Coronavirus Information

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My wife, more concerned than I over this virus, wants to make sure we have supplies for the Fall as she feels it will continue, the history of pandemics is on her side. See book down and State stats.

'State-by-state coronavirus news'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/st...ws/ar-BB13E1PX


'Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs' by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...eadliest-enemy


"Mother Nature is the greatest bioterrorist of them all, with no financial limitations or ethical compunctions."

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We were out shopping yesterday and people here in PA are still wearing masks, a good thing given that states with Trump Governors have a growing numbers of hospitalizations. One aspect of this Pandemic and the Trump administration is the conformity of republicans under Trump. It is an acknowledgment of the power of a fascist kind of persuasion. They follow or imitate rather than act on the health and safety of their state and the people they were elected to keep safe. Be safe out there, this too shall pass.

'People who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission'

https://healthfeedback.org/claimrevi...-transmission/

'Tracking The Pandemic: Are Coronavirus Cases Rising Or Falling In Your State?'

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...rus-in-the-u-s

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Our kids are grandkids.

'How likely are kids to get Covid-19? Scientists see a ‘huge puzzle’ without easy answers'

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/...-easy-answers/

'How many needless Covid-19 deaths were caused by delays in responding? Most of them'

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/19/...vid-19-deaths/

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'Even a Vaccine Won’t Erase this Pandemic' 'And other tough, contrarian messages from virologist William Haseltine. We ignore them at our peril, he says.'

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/...rase-Pandemic/

"... a vaccine will not likely end this pandemic for several reasons.

For starters the most affected population, people over the age of 60, are the most difficult population to develop vaccines for. As the immune system ages, the effectiveness and duration of vaccines wanes with it. “It is very difficult to develop a vaccine for older people,” notes Haseltine."


'Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/...ch-news/10327/

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Given the increasing number of hospitalizations as America and the world reopen, masks will be a good option going forward. We may be wearing them for longer than we'd like.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...w-to-use-masks


'These materials are regularly updated based on new scientific findings as the epidemic evolves. Last updated 19 June 2020'

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Jared Diamond on 'Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenarios' 'Life In the Time of COVID'

https://www.edge.org/conversation/ja...case-scenarios

Diamond is always an interesting read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...erms_and_Steel


"History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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Given the increase in Covid-19 infections this is helpful information.

Risk ranking of everyday activities for COVID-19, according to an infectious-disease expert

https://www.businessinsider.com/risk...-expert-2020-6

'15 Foods That Boost the Immune System'

https://www.healthline.com/health/fo...-immune-system

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Interesting as it gives countries, population etc.

'COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic'

'Graphs - Countries - Death Rate - Symptoms - Incubation - Transmission - News'

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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Interesting.

'Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health'

https://www.wired.com/story/stop-doomscrolling/

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Reality.

'He posted his regrets over attending a party in California. The next day, he died of coronavirus'

"I went out a couple of weeks ago ... because of my stupidity I put my mom and sisters and my family's health in jeopardy," he wrote. "This has been a very painful experience. This is no joke. If you have to go out, wear a mask, and practice social distancing. ... Hopefully with God's help, I'll be able to survive this."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/ca...rus/index.html

'A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic'

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...e-here/613522/

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Covid statistics and an interesting piece on a virus that attacks rabbits.


'Cases in the U.S.' TOTAL CASES - 2,732,531

53,301 New Cases*

TOTAL DEATHS 128,648

624 New Deaths

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html


'The Rabbit Outbreak' 'A highly contagious, often lethal animal virus arrives in the United States.'

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...abbit-outbreak

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COVID-19 like death and taxes is just a part of life or sometimes death, oh sorry I said that.....

"But over the following week, three local people also came down with the disease for no obvious reason, leading to one of Singapore's first and most baffling coronavirus cases. Working out what had happened would lead to a new and disturbing insight into how the virus was so successfully finding new victims."

'Coronavirus: The mystery of asymptomatic 'silent spreaders''

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52840763


''Learn to live with it': White House prepares to tell the nation that COVID-19 will become a part of life as Trump rails against more lockdowns amid case surge'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...D-19-life.html

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Interesting but I think it needs more investigation. Evolution is fascinating and we humans have existed for such a short time in universe time. Most estimates are around one hundred thousand years. While the universe is over thirteen billion years old.

'DNA linked to severe Covid-19 was inherited from Neanderthals, study finds'

"A stretch of DNA linked to Covid-19 was passed down from Neanderthals 60,000 years ago, according to a new study."

https://attentiontotheunseen.com/202...s-study-finds/

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I'm sure everyone has heard from someone who thinks they may have had COVID-19. My brother was sure he had it but his antibody test was negative. Another family thinks the same but hasn't been tested. A few in extended family have had it and are doing better but not quite back to normal. I'm one of the lucky ones as I never even had the flu. Knock on my wooden head. Hope all are well, be safe out there, this is going to be with us for awhile.

'Think a 'mild' case of Covid-19 doesn’t sound so bad? Think again' Adrienne Matei

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...d-symptoms-who


'Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate'

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...nt-concentrate

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'Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.'

'A crisis on this scale can reorder society in dramatic ways, for better or worse. Here are 34 big thinkers’ predictions for what’s to come.'

https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...79?cid=covid_m