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This Day in COVID: September 14, 2020

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How Fauci came to receive the ‘ultimate honor’: His own bobblehead doll

Washington Post

Towson students concerned about transmitting COVID-19

Fox Baltimore

Woodward's Trump revelations raise questions about Canada's response to COVID-19

The revelations in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about what U.S. President Donald Trump knew about the threat posed by COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic have prompted new questions about the Canadian government’s response to the virus, given how much intelligence is shared between the two countries.

CBC

There Won't Be Enough COVID Vaccines for Everybody Until 2024, Warn Vaccine Makers

'I know the world wants to be optimistic on it.'

Futurism

Will 2 flu shots this year boost immunity? When is the best time to get it? Here’s what health experts say

While there isn't a vaccine for Covid-19, there is one for influenza. With the season’s first doses available, doctors and health experts share their advice on how to protect your health during the coronavirus pandemic.

CNBC

Israel is going into a second nationwide lockdown over Covid-19

CNN

Bill Gates: ‘The next big question’ is how to distribute coronavirus vaccines to people in need

The philanthropist and technologist said that it shouldn't be 'just the rich countries winning a bidding war.'

CNBC

‘Keep back!’: How the Biden campaign obsesses over Covid

The former vice president’s team goes to extraordinary lengths to keep him safe.

Politico

Vitamin D Can Help Reduce COVID-19 Risks: Here’s How

Experts say vitamin D can help bolster the immune system, allowing it to better combat illnesses such as COVID-19.

Healthline

When Will There Be a COVID-19 Vaccine and Should You Trust That It's Safe?

Newsweek

We Need More Coronavirus Testing, Not Less

Testing is one of our only tools against COVID-19.

Self

Here's how college COVID-19 testing varies by system, campus in California

VCStar

Around the world, health officials face death threats amid pandemic

Washington Post

LAUSD will have a new admission requirement when it reopens: A negative COVID-19 test

LA Times

People deciding not to get tested will not make it look as though coronavirus has been wiped out

Covid-19’s prevalence in the community is measured by more than the number of positive tests.

Fullfact

Pasco school students, staff to get rapid coronavirus testing

The sites will not be open to the general public.

Tampa Bay Times

Pentagon AI tool for battling coronavirus hold lessons for war

JAIC's Project Salus, a platform it developed to help NORTHCOM to respond to COVID-19, taught the center lessons its carrying forward as it works on joint war fighting tools.

C4ISRNET

Treatments that target the coronavirus in the nose might help prevent COVID-19

Scientists are developing and testing ways to prevent the virus from settling in prime nasal real estate.

Science News

Covid-19 kills far more than 0.1% of the people who catch it

The real death rate from Covid-19 is probably about five or ten times higher than 0.1%

Fullfact

Vaccine maker got $1 billion from taxpayers. Now it’s boosting drug prices

LA Times

Exhausted: Goldman Sachs Finds 43% Of Black-Owned Businesses May Not Survive Pandemic

It’s no secret that Black-owned businesses were the hardest hit by the pandemic, with Goldman Sachs finding that they continue to face a tougher road to recovery. The Wall Street firm noted that 31% of Black small business owners have seen less than 25% of their pre-covid revenue return.

Forbes

PepsiCo to launch drink to aid sleep as consumers struggle with stress

PepsiCo is launching a new enhanced water drink called Driftwell.

CNBC

Black Curators Reimagine Future Of Museums During Pandemic, Protests

After being closed due to the pandemic, museums around the U.S. are slowly welcoming visitors back. The world they are opening their doors to, however, has changed markedly.

WBUR

Big pharma’s safety pledge isn’t enough to build public confidence in COVID-19 vaccine – here’s what will

The Conversation

Dr. Ashish Jha: 'We have not rounded a corner' on coronavirus vaccine

Dean of Brown University School of Public Health says it is critical that vaccine researchers be transparent and public about their trials, protocols and data

CBS

Why a vaccine can provide better immunity than an actual infection

The Conversation

Coronavirus was created in Wuhan lab, Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan exposes China

Chinese Virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan has made a big disclosure about the Chinese Coronavirus.

DNA India

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: September 14, 2021

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Putin in self-isolation due to COVID cases in inner circle

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Britain was a world leader in travel. Not anymore | CNN Business

CNN

New demographic data tools tell the story of COVID-19's impact in the U.S.

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center now collects, tracks, and displays data on race, gender, age, and ethnicity across cases, deaths, tests, and vaccinations

Johns Hopkins University

Study links severe COVID-19 to increase in self-attacking antibodies

A study spearheaded by Stanford researchers indicates that at least 1 in 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients develops new antibodies that attack their own tissue within a week of admission.

Stanford Medicine

Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa

More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.

UN News

Losing COVID-19 immunity after six months after Pfizer vaccine

Case Western Reserve University researchers, in partnership with Brown University, examine COVID-19 vaccine’s effectiveness over time on seniors.

The Daily | Case Western Reserve University

US Census data shows COVID pandemic unwound progress on poverty

The poverty rate in the United States rose to 11.4 percent in 2020 after reaching a 60-year low in 2019.

Al Jazeera

Army announces implementation of mandatory vaccines for Soldiers

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After the ventilator, COVID survivor advocates for vaccine

Army.mil

China rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season | CNN

CNN

How to protect yourself from Covid when flying

As leisure travel tentatively resumes, here’s how to avoid getting ill when flying

The Independent

The Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates | KFF

This post examines a growing COVID-19 vaccine gap in Red and Blue America, with the share of the population that have been fully vaccinated in counties that voted for President Biden in 2020 increasing more rapidly than the share in counties that voted for President Trump.

KFF

Inside coronavirus intensive care unit where not one patient has been vaccinated

Doctors describe their distress as all of the patients in the intensive care unit were under the age of 40, and all of which were unvaccinated

The Mirror

The tangled history of mRNA vaccines

Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough.

Nature

Production and persistence of specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients with hematologic malignancies: role of rituximab - Blood Cancer Journal

Nature

New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 - Nature Communications

Infection with SARS-CoV2 and the development of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been linked to induction of autoimmunity and autoantibody production. Here the authors characterise the new-onset IgG autoantibody response in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 which they correlate to the magnitude of the SARS-CoV2 response.

Nature

How patient data underpin COVID-19 research - Nature Medicine

Tracking the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, developing treatments and testing vaccines have relied on access to the health data of millions of people. This massive trove could be used to understand other diseases, but not everyone is convinced.

Nature

Development of a novel self-sanitizing mask prototype to combat the spread of infectious disease and reduce unnecessary waste - Scientific Reports

Nature

Having more virtual interaction partners during COVID-19 physical distancing measures may benefit mental health - Scientific Reports

Nature

National interest may require distributing COVID-19 vaccines to other countries - Scientific Reports

Nature

An observational and Mendelian randomisation study on vitamin D and COVID-19 risk in UK Biobank - Scientific Reports

Nature

Increased risk of health professionals to feel traumatized during the COVID-19 pandemic - Scientific Reports

Nature

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he 'would support' a vaccine mandate for air travel

Some airlines are requiring vaccines for workers but have not mandated it for passengers.

NBC News

Gorillas At Atlanta's Zoo Have Contracted COVID, Probably From A Zoo Worker

Zoo employees had the gorillas tested after noticing the animals had been coughing, had runny noses and showed changes in appetite. Officials had planned to get a veterinary vaccine for the primates.

NPR

An Epidemiologist Says At-Home Testing Is Key To Stopping COVID

Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina wants to increase availability of the at-home rapid tests the Biden administration is promoting. But he warns of a shortage without market competition.

NPR

This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License

Simone Gold isn't alone. NPR found other physicians who retained their licenses despite spreading misinformation online and to the media about effective COVID-19 vaccines and unproven treatments.

NPR

Millions Had Risen Out of Poverty. Coronavirus Is Pulling Them Back. (Published 2020)

The New York Times

An Epidemiologist Says At-Home Testing Is Key To Stopping COVID

Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina wants to increase availability of the at-home rapid tests the Biden administration is promoting. But he warns of a shortage without market competition.

NPR

Considerations in boosting COVID-19 vaccine immune responses

The Lancet

Putin Self-Isolates Over Inner Circle Coronavirus Cases - The Moscow Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is going into self-isolation after “several” people in his inner circle contracted the coronavirus, and that he hopes Russia's Sputnik V vaccine will protect him.

The Moscow Times

Protecting refugees from COVID-19 misinformation

Welcome to the United Nations

Americans are dying because no hospital will take them

The country’s pandemic failures have sometimes led to deadly health care rationing.

Vox

T cell epitopes of COVID-19 convalescents reveals reduced cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants

ScienceDirect.com

How the Pandemic Is Changing Mental Health

COVID has jostled people’s emotional equilibrium. Therapy apps, telehealth, lay counselors and psilocybin are poised to change the foundations of caregiving

Scientific American

Trump advisers privately warned of ‘critical mistakes’ as pandemic loomed

The Washington Post

Some Christian nationalists are fueling their movement with opposition to coronavirus vaccines and mask mandates

The Washington Post

WHO provides support around the world to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control through vaccines and other critical measures

World Health Organization (WHO)

A judge blocked Iowa's ban on mask mandates in schools. What does it mean and which schools brought masks back?

Here's what we know about the ruling blocking Iowa's ban on school-issued mask mandates, and how school districts are reacting.

The Des Moines Register

Augmented And Virtual Reality After Covid-19

AR/VR has come a long way, from a niche technology to a growing trend across multiple industries.

Forbes

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system - Nature Aging

COVID-19 causes high mortality in older adults compared to younger people. Bartleson et al. review the immunological mechanisms that make older adults vulnerable to COVID-19 and discuss ways to bolster immunity in this population during COVID-19.

Nature

How to Tell if It’s More Than Just a Bad Mood (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Trump Admits Downplaying the Virus Knowing It Was ‘Deadly Stuff’ (Published 2020)

The New York Times

Younger Military Personnel Reject Vaccine, in Warning for Commanders and the Nation (Published 2021)

The New York Times

On England’s ‘Freedom Day,’ Rising Virus Cases and a Prime Minister in Isolation (Published 2021)

The New York Times

‘Their Crisis’ Is ‘Our Problem’: Washington Grapples With Idaho Covid Cases (Published 2021)

The New York Times

How restaurants have innovated to face the pandemic

From QR code menus to the adoption of pickup and delivery options to total organizational shifts, food industry businesses and workers across America have had to change or innovate in the face of COVID-19 and its economic impacts.

PBS

How do mask mandate bans affect students with disabilities? 4 things to know

The Department of Education is investigating whether state bans on mask requirements in schools discriminate against students with disabilities.

PBS

Schools have begun mass testing for COVID-19. But hurdles and uncertainties remain

Science | AAAS

Putin self-isolating after coronavirus cases in his entourage

The Russian leader shook hands on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

POLITICO.eu

Putin is in self-isolation due to COVID cases in his inner circle

Putin, who is fully vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V, held several public engagements indoors Monday and even said that he may have to quarantine soon.

PBS