Americans went to the polls Tuesday under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with an alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. https://t.co/ilp3M0ZEGI
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 3, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases and tracking data: At least 231,000 people have died and 9.3 million have tested positive https://t.co/1UQhjOEwDw
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2020
U.S. coronavirus hospitalizations hit three-month high over 50,000: Reuters tally https://t.co/ogo9F4N3JL pic.twitter.com/rkS4sxZ3E1
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
What do US voters think of efforts to contain the pandemic?
Early national exit poll shows 30% of voters said efforts are going "somewhat well", compared to 35% who say "very badly"#Election2020 https://t.co/fVQ13KG8wT pic.twitter.com/21TKlT3u3t
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 4, 2020
b) The price of lockdown has been *huge* psychologically and economically and socially, and the desire to be free from lockdown – even at the cost of death – is greater than people realize.
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) November 4, 2020
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Across Europe #covid19 cases are surging and the continent is shutting down again. Germany‘s second shutdown began yesterday, Austria‘s starts today, England is following on Thursday. How did we get here? What‘s the plan? Quick thread and my story here: https://t.co/Mv80ERTQU9
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) November 3, 2020
New data from Italy show that regions worst-hit by the first waves of the pandemic now benefit from some degree of immunity https://t.co/JBGcUPpK7X
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 4, 2020
Simon Stevens, head of NHS England, told Today there are now equivalent of 22 hospitals worth of coronavirus patients
He says 'we've filled another two hospitals fill of severely ill coronavirus patients' since PM spoke on Sat
These are desperately sick patients in hospitalks
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) November 4, 2020
"Nightmare before Christmas": Holiday lights are twinkling on London's streets as non-essential retail stores prepare to go dark for a likely monthlong lockdown. https://t.co/WUPxyNndXl
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 3, 2020
Ukraine again registers record daily new coronavirus cases https://t.co/VXIZ9x6Jwr pic.twitter.com/qooPVXO7Fn
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
Russia reports record number of new coronavirus cases, deaths https://t.co/ImxR71DgSx pic.twitter.com/aYK4yfeb49
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
Russia confirmed 18,648 Covid-19 cases and 355 deaths Tuesday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,673,686 https://t.co/TWzWeUScx1
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 3, 2020
As the second record-breaking wave of the coronavirus pandemic rips through Russian regions, horror stories such as bodies wrapped in black plastic filling hospitals and patients dying due to oxygen shortages have been reported across the nationhttps://t.co/KXy1f8poVS
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 3, 2020
Unlike the rest of Russia, Moscow is keeping its nightlife going past 11 pm, requiring only a QR code registration for contact tracing. @SoniaKopelev and @samberkhead spoke to local Muscovites to see how they feel about the covid measures
Full video here: https://t.co/4wy35jHeOY pic.twitter.com/NLGilFfcx3— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 3, 2020
Mainland China reports 17 new coronavirus infections, asymptomatic cases surge https://t.co/WmQER60l6v pic.twitter.com/U7sacW6zIq
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
India records 46,253 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/6dIuC24FmR pic.twitter.com/iWCRmz1qlv
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
Australia's Victoria reports no COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day https://t.co/5hotzmTwtN pic.twitter.com/3b8UmKgI6c
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
Mexico reports 5,250 new coronavirus cases, 493 more deaths https://t.co/RPXJ1zbZQR pic.twitter.com/r1gQXgGxP2
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
From Canadian health officials, analysis of how wide coronavirus can spread from single introduction. One infected person at an indoor sports event spread to 60 others (to date) over 18-day period, creating 7 identified outbreaks, directly impacting 170 people. h/t @BogochIsaac https://t.co/OL81KKV2ez
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) November 3, 2020
U.S. cruise industry will extend suspension through December 31 https://t.co/vsT0ycg7pQ pic.twitter.com/8531bUJmQ8
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
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Flu vaccination may have a protective effect on #COVID19. The research was conducted by medical investigators in Florida who underscore that flu vaccination doesn't prevent Covid, but the immune response triggered by the vax may attenuate Covid's severity https://t.co/fUhHcAVLP7 pic.twitter.com/bi6XslNxwc
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2020
Lung damage found in COVID dead may shed light on 'long COVID' – study https://t.co/FueQGoi0bO pic.twitter.com/muyBsF4g5v
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2020
Study uncovers a subset of #COVID19 patients who recover quickly and sustain antibodies https://t.co/uB71EtqvQY via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2020
SARSCoV2 'superspreading' events play outsized role in overall disease transmission https://t.co/yJ4h3TtZCF via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 3, 2020
If everyone would wear a #mask when they go out in public, more than 130,000 #COVID19 deaths could be prevented this winter. Details about this new modeling study on my blog. #CovidStopsWithMe #NIH https://t.co/25pjlhiXle
— Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) November 3, 2020
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BREAKING—Children make up 11% of all US #COVID19 cases, up from 2% in April. Over 61,000 children in the U.S. were diagnosed just last week—new record.
➡️ We need to make schools safer—offer $100,000 for ventilation/filtration upgrades for every school. https://t.co/lMAmpcQ81Q
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 3, 2020
4,229 new #COVID19 cases reported today in Ohio. It's clear we have no coordinated response here. We're continuing on a terrible trajectory and the holidays aren't even here. All we have is "personal responsibility." https://t.co/ngpHUfqEvq
— Dr. Tara C. Smith (@aetiology) November 3, 2020
Our NYC serosurvey paper is now out in Nature:
1) if extrapolated to the NYC population we found>1.7 million infected and IFR at 0.97
2) earlier introduction of the virus into city than officially detected
3) seroprevalence AND titers are stable so far https://t.co/XK3TWVveXf— Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer) November 3, 2020
David Andahl, a Republican nominee who died from the coronavirus last month, appears to have won a seat in North Dakota's state legislaturehttps://t.co/foO7Yr3BGV
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 4, 2020
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