral homes directly. El Paso judge also extending shutdown until hospitals recover. https://t.co/cIy7la33AH pic.twitter.com/uQLiGy5DNQ
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 9, 2020
“If we would simply be looking out for each other, we could prevent a lot of this.” https://t.co/2vMRyk8Bfr
— Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) November 8, 2020
With coronavirus cases running rampant in the Dakotas and elected leaders refusing to forcefully intervene, the burden of pushing people to take the virus seriously has increasingly been put on the families of those who have died. Via ?@AP? https://t.co/wBwDggNNx5
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) November 8, 2020
Thread (from an old friend of the blog):
Governor of UT about to address the state. Declared state of emergency, used the EBS to break into TV to announce this.
— soonergrunt ?? (@soonergrunt) November 9, 2020
Utah governor declares new state of emergency as coronavirus spreads https://t.co/DILohLRbf1 pic.twitter.com/KUzQ79B5eQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 9, 2020
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