Reminder: No update posts this weekend — see y’all Tuesday!
Whoever Came Up With This Marketing Campaign Is Automatically Hired
—
The owner of this fencing academy came up with a novel approach to selling their service to the public."FENCING: The Perfect COVID Sport"
*Masks
*Gloves
*If anybody gets closer than 6' of you, you stab them pic.twitter.com/yBaT9z6isK— Neil Lowenthal (@NeilLowenthal1) September 2, 2020
A positive note to end of the week
Today is the first day the US deaths/day dropped below 1,000 in nearly 7 consecutive weeks (of weekday data)
998.
And trending downward.@COVID19Tracking pic.twitter.com/ReHpv89aFO— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 4, 2020
Several drug makers developing #Covid_19 vaccines plan to issue a public pledge not to seek government approval until the shots have proven to be safe and effective, an unusual joint move among rivals. https://t.co/CilNjAPUef
— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) September 4, 2020
Kind of wild that major pharmaceutical companies see their reputations as being at risk for working with the federal government. https://t.co/OSPqbdei3U
— Seth Masket (@smotus) September 5, 2020
Warp Speed chief calls pre-election vaccine ‘extremely unlikely’ https://t.co/Agf59ZOtSx
— Rachel Van Dongen (@RachelVanD) September 4, 2020
The US had +52,853 new confirmed cases of coronavirus today, its highest number since August 15th, bringing the total to 6,389,057, and pushing the 7-day moving average back above 42k/day. pic.twitter.com/erWYEkOUkl
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 5, 2020
1/9 Covid Epi Weekly: Stalling and Failing
Continued spread of Covid in the US will continue to undermine health, jobs, economy, and education. A concerted, strategic approach would help, a lot. Fundamental error: Failure to recognize we’re all connected, all in this together.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) September 5, 2020
9/9 It ain’t over until it’s over. Continuous improvement of data on testing, isolation tracing, quarantine. 3W’s: Wear a mask, Watch distance, Wash hands. Smarter limitations on activity to balance jobs and health. Vaccine preparations including cold chain, community engagement.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) September 5, 2020
======
#UPDATE The UN health agency said a "considerable number" of novel #coronavirus vaccine candidates are at final stage trials, but "in terms of realistic timelines, we are really not expecting to see widespread vaccination until the middle of next year" https://t.co/xJwIn3C4Lf pic.twitter.com/UscZuRV5kn
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 4, 2020
India crosses four million coronavirus cases with record surge https://t.co/OczG5SxAvE pic.twitter.com/G3TerIOICT
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2020
South Korea posts fewest COVID-19 cases in three weeks after tightening distancing https://t.co/26qP9I53e8 pic.twitter.com/STxkUArIWf
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2020
Australia's virus hot spot chafes under lockdown as infection rate gradually improves https://t.co/mfBlC7Q5zB pic.twitter.com/WFs6jq1uNA
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2020
Spain's capital is further restricting family reunions and social gatherings to curb a sharp spike in confirmed coronavirus cases as most of Madrid's schools are set to reopen. https://t.co/3D1WNWYbXd
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) September 4, 2020
Brazil reports 51,194 coronavirus cases, 907 deaths https://t.co/vlCwU4heVc pic.twitter.com/Gs7NBRmRf5
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2020
Brazil's president draws more criticism after stirring doubt on coronavirus vaccinations. https://t.co/cQU99C9Ws2
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 5, 2020
Mexico records 6,196 new coronavirus cases, 522 more deaths https://t.co/SS5UcuhgtP pic.twitter.com/5Rqrq6KRt9
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2020
======
Hearing a lot about the possibility of emergency use authorizations for #Covid19 vaccines? @matthewherper explains the nuts and bolts of what's going to happen — or at least what should happen — as Phase 3 trials proceed. https://t.co/Mx52qA9DdD
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 2, 2020
There are now 321 confirmed #COVID19 vaccine candidates. Of these, 32 have already entered clinical trials, with plans to enroll >280,000 participants from >470 sites in 34 different countries. The most advanced clinical candidates are in phase III trialshttps://t.co/eeXu1b7D8m pic.twitter.com/MFSINEH19b
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) September 5, 2020
Russian scientists have published the first paper on their Sputnik V vaccine. It highlights a problem with comparing the results from all the vaccine trials underway: they’re apples and oranges. Here’s my story for @nytimes https://t.co/Fq4AKgyO1y
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) September 4, 2020
What is COVID19 doing to the heart? Many survivors experience some type of heart damage, even if they didn't have underlying heart disease & weren't sick enough to be hospitalized. Some doctors are worried about a potential increase in heart failure https://t.co/pNUVjoII69
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 4, 2020
Trump’s MyPillow crony forestalled (for the moment):
This story is now in front of our paywall: https://t.co/Gh5pQsLiCN
— Alexander Gaffney (@AlecGaffney) September 4, 2020
The pandemic is ruining our sleep. Doctors say ‘coronasomnia’ could imperil public health. https://t.co/ZheEuURMPx
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 4, 2020
… The unusual, toxic cocktail of pandemic-era stresses that degrade sleep is so strong that physician Abhinav Singh, director of the Indiana Sleep Center, coined a mnemonic to explain it: “FED UP.” The letters stand for financial stress, emotional stress, distance from others, unpredictability, and personal and professional concerns…
======
Meatpacking was already a dangerous job among California workers. The pandemic made it worse https://t.co/DrLxSpmsyM
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 4, 2020
The U.S. paid — in #Covid19 cases & deaths — for Memorial Day weekend parties. Tony Fauci is warning the country not to repeat the mistake this Labor Day weekend, @DrewQJoseph reports. https://t.co/rAfW6UGAYz
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 4, 2020
I've seen a lot of psychologizing of higher-ed and COVID: students are young & have a risk-taking brain etc. I think that's the wrong approach. We should, instead, sociologize the question. College is *also* about socializing. We all know this & pretending otherwise doesn't work. pic.twitter.com/sJvKwkcFVx
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) September 4, 2020
Pictures, thousands of words, etc. https://t.co/BmHboz9oEu pic.twitter.com/DkK0RdKRRp
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) September 4, 2020
I’m shocked, shocked that @KristiNoem’s decision to ignore “not be the subjects of an elite class of so-called experts” has worked out the way it has. https://t.co/y0kG1bHptp
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) September 4, 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, September 5-6Post + Comments (53)