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This Day in COVID: October 7, 2020

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Pentagon risk grows as Marine Corps' No. 2 officer tests positive for coronavirus

Reuters

Trump is symptom-free and stable, White House doctor says

Reuters

COVID-19 pandemic amplifying voter disenfranchisement

'The inequalities and dangers of COVID are hitting some communities harder' and could affect voting, experts told ABC News.

ABC

Long COVID: let patients help define long-lasting COVID symptoms

The terminology for long-lasting COVID symptoms — and the definition of recovery — must incorporate patients’ perspectives.

Nature

COVID-19: examining theories for Africa’s low death rates

The Conversation

COVID-19’s Tragic Effect on American Indians: A State-by-State Analysis

US News

Native Americans in Minnesota Keep COVID-19 at Bay

US News

Rising COVID-19 numbers show UK has a serious problem - health minister

Reuters

Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: The effect of new data

In our previous post, we estimated that COVID-19 was responsible for 71 million to 100 million additional people falling into extreme poverty in 2020 (measured using the international poverty line of $1.90/day). Since the time of this analysis...

World Bank

Harris accuses Pence of covering up Covid and bungling pandemic response

“They knew what was happening, and they didn’t tell you,” the California senator said.

Politico

The Pandemic’s Impact On Pharmacy

There’s no denying that the pandemic has changed the pharmaceutical industry forever.

Forbes

A Comparison Between German And U.K. Pandemic Responses

The United Kingdom and Germany are both European liberal democracies. Their political cultures, however, are very different, and that has been emphasized by each country's response to the coronavirus.

NPR

Getting Health Care Was Already Tough In Rural Areas. The Pandemic Has Made It Worse

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

NPR

Italy imposes mask mandate outside and in as coronavirus rebounds

The European country where Covid-19 first hit hard is scrambling to keep infections from rebounding.

NBC

Florida's Governor: Officials Can Require Face Masks, But Can't Enforce It

In Florida, the governor and leaders of cities and counties are squaring off over a coronavirus mask order. Or, the lack thereof. The governor says masks can be required but people can't be fined.

NPR

Now the CDC confirms Covid-19 is airborne — here’s what that means for you

The Centers for Disease Control said Monday that Covid-19 can be transmitted through airborne particles. Here's what you need to know about preventing the spread.

CNBC

Some states plan to vet Covid-19 vaccines themselves. Bad idea, experts say.

California and at least five other states have said they may independently vet any vaccines, but experts warn that could needlessly confuse the public.

NBC

Fauci: Controlling coronavirus is ‘within our grasp’

As part of StayHomecoming, Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D. ’66, spoke with NBC News journalist Kate Snow ’91 in a virtual discussion that ranged from the search for a COVID-19 vaccine to Fauci’s experience battling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.

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Dr. Fauci Says He Recommended a Nationwide Shutdown to Trump Early On

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WSJ

Senate Democrats push for mandatory coronavirus testing, mask usage

The proposal would ban senators from committees or the floor before negative tests.

Politico

Trump returns to Oval Office, declares himself cured of coronavirus

The president called the drug cocktail he received a 'cure,' although his doctors have said it's too early to tell.

NBC

Experts express concerns about possible coronavirus transmission at vice president debate

Plexiglass alone won’t be enough to keep the debates safe.

ABC

New Zealand Declares Victory Over Coronavirus Again, Lifts Auckland Restrictions

'We can let ourselves once again feel pride,' said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, 'that we managed to get to that position together.' Auckland's restrictions lifted on Wednesday.

NPR

Fauci Warns U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Could Hit 300K-400K

Fauci also said the White House outbreak was preventable.

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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: October 7, 2021

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Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance

AP News

COVID-19 leaves a legacy of rising poverty and widening inequality

The global economy is beginning to bounce back from the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, with growth of 5.6 percent expected for 2021.

World Bank Blogs

COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pandemic’

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere.

UN News

The N.B.A. denies Andrew Wiggins’s request for a religious exemption from the vaccine. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Inside United Airlines’ Decision to Mandate Coronavirus Vaccines (Published 2021)

The New York Times

More than 120,000 U.S. kids had caregivers die during pandemic, study finds

A new study suggests the number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated. And the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans.

PBS

No, COVID vaccines don’t stay in your body for years

But the immune cells that vaccination spurs do last a long time.

The Conversation

S.African insurer Santam loses appeal in coronavirus case with hotelier

Reuters

Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in limiting Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters

Monetary incentives increase COVID-19 vaccinations

Science | AAAS

Coronavirus report warned of impact on UK four years before pandemic

Exclusive: Report from planning exercise in 2016 alerted government of need to stockpile PPE and set up contact tracing system

The Guardian

Alaska hospitals make wrenching decisions as they begin to ration care

With Covid cases soaring and medical centers short of staff, doctors are forced to choose which patients to treat

The Guardian

Private hospitals treated just eight Covid patients a day despite deal to help NHS

Exclusive: Private hospitals in England also performed far fewer operations on NHS-funded patients despite multi-billion pound deal with government

The Guardian

India to allow foreign tourists, but with riders

Foreign tourists will be able to apply for a visa starting October 15 – the first time since March 2020 COVID lockdown.

Al Jazeera

Covid: Scientist concerned over fake Ivermectin claims

Dr Kyle Sheldrick explains how some studies into a claimed Covid wonder drug were fake.

BBC

The world's five safest cities post-pandemic

Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic – here are the ones doing it well.

BBC

The Elite Are Unmasked. What About Those Who Serve Them?

Bloomberg

Anthony Fauci says one line from 'The Godfather' has shaped his career

In the documentary "Fauci," Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals that a line from "The Godfather" shaped his career: "It's not personal. It's strictly business."

Business Insider

Anthony Fauci cries while revealing that he has PTSD from the HIV/AIDS crisis in a new documentary

Some Americans saw Dr. Anthony Fauci as the enemy in the 1980s and 90s, the way others have during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Business Insider

Studies confirm waning immunity from Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine | CNN

CNN

Florida Board of Education votes to sanction 8 school districts with mask mandates with no opt-out | CNN

CNN

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro says he urged President to fire Dr Fauci

Peter Navarro said that Anthony Fauci had financed gain of function experiments at the Wuhan lab 'that cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.'

Daily Mail

The pandemic will spur the worldwide growth of private tutoring

Time lost to school closures has added to parents’ worries

The Economist

Why easing COVID restrictions could prompt a fierce flu rebound

As pandemic restrictions ease, other respiratory viruses are returning in unexpected ways.

Nature

Why COVID vaccines didn’t win a science Nobel this year

Nobel prize insiders and observers say timing and politics meant vaccine technology was an unlikely winner — but science’s most prestigious prize shouldn’t be far off.

Nature

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the use and release of cord blood units facilitated by the French Cord Blood Banks Network: on behalf of the Agency of Biomedicine, Eurocord and the French Society of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy (SFGM-TC) - Bone Marrow Transplantation

Nature

Nanotechnology offers alternative ways to fight COVID-19 pandemic with antivirals - Nature Biotechnology

A new wave of funding focuses on antiviral nanomaterials as pandemic countermeasures.

Nature

A smart mask for active defense against airborne pathogens - Scientific Reports

Nature

ATR-FTIR spectrum analysis of saliva samples from COVID-19 positive patients - Scientific Reports

Nature

A systematic review of the associations between care home ownership and COVID-19 outbreaks, infections and mortality - Nature Aging

A systematic review examining evidence from 32 studies across five countries on associations between care home ownership and COVID-19 found that for-profit care homes were linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes (infections and mortality) compared to non-profit and public sector homes.

Nature

More than 140,000 U.S. children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic

New study highlights stark disparities in caregiver deaths by race and ethnicity, calls for urgent public health response.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated

Workplaces with vaccine mandates are seeing vaccination rates of 90% or higher. A complex mix of factors, including job security, is driving most workers to get the shots.

NPR

The WHO has started shipping COVID-19 medical supplies to North Korea

North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19, but outside experts widely doubt it escaped the illness that had touched nearly every other place in the world.

NPR

COVID deaths leave thousands of U.S. kids grieving parents or primary caregivers

Roughly 175,000 children in the U.S. have lost one or both parents or a grandparent caregiver to COVID-19, according to a new study. The majority come from racial and ethnic minority groups.

NPR

In North Korea, Coronavirus Hurts More Than Any Sanctions Could (Published 2020)

The New York Times

German Intelligence Puts Coronavirus Deniers Under Surveillance (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Coronavirus Is Idling North Korea’s Ships, Achieving What Sanctions Did Not (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Why You Should Start a Coronavirus Diary (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Greece Has ‘Defied the Odds’ in the Pandemic (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Biden Tells OSHA to Issue New Covid-19 Guidance to Employers (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Multi-country collaboration in responding to global infectious disease threats: lessons for Europe from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Lancet

Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study

The Lancet

Surviving COVID-19: a familiar road to recovery?

The Lancet

Improved estimates of 222 nm far-UVC susceptibility for aerosolized human coronavirus via a validated high-fidelity coupled radiation-CFD code - Scientific Reports

Nature

Vaccination intentions generate racial disparities in the societal persistence of COVID-19 - Scientific Reports

Nature

How the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers

Children are at much lower risk of Covid-19 than adults. But what does that actually mean?

Vox

Morehouse Cancels Football and Cross-Country Because of Coronavirus (Published 2020)

The New York Times

North Korea Declares Emergency After Suspected Covid-19 Case (Published 2020)

The New York Times