September 2, 2020

The CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine distribution as soon as late October, a timeline that places the effort squarely inside the election season and heightens concerns about political pressure. Fauci, attempting to thread the needle, predicts a “safe and effective vaccine” by year’s end while the White House’s new adviser Scott Atlas, increasingly portrayed in the press as the “anti-Fauci,” tells Trump what he wants to hear about reopening. A ProPublica investigation details how New Orleans hospitals sent coronavirus patients into hospice or back to their families to die, discontinuing treatment even as relatives begged them to keep trying.

Nancy Pelosi is caught getting an indoor hair appointment in violation of San Francisco’s COVID restrictions, a moment of personal convenience cutting against the Democratic leadership’s posture of strict adherence to public-health rules. Scientific American debunks the widely circulated reports that neck gaiters are worse than no mask at all, noting that the Duke study behind those headlines tested only a single gaiter under conditions never intended to represent real-world use. In Australia, a pregnant mother is arrested for a Facebook post planning a lockdown protest, while German prosecutors rule that calling anti-lockdown protesters “Covidiots” is legally protected speech.

Trump’s New COVID Adviser Is Basically the Anti-Fauci

Scott Atlas is telling Trump what he wants to hear, though Fox News—where he got on the president’s radar—is reportedly giving him fewer opportunities to speak these days.

Vanity Fair

Fauci expects US will have ‘safe and effective vaccine’ by the end of the year

The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he predicts the U.S. will see a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of 2020.

Fox 13 Memphis

Colleges ask students to leave campus amid COVID-19 outbreaks, but experts advise the opposite

As colleges deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, some are having their students leave campus -- the opposite of what medical experts advise.

ABC

CDC documents say states should prepare to distribute Covid-19 vaccines as soon as late October

CNN

CDC official affirms coronavirus deaths really are coronavirus deaths

CNN

Cancer-stricken woman booted from bingo hall for not covering hole in her neck

A Canadian woman who is battling lung cancer was kicked out of her bingo hall because the hole she breathes through in her neck wasn’t covered by a mask, according to a report. Elaine Arbeau, 67, o…

New York Post

Pregnant Australian mom arrested for Facebook post planning lockdown protest

“I have no idea why you guys are doing this,” the distressed mother can be heard telling officers in a Facebook live video.

New York Post

Iowa senator appears to backtrack on suggestion Covid-19 deaths are overcounted

CNN

Sent Home to Die

In New Orleans, hospitals sent patients infected with the coronavirus into hospice facilities or back to their families to die at home, in some cases discontinuing treatment even as relatives begged them to keep trying.

Propublica

The Numbers Are In: The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Devastated D.C. Tourism’s Industry

The District projects a 53% decline in domestic tourism this year.

DCist

German SPD leader can call anti-lockdown protesters 'Covidiots': prosecutors

Reuters

First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota

Washington Post

I thought the apocalypse would involve fewer Zoom meetings and more lava. Lessons of 2020

LA Times

Fact check: Masks are a coronavirus prevention method when used alongside other precautions

Reuters

Bullish Switzerland moves on from lockdown and focuses on economy

Financial

It gets into your bones': the unique loneliness of coronavirus lockdown when you live alone

Melbourne’s second-wave lockdown rules are some of the strictest in the western world – and single people have faced weeks of isolation

The Guardian

One quarter of UK attempted DIY dentistry during lockdown

Dentistry

Could you get paid to quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic? Some local governments are already doing it

'Providing a level of income replacement to people in quarantine is humane, but it's also an attempt to ensure the success of quarantine,' says Mark A. Rothstein, director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, who studies income replacement programs.

CNBC

Minnesota university life during COVID-19 to include dorm 'stay-at-home,' curfews

University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel said in the initial phase, students in university housing will spend the first 10 days on average in a “dorm version of a stay-at-home order,” broken only when they attend class, go to work, eat or exercise. By the end of September, students will have to follow curfews starting at 9 p.m.

MPR News

72% of Americans Did Not Take a Summer Vacation This Year

Value Penguin

Pelosi’s office acknowledges indoor hair appointment, violating San Francisco Covid-19 restrictions

CNN

What The New Federal Eviction Ban Means For The D.C. Region

The Trump administration's new eviction ban will beef up protection for renters in Maryland and Virginia.

DCist

How Those Bogus Reports on ‘Ineffective’ Neck Gaiters Got Started

Scientific American

‘I support Joe Biden’s pro-science agenda’: 81 Nobel laureates endorse Biden for president

(CNN) — Eighty-one Nobel Prize winners endorsed Joe Biden for president in an open letter on Wednesday, citing the former vice president’s “willingness to listen to experts” and his “deep appreciation for using science to find solutions.” The Nobel laureates, winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics, stressed the importance of elected leaders making […]

Wish TV

Widely-used and cheap steroid hydrocortisone can cut coronavirus deaths by a THIRD in sickest patients, study finds

An analysis by University of Bristol of seven different studies found three steroids reduce the risk of death in critically ill Covid-19 patients by 20%, which bumped up to 31% for hydrocortisone.

Daily Mail

COVID-19 may harm minority groups’ health even if they don’t catch the virus

The Conversation

Experts suggest 2 ways to prevent the next pandemic: Stop cutting down forests and trading wild animals

Experts expect the world to see more animal-to-human disease spillover — unless we actively fight deforestation and regulate the wildlife trade.

Business Insider

September 2, 2020

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