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This Day in COVID: June 27, 2020

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LGBTQ Americans adjust Pride celebrations in a time of pandemic

Reuters

Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million

Reuters

Essential Vocab For COVID-19: From Asymptomatic To Zoonotic

The pandemic has brought many new terms into daily usage. Here are definitions of some of the words used in discussion of the novel coronavirus and how to stem its spread.

NPR

Why meat processing plants have become Covid-19 hotbeds

CNN

Here’s what’s safe and not safe as you plan your July 4 weekend

CNN

New Covid-19 clusters across world spark fear of second wave

Germany, South Korea, Italy and China had stamped out the disease but localised infections now reported

The Guardian

Nancy Pelosi goads 'cowardly' Trump for not wearing mask and says the CDC has not made them mandatory yet because it would 'embarrass the president'

The Speaker's comments come as the country reports more than 40,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time.

Business Insider

Is it safe to have family or friends in your Covid-19 ‘bubble’? What you need to know

The more people you come in contact with, the higher your risk of Covid-19 transmission. So is it safer to have close friends and family in your 'bubble'? Experts explain.

CNBC

US 'likely' to see shortage of pharmaceutical drugs if coronavirus outbreak continues, intelligence report finds

A decrease in generic drugs would hurt low-income and unemployed Americans.

ABC

Congressional Republicans push to wear masks amid coronavirus cases spike

Axios

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Washington Post

Justice Department Issues Warning About Fake Mask Exempt Cards

The department says the public should ignore the fraudulent cards, which purport to carry the authority of the 'Freedom to Breathe Agency,' which is neither a federal nor a state agency.

NPR

Brazil signs deal to produce experimental virus vaccine

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian government announced on Saturday an agreement with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to produce a promising coronavirus vaccine that is undergoing tests.

Why coronavirus contact tracing is failing

Axios

The Lancet Editor’s Wild Ride Through the Coronavirus Pandemic

How Richard Horton balances science and politics.

New Yorker

Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix

Three African American ER physicians in Washington, D.C., recount experiences on their wards, where Black patients make up the vast majority of the city's COVID-19 fatalities.

NPR

Our Mission

The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19.

The pandemic era of 2020-2022 saw massive increases in restrictions on daily life—enforced by the government and by social stigma—accompanied social protests that roiled cities worldwide

In the United States alone, trillions of dollars were spent by the federal government to offset the forced closure of businesses and the devastation of normal life.

The impacts of these policy decisions are still being felt today.

Some would like us to forget the actions and people that played a significant role during the pandemic.

But we of the COVID-19 History Project don't want to forget. Through our work, we hope there will always be an archive to learn from and interpret this fascinating, disturbing, time in world history.

The Timeline

In order to learn from the mistakes of the past, and give COVID-19 decision makers the credit—both good and bad—they deserve, we have compiled a media timeline from every day of the pandemic.

We have endeavored to make the timeline comprehensive without being duplicative, following the major trends as they unfolded.

We provided analyses for each month highlighting major events, but encourage readers to make their own conclusions about these events as well.

This Day in COVID: June 27, 2021

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