July 29, 2020

The doctors behind the viral video taken down a day earlier met with Vice President Pence, according to the co-founder of the group that organized the event, even as the same figures were being scrubbed from social media as spreaders of disinformation. Fauci calls Trump’s promotion of the video “not helpful” and tells Axios that trials have consistently shown hydroxychloroquine is not effective, drawing a firm line under a drug the White House kept touting.

Fauci also tells parents that children over nine can transmit the virus about as well as adults, complicating the case for reopening schools, and suggests Americans consider goggles or face shields for extra protection. The eye-covering advice extends a pattern of guidance that keeps escalating without a clear stopping point, arriving in the same weeks that officials insisted masks alone were the answer.

Wired publishes a long interview casting Fauci as the voice of science against public hostility, while a BMJ ethics blog openly debates whether a future vaccine should be made mandatory or pushed through paid incentives, a conversation about coercion held before any shot had been shown to work.

COVID-19 recovery in hardest-hit sectors could take more than 5 years

If the economic recovery from COVID-19 is muted (one of two scenarios executives view as most likely), some industries will take years to get back to their prepandemic normal.

McKinsey

What world post COVID-19?: A conversation with Dr. Joe Mascaro

Dr. Joe Mascaro, director of education and research at Planet, discusses the effects of the pandemic on the environment, and its implications for energy transitions and earth sciences research.

Atlantic Council

Pandemic Fatigue: Reinvigorating the Public to Prevent COVID-19

WHO

Timeline of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the 2020 Major League Baseball season

The coronavirus has impacted several MLB teams during the season

CBS

France must not drop guard against COVID-19, minister says

Reuters

Dr. Fauci says kids over 9 years old can transmit the coronavirus as well as adults as some schools reopen

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned parents sending kids back to school that children over 9 years old can spread the coronavirus as well as adults.

CNBC

Coronavirus: Trump’s signals 'not helpful', says Fauci

The top US disease researcher was speaking after the president shared a video making unproven claims.

BBC

Dr. Fauci: Wear goggles or eye shields to prevent spread of COVID-19; flu vaccine a must

Dr. Fauci says in order to best prevent spreading or catching COVID-19, you should consider using goggles or a face shield.

ABC

Dr. Anthony Fauci calls safety “paramount” in reopening schools

One of the nation’s most trusted experts on the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joined AFT President Randi Weingarten for a July 28 virtual town hall on Facebook Live to answer questions from AFT’s educators and health professionals. The questions ranged from how to approach the reopening of schools to the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine.

AFT

Anthony Fauci Explains Why the US Still Hasn’t Beaten Covid

The director of NIAID talks about vaccines, school reopenings, hostility toward science, and the lessons we’ll learn when (yes, when) we recover.

Wired

Fauci: Trials have 'consistently' shown hydroxychloroquine is 'not effective'

Axios

‘Scary Misinformation Trump’ Is Back, Says Jimmy Fallon

New York Times

Results from vaccine trial may be ready by November

WASHINGTON — An experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the National Institutes of Health and biotech company Moderna Inc., might have results by November or sooner, the federal government's top

Guam Daily Post

Pence urges in-person school during visit to North Carolina

Vice President Mike Pence said schools around the country will have the resources they need to reopen for in-person learning during a visit to a classroom of masked fourth graders at a North Carolina private school.

PBS

Doctors behind viral COVID-19 misinformation video met with Vice President Pence

A group of doctors who took part in a viral video that was taken down Tuesday by social media companies for spreading disinformation about the coronavirus met with Vice President Mike Pence, according to the co-founder of a group that organized the event.

Yahoo

Good Reasons to Vaccinate: COVID19 Vaccine, Mandatory or Payment Model?

By Julian Savulescu. The best chance of bringing the Coronavirus pandemic to an end with the least loss of life and the greatest return to normality seems to be the introduction of an effective vaccine. But how should such a vaccine be distributed? To be effective, particularly in protecting the most vulnerable in the population, [...]Read More...

BMJ

A coronavirus vaccine may require boosters – here’s what that means

The Conversation

How lockdown may have changed your personality

Our personalities are shaped by our experiences and social interactions, so how might the months spent isolated from friends, family and colleagues have altered us?

BBC

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