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This Day in COVID: June 10, 2020

To protect frontline workers during and after COVID-19, we must define who they are

Protecting essential workers is important, but defining the subset of essential workers who must physically report to their jobs and are most vulnerable to health risks—what we call “frontline” workers—demands greater attention.

Brookings

US: Covid-19 Disparities Reflect Structural Racism, Abuses

The United States government should take bold steps to end human rights violations and structural racism driving racial disparities in Covid-19 and spurring mass protests across the country.

HRW

NIH-funded study to evaluate drugs prescribed to children with COVID-19

Researchers will assess dosage, metabolism and other properties not yet determined in children.

NIH

U.S. Hits 2 Million Coronavirus Cases As Many States See A Surge Of Patients

New cases are rising in at least 20 states, even as restrictions on daily life continue to ease. The U.S. total represents more than 25% of the confirmed cases worldwide.

NPR

Coronavirus has stolen our most meaningful ways to connect

Of all ways we communicate, the roots of non-verbal communication run the deepest. The coronavirus pandemic has deprived us of the closeness we are biologically programmed to need.

CNN

Asymptomatic coronavirus spread is real

The confusing WHO remark and walk-back, explained.

Vox

Dr. Fauci voices concerns about coronavirus spreading amid nationwide protests

Dr. Anthony Fauci talks to ABC's 'Good Morning America' about concerns over the virus spreading at protests and whether states and cities are reopening too fast.

ABC

Ugandans melt plastic waste into coronavirus face shields

Reuters

How the Coronavirus Compares With 100 Years of Deadly Events

Here’s the outbreak's toll in 25 cities and regions compared with hurricanes, heat waves and the Spanish flu.

New York Times

A housing ‘apocalypse’ is coming as coronavirus protections across the country expire

Evicting people in the middle of a global health crisis puts them at greater risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19, turning 'a catastrophe into an apocalypse.'

CNBC

The Coronavirus Crisis Is Worsening Racial Inequality

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal stark inequities in the social, economic, and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

American Progress

White House goes quiet on coronavirus as outbreak spikes again across the U.S.

It’s been more than a month since the White House halted its daily coronavirus task force briefings.

Politico

Medical Minute: Protesting during a pandemic

In today's Medical Minute, Dr. Vik Mehta talks about the safety measure people can take if protesting during the pandemic.

ABC

After 15 stunning days of anti-racist protests … what happens next?

Can the phenomenal response to the police killing of George Floyd be channeled to secure lasting political change?

The Guardian

Protesting? Here's How To Help Keep Your Family Safe From COVID-19 When You Go Home

Crowded protests carry a risk of coronavirus transmission. But for some, showing up is nonnegotiable. Here's guidance to keep loved ones safe from the risk you might bring the virus home.

NPR

Nearly 400 NYPD Cops Hurt During NYC's Two Weeks of Protest Over George Floyd's Death

More than 350 NYPD officers were injured over the course of nearly two full weeks of citywide protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Ben Tucker told the city council this week. Several officers have been hospitalized for a range of injuries from being hit by a car to being hit in the head…

NBC

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Seattle Times

Why Not to Trust That Early Wuhan Study

Harvard research cited by Trump suggests the coronavirus was spreading as early as last August. The cherry-picked data isn’t peer-reviewed.

Foreign Policy

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The speed and scale with which Covid-19 has spread over the course of just a few months are reconfiguring the way we think and act alongside technology to address a global crisis. How can we sustain and employ such a spirit of openness and collegiality to tackle other grand challenges?

Forbes

An Epidemiologist’s Lessons From the ACT UP Era, for Today’s Protesters

“We talked about safer sex in the ’80s, and now we have to talk about safer living.”

NY Mag

Scientists caught between pandemic and protests

Axios

Dr. Anthony Fauci says WHO’s remark on asymptomatic coronavirus spread ‘was not correct’

The WHO 'walked that back because there's no evidence to indicate that's the case,' Dr. Anthony Fauci says.

CNBC

Vaccine Makers Hedge Bets On Which One Will Emerge As Effective And Safe

To speed vaccine production from years to months, companies must start making a vaccine in large quantities even before it's clear a vaccine works.

NPR

Study shows how face masks could prevent a second wave of Covid-19 — but there’s a catch

A new study from the University of Cambridge used theoretical models to determine the effect of wearing face masks or cloth face coverings on Covid-19 prevention. Their findings suggest that a second wave of the virus could be prevented or at least dampened.

CNBC

Face mask use needed to ‘prevent COVID-19 second wave’

Science Focus

Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police

Seattle Times

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: June 10, 2021

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Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?

Temporary side effects after COVID-19 vaccines are normal and a sign your immune system is revving up.

AP News

Monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19 safe for transplant patients

Mayo Clinic News Network

Coronavirus variants can evade antibodies by spreading via super-cells – new research

Scientists have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can evade neutralising antibodies by fusing cells.

The Conversation

10 Major Health Breakthroughs You Missed During the Pandemic

From HIV treatment to dengue fever prevention, here are the major health breakthroughs you missed during the pandemic

Time Magazine

73 Experts Offer a Blueprint for Preventing Another Pandemic

TIME polled 73 public health experts, asking them to rate some 50 initiatives that could mitigate or even prevent another pandemic

Time Magazine

Half of the pandemic's unemployment money may have been stolen

Axios

Coronavirus: Can countries pay back pandemic debt?

Countries around the world have borrowed staggering amounts to deal with the pandemic. But where does a government borrow that money from - and can it ever be paid back?

BBC

Fauci brushes off GOP criticism and says attacks on him are 'attacks on science' he can debunk 'immediately'

Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC News he could go through every single criticism of his COVID-19 decisions and debunk it 'immediately.'

Business Insider

A link between Covid-19 vaccination and a cardiac illness may be getting clearer | CNN

CNN

Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats | CNN

CNN

Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic | CNN

CNN

What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant | CNN

CNN

The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis | CNN Business

CNN

Coronavirus has ‘energised’ science spending, says Unesco

Global growth in R&D already evident before pandemic has now been turbocharged, led by China and US

Financial Times

Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?

Mass vaccination drives in several countries are providing new data on the extent to which adult vaccination protects children — but the conclusions are mixed.

Nature

Viral infiltration of pancreatic islets in patients with COVID-19 - Nature Communications

New-onset hyperglycemia and complications of preexisting diabetes have been observed in COVID-19 patients, however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, the authors show that SARS-CoV-2 is detectable in both endocrine and exocrine cells of the pancreata of patients with COVID-19.

Nature

Community-level evidence for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection of unvaccinated individuals - Nature Medicine

New data from a large healthcare organization in Israel reveal a reduction in new infections in an unvaccinated population in communities with rapid vaccination rollouts, suggesting that mass vaccination strategies confer cross-protection of unvaccinated individuals.

Nature

Leveraging artificial intelligence for pandemic preparedness and response: a scoping review to identify key use cases - npj Digital Medicine

Nature

More young adults than expected have reported heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination

The condition, called myocarditis, is usually mild, but a handful of patients remain hospitalized.

NBC News

You Can Now Buy an Edible Face Mask Made Out of Bread

Newsweek

Child Labor Surges For The First Time In 20 Years. The Pandemic May Make That Worse.

An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.

NPR

The Story of a Famous Covid Widow Published 2021

The New York Times

COVID-19 changed public transportation. Here's how.

As more Americans get vaccinated and many start returning to workplaces, transit agencies see this transition to a post-pandemic society as an opportunity to fundamentally change how public transit works.

PBS

European Parliament backs patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines

With this vote, MEPs from a wide range of groups are upping pressure on the Commission to change its strategy of opposing an IP waiver.

POLITICO.eu

German health minister faces more heat over coronavirus fraud claims

Pharmacists received excess compensation for masks, while new intensive care beds worth €700 million are nowhere to be found, auditors say.

POLITICO.eu

UK health secretary hits back at Dominic Cummings over pandemic lying claims

Matt Hancock defends care home strategy and denies ‘national’ PPE shortage.

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Biden says biggest vaccine donation ‘supercharges’ battle against coronavirus

Reuters

The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

Scientific American

As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can't predict who is at risk

Long Covid is not an adults-only phenomenon, and it poses the same mystery in kids as in adults.

STAT

Green for hugs, red for no touching: US events introduce pandemic color coding

Event hosts are using stickers, lanyards or bracelets to differentiate who is comfortable with what kind of touch

The Guardian

The pandemic taught me how to maintain adult friendships: Just reach out

Between Covid-19, work and all the other stressors of life, maintaining adult relationships is more difficult than I originally imagined.

TODAY.com

Two passengers test positive for COVID on Celebrity Millennium 'fully vaccinated' cruise

USA Today

Big events are back

After an 18-month hiatus, concerts, festivals, sports, and other big events are expected to return to their pre-pandemic glory.

Vox

Perspective | Only in our anti-truth hellscape could Anthony Fauci become a supervillain

The Washington Post

Opinion | The covid vaccine did change my DNA. It turned me into a Trump Republican.

The Washington Post

Covid-19 Deaths This Year Have Already Eclipsed 2020’s Toll

WSJ

Opinion | The Pandemic’s Toll on Teen Mental Health

WSJ