July 10, 2020
Cities — try to predict superspreading hotspots for COVID-19

Tracking how people move around urban areas can pinpoint where disease might transmit fastest and farthest.
Nature
All the hospitals are full': In Houston, overwhelmed ICUs leave COVID-19 patients waiting in ER

Officials in Houston warn of a potential replay of what happened in New York in the spring, when thousands of people died as hospitals struggled to keep up.
NBC
Pathologist found blood clots in ‘almost every organ’ during autopsies on Covid-19 patients

CNN
Gov. Greg Abbott warns if spread of COVID-19 doesn’t slow, “the next step would have to be a lockdown”
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Abbott has repeated that warning multiple times in local television interviews this week.
Texas Tribune
Lockdown broke my baby': As Meghan Markle admits her fears for Archie, mums tell FEMAIL how no socialising left their children and 'anxious and tearful' - but experts insist the impact can be reversed

Speaking to FEMAIL, five women shared their stories of how lockdown has impacted their children, all of whom are under the age of two, after Meghan Markle's comments.
Daily Mail
Man cuts through fence to escape New Zealand Covid-19 quarantine and visit liquor store

CNN
Quarantine tents set up outside school in Walker County

Large, dark green tents with signs on them saying 'quarantine room' were spotted by several people. A company set up the tents outside the old Walker County high school Friday. RELATED: More coronavirus news from ABC 33/40. The tent display was meant to show off the company's product. There was no actual quarantine, according to a spokesperson with the City of Jasper.
ABC
Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living in the perfect storm’

The straight-talking scientist on keeping the peace with Trump and the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine
Financial Times
As Texas’ only physician in Congress, Republican Michael Burgess defends Fauci as ‘thorough,' ‘respected'
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WASHINGTON — In the course of a professional relationship that’s spanned more than 20 years, North Texas Rep. Michael Burgess admits that he’s had his fair...
Dallas News
DeSantis breaks with Fauci, says Florida didn’t rush reopening
The Hill
It’s Time, Dr. Fauci
New York Times
Nevada tightens restrictions again as COVID hospitalizations 'spike'

'Continued increase' in coronavirus hospitalizations sees governor put bars and restaurants back under tougher rules.
CBS
Continued unemployment boosts will help recovery more than new stimulus checks, economists say

As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., 'it's not that lots of folks who have jobs to go back to are choosing not to go,' says Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty, 'but there's no work to do.'
CNBC
‘Pleading’ from aides led to Trump agreeing – after months – to wear a mask

CNN
Ohio lawmaker Candice Keller shops without a mask in Butler County, posts about it: 'Be brave.'
Cincinatti
Bail Out the Bars

They're uniquely dangerous for spreading the coronavirus. We need to pay to keep them closed.
Slate
Nation's Pediatricians Walk Back Support For In-Person School

In a new statement made jointly with teachers unions, the American Academy of Pediatrics now says 'science and community circumstances must guide decision-making.'
NPR
COVID-19 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal
Science Daily
“Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Death!” What the anti-mask messages really say | Milwaukee Independent

Milwaukee Independent
Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate

As COVID-19 surges across the nation, the president is at odds with the government’s top health professionals.
Tampa Bay Times
14 Tweets That Sum Up The Stupidity Of 'Mask-Holes'

Twitter is filled with content about people who won't wear face masks because they basically just don't seem to give a sh*t about their fellow humans.
Scary Mommy
A COVID-19 vaccine may come soon. Will the blistering pace backfire?

Speed is essential, but not at the expense of safety and efficacy, experts warn. Sacrificing either could damage public trust.
Science News