Your risk of #COVID19 increases the closer you get to others and the longer you interact with them. Learn ways to help safely resume daily activities and slow the spread of #COVID19: https://t.co/g9sT0JI4w5. pic.twitter.com/nhluRwemVP
— CDC (@CDCgov) August 18, 2020
Dr. Fauci, the US' leading infectious disease expert, says he doesn't foresee a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
“If someone refuses the vaccine in the general public, then there's nothing you can do about that. You cannot force someone to take a vaccine." https://t.co/CiRNP5bwUF
— CNN (@CNN) August 19, 2020
(I’m not sure how many people would trust a Trump-sanctioned vaccine, this October. TBH, since I can pretty well avoid human contact apart from my appropriately-paranoid Spousal Unit, I’m not sure *I* would want to be in the beta-testing group, come early 2021… )
Fed Chair Powell: “The path forward for the economy is extraordinarily uncertain and will depend in large part on our success in keeping the virus in check. A full recovery is unlikely until people are confident that it is safe to re-engage in a broad range of activities.” Clear?
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) August 19, 2020
New @CNN poll shows rising American ire.
79% say they're angry — half are VERY angry — only 19% say they aren't enraged.
The United States of Rage.#COVID19 + #lockdowns + racism + distrust, fueled by disinfo & politics. Mix in $-despair & you get ?.https://t.co/cZeJhFk4Cu pic.twitter.com/VGntkY6iwy— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 19, 2020
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AFP graphic looking at countries with the highest #coronavirus death tolls, and their respective death rates@AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/atKNrJy5yV
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 20, 2020
Rakuten CEO urges review of Japan's COVID-19 entry curbs on foreigners https://t.co/ByillPNR3s pic.twitter.com/urVcTtPEAs
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2020
China to allow fans back into football matches
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— AFP_Sport (@AFP_Sport) August 20, 2020
Endless first wave: how Indonesia failed to control coronavirus https://t.co/jMrkOnepZx pic.twitter.com/oS1jasxiM7
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2020
ASIA TODAY: India counted another record high of new coronavirus infections as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day. The 69,652 new cases pushed India’s total past 2.8 million. https://t.co/FhCe5S8sl9
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 20, 2020
India faces protracted slowdown as virus clouds rural revival https://t.co/ugvo3KMQ4k pic.twitter.com/ylXQTLJr7o
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2020
South Korean coronavirus infections fan out nationwide from church cluster https://t.co/n920VFoH0x pic.twitter.com/SzI0vm7BRj
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2020
#UPDATE Germany records 1,707 new COVID-19 cases of in the past 24 hours, the highest toll since April.
Germany had fared better than many European neighbours in suppressing the virus. The rise has been blamed on returning holidaymakers as well as parties and family gatherings pic.twitter.com/4QKJ8ztRXz
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 20, 2020
Lebanon to impose lockdown as coronavirus cases spike after Beirut explosion https://t.co/No46QkLYji
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 19, 2020
Australia rules out mandatory coronavirus immunisations https://t.co/KUdLMUiouQ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 19, 2020
Venezuela is detaining suspected #coronavirus victims calling them 'bioterrorists' https://t.co/bDpGC1PYXH
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
Peru to test China Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trial https://t.co/k4F8DoxuZL pic.twitter.com/oaZyH4s93x
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2020
Teachers in Mexico City march in protest against the new back-to-school plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to demand a payment owed by the Mexican government
? Alfredo Estrella pic.twitter.com/htNQj9boX3
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 20, 2020
WHO calls for end to 'vaccine nationalism' https://t.co/PHNXxSbG78 #vaccine #coronavirus #Covid_19
— Magdalena Skipper (@Magda_Skipper) August 19, 2020
CEPI, @gavi and @WHO have launched COVAX to ensure equitable access to #COVID19 vaccines and end the acute phase of the pandemic by the end of 2021 ?
Find out more about the initiative on our new COVAX page ▶️https://t.co/o2M3vGKUm1 pic.twitter.com/mSFdX678DI
— CEPI (@CEPIvaccines) August 19, 2020
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Progress report on the coronavirus pandemic: The journal
Nature weighs in on the #coronavirus outbreak in the 1st of a series of reports on the worst pandemic in 102 years https://t.co/nAMpzdseN5— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a #COVID19 cure. Remember the old adage: Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's safe. And, like other Trump recommendations, there's no research to even prove it helps https://t.co/VY42zn5s5o via @physorg_com
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
Treatment costs for #COVID19 are coming down — one of few bits of #pandemic good news.
"Hospitals spent $1,090 per Covid-19 patient on medication in July, down from $3,011 in May among more than 50 hospitals in 10 states that were analyzed."https://t.co/s1Tz11YXkT— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 19, 2020
Study shows that mild cases of #COVID19 can trigger robust memory T cell responses, even in absence of detectable virus-specific antibody responses.
T cell responses generated by natural exposure to #SARSCoV2 may protect against recurrence of disease.https://t.co/prVeQdnFak
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 19, 2020
#COVID19 patients who experience cytokine storms may make few memory B cells. The storm is a massive flood of protein cytokines, which trigger COVID's most severe inflammatory symptoms. In the journal Cell, new evidence that long-term immunity is affected https://t.co/ZWa3pVy6us
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
Trail of "bubbles" leads scientists at Mount Sinai in New York City to a compelling new #coronavirus clue https://t.co/VFOhKf7SDz via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
#Covid19 vaccines could conceivably be ready to be used within a few months, perhaps as early as January. The work to find out if they are safe to give to pregnant women & children has barely begun.https://t.co/zXC2pYpNS2
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 19, 2020
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The pandemic is shifting how consumers use gig companies https://t.co/8HqYEiwUnx via @techxplore_com
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 19, 2020
The number of colleges reporting #COVID19 cases since they opened a few weeks ago show that you can plan as much as you want but it’s what happens outside the classroom that drives cases. @NewDay pic.twitter.com/6abQeqOjrF
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) August 19, 2020
Student leaders say they told administrators that remote learning was the "best and only option,” but the university decided to reopen campus anyway. https://t.co/ecHRAsrlls
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 19, 2020
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