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This Day in COVID: July 12, 2020

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The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19?
The future of film: can cinema...
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 long-term biological effec...
The Conversation
Comparing COVID-19 to past world war efforts is premature — and presumptuous
Comparing COVID-19 to past wor...
The Conversation
Love in the time of coronavirus: Couples share how they found matches in the middle of a pandemic
Love in the time of coronaviru...
CNN
Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as He Speaks Up on Virus Concerns
Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as ...
New York TImes
Task force member says no downside to wearing mask after Trump calls it a ‘double edged sword’
Task force member says no down...
CNN
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Go To A ‘Covid Party’
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Go To...
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
Hundreds of people celebrated ...
CNN
This is what the Surgeon General had to say about mask mandates
This is what the Surgeon Gener...
CNN
Churches amid the pandemic: Some outbreaks, many challenges
Churches amid the pandemic: So...
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
Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Waging war on...
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
World's first Covid-19 vaccine...
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 and the city: The fut...
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 adds 'health ambassado...
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
What is it like to participate...
Stephaun Wallace, Ph.D., M.S., shares his COVID-19 clinical trial experience.
NIH MedlinePlus Magazine (.gov)
The Kids Were Safe the Whole Time
The Kids Were Safe the Whole T...
Why we should rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else.
New York Magazine
Fauci and Birx warned Scott Atlas was ‘dangerous’
Fauci and Birx warned Scott At...
The Hill
Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring? (Published 2021)
Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why ...
The New York Times
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Linked To Neurological Disorder In Extremely Rare Cases
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is L...
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)
Despite Outbreaks Among Unvacc...
The New York Times
Republicans push to ban "discrimination" against unvaccinated people
Republicans push to ban "discr...
Axios
Analysis | The Technology 202: Sen. Warren calls for federal probe of mask sales on Amazon
Analysis | The Technology 202:...
The Washington Post
‘Devastating’: WHO scientist condemns Euro 2020 final over Covid risk
‘Devastating’: WHO scientist c...
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
COUnty aggRegation mixup AuGmE...
Nature
Covid vaccine: Thailand decides to mix jabs as cases spike
Covid vaccine: Thailand decide...
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
Covid: Pandemic cost to Isle o...
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
COVID-19 and poverty’s impact ...
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
We got an exclusive look insid...
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
Investigate Amazon over pandem...
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
Over three-quarters of Britons...
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
Pandemic-driven hunger is maki...
Washington Post
Israel starts administering third dose of Pfizer vaccine to at-risk adults
Israel starts administering th...
Washington Post
These are the different schemes around the world promoting people to get vaccinated
These are the different scheme...
The World Economic Forum
My Slightly Unreal Pandemic Pregnancy
My Slightly Unreal Pandemic Pr...
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)
One and Done: Why People Are E...
The New York Times
The Rationing of a Last-Resort Covid Treatment (Published 2021)
The Rationing of a Last-Resort...
The New York Times
Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with U.S. officials
Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vac...
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
U.S. puts new warning on J&J c...
Reuters
Fauci says it is "inexplicable" some Americans aren't getting vaccinated despite data
Fauci says it is "inexplicable...
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
Our dreams are changing as we ...
CNN
A French cohort for assessing COVID-19 vaccine responses in specific populations - Nature Medicine
A French cohort for assessing ...
Nature
DeSantis sells ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ merch as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation
DeSantis sells ‘Don’t Fauci My...
Washington Post