COVID-19 Update for Wddnesday, August 12, 2020 Latest Numbers from Macon County Public Health Included

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Father and son doctors die of coronavirus after treating COVID-19 patients on Florida front lines [LINK]

More than 900 US healthcare workers have died of Covid-19 – and the toll is rising [LINK]

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Early Spread of COVID-19 Appears Far Greater Than Initially Reported [LINK]

Four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden’s prized herd immunity is nowhere in sight – Eric J W Orlowski, David J A Goldsmith, 2020 [LINK]

COVID‐19 and Vitamin D: A lesson from the skin [LINK]

Phase 1/2 study of COVID-19 RNA vaccine BNT162b1 in adults [LINK]

Research exposes new vulnerability in SARS-CoV-2 (Press Release) [LINK]

Rapid endothelialitis and vascular inflammation characterise SARS-CoV-2 infection in a human lung-on-chip model [LINK]

Predicting novel drugs for SARS-CoV-2 using machine learning from a >10 million chemical space [LINK]

Janus Kinase-Inhibitor and Type I Interferon Ability to Produce Favorable Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [LINK]

Enhanced Binding of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein to Receptor by Distal Polybasic Cleavage Sites [LINK]

LamPORE: rapid, accurate and highly scalable molecular screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on nanopore sequencing [LINK]

Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Press Release) [LINK]

Sputnik Vaccine – Clinical Trials [LINK]

Virus is airborne – clinical study in the US (Chicago Tribune) [LINK]

Coronavirus may spread much farther than 6 feet in indoor spaces with poor ventilation (CBS News) [LINK]

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‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks [LINK]

New Hampshire issues new mask mandate ahead of motorcycle rally: “Sturgis was a clear warning sign to us” [LINK]

No Masks, No Social Distancing: Two Men Charged After Large Pool Party in Sicklerville New Jersey [LINK]

Man Carried From Store By His Son While Threatening to Beat Customers Over Masks: ‘A Bunch of P***ies Wearing Masks!’ [LINK]

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Download a PDF of “LIGHTING OUR WAY FORWARD: North Carolina’s Guidebook for Re-opening Schools” [LINK]

NCSHAA Releases Calendar for High School Sports (North Carolina) [LINK]

Franklin High School Students to Attend One Day a Week until Labor Day [LINK]

COVID-19 study confirms low transmission in educational settings [LINK]

925 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening? [LINK]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school [LINK]

‘Leaving us behind’: High-risk students ask, why can’t all college courses be offered online? [LINK]

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Fauci said he thinks it’s ‘inconceivable’ that he’s received death threats ‘when you are trying to promote public health principles to save people’s lives’ [LINK]

Ousted expert on Florida’s Covid plan: ‘They’re not listening to the scientists’ [LINK]

Fauci says he has serious doubts Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective [LINK]

North Carolina dog that died after ‘acute’ illness tests positive for coronavirus [LINK]

NC sees data delays, lowest coronavirus numbers in two months [LINK]

COVID-19 Around the World

Canadians are vandalising cars with US plates in anger over border crossings to escape coronavirus [LINK]

WHO Calls for Delaying Dental Routine Check-Ups Until COVID-19 Transmission Rates Drop [LINK]

Indigenous Mexicans turn inward to survive COVID-19, barricading villages and growing their own food [LINK]

Lebanon Records Horrific Spike In COVID-19 Cases Post Beirut Blasts [LINK]

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Smash Mouth singer mocks coronavirus pandemic at packed Sturgis Motorcycle Rally concert
Videos and photos on social media showed many in the crowd flouting social distancing guidelines and not wearing masks [LINK]

Town votes to rescind license of N.J. gym whose owners repeatedly defied coronavirus restrictions. [LINK]

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