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This Day in COVID: August 29, 2020

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I’m Optimistic That We Will Have a COVID-19 Vaccine Soon

But will everyone be able to get it?

The Atlantic

India struggles to contain its growing Covid-19 cases

CNN

Coronavirus cases climb in the Midwest as more states report growing outbreaks

Coronavirus cases in the Midwest are beginning to emerge following warnings from top U.S. health officials.

CNBC

Group Whose NIH Grant For Virus Research Was Revoked Just Got A New Grant

EcoHealth Alliance is one of 11 recipients of funds to set up the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. But the grant won't let them revisit earlier research on bats and coronavirus.

NPR

Adapting To A Pandemic, GOP Confab Sets Tone For Trump Reelection Campaign

Whatever the validity of Trump's claims about the past, current reality for millions of the unemployed is dire. With the virus still far from controlled, the economic climb could get steeper as well.

NPR

Why Scapegoating Is A Typical Human Response To A Pandemic

It's happened with outbreaks going back for centuries: We blame 'outsiders.' We make them scapegoats. Researchers have theories as to why. Public health groups have plans to stop it.

NPR

What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope?

ROME (AP) — On the March day that Italy recorded its single biggest jump in coronavirus fatalities, Pope Francis emerged from lockdown to offer an extraordinary prayer and plea to his flock to reassess their priorities, arguing the virus had proved they needed one another.

QAnon supporters join thousands at protest against Germany's coronavirus rules

One protester carried a sign that read 'End the plandemic immediately,' suggesting that COVID-19 was an artificial event.

NBC

More than 200 new coronavirus cases reported at ICE facility in Arizona

ICE spokeswoman Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe said in a statement that the agency recently expanded virus testing at La Palma, testing 1,000 detainees.

NBC

Scientists Explore Why Some People Are Able To Live With An Infection Unscathed

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this sort of 'disease tolerance' in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic human infections.

NPR

Over 1,000 students have tested positive for Covid-19 at University of Alabama since classes resumed

CNN

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: August 29, 2021

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'This Week' Transcript 8-29-21: Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci

Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci were on "This Week" Sunday, August 29. This is a rush transcript and may be updated.

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CDC study finds unvaccinated Marin Co. teacher infected 22 elementary school students with COVID

A Marin County elementary school is the focus of a new CDC study that shows a teacher caused an outbreak back in May 2021.

ABC7 San Francisco

How school board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for debating mask mandates

School board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for parents and local officials who disagree over mask and vaccine mandates as children return to the classroom.

ABC News

Canadians are having more sex during the pandemic, unless they’re living with their partners

A Canada-wide survey of people’s sex lives during the pandemic reveals an increase in self pleasure — this could be a stress response.

The Conversation

‘My home country pushed me away’: how returning expats became South Korea’s pandemic scapegoats

South Koreans living away from home have been frequent targets for suspicion and ire during the pandemic. Some even report being shunned by their families.

The Conversation

Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates | CNN Politics

CNN

‘Don’t do it’: Dr. Fauci warns against taking Ivermectin to fight Covid-19 | CNN

CNN

Alex Berenson, 'Pandemic's Wrongest Man' Suspended Permanently From Twitter

Newsweek

Unvaccinated Pastor Who Almost Died Of COVID Now Preaches The Importance Of Vaccines

Pastor Danny Reeves encouraged some members of his congregation to get the COVID-19 vaccine but thought he didn't need to get vaccinated himself. That changed after COVID-19 almost killed him.

NPR

J.&J. Vaccine May Be Less Effective Against Delta, Study Suggests (Published 2021)

The New York Times

3rd conservative radio host who condemned vaccines dies of Covid

Politico

Vaccine Refusers Don’t Get to Dictate Terms Anymore

People who opt out of shots shouldn’t expect their employers, health insurers, and fellow citizens to accommodate them.  

The Atlantic

Fauci: 100,000 new Covid deaths in US ‘predictable but preventable’

Dozens of states reported rapidly increasing fatalities amid resistance in some states to public health mandates

The Guardian

Texas man who led anti-mask protests in name of ‘freedom’ dies of Covid-19

Wife says Caleb Wallace, 30, who had been unconscious since 8 August, ‘loved his family and his little girls more than anything’

The Guardian

Fauci backs COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. school children

Reuters