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This Day in COVID: September 28, 2020

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Judge upholds, Mayor Curry extends Jacksonville mask mandate for COVID-19

Jacksonville

Looking back at the timeline of coronavirus in Arizona

Here is a look back at the journey Arizonans have taken through the coronavirus pandemic.

12 News

‘Juvenile lifers’ should be considered for release during pandemic | Opinion

Many adults who were sentenced to life-without-parole as juveniles could be safely considered for early release during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inquirer

WHO says official COVID-19 deaths underestimates true toll: Live

WHO official says the global death toll from COVID-19 probably underestimates the true toll.

Al Jazeera

Blended learning starts in Boone County Schools

The Boone County School District has about 21,000 students, but 15,000 of them will be heading back to in-person learning as part of their blended-learning model.

WCPO

Marion County's jail population plunges 28% during coronavirus as some inmates are released

Indy Star

Fresno students are ‘already’ falling behind, teachers say despite good attendance

Fresno Bee

How environmental conditions like cold and wet weather can affect pandemics, and what that means for COVID-19

CNN

Newsom warns of increased spread of COVID-19 in Southern California

Desert Sun

Millions of 'game-changer' 15-minute COVID-19 test kits coming to New Jersey

North Jersey

How Dirty Is Cash Anyway?

More businesses have gone cashless in the COVID-19 era. How necessary is that? Here's what experts have to say about germs and paper money.

Huff Post

As Its Closure Looms, New York Fashion Fans Look Back on Century 21

As its closure looms, New York fashion fans look back on Century 21.

The Cut

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 28, 2021

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A global assessment of COVID-19 diffusion based on a single indicator: Some considerations about air pollution and COVID-19 spread

ScienceDirect.com

The pandemic is testing the limits of face recognition

Government use of face ID systems exploded during the pandemic—but tying it to critical services has left some people locked out at the moment they needed help the most.

MIT Technology Review

Influenza lineage extinction during the COVID-19 pandemic? - Nature Reviews Microbiology

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has seen a notable global reduction in influenza cases of both influenza A and B viruses. In particular, the B/Yamagata lineage has not been isolated from April 2020 to August 2021, suggesting that this influenza lineage may have become extinct, which may provide opportunities for improving availability and effectiveness of influenza vaccines.

Nature

Broad cross-reactivity across sarbecoviruses exhibited by a subset of COVID-19 donor-derived neutralizing antibodies

ScienceDirect.com

China’s use of force and coercion to drive up its COVID-19 vaccination rate is not the answer

On Aug. 31, Hunan police went to Zhang Jianping’s home and questioned him about why he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Human Rights Watch

Who’s left? Engaging the remaining hesitant consumers on COVID-19 vaccine adoption

While more Americans receive and show openness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, concerns persist among guardians of children and other cautious segments.

McKinsey & Company

Behavioral gender differences are reinforced during the COVID-19 crisis - Scientific Reports

Nature

Dynamics of TCR repertoire and T cell function in COVID-19 convalescent individuals - Cell Discovery

Nature

A public–private partnership model for COVID-19 diagnostics - Nature Biotechnology

Nature

Impact of smoking, COPD and comorbidities on the mortality of COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports

Nature

C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Surging Delta Variant Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Are Biggest Drivers Of Recent Uptick in U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Rates | KFF

Large Majorities of Americans, Both Vaccinated and Not, Say COVID-19 is Likely to Persist at Lower Levels and Be Something the U.S. Will “Learn to Live With” like Seasonal Flu More than 7 in 10 adults (72%) in the U.S. now report that they are at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, with the surge in…More

KFF

There's No End in Sight for COVID-19. What Do We Tell Our Kids?

"Looking back, maybe I shouldn’t have used the phrase 'when this is over' quite so often."

Time Magazine

Comment on: ‘Acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccination’ - Eye

Nature

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says NBA players who refuse the COVID vaccine should be "disciplined"

The NBA said it can't mandate players to get vaccinated unless the players' union approves it.

CBS News

Clinical operational considerations and responses to lockdown and reopening in the Covid-19 pandemic: experience of a tertiary ophthalmology centre in Singapore - Eye

Nature

Coronavirus misinformation, rampant in Idaho, fuels animosity toward health-care workers

The Seattle Times

Romania coronavirus cases hit new record daily high

Reuters

Analysis | Republicans remain much more resistant to coronavirus vaccines than Black Americans

The Washington Post

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Says NBA Players Should Get Vaccinated Or Be Kicked Off The Team

The 2021-2022 NBA season is set to begin in a few weeks without a vaccine mandate for players. Instead, unvaccinated players will have to submit to regular testing.

NPR

Facebook groups promoting ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment continue to flourish. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Agitates Against Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates

‘Steele said in a recent podcast interview that she got vaccinated despite not wanting to do it and said mandating vaccinations is ‘scary to me in many ways.’

Forbes

A Sri Lankan shaman who touted a cure for Covid died after contracting the disease. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Trevor Bedford: Two Astounding Awards For Virologist Who Raised Early COVID Alarms

He's had quite a September. Bedford has just been named a MacArthur Fellow and was also awarded a $9 million, 7-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for his work on the pandemic.

NPR

Cuba begins commercial exports of its COVID-19 vaccines

The island nation has begun sending the homegrown, three-dose Abdala vaccine to Vietnam and Venezuela.

Al Jazeera

Coronavirus: Man died of Covid after ambulance sent to wrong address

Steve Cooke was found dead on Boxing Day, the day after an ambulance failed to locate his home.

BBC

Chelsea: N'Golo Kante tests positive for coronavirus & will isolate

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante tests positive for coronavirus and will miss Wednesday's Champions League tie with Juventus.

BBC

As covid-19 surges in Mississippi, some people are ingesting an unproven livestock dewormer

The Washington Post

Tucker Carlson: Christianity is dying and being replaced by cult of coronavirus

Tucker Carlson reveals that the obsession with the coronavirus has sprung a cult led by those in power.

Fox News

What experts say about the best time to get a flu shot this year | CNN

CNN

Dr. Anthony Fauci to receive honorary doctorate from McGill - McGill Reporter

Well-known infectious disease expert to be honoured following virtual Beatty Lecture on Oct. 1

McGill Reporter

Joy Reid slams Tucker Carlson’s comparison of current COVID patients vs. '80s HIV patients

Tucker Carlson comparing the treatment of people with COVID-19 today to HIV-positive people in the 1980s is critiqued by Joy Reid in this edition of “The Absolute Worst.”

MSNBC News

Metal leaching from antimicrobial cloth face masks intended to slow the spread of COVID-19 - Scientific Reports

Nature

Opinion: COVID-19 Vaccines Are Good, but Shouldn’t Be Mandated for School Kids

U.S. News & World Report

Exclusive: MTA police enforce mask mandate in Penn Station

The MTA is putting its crackdown into motion with the first large-scale enforcement of the mask mandate since it was imposed a year ago.

ABC7 New York

People use Facebook as an emergency communication system during pandemic

The webpages of Facebook are a seemingly endless source of news, connection, and entertainment for billions of people. A new study from the School of Public Health (SPH) also finds that the social networking platform functioned as a kind of informal emergency broadcast system for people seeking critical information and support during the pandemic.

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Show And Tell: How Are Your Kids Getting Creative With Masks?

Which cute and cool masks do your kids like best? How are they expressing themselves with their mask choices? Send us a postcard, or a story or a photo.

NPR

LeBron James confirms he was vaccinated for Covid-19 months after being initially skeptical | CNN

CNN

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities—Before and During the Pandemic

News headlines during the pandemic have highlighted the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 across certain racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show disparities in everything from testing and vaccination rates to cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. For example, as of July, American Indian/Alaska Native people died from COVID-19 at a rate 2.8 times higher than White people, when taking age into account.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) (.gov)

The post-pandemic future of college? It’s on campus and online.

The Washington Post

Pandemic brings forward predictions for peak oil demand

Reuters