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This Day in COVID: June 16, 2020

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Wall Street closes higher on signs of economic recovery

Reuters

These 7 billionaires’ net worth is up more than 50% since start of the Covid-19 pandemic

A new GoBankingRates.com study found that a few of the world's richest people, like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, have recovered their fortunes, growing their net worth by more than 50% during the Covid-19 pandemic from market lows in mid March.

CNBC

The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals

New York Times

The Looming Hunger Pandemic

After decades of progress in the battle against hunger, the pandemic threatens to push millions toward starvation.

Foreign Affairs

Why the U.S. didn't run out of hospital beds for coronavirus patients

Axios

Nursing homes might account for 40% of US COVID-19 deaths

Unniversity of Minnesota

Fauci: why the public wasn’t told to wear masks when the coronavirus pandemic began

The Hill

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Washington Post

The Dark Side Of Thailand's Coronavirus Success

Thailand's lockdown has kept the number of cases low. But the economic toll has led to a mental health crisis — and concerns about a reported increase in suicides.

NPR

China’s new coronavirus outbreak sees Beijing adopt ‘wartime’ measures as capital races to contain spread

CNN

Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives

In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.

Nature

New Zealand reports two new coronavirus cases after UK travelers test positive

CNN

Major study finds common steroid reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19

A cheap, readily available steroid drug reduced deaths by a third in patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in a large study, the first time a therapy has been shown to possibly improve the odds of survival with the condition in the sickest patients.

Statnews

New Zealand military to oversee quarantine facilities after new COVID-19 case

Reuters

Operation Warp Speed Accelerates COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Operation Warp Speed will hasten the delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine by conducting steps concurrently that normally would be conducted sequentially, senior administration officials said.

DoD

PAHO Director calls to contain spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations in border areas

Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020 (PAHO)— The Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, today called countries to “work together to strengthen the health response within their territories and across frontiers,” in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 cases among migrant and vulnerable populations in border areas.

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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.

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 16, 2021

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Walmart Provides Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record

BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 16, 2021 — Walmart is empowering people with increased access to their health data through a free, secure digital wallet that they own and decide whether to use to share their health information, starting with the COVID-19 vaccine record. The offering provides individuals with an opportunity to securely store their COVID-19…

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Nearly 40% of U.S. small businesses shuttered in pandemic

Colorado Springs Gazette

At last, health, aged care and quarantine workers get the right masks to protect against airborne coronavirus

The Conversation

Paris to allow coronavirus-era outdoor dining to become permanent

The Hill

African Covid patients 'dying from lack of oxygen'

Health agencies and medics tells the BBC of a growing crisis facing low-income African nations.

BBC

What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout?

The country has been far slower than others including the UK and the US to immunise its population.

BBC

Here’s What Dr. Fauci Has Said About Covid’s Origins And The Lab Leak Theory

Fauci on Wednesday argued it’s a “bit of a distortion” to claim he “deliberately suppressed” the lab leak theory.

Forbes

How the COVID pandemic is changing global science collaborations

The pandemic and political tensions might slow the march towards more globalized science.

Nature

COVID has shown the power of science–industry collaboration

But a thriving relationship needs clearer rules around data ownership and intellectual property – and public trust in the process.

Nature

Controlling the pandemic during the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rollout - Nature Communications

Despite the consensus that mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 will ultimately end the pandemic, it is not clear when and which control measures can be relaxed during the rollout of vaccination programmes. Here, the authors investigate relaxation scenarios using an age-structured transmission model that has been fitted to data for Portugal.

Nature

Prosocial behavior of wearing a mask during an epidemic: an evolutionary explanation - Scientific Reports

Nature

5 Ways To Stop Summer Colds From Making The Rounds In Your Family

Run-of-the-mill runny noses and coughs are back, after a break during the pandemic's height, when so many of us were circulating less and wearing masks. Here's how to keep household viruses at bay.

NPR

Who’s on the U.S. Coronavirus Task Force Published 2020

The New York Times

Putin’s Long War Against American Science Published 2020

The New York Times

Need a Reset? The End of Pandemic Life Can Be a Fresh Start Published 2021

The New York Times

For toddlers, pandemic shapes development during formative years

The pandemic created disruption and family stress that may have lasting effects on young children’s social and emotional development.

PBS

Hamburgers, Fauci and election fraud: How Biden World combats disinformation

Politico

Top Trump officials pushed the coronavirus ‘lab leak’ theory. Investigators had doubts.

Some officials wanted to blame China for covering up the pandemic’s origins and to allege that it came from a research facility in Wuhan.

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CureVac fails in pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial with 47% efficacy

Reuters

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

Reuters

As coronavirus recedes, colds and common viruses are back — especially among children

The Washington Post

What the pandemic has taught us about science communication

The World Economic Forum