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Newly Released COVID-19 Data Show Most U.S. Cities Are 'Sustained Hotspots'

Sat, 2020-12-19 09:30 — mike kraft

Newly Released COVID-19 Data Show Most U.S. Cities Are 'Sustained Hotspots' A comprehensive dataset gives the American public the same view of the status of the pandemic that federal officials have but previously held back. The outlook is bleak. NPR.org

The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts.

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OPINION: An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available?

Fri, 2020-12-18 19:02 — mike kraft

An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available? | Adrienne Matei These inventions could help our coronavirus crisis now. But delays mean they may not be adopted until the worst of the pandemic is behind us the Guardian

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People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong. --NYTimes op-ed

Fri, 2020-12-18 14:28 — mike kraft

The largest burden of Covid-19 has undoubtedly fallen on people older than 65; they account for around 80 percent of deaths in the United States. But if we momentarily eclipse that from our mind’s eye, something else becomes visible: The corona of this virus.

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Americans have converted to mask culture, survey finds

Fri, 2020-12-18 11:40 — mike kraft

Americans have converted to mask culture, survey finds Most Americans now accept the benefits of wearing masks and wearing them around others, a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey published Friday finds. Mallika Kallingal and Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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Putting 'politics in front of lives': DeSantis faces criticism over Florida's Covid-19 response

Fri, 2020-12-18 11:14 — mike kraft

Putting 'politics in front of lives': DeSantis faces criticism over Florida's Covid-19 response Warning signs about a Covid-19 spike have been flashing red in Florida this fall: Coronavirus hospitalizations have been rising since November, the test positivity rate is double what it was in early October, and the tally of new daily cases is nearing the state's July peak. Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Drew Griffin, CNN CNN

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Pence and wife get vaccinated for COVID as Trump's shot remains 'under consideration'

Fri, 2020-12-18 10:21 — mike kraft

Pence and wife get vaccinated for COVID as Trump's shot remains 'under consideration' Vice President Mike Pence received his first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in a televised event in Washington, D.C., Friday morning, becoming the first prominent member of the Trump administration to get one. YahooNews

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OPINION: The Magic Number for Reducing Infections and Keeping Businesses Open

Thu, 2020-12-17 11:32 — mike kraft

Opinion | The Magic Number for Reducing Infections and Keeping Businesses Open Data from early in the pandemic reveals there’s a “sweet spot.” nytimes

NY Times op-ed by Yarna Serkez

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Trade magazine says Researchers are using coffee to diagnose COVID-19

Thu, 2020-12-17 10:56 — mike kraft

Researchers are using coffee to diagnose COVID-19 The day can’t start until you’ve crammed your nose deep into a cup of joe, am I right? According to Daily Coffee News, coffee is more than a toasty, pleasantly pungent wake-up call: it’s also being used as a COVID-19 sniff test of sorts. The Takeout

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How do home tests for coronavirus work

Thu, 2020-12-17 10:27 — mike kraft

How do home tests for coronavirus work? Where can I get one? Rapid tests allow people to test themselves at home and know within minutes whether they have the novel coronavirus. They could be a vital component in stanching the spread of the virus. William Wan Washington Post

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A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020 --AP

Wed, 2020-12-16 19:11 — mike kraft

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020 Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in... AP NEWS

Almost no place has been spared — and no one.

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