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This Day in COVID: July 8, 2020

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Coronavirus recovery – the new economic thinking we need

The Conversation

How a coronavirus vaccine will get to market

Here's a look at some of the top contenders in the effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as the challenges public health officials will face when that vaccine is finally ready for use.

PBS

Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms

UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions

The Guardian

Learning from the best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses

Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare share insights and opportunities from COVID-19 responses across Africa.

Brookings

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

For working parents, the uncertainty surrounding child care and in-person instruction for school-aged children is unprecedented, with a cascading set of consequences on family life, education, and earnings.

Brookings

Why children and teens with symptoms should get a COVID-19 test, even if you think it’s ‘just a cough’

The Conversation

Gay sports bar Gym closes West Hollywood location due to COVID-19 pandemic

Gym Sportsbar is closing its West Hollywood location after a nearly 11-year run because of the pandemic.

Out Sports

U.S. reports record single-day spike of 60,000 new coronavirus cases

Cases are growing, on average, by at least 5% in 37 states as of Tuesday, according to a CNBC analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins.

CNBC

This chart should be getting Trump’s attention

CNN

Trump threatens to cut funding for schools, slams CDC reopening guidelines as too tough and expensive

The threats came as the White House ramped up an administration-wide pressure campaign on schools to fully reopen this fall, despite the soaring rates of coronavirus infections around the country.

CNBC

Tucker Carlson wrongly claims coronavirus prevention measures aren’t backed by science

The Hill

More than a fifth of Americans live in counties with new highs in coronavirus cases

Washington Post

Leaders like Trump fail if they cannot speak the truth and earn trust

The Conversation

Some Americans refused to wear masks during the 1918 pandemic. Here’s how it worked out.

The Hill

‘They Want To Put Chips Inside Us’: Kanye West Cites Debunked Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories

The billionaire rapper says he’s serious about his bid for president, which appears to be based around a set of right-wing, evangelical views.

Forbes

‘Desperation science’ slows the hunt for coronavirus drugs

Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamoring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for haste.

NBC

Hospitals continue to bear the burden of the COVID-19 surge

The AHA is asking Congress for financial support with other relief in regulatory measures, the biggest being the use of telehealth.

Health Care Finance News

Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization

CNN

Summer camps close after Covid-19 outbreaks among campers and staff

CNN

‘A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges

“We are several months into this,” said an Alabama minister. “How can it be that we can’t go in and get a test?”

Tampa Bay Times

Ohio State pauses all voluntary workouts following COVID-19 testing results

The Ohio State Department of Athletics announced Wednesday evening it has paused all voluntary workouts on campus following the results of its most recent COVID-19 testing of student-athletes. Ohio State said seven teams' workouts are affected by this pause: men's and women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball.

ABC 6

Brooks Brothers is permanently closing 51 stores as it enters bankruptcy during the pandemic. See which have shut down so far.

Brooks Brothers decided to close 51 stores before filing for bankruptcy. Some of them have already shuttered.

Business Insider

McConnell and Trump disagree on following CDC coronavirus guidelines for school reopenings

Courier-Journal

What happens if President Trump contracts COVID-19

John Hudak writes that the president contracting COVID-19 could lead to a few different scenarios: business as usual, the president invoking Section 3 of the 25th Amendment himself, or in the case of his sudden incapacitation, the vice president and Cabinet invoking Section 4.

Brookings

Grim projection: 200,000 dead by Election Day

Recent surge in infections and Trump policies prompt a serious reassessment by forecasters, who now see no end in sight for coronavirus crisis.

Politico

As Trump threatens funding cuts, NH school officials say reopening decisions will be made locally

WMUR

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: July 8, 2021

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Discovery of potential imaging and therapeutic targets for severe inflammation in COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports

Nature

Vaccines ‘surest way to prevent deaths’ as Covid-19 toll hits 4 million

WHO chief says world is at ‘perilous point’ with death toll likely to be underestimated.

South China Morning Post

Twin epidemics in Haiti, violence and coronavirus, usher in ‘critical phase’ in wake of assassination

Washington Post

Fauci Says Current Vaccines Will Stand Up To The Delta Variant

All the data so far shows the vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious disease or hospitalization, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Vaccination is also imperative to preventing mutations, he added.

NPR

Dr. Fauci: ‘Please get vaccinated it will protect you’ against surging of delta variant

During a White House Covid team briefing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, urged Americans to get the vaccine. Dr. Fauci said, “It will protect you against the surging of the delta variant."

NBC News

Conservatives distort Biden's pledge to 'knock on doors' to get people vaccinated

Conservatives are balking at the idea of President Joe Biden's new federal "surge teams" deployed to COVID hotspots to help contain outbreaks and increase vaccinations.

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John Kennedy Urges U.S. to 'Vaccinate the World' With 'Made in USA' Syringes

Newsweek

Biomaterial vaccines capturing pathogen-associated molecular patterns protect against bacterial infections and septic shock - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Injectable biomaterial vaccines designed to magnetically capture pathogen-associated molecular patterns protect mice and pigs against septic shock from lethal bacterial infections.

Nature

Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark

Low vaccination rates among U.S. Black and Latino communities are caused by cultural factors and an inequitable health care system.

PBS

Parents Sue New Hampshire School Districts Over Mask Policy

Nearly two dozen New Hampshire parents are suing three school districts over student mask policies.

CBS News

Americans will need masks indoors as U.S. heads for 'dangerous fall' with surge in delta Covid cases

The U.S., which just celebrated the Fourth of July, is headed toward a "dangerous" fall when the delta variant is expected to cause another surge in new cases.

CNBC

Most incarcerated people have had their COVID-19 shots — but their guards likely haven’t

Many prison guards are hesitant to get vaccinated despite encouragements from the state facilities. Low vaccination rates of guards threatens prison safety and efficacy.

PBS

COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time. Can we make future vaccines even faster?

AAMC

After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19 - Nature

This Perspective discusses possible future patterns of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the development of variants, potential changes in the patterns of spread and the implications for vaccine deployment and the potential consequences of these issues for the development of policy.

Nature

NIH study associates COVID-19 surges with mortality increases for patients

The analysis looked at data from 150,000 COVID-19 inpatients from 558 U.S. hospitals from March to August of 2020.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

Covid: Children's extremely low risk confirmed by study

The overall risk of death is around two in a million children, scientists looking at England's data estimate.

BBC

Why The Delta Variant Is Hyper-Contagious: A New Study Sheds Light

New research from China suggests people infected with the delta variant have, on average, about 1,000 times more virus in their respiratory tracts than those infected with the original strain.

NPR

Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 - Nature

A global network of researchers was formed to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity; this paper reports 13 genome-wide significant loci and potentially actionable mechanisms in response to infection.

Nature

Impact of methotrexate on first-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

The Lancet

Quantifying superspreading for COVID-19 using Poisson mixture distributions - Scientific Reports

Nature

Human genetic variants identified that affect COVID susceptibility and severity

Loci in the human genome that influence vulnerability to COVID.

Nature

The quest to find genes that drive severe COVID

Genome studies have discovered some genetic risk factors for disease — and could point to treatments.

Nature

Will COVID become a disease of the young?

A growing share of infections among unvaccinated youths in countries with high vaccination rates is putting the spotlight on the role of young people in the pandemic.

Nature

COVAX aims to deliver 520 mln vaccine doses to Africa this year

Reuters

When should vaccinated people wear masks now? An expert weighs in | CNN

CNN

As Pandemic Begins to Fade, So Too Does Children's Boredom

U.S. children are experiencing far less boredom, stress and anger than they did in March 2020, according to parents' reports of their children's emotions.

Gallup News

Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done'

Brazil has the second highest Covid death toll in the world, with pressure growing on its leader.

BBC

Wisconsin Farms Working To Vaccinate Mink Against Coronavirus

As Wisconsin health officials work to get more residents vaccinated against the coronavirus, a mass vaccination effort is also happening in the state’s mink industry. The state Department of Agriculture, […]

WPR

New CVS Health Study finds people are taking greater control of their health as a result of the pandemic

CVS Health

Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency

The ban is the latest blow to the troubled Olympics, already delayed by a year because of the pandemic.

NBC News