Imagining him coming home haggard with bloodshot eyes after working a 72 hour shift without being able to figure out the master plan from the seeming chaos and his wife being like, "Honey, have you considered that they might just be stupid?"
— Starfish Who Had Fun For An Hour (@IRHotTakes) May 6, 2020
great, time to kick back and relax with a plan-less reopening https://t.co/bLdmZtRFpD
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) May 7, 2020
Good news, hopefully –
New preprint looking at serology from PCR-confirmed & potential COVID-19 patients, & PCR retesting over time. tl;dr: most people make antibodies; most are neutralizing (should protect from reinfection); many remain PCR+ even weeks after symptoms subside but prob not infectious. https://t.co/619jriGJsk
— Dr. Tara C. Smith (@aetiology) May 6, 2020
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— Reuters (@Reuters) May 7, 2020
#UPDATE The United States recorded 2,073 #coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 73,095, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US has confirmed a total of 1,227,430 cases
? Vehicles wait in line at a COVID-19 mobile test site in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/HfpEPI7BbH
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 7, 2020
Daily newly reported cases appear to be on a new, slightly lower plateau around ~22k cases per day.
A reminder: the case reporting is *probably* lagging new infections by a week or so. pic.twitter.com/HOwgk8InYk
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) May 6, 2020
I'd bet that one of the reasons that *retired* people of color are more vulnerable here is because they're more likely to be sharing a household with younger relatives who are essential workers than retired white people are.
— James "Stay In. Make Masks. Test People" Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) May 6, 2020
When you look at flu each year, disadvantaged Americans and those in at risk environments are disproportionately impacted. Covid19 is going to have the same patterns of harm and as we re-open we need to focus on protecting at risk communities and job sites https://t.co/lBTvVmdySL
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) May 6, 2020
#Covid19 vaccines may set records for development, with some manufacturers predicting they could have data to support emergency use in the fall. But such predictions may be misleading the public on when average folks will be vaccinated, experts worry. https://t.co/kuSVK5S0eL
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 6, 2020
China’s government declares the whole country now at low virus risk as its new cases fall to near zero. No new deaths have been reported from COVID-19 in more than three weeks. https://t.co/Uni4Z02TAS
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 7, 2020
VIDEO South Korea returned largely to normal as workers went back to offices, and museums and libraries reopened under eased social distancing rules after new coronavirus cases dropped to a trickle pic.twitter.com/EBXQaoTVl0
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 6, 2020
Despite having been hit by a second wave of #coronavirus infections, Hong Kong has managed to contain the rebounding outbreak. There hasn't been a new case of local transmission in more than 2 weeks. https://t.co/jSdqQzRID2 pic.twitter.com/5BSnzLS68D
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 6, 2020
Coronavirus eliminated in Hong Kong.
Obviously easier to do in a place like that with low population density and minimal mass transit ridership, but America should at least try. https://t.co/TcUBw8xynf
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 6, 2020
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