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This Day in COVID: September 12, 2020

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Trump officials are reportedly manipulating the CDC’s Covid-19 reports

HHS officials pressured the CDC to conform with President Donald Trump’s public statements about the coronavirus.

Vox

Trump Says He Prevented Panic On Pandemic. That's Not His Usual Approach

President Trump is known for wielding fear as a political weapon. But on the coronavirus, he says he wanted to 'play it down.'

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Virginia Tech has now suspended more than 40 students for violating public health guidelines

Virginia Tech continues to hold students accountable as coronavirus cases rise in Montgomery County.

WSLS

One of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials is currently paused. Prominent vaccine researchers tell CNN that’s unusual

CNN

Trump's virus debate: Project strength or level with public

WASHINGTON (AP) — “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour’” — British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 'One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear” — President Donald Trump. FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump clasps his hands as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Phot...

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Former Carnival ship for sale after pandemic forces cruise line to close

Yahoo

Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules

North Dakota and South Dakota lead the country in new cases per capita over the last two weeks.

KARE11

AstraZeneca Resumes Its COVID-19 Vaccine Trials In The U.K.

The company had placed its worldwide vaccine trials on hold for several days. It now says a safety review by regulators and reviewers is complete. No word on when studies in the U.S. might resume.

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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.

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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: September 12, 2021

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I got a 'mild' breakthrough case. Here's what I wish I'd known

After a year and a half of being COVID-cautious, a fully vaccinated health journalist thought he could finally travel and socialize this summer. The resulting illness didn't feel "mild" at all.

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Some Republican leaders are speaking out in favor of Covid vaccines. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Surgeon General Assails Tech Companies Over Misinformation on Covid-19 (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Why So Many Tennis Players Don’t Want the Covid Vaccine (Published 2021)

The New York Times

G.O.P. Governors Fight Mandates as the Party’s Covid Politics Harden (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Vietnam's biggest city to keep virus curbs, flight resumption sought

Reuters

Is preexisting immunity to seasonal coronaviruses limited to cross-reactivity with SARS-CoV-2? A seroprevalence cross-sectional study in north-eastern France

The Lancet

Bennett says Israel to genetically scan all arrivals for the coronavirus

The Times of Israel

How wellness influencers are fueling the anti-vaccine movement

The Washington Post

England vaccine passport plans ditched, Sajid Javid says

The health secretary rules out the scheme for nightclubs and large events, following much criticism.

BBC

Chinese city with coronavirus outbreak stops buses, trains

AP News

Worms can affect vaccine efficacy: lessons for COVID-19?

Although there is no evidence yet that it affects COVID-19 vaccines, schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, has been associated with lower vaccine immunity for several vaccines.

The Conversation

Here’s what the next six months of the pandemic will bring - The Boston Globe

For anyone hoping to see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel over the next three to six months, scientists have some bad news: Brace for more of what we’ve already been through.

The Boston Globe

Laureates of 'Nobel Prize of China' announced, recognized for coronavirus studies and impact on COVID-19 fight

Global Times

Sept. 11 brought America together. Today’s crises are driving us apart.

National tragedies often bring people together, but 20 years after 9/11, today’s crises aren’t cooling the political temperature. They’re making it worse.

Inquirer.com

Pregnant with COVID: One Mom’s Struggle

Iredell Health System

The Coronavirus Claims Black Morticians, Leaving Holes In Communities

Since the start of the pandemic, about 130 Black morticians have died from COVID-19. Their deaths are particularly notable because of the prominent role they have long played in many communities.

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