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This Day in COVID: September 7, 2020

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Coronavirus: Young people breaking rules risk ‘second wave

The health secretary says new coronavirus spikes in France and Spain started with young people.

BBC

Miami Beach sees quiet Labor Day after weekend draws large crowds, increased patrols

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - The beaches in South Florida were open for the first holiday since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing thousands<a class='excerpt-read-more' href='https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-beach-sees-quiet-labor-day-after-weekend-draws-large-crowds-increased-patrols/'>Read More</a>

WSVN

Coronavirus lockdowns around the world: Which countries are in lockdown? USA, Australia

LOCKDOWN measures are still in force in a number of countries around the world as cases have been hard to contain in some nations. Which countries are in lockdown?

Express

Domestic abuse workers reveal the trauma of trying to help victims during lockdown

The Conversation

Survey: 60 percent of Chula Vista’s small businesses may close forever due to COVID-19

San Diego Union Tribune

As summer season comes to an end in Newport, small business owners discuss the challenges they faced

Newport Daily News

COVID-19 has more Americans thinking about science. Could this be a Sputnik moment?

Experts in science communication and the psychology of persuasion say it is possible to make inroads with those who resist evidence and expertise. Difficult, but possible.

Inquirer

Photos: Crowds Flock To Beaches And Bars For Labor Day Weekend

Health experts worry about a spike in COVID-19 following Labor Day Weekend celebrations around the country.

Forbes

Trump asks ‘muffled’ reporter to remove mask but is rebuffed

President Trump on Monday asked a reporter to remove his mask while asking a question, but the journalist instead offered to speak louder. Trump told Reuters reporter Jeff Mason that his face mask …

New York Post

Security guard cheers on hospital staff after every shift

CNN

Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better

Washington Post

Biden says he'll take coronavirus vaccine if scientists say it's OK

Biden said he's worried that “if we do have a really good vaccine people are going to be reluctant to take it.”

WTSP

Why ‘vaccine nationalism’ could doom plan for global access to a COVID-19 vaccine

The Conversation

Mind-bogglingly complex': Here's what we know about how COVID vaccine will be distributed when it's approved

Enterprise News

WHO says working with China on requirements for COVID vaccine approval

Reuters

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 7, 2021

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Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

AP News

Why some US Blacks and Latinos remain COVID-19 'vaccine deliberate'

Some experts and health advocates have found unvaccinated people of color to be vaccine 'deliberate' rather than vaccine hesitant.

ABC News

Is China's Covid-19 Diplomacy Succeeding? | ChinaPower Project

This ChinaPower feature provides a comprehensive assessment of the scope and impact of China's Covid-19 medical aid and vaccine diplomacy.

ChinaPower Project

Study examines severe breakthrough cases of COVID-19

A new Yale study provides insights into breakthrough COVID-19 cases in fully vaccinated individuals and who might be particularly vulnerable to serious illness.

YaleNews

Just Say It: The Health Care System Has Collapsed

Delta hasn't brought us to the brink or the edge. We're way past that.

Slate

More children are self-harming since the start of the pandemic. Here’s what parents and teachers can do to help

Self-harm is often a response to mounting stress and uncertainty. So it’s not surprising rates have gone up during the pandemic. Self-harm can be a means to cope and establish control over emotions.

The Conversation

No, taking zinc will not protect you from COVID-19

The National Institutes of Health and two OhioHealth doctors advised against using zinc supplementation above the recommended dietary amount to prevent COVID-19.

10TV

Fauci slams DeSantis for “completely incorrect” claim that vaccination doesn’t impact others

Axios

Chicago CBP Seize Counterfeit COVID Vaccination Cards

Securing America's Borders

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (.gov)

WHO criticizes wealthy nations for hoarding Covid treatments and vaccines, saying it's prolonging pandemic

The U.S., which has fully immunized 53% of its population, has already administered booster shots to more than 1.3 million people.

CNBC

Tempe-based company using UV lights to kill coronavirus particles

Besides rendering the virus that causes COVID-19 inactive, the UV-C light can also be used to keep people safe from the spores that cause Valley Fever.

FOX 10 Phoenix

Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy - Nature Medicine

In an observational cohort of pregnant women in Israel, the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine was found to have effectiveness similar to that seen in the general population.

Nature

Functional comparison of MERS-coronavirus lineages reveals increased replicative fitness of the recombinant lineage 5 - Nature Communications

MERS-CoV is enzootic in dromedary camels, can spread to humans but undergoes limited onward transmission. Here, Schroeder et al. compare clinical isolates of MERS-CoV in vitro and show that the predominantly circulating recombinant lineage 5 possess a fitness advantage over parental lineage 3 and 4 due to reduced activation of innate immune signaling.

Nature

Fauci Says DeSantis Is 'Completely Incorrect' To Call Vaccine A Mere Personal Choice

"It really doesn't impact me or anyone else," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said about whether a person gets vaccinated. "Yeah, that's not true at all," Fauci said in response on Tuesday.

NPR

C60 fullerene against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus: an in silico insight - Scientific Reports

Nature

New Studies Find Evidence Of 'Superhuman' Immunity To COVID-19 In Some Individuals

That's how some scientists describe the findings of a series of studies looking at the antibodies created by individuals who were infected by the coronavirus and then had an mRNA vaccine.

NPR

Popular Drug Does Not Alleviate Mild Covid-19 Symptoms, Study Finds (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Hundreds of Epidemiologists Expected Mask-Wearing in Public for at Least a Year (Published 2021)

The New York Times

The Pandemic Hurt These Students the Most (Published 2021)

The New York Times

California’s Pandemic Recall (Published 2021)

The New York Times

For countries with few vaccine doses, fighting COVID-19 is ‘a race from behind’

The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare wide disparities in health care between countries on issues like vaccines and raised calls for more resource-sharing to save lives.

PBS

Singapore reports most coronavirus cases in more than 1 year

Reuters

Biden to outline plan to curb coronavirus Delta variant as cases grow

Reuters

United States boosts tracking of coronavirus strains as Mu variant draws scrutiny

Science | AAAS

How the risk of side effects could change with Covid-19 vaccine boosters

What will the side effects from a Covid vaccine booster shot look like? Is there a higher or lower risk of an adverse event, compared to the earlier regimens?

www.statnews.com

The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once

The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too?

The Atlantic

Third person dies in Japan after taking contaminated Moderna coronavirus vaccine

A 49-year-old man died the day after taking his second shot of the vaccine, though authorities said a causal link has not been identified

The Guardian

Fact check: Over-the-counter vitamins not proven to treat, prevent COVID-19

A viral Facebook post claims a number of supplements are effective in treating COVID-19, but health experts say more evidence is needed.

USA Today

The Looming Crisis of Kids and COVID

U.S. News & World Report

Efforts grow to end use of potentially harmful parasite drug touted to treat COVID-19

Ivermectin is approved in the U.S. to treat infections from parasites in humans and some animals like cows and horses. But with COVID-19 infections surging again, more Americans are turning to the drug despite warnings that it has shown little benefit and can cause harmful side effects.

PBS

A Vietnamese court sentences a man to five years in prison for breaking coronavirus rules. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

COVID-19 boosters are coming, but who will get them and when?

COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans, but there's still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when.

PBS