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This Day in COVID: July 12, 2020

The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19?

Film fans flocked online during lockdown. As restrictions ease, what’s happening to revive cinema-going and restart shoots?

The Guardian

The long-term biological effects of COVID-19 stress on kids’ future health and development

The Conversation

Comparing COVID-19 to past world war efforts is premature — and presumptuous

The Conversation

Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as He Speaks Up on Virus Concerns

New York TImes

Task force member says no downside to wearing mask after Trump calls it a ‘double edged sword’

CNN

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Go To A ‘Covid Party’

A 30 year old male died after recently attending a 'Covid party' in San Antonio, Texas. The motivation for holding such parties appears to be a curiosity if the virus is real, and to see if anyone gets infected.

Forbes

Hundreds of people celebrated the July 4 weekend at a Michigan lake. Now some have Covid-19

CNN

This is what the Surgeon General had to say about mask mandates

CNN

Churches amid the pandemic: Some outbreaks, many challenges

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowded bars and house parties have been identified as culprits in spreading the coronavirus. Meat packing plants, prisons and nursing homes are known hot spots. Then there’s the complicated case of America’s churches. The vast majority of these churches have cooperated with health authorities and successfully protected their congregations.

CBS Austin

Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Waging war on coronavirus – my struggle to save a COVID-19 patient at death’s door

In almost 50 days rotating in the ICU I took care of dozens of critically ill patients. Only two of my patients survived.

Fox News

World's first Covid-19 vaccine? Russia successfully completes clinical trials

The clinical trials of the world's first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University has been successfully completed.'The vaccine corresponds to the safety of those vaccines that are currently in the market,' said director of Russian medical school

Live Mint

COVID-19 and the city: The future of pandemic-proofed buildings

COVID-19 has thrown the shortcomings of the built environment into sharp relief. But a quiet revolution in health-conscious architecture hints at how to pandemic-proof our buildings for the future.

CGTN

Walmart adds 'health ambassadors' to remind customers of local coronavirus mask mandates

Walmart is adding 'health ambassadors' to the front of select stores nationwide to remind customers of state and local coronavirus mask mandates.

Fox News

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 12, 2021

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What is it like to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial? | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Stephaun Wallace, Ph.D., M.S., shares his COVID-19 clinical trial experience.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine (.gov)

The Kids Were Safe the Whole Time

Why we should rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else.

New York Magazine

Fauci and Birx warned Scott Atlas was ‘dangerous’

The Hill

Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring? (Published 2021)

The New York Times

D.C. agrees to pay $220,000 in legal fees to Baptist church that sued over coronavirus restrictions

The Washington Post

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Linked To Neurological Disorder In Extremely Rare Cases

Of the more than 12 million people who received the J&J vaccine, around 100 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NPR

Despite Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated, Fox News Hosts Smear Shots (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Republicans push to ban "discrimination" against unvaccinated people

Axios

Analysis | The Technology 202: Sen. Warren calls for federal probe of mask sales on Amazon

The Washington Post

‘Devastating’: WHO scientist condemns Euro 2020 final over Covid risk

WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove, says event likely to have spurred Covid-19 transmission

The Guardian

COUnty aggRegation mixup AuGmEntation (COURAGE) COVID-19 prediction - Scientific Reports

Nature

Covid vaccine: Thailand decides to mix jabs as cases spike

The decision comes after hundreds of medical workers caught Covid despite being fully vaccinated.

BBC

Covid: Pandemic cost to Isle of Man Treasury revealed as £246m

The cost of Covid "within worst case estimates" for 2020-21 financial year, says treasury minister.

BBC

COVID-19 and poverty’s impact on electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa

Tamara White summarizes findings on electricity access in Africa from the U.N.'s 2021 Sustainable Development Goals report.

Brookings

We got an exclusive look inside Moderna's labs, where the biotech upstart is planning what comes after its blockbuster coronavirus vaccine

The $90 billion biotech is making a fortune from its COVID-19 vaccine. But its rich valuation has also led to a fierce debate about Moderna's future.

Business Insider

Investigate Amazon over pandemic ‘price gouging’, says Unite

UK union complains to competition watchdog that retailer profited from high prices on hand sanitiser and masks

The Guardian

Over three-quarters of Britons re-evaluate their lives during Covid

Exclusive: switching jobs, moving house and even breaking up – poll shows Covid has changed our focus

The Guardian

Pandemic-driven hunger is making the world more unequal

Washington Post

Israel starts administering third dose of Pfizer vaccine to at-risk adults

Washington Post

These are the different schemes around the world promoting people to get vaccinated

The World Economic Forum

My Slightly Unreal Pandemic Pregnancy

The world was going to hell. I was having a baby.

The New Yorker

One and Done: Why People Are Eager for Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine (Published 2021)

The New York Times

The Rationing of a Last-Resort Covid Treatment (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with U.S. officials

The move comes as President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser acknowledged that "it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely" that booster shots will be needed.

PBS

U.S. puts new warning on J&J coronavirus vaccine for autoimmune disorder

Reuters

Fauci says it is "inexplicable" some Americans aren't getting vaccinated despite data

Fauci said 99.5% of all deaths from COVID-19 are in unvaccinated people.

CBS News

Our dreams are changing as we emerge from the pandemic. Here’s how | CNN

CNN

A French cohort for assessing COVID-19 vaccine responses in specific populations - Nature Medicine

Nature

FDA adds warning to J&J vaccine for possible link to rare neurological disorder

The move comes after reports of 100 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome following the Johnson & Johnson shot.

NBC News

DeSantis sells ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ merch as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation

Washington Post