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This Day in COVID: July 3, 2020

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How Moderna executives are cashing in on COVID-19 vaccine stock speculation

Reuters

How mask mandates are playing out in Florida’s 2020 elections

Wearing a mask - or not - has become a flash point in public discourse. It's unclear how big of an issue it will be for in-person voting.

Tampa Bay Times

Should you wear masks when exercising outside?

There's no hard and fast rule. Our Verify team found that from a public health standpoint, the answer changes on a case-by-case basis.

WUSA9

More covid-19 patients are surviving ventilators in the ICU

Washington Post

Coronavirus: US donates 100 ventilators to Pakistan

Deccan Herald

Decisive leadership is a necessity in the COVID-19 response

The Lancet

Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces

At this time of national crisis, the importance of access to green spaces and nature for physical and mental health has been starkly highlighted. The period of lockdown has been [...]More...

BMJ

No uptick in coronavirus cases yet despite raves and protests, says Vallance

Social distancing breaches at beaches, raves and protests in recent weeks have not yet led to an uptick in coronavirus infections, according to the chief scientific […]

Jersey Evening Post

US Senator blasts American Airlines for packing the middle seats on his flight

CNN

China vows to phase out the live-poultry trade and improve its wet markets in response to COVID-19 pandemic

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce today announced its plan to restrict the killing and trading of live poultry in tens of thousands of wholesale and wet markets across the nation.

Daily Mail

Covid-19: ‘Plague from China should have never happened,’ says Donald Trump in attack on Beijing

Trump added that US had just signed a new trade deal with Beijing, and ‘the ink was not even dry’ when the pandemic came over.

Scroll

Think of my babies in the NICU, and wear the mask

CNN

Hey, Hollywood, we could use a snappy ‘wear the damn mask’ campaign right now

LA Times

Take that off!' Trump supporters slam Ivanka as 'silly' and 'stupid' for wearing a face mask for a photo op with GOP congressmen - as she urges others to wear masks, too

Ivanka, 38, shared the photo with Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Bruce Westerman from Arkansas on July 1. She re-used Rep. McCarthy's caption: 'Wear a mask. Plant a tree'.

Daily Mail

Before the holiday weekend, Facebook decided to 'go loud' with an alert: wear a mask.

Misinformation experts said that they were encouraged by the announcement and wondered why the company hadn’t done it sooner.

NBC

These moms wore masks while giving birth. You can wear one to the grocery store, they say

CNN

New Orleans bars work to reduce coronavirus spread but officials say they can be dangerous

Dr. Anthony Fauci said people meeting in a bar was bad news. 'We've really got to stop that right now.'

WWLTV

Hillary Clinton on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus: ‘I would have done a better job’

CNN

The data is in: men are too fragile to wear Covid-19 masks. Grow up, guys

New studies show that men are worried masks are not masculine. Are masks becoming the ‘condoms of the face’?

The Guardian

Ex-CDC official issues ominous warning ahead of Mount Rushmore event

CNN

Trump Death Clock' Headed to DC on July 4th to Highlight President's Horrific Pandemic Response

'This suffering cannot be forgotten.'

Common Derams

Pittsburgh and other areas prove bars and coronavirus don’t mix

'Congregation at a bar, inside, is bad news. We really have got to stop that,” Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, told Congress.

Inquirer

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 3, 2021

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Covid: Thousands protest in Brazil against Bolsonaro over pandemic handling

The demonstration were triggered by allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines.

BBC

How the Moderna Covid-19 mRNA vaccine was made so quickly

As the delta Covid variant spreads, Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan explains how his company was able to deploy an mRNA vaccine in less a year.

CNBC

The long goodbye to covid-19

The pandemic is still far from over, but glimpses of its legacy are emerging

The Economist

Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be. (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Saudi Arabia suspends UAE flights due to virus variant

Flights to and from Ethiopia and Vietnam also banned without prior permission from authorities.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia expects COVID-19 cases to rise despite stricter curbs

Reuters

Coronavirus: Walk-in Covid vaccine clinics open in 'final push'

It's hoped the appointment-free venues will encourage younger people to come forward for vaccination.

BBC

These countries used Chinese vaccines and still have Covid-19 cases | CNN

CNN

Denied jabs, African countries look into producing vaccines – DW – 07/03/2021

Very few vaccines have found their way into the arms of Africans as countries struggle with a surge in COVID-19 infections. Several countries now want to start producing vaccines on the continent. Can they succeed?

First nurse to receive COVID-19 vaccine will have her scrubs and vaccine card displayed in Smithsonian

Sandra Lindsay, who immigrated to New York when she was 18, "poured her heart and soul" into the fight against COVID-19.

CBS News

‘Tell all your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated’: Fauci finds a new way to fight Covid-19 | CNN Politics

CNN

Judge blocks Hogan’s decision to end enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits

The Washington Post

Analysis: Vaccination disparities reflect ‘two Americas’ this July 4th | CNN Politics

CNN

The unvaccinated are at risk as evolution accelerates the covid-19 pandemic

Research is unravelling the virus’s deep secrets

The Economist

Sparks through the stubble: dying in a pandemic

The Lancet

Unvaccinated people are ‘variant factories,’ infectious diseases expert says | CNN

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