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Anne Laurie has been a Balloon Juice writer since 2009.
This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat
“Joe Biden doesn’t need everyone in this country to always agree, just to agree that we all love this country” — narrator says in Biden’s World Series ad, a dramatically different two-weeks-out message than the one Trump’s been articulating https://t.co/vj7S8guZ5b
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 21, 2020
I have been waiting for four years to be waiting for two weeks
— Count Erfactual ?? (@counterfax) October 20, 2020
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Avengers Assemble!Post + Comments (234)
Voters are increasingly confident that Joe Biden would handle COVID-19 better than Donald Trumphttps://t.co/FBFmcqevxY pic.twitter.com/mInpRBN9Np
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) October 20, 2020
After keeping low profile on campaign trail, Obama makes debut for Biden https://t.co/vbyXx19nnh pic.twitter.com/PY52M83llB
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
And if anybody deserves to say I told you so…
In my case, there’s a whole speech for everything. https://t.co/A0pCafxZNT
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 20, 2020
Watch this clip. If you are one of the millions of #Democrats that are convinced #Trump & #RNC will retake @WhiteHouse with illegal shenanigans, Bob Bauer will lower your anxiety a few notches. An army of more than 10,000 attorneys is trained, deployed and ready. https://t.co/65gysPptn8
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 20, 2020
14 days. pic.twitter.com/ninU4fHDPk
— Steve Schale ?????? (@steveschale) October 20, 2020
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs
220,000 people dead, 8.2 million cases — worst outcomes on the planet https://t.co/1UQhjOEwDw
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
Nearly 300,000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the pandemic than expected based on historical trends, with two-thirds of the deaths due to COVID-19 illnesses https://t.co/Bj71nl6dyU pic.twitter.com/nVutZCZmKN
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday/Wednesday, Oct. 20-21Post + Comments (16)
Our #COVID19 ‘third wave’ is actually just a nonstop roller coaster of failure and complacency. https://t.co/KwR9GSud5x
— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) October 21, 2020
thread –
Rep. Clyburn, chair of the House S/C on coronavirus crisis, just released 6 weeks of WH Coronavirus Task Force reports obtained by the committee showing the WH was aware of an alarming rise in COVID cases as Trump publicly downplayed it and held crowded events.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 20, 2020
The director of NIH says it's very unlikely a vaccine will be approved before late November — and is urging people to trust health experts like Dr. Fauci who "don't really have an ax to grind."https://t.co/KpjVGtMieR
— NPR (@NPR) October 21, 2020
This gets to a core problem in this administration’s approach to crisis mgmt: the inability to acknowledge, learn from, and therefore fix, mistakes. Mistakes are inevitable in crises. But repeating them is not. https://t.co/MH7jYg7QUm
— Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) October 20, 2020
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The rise of confirmed cases in Europe is very rapid.
– This is showing the 7-day rolling average. Over the last week 138,500 cases were confirmed every day.
[interactive source https://t.co/iv71Ipz3lb] pic.twitter.com/YIUHcZi3rl
– The doubling time of confirmed cases for Europe as a whole is two weeks.— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) October 20, 2020
New Covid-19 restrictions in Europe. Selected countries @AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/SPrl4T2ciB
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 21, 2020
Some countries that avoided initial coronavirus surge see first spike in cases https://t.co/hoBdQE3AQi
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 5,186 to 380,762: RKI https://t.co/GHJMsIHjrS pic.twitter.com/epkDc96V18
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
German Alpine region goes into lockdown – the first part of the country since initial Covid peak in spring https://t.co/Xjm9eoi1tC
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 20, 2020
Here is what the latest figures tell us about the pandemic in the UK:
✅The virus is spreading, but its pace is decreasing
✅North-west England and Northern Ireland have been hit the hardest
✅Younger people are spreading the virus to those over 60https://t.co/LKedKPO1To pic.twitter.com/5aVR3VbLoD— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 21, 2020
⚡️ Russia confirmed 15,700 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,447,335, and broke its record for coronavirus deaths with 317 fatalities in the past 24 hours https://t.co/H0ppXb9Gjz
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 21, 2020
India's coronavirus tally climbs to 7.65 million https://t.co/QQnk50VbjD pic.twitter.com/U1JM9Dvj2q
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
India Covid-19: From losing loved ones to volunteering for a vaccine https://t.co/srfbEvhGJH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 21, 2020
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Two new peer-reviewed studies show a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized Covid patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting providers are getting better at treating the illness. https://t.co/tAMGC5OsPM
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) October 20, 2020
.@Flipboard asked me to curate some articles on #Covid19. The collection includes some of mine, some by my @statnews colleagues & Covid superstar reporters @kakape, @sciencecohen, @edyong209 & @apoorva_nyc. No paywalls. https://t.co/BghZi1WcLz
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 20, 2020
Sorry that this @cragcrest article debunking the 6% conspiracy came out after I put together this collection for @Flipboard ; I would have included it. Christie does such great work. https://t.co/W4uCPdbKcB https://t.co/ewEIED8zXa
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 20, 2020
In a pandemic, the need for speed challenges old standards of the scientific process https://t.co/mqFpZrXdUz
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 19, 2020
Let's say you're at high-risk for severe covid.
And in the weeks ahead monoclonal antibodies will get an EUA for early administration to prevent progression of illness.
You get a positive PCR test.
How and where do get an IV infusion?
There is no plan.https://t.co/iMnmx0JgiM pic.twitter.com/oGFWPEicKt— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 21, 2020
U.S. CDC issues 'strong recommendation' for mask mandate on airplanes, trains https://t.co/ef8nHdBryN pic.twitter.com/eB88EgcwvS
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 20, 2020
Latest #Covid19 vaccine update from @WHO has 44 vaccines in clinical trials, 10 in Phase 3 studies.
Repeating myself here, but this is truly extraordinary. A revolution in outbreak vaccine design & production. https://t.co/Tcff0xs20T— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 21, 2020
U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19. They plan to use the contentious technique to study the disease and potentially speed up development of a vaccine that could help end the pandemic. https://t.co/8OIjEGX2Mx
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) October 20, 2020
Covid: China's Sinovac vaccine to be included in Brazil immunisation plan https://t.co/Drwu4IhGUG
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 21, 2020
“Effective vaccination will be key to managing #COVID19 in the long-term, but we’ll need more than one safe and effective vaccine to achieve this goal” – Nick Jackson on @CEPIvaccines’ COVID-19 vaccine portfolio: https://t.co/3IxwvFfg7L
— Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (@gavi) October 20, 2020
The US sent Russia $5.6 million in COVID-19 supplies. It got $1 million worth of coronavirus aid from Russia, including 45 faulty ventilators that it has now tossed in the trash. https://t.co/Rtf5xvMJhn
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 19, 2020
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The pandemic has caused ~300,000 more US deaths than expected in a typical year. CDC reports Covid19 has disproportionately affected Latinos & African Americans. But it has also struck 25-to-44-year-olds very hard: Their “excess death” rate is up 26.5% https://t.co/6owxvZW6nr
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 21, 2020
New study in JAMA reports a 20% increase in excess deaths March-July 2020; #COVID19 was a documented cause in at least two-thirds https://t.co/gQSy3uvYn7
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
Disney says California rules will keep Disneyland shut for 'foreseeable future' https://t.co/jiprH7uW7M pic.twitter.com/9jG7v5xKQ5
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2020
This post is in: GOP Death Cult, Open Threads, Repubs in Disarray!, Trump Crime Cartel
The Grand Farewell Tour is… not as heartening as Lord Smallgloves and his minions expected:
Look Trump could still win but even the last hour of my Twitter feed give the impression of the wheels coming off his entire campaign. pic.twitter.com/3eNDHieoeI
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 20, 2020
In Erie, President Trump said that before the pandemic he was coasting to re-election and did not need to campaign. “There was no way I was coming to Erie. To be honest I didn’t have to. Then we got hit by the plague and we had to go back to work. Hello Erie!”
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) October 21, 2020
No complacency before November 3rd, etc etc, but this is *not* a man who believes he’s gonna win. So, if nothing else, you can take consolation in the fact that we’re making him miserable. More miserable.
"People of tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots,” Trump says in campaign call that has become a longish rant in which he is trying to deny he is at risk of losing this election.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 19, 2020
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: Last Days of Sod’EmPost + Comments (94)
President Donald Trump lashes out at "stupid" critics from within his own party and calls for unity after growing Republican criticism and warnings of a "bloodbath" in the November 3 election https://t.co/n7jU6fIRbJ pic.twitter.com/xKuGRoX7Vc
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 19, 2020
Note: Trump was trailing in the polls to Biden since the race began, long before covid was a thing https://t.co/oOII9qVdwq
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) October 21, 2020
It’s always projection:
"If you want depression, doom and despair, vote for Sleepy Joe. And boredom," Trump says in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/8cQrJsm61Q
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 21, 2020
Going through Trump's rally transcripts from this weekend and even I am mildly impressed at how dishonest he was.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 18, 2020
On the bright side, this should finally put an end to the whole "Master Race" thing. pic.twitter.com/QoRrStlsAo
— KevinlyFather ???????????????? (@KevinlyFather) October 17, 2020
Everyone is LOVING the Trumptanic’s fun-filled cruise.
People are laughing and drinking… and we have plenty of ice cubes! https://t.co/cAOOC0yElj
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 19, 2020
"There's something about that, when you watched everybody getting pushed around, there's some very beautiful about it. I don't care what anyone says. Not politically correct." — Trump describes the National Guard getting into physical altercations with protesters as "beautiful" pic.twitter.com/04ax2wWKra
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2020
Call me conservative, but I prefer Presidents who don’t have to flee the jurisdiction if they lose a re-election campaign.
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 17, 2020
Trump is spewing hate at his MI rally & admitting he will lose. He will be crying onstage b4 his delusional, grievance-fest campaign ends.
"On January 1, I better damn well be president I'll tell you. Well I will be. I will be for 20 days. Don't do this to me. You can't do that."— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) October 18, 2020
Some in the crowd, including GOP officials, head for the exits before Trump finishes his remarks. #gapol pic.twitter.com/SMwuKUcvAV
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) October 17, 2020
Someone should do an analysis of how many words Trump was speaking per minute before being given dexamethasone, how many words per minute now, & how many words per minute 7 days from now.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) October 15, 2020
Is he trying to pronounce “Burisma”? pic.twitter.com/f4veqoolC7
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 15, 2020
After complimenting Trump on his smile at Miami town hall, Paulette Dale plans to vote for Biden #BecauseMiami https://t.co/rB2QtewU0X
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) October 16, 2020
The fact that she's voting for Biden is better. https://t.co/5hhJTlpPoh
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) October 19, 2020
Trump on Florida: "If we don't win it, I'm blaming the governor. I'm gonna fire him somehow. I'll find a way."
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) October 16, 2020
De Santis gambled his whole career on letting seniors die to not piss off Trump in April, and look where he's ended up in October https://t.co/iyblgMKnty
— antifa but spooky (@MenshevikM) October 16, 2020
We’re so inured to this now. And it’s so fucked up. https://t.co/tS02ENJ8j2
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 17, 2020
Trump rallies are a time suck, a money suck, which aren't being carried on national TV. And it's not clear that hosting large gatherings mid-pandemic doesn't hurt him with voters in the end.
But the adoring crowds keep the president happy.
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) October 15, 2020
"January 1, I better damn well be president, I'll tell you. Well, I will be. I will be, for 20 days. Don't do this to me. You can't do that." — Trump pic.twitter.com/ru7xjzGifl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2020
Promise? pic.twitter.com/Wbl86i8uYo
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 17, 2020
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Nature & Respite
SOUND UP ???? pic.twitter.com/9O43bfCyJO
— Jay Arnold ?? (@jadedcreative) October 16, 2020
This is how tornadoes start.
📹: https://t.co/gyWCZaAi7i pic.twitter.com/zulVVPHpep
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 14, 2020
Tuesday Evening Respite Open Thread: Dogs: We Don’t Deserve ThemPost + Comments (67)
People in a Moscow park were treated to a skateboard performance by a French bulldog named Nord Boss ?? pic.twitter.com/E8eU40kDMY
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 16, 2020
"How could you???"
(📹: Imgur user GhostTater) pic.twitter.com/NpDdreetvb
— Clare Logan 🎃 (@withchillies) October 17, 2020
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. 🔊
📹: https://t.co/Ucr3cQRDXo pic.twitter.com/WckFTScG4e
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 13, 2020
How to assert your dominance (step one) – WALK LIKE A BOSS…
(📹: Reddit user moondragon7) pic.twitter.com/v4MOOK6t8B
— Clare Logan 🎃 (@withchillies) October 14, 2020
"Leave it, Gary, he's not worth it…."
(📸: Reddit user alfaguara27) pic.twitter.com/wBZdSypjO2
— Clare Logan 🎃 (@withchillies) October 17, 2020
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Excellent Links
A predictable and predicted disaster. Half a million motorcycle riders converged on Sturgis, maskless, went home, got sick, had no quarantine or contact tracing, infected others, and people died and are dying who should have lived. @britsham @bylenasun https://t.co/cH2R6xqiA5
— Laura Helmuth (@laurahelmuth) October 18, 2020
… In many ways, Sturgis is an object lesson in the patchwork U.S. response to a virus that has proved remarkably adept at exploiting such gaps to become resurgent. While some states and localities banned even relatively small groups of people, others, like South Dakota, imposed no restrictions — in this case allowing the largest gathering of people in the United States and perhaps anywhere in the world amid the pandemic and creating huge vulnerabilities as tens of thousands of attendees traveled back home to every state in the nation…
Despite the concerns expressed by health experts ahead of the event, efforts to urge returnees to self-quarantine lacked enforcement clout and were largely unsuccessful, and the work by state and local officials to identify chains of transmission and stop them was inconsistent and uncoordinated.
Those efforts became further complicated when some suspected of having the virus refused to be tested, said Kris Ehresmann, director of infectious-disease epidemiology at the Minnesota Department of Health…
The Aug. 7-16 gathering has drawn intense interest from scientists and health officials, and will likely be studied for years to come because of its singularity. It’s not just that Sturgis went on after the pandemic sidelined most everything else. It also drew people from across the country, all of them converging on one region, packing the small city’s Main Street and the bars and restaurants along it. And in contrast with participants in the Black Lives Matter protests this summer, many Sturgis attendees spent time clustered indoors at bars, restaurants and tattoo parlors, where experts say the virus is most likely to spread, especially among those without masks…
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Pursuing a policy of driving to #Covid19 herd immunity would come at a huge costs in terms of lives lost & potentially long-term health consequences for some of the infected, writes John Barry, author of the quintessential history of the 1918 Spanish flu. https://t.co/61ik0depbs
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 19, 2020
Excellent Reads: Some Longer Pandemic StoriesPost + Comments (146)
… First, it makes no mention of harm to infected people in low-risk groups, yet many people recover very slowly. More serious, a significant number, including those with no symptoms, suffer damage to their heart and lungs. One recent study of 100 recovered adults found that 78 of them showed signs of heart damage. We have no idea whether this damage will cut years from their lives or affect their quality of life.
Second, it says little about how to protect the vulnerable. One can keep a child from visiting a grandparent in another city easily enough, but what happens when the child and grandparent live in the same household? And how do you protect a 25-year-old diabetic, or cancer survivor, or obese person, or anyone else with a comorbidity who needs to go to work every day? Upon closer examination, the “focused protection” that the declaration urges devolves into a kind of three-card monte; one can’t pin it down.
Third, the declaration omits mention of how many people the policy would kill. It’s a lot…
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Scott Atlas, a Fox News neuroradiologist whom other task force doctors regard as ill-informed, manipulative and dishonest, has consolidated power over WH coronavirus response, which is plagued by distrust and lethargy. https://t.co/yqfLtV09Ab
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 19, 2020
… Atlas shot down attempts to expand testing. He openly feuded with other doctors on the coronavirus task force and succeeded in largely sidelining them. He advanced fringe theories, such as that social distancing and mask-wearing were meaningless and would not have changed the course of the virus in several hard-hit areas. And he advocated allowing infections to spread naturally among most of the population while protecting the most vulnerable and those in nursing homes until the United States reaches herd immunity, which experts say would cause excess deaths, according to three current and former senior administration officials.
Atlas also cultivated Trump’s affection with his public assertions that the pandemic is nearly over, despite death and infection counts showing otherwise, and his willingness to tell the public that a vaccine could be developed before the Nov. 3 election, despite clear indications of a slower timetable.
Atlas’s ascendancy was apparent during a recent Oval Office meeting. After Trump left the room, Atlas startled other aides by walking behind the Resolute Desk and occupying the president’s personal space to keep the meeting going, according to one senior administration official. Atlas called this account “false and laughable.”…
The result has been a U.S. response increasingly plagued by distrust, infighting and lethargy, just as experts predict coronavirus cases could surge this winter and deaths could reach 400,000 by year’s end…
One thing to remember about Atlas is that, in addition to being an expert on MRIs rather than an infectious disease, he’s also yet another Hoover Institution hack doing his bit to disgrace Stanford. https://t.co/MPo8Absxhm https://t.co/TAGBN12JjY
— Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) October 19, 2020
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Pictographs, because twitter is a visual medium (and Bloomberg has a ferocious paywall… )
Before he had Covid-19, Brendan Delaney, the 57-year-old chair of medical informatics and decision making at Imperial College, could cycle 150 miles in a day.
Covid changed that, but not because he had a severe case of the disease https://t.co/LlPhm11VQW
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) October 17, 2020
He can’t imagine getting back on a bike and says that if he pushes himself too hard, he ends up in bed with a fever for a couple of days.
He considers himself lucky that he’s able to work. Many other long Covid sufferers cannot https://t.co/LlPhm11VQW pic.twitter.com/3QV8aeSdzs
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) October 17, 2020
So far, we've focused largely on minimizing deaths and hospitalizations.
But most long Covid patients weren’t hospitalized and didn’t have pre-existing conditions. This should throw some cold water on the idea of herd immunity https://t.co/LlPhm11VQW pic.twitter.com/F0jsVB3GKg
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) October 17, 2020
“We need to control this virus not because of the risk that Granny may catch it and die, or your uncle may end up in ICU, but because fit, healthy people without any comorbid conditions who are young can end up having their lives wrecked,” Delaney says https://t.co/LlPhm11VQW pic.twitter.com/zId1W7Ehsr
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) October 17, 2020
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Celebrity, in its way:
Warning for COVID scientists: An impostor is asking scientists for an interview using the email [email protected] (not mine) and signature “Atul Gawande, Staff Writer, The New Yorker.”
These are fake. Do not respond. I use a https://t.co/KzImGxPZmJ address for work. 1/4
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) October 17, 2020
They also accessed Twitter and other social media accounts.
They have possession of the scientist's financial account details.
And most disturbing, they tried to get into the person’s home security alarm system. 3/4
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) October 17, 2020
placing my bets now: this is going to link back to the Guo Wengui-Bannon stuff https://t.co/8kNJu9FBjo
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) October 17, 2020
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This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Music, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat
Dead Heads don’t let Dead Heads skip elections. Get out and vote. https://t.co/hcFw6qHQqe pic.twitter.com/7RDfxXFUWH
— Grateful Dead (@GratefulDead) October 17, 2020
The Beastie Boys have never licensed music to be used in a political ad…until now. And the use of "Sabotage" is perfect.
This is really good from the Biden campaign, featuring the owner of "The Blind Pig" in Ann Arbor.
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 18, 2020
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: GOTV Cole BaitPost + Comments (244)
whoever is doing his ads needs their salary tripled and I mean it
— kilgore trout, kiss me mr. president (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 18, 2020
We're not kitten around, folks. #CatsForBiden pic.twitter.com/y6WMaCbSxA
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) October 14, 2020
And for the rest of us…
Trump mocks Biden at Nevada rally by saying he “will listen to the scientists” https://t.co/tKTfYTmVUs
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 19, 2020
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 19, 2020
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs
Michael Osterholm, a renowned infectious-disease expert, said on Meet the Press that a "herd immunity" theory reportedly invoked by Dr. Scott Atlas "is the most amazing combination of pixie dust and pseudoscience I've ever seen." https://t.co/35YWuXzZ65
— Axios (@axios) October 18, 2020
Where we’re at: Twitter has removed a tweet (saying masks don’t work) from the president’s coronavirus advisor, Scott Atlas, for violating its rules against sharing false and harmful information about the coronavirus.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 18, 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, Oct. 19-20Post + Comments (32)
TRUMP ON THE ATTACK: With 15 days until votes are counted and about 55,000 new COVID cases daily, Pres. Trump is attacking Dr. Fauci, calling him a “disaster” and doctors “idiots,” and warning Joe Biden would listen to them if he wins. @jonkarl reports. https://t.co/9kJ1LuQqt2 pic.twitter.com/Y5tUZ0OqW7
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) October 20, 2020
The White House is deliberately abandoning millions of Americans to COVID infection. This warning from @ScottGottliebMD confirms it. https://t.co/Cg5qrO5U74 pic.twitter.com/6HNzsLJsZn
— Will Saletan (@saletan) October 19, 2020
To achieve herd immunity through natural infection would mean more Americans killed by Covid in a year than were killed in all of the wars of the 20th century. https://t.co/zdqC1HKWbg
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) October 19, 2020
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The global total of coronavirus cases has passed 40 million, according to a New York Times database. An average of at least 350,000 new cases a day have been reported over the past week, the highest levels of the pandemic. https://t.co/P62nLdKWjR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 19, 2020
AFP graphic looking at countries with the highest #coronavirus death tolls and their respective death rates@AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/gQA0KcXR73
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 20, 2020
Why have some countries, particularly in East Asia, crushed the curve while US and Europe lose control over the pandemic?@WHO: because they detect and isolate the infected, track down their contacts, place those contacts in quarantine, and break the chain of transmission🧵 pic.twitter.com/tiX89xbRpD
— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) October 19, 2020
The 2nd wave is looking worse than the first, as seen by Europe, now accelerating, led by Czechia. After achieving containment for months.@OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/7uYnYNoWEN
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 19, 2020
Ireland has closed all ‘non-essential’ retailers and imposed a new lockdown that is expected to put 150,000 people out of work https://t.co/EsiwAA0kKU
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 20, 2020
German government investing €500m (£452m) to improve ventilation systems in public buildings to help stop spread of coronavirus https://t.co/Z1DSKNH4bY
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 19, 2020
"We are really very close to a tsunami": Belgium opts for a tough approach to contain a surge of COVID-19 cases, imposing a night-time curfew and closing bars and restaurants for a month. https://t.co/l35hUE0iBO
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) October 19, 2020
Poland turning the National Stadium in Warsaw into a massive #COVID19 field hospital https://t.co/DjGHKcJx96 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Ukraine is struggling to treat COVID-19 patients, with some hospitals getting overwhelmed and running out of money to provide drugs to patients. "We are catastrophically short of doctors," the chief physician at one hospital says. Full story: https://t.co/vncUGJjLPy pic.twitter.com/tqhThNsVui
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 19, 2020
Russia confirmed 15,982 new Covid-19 cases Monday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,415,316 and breaking the country's record for new infectionshttps://t.co/1wwxiGnH4x
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 19, 2020
Moscow will not return to a full coronavirus lockdown like it did in spring as long as residents abide by current restrictions, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday as new cases continued to risehttps://t.co/UMalau0e9Y
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 19, 2020
Iran recorded 337 coronavirus deaths on Monday, its worst day since the start of the pandemic. Iran emerged early as a global epicenter of the virus and has the worst outbreak in the Middle East with a death toll of more than 30,000. https://t.co/ING5JaoriE
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 19, 2020
Has the coronavirus pandemic peaked in India? https://t.co/25KXsyoZfm
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 19, 2020
Australia evacuates crew from coronavirus infected livestock vessel https://t.co/yhsZYAhBsO pic.twitter.com/CI338sXKaU
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Argentina's confirmed cases surpass one million https://t.co/UODc0hNkmG
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 20, 2020
Mexico reports 3,699 new coronavirus cases, 171 more deaths https://t.co/u0VzviWNYh pic.twitter.com/x7mR4JuPr4
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 20, 2020
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Millions more coronavirus rapid tests, but are results being reported? https://t.co/CLhie7MHJ4 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
Mouthwashes, oral rinses may inactivate human coronaviruses. Findings from Penn State indicate some of these products might help reduce the viral load, or amount of virus in the mouth after infection and may also reduce the spread of SARSCoV2 https://t.co/0HHKoCPFwX
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
NEW @CDCgov :
"CDC strongly recommends approp masks be worn by all passengers & by all personnel operating the conveyance while on public transportation (e.g., airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares) & at transportatn hubs.."https://t.co/zssKT91CyP— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 19, 2020
The UK government has signed a contract for the first human challenge studies for the novel coronavirus, in which healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with the virus in a controlled setting, and some receive an experimental vaccine. https://t.co/gmg8ZK9kof
— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2020
“Meduza” special correspondent Svetlana Reiter volunteered to participate in Russia’s coronavirus vaccine clinical trials. Here’s part two of her diary. https://t.co/9jzrfzvVEF
— Meduza in English (@meduza_en) October 19, 2020
Can an air purifier help protect you from the coronavirus? https://t.co/YDn9IJlt03
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2020
… In a typical home, it may take two to three hours for the air to be exchanged. Using an air purifier can boost that exchange rate up to six exchanges per hour — cleaning the air about every 10 minutes.
That sounds impressive, but before you rush out to buy a purifier for your home, consider your personal circumstances. If you have been staying at home with the same family members and don’t intend to change that, you probably don’t need one. But if someone in your household is an essential worker with a greater chance for exposure or your school-age children are back to in-person learning, you might consider investing in a purifier unit.
The two experts are not advising that you rely on purifiers to entertain company. “Having people into your home for a meal or perhaps staying several days is a big concern as the holidays approach,” Corsi says. “Some may have been exposed; others don’t even know that they are infected.” They emphasize that people should not cease wearing a mask or washing their hands just because they have a purifier. “Don’t let your guard down. A purifier may lower the level of particles in the air, but it doesn’t eliminate the risk,” Corsi says…
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We tracked down 64 passengers who were allowed back into the U.S. without quarantining from a European cruise ship that had a COVID outbreak. Of those 64, 45 said they tested positive for COVID soon after returning to the United States. https://t.co/mKKRRDQAz3 pic.twitter.com/TYpdiQYy0x
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 18, 2020
Wear a mask pic.twitter.com/mLom3yyNrC
— John G. Murphy (@JGodiasMurphy) October 19, 2020
Hard-earned kudos for California:
California is the size of a country. It turned its #Covid19 outbreak around. Could other states battle back too? A thread. https://t.co/0ij3vCydG2
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 19, 2020