Coronavirus Daily Briefing podcast.

What is new with Coronavirus today? Ask a sneezing person near you! But, if that's too much, there is alway a podcast that covers the ongoing drama, filled with news bits, and important details. Enjoy!

Physicists give us the lowdown on human teleportation. Some tips for taking actually impressive photos of fireworks this weekend. The nuns moonlighting as bartenders in Milwaukee. What works and what doesn’t for keeping mosquitos away. And the Katmai National Park bear cam is officially back.

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  Could Teleporting Ever Work? (Gizmodo)


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  How to Take Awesome Photos of Fireworks With Your Phone (Wired)


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  The Best Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes (Lifehacker)


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  These Wristbands and Pricey Gadgets Don't Keep Mosquitoes From Biting You (Lifehacker)


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  Milwaukee nuns hosting drive-through beer garden to raise money for charity (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)


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  The fat bears are back, with some enticing plot lines (Mashable)


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  The World Still Sucks, but at Least Bear Cam Is Back (Gizmodo)


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  Bear Cam - live from Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park (Explore.Org)

A massive star has vanished. Or collapsed into a black hole. We’re not really sure. The story behind the new 3D-printed plant-based meats. Tips on how to finish your side project. And why Dairy Queen isn’t allowed to say they sell “ice cream” and what Margaret Thatcher has to do with that.

Links:

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  A Massive Star Has Disappeared Without a Trace (Gizmodo)


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  Did This Star Turn Into A Black Hole When We Weren’t Looking? (Forbes)


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  These plant-based steaks come out of a 3D printer (Fast Company)


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  How to finish your side project. (Hugo Zapata)


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  That Frozen Treat From Dairy Queen? Not Really Ice Cream (How Stuff Works)


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  The Margaret Thatcher Soft-Serve Myth (The New Yorker)


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  Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland) 2006 Eurovision Song Contest Winner (Eurovision Song Contest, YouTube)


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A barber who’s invented a new, safe way to give people haircuts. The son who embarked on an eighty-five day solo trip across the Atlantic ocean to get to his dad’s 90th birthday after the coronavirus canceled all flights. An experiment in Australia that’s been running for almost a hundred years. Why we feel strangely "aggressive" impulses towards pets and babies we find unbearably cute. And a website that helps you virtually relive your daily commute.

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Links:

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  Barbershop owner develops 'Shield on Wheels' to protect hairstylists, clients amid coronavirus pandemic (Yahoo News)


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  With Flights Banned, Son Sails Solo Across Atlantic to Reach Father, 90 (NY Times)


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  The Pitch Drop Experiment (Atlas Obscura)


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  Cute Aggression May Make People Better Caretakers (The Atlantic)


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  Listen to local music as you 'drive' through your favourite city with this new app (Lonely Planet)


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The church created to circumvent a loophole in Tennessee's elections. VR is getting smell-o-vision, but smelling things is not actually the point. How to prevent your glasses from fogging up while wearing a mask. And a website that aims to combine the best of old fashioned TV channel surfing and the weird wonders of the web.

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Links:

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  A New Church in Tennessee Exists Purely to Help Residents Vote Early (Patheos)


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  VR System Hacks Your Nose to Turn Smells Into Temperatures (IEEE)


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  How to stop your glasses from fogging up when you wear a mask (The Verge)


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  A simple method to prevent spectacle lenses misting up on wearing a face mask (National Institutes of Health)


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  Surf City explanation (Cody Brown, Twitter)


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Tips for collaborating with coworkers and other ways to maximize working from home. NASA wants your help designing a toilet for their next trip to the moon. How unwanted pests in some store-bought broccoli turned into a wholesome Twitter saga. And a new way to keep up to date with your favorite directors.

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Links:

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  How to Work From Home Successfully (NY Times)


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  NASA wants to hear your ideas for engineering the best toilet to use on the Moon (The Verge)


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  Why NASA Designed a New $23 Million Space Toilet (Wired)


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  Tesco Broccoli Saga (Sam Darlaston, Twitter)


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  Radio presenter raises seven 'caterpillar children' found in Tesco broccoli (Yahoo)


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  Director Alerts Notifies You When Directors Release a New Movie (LifeHacker)


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A smart sponge that may be the key to cleaning up oil spills. How to mentally prepare as your town reopens. DIY instructions for making your own beehive bed. And the blossoming audience members that attended Monday night’s performance at the Barcelona opera house.

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Links:

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  Game-Changing New Smart Sponge Soaks Up Oil Spills, Saving Water And Wildlife (Forbes)


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  How to Mentally Prepare for Reopening (LifeHacker)


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  Make your own bee bed, a bed inside a beehive (Geekologie)


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  Barcelona opera house plays to thousands of plants (CNN)


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A pet robot that’s helping cure COVID-19 loneliness. If you thought the fireworks going off every night in your town was bad, let me tell you about a city in France that has set them off every single day for 150 years. Jurassic Park was #1 in the US box offices this past weekend. Like, the original Jurassic Park. From 1993. And are you ready to go to Flavortown, Ohio?

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  There's No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help (Wired)


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  The French City Where a Midday Firework Marks the Start of Lunch (Atlas Obscura)


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  Why are there fireworks every night, explained (Vox)


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  ‘Jurassic Park’ Roars To No. 1 Again At Weekend Box Office, 27 Years After Original Release (Deadline)


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  People are petitioning for Columbus, Ohio to be renamed 'Flavortown' (Mashable)


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Another Neolithic structure discovered just down the street from Stonehenge. Why some people are more resilient than others. The cardboard cutouts stadiums are using in lieu of real, flesh-based human fans. And a contract job that will pay you $10,000 to record your bowel movements.

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Links:

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  Stonehenge: Neolithic monument found near sacred site (BBC)


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  What Makes Some People More Resilient Than Others (NY Times)


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  Why sports stadiums are suddenly full of cardboard fans (The Hustle)


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  Apply for a Job That Pays $10K to Keep Track of Toilet Habits (LifeHacker)


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  VP of Fecal Matters (Tushy)


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Father’s Day-–its origins and how it’s celebrated around the world. How the astronauts onboard the International Space Station are giving a whole new meaning to “space cake.” A fake Nirvana song made with artificial intelligence. A library that is completely for the birds. And some more of the coolest videos I’ve seen this week for you to queue up this weekend.

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Links:

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  Father's Day Facts (Mental Floss)


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  How 9 Countries Celebrate Father's Day (Mental Floss)


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  Father's Day 2020: When Is Father's Day? (The Old Farmer’s Almanac)


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  How to Make it Through Father's Day If It's Difficult For You (LifeHacker)


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  The Significance of Baking Cookies in Space (Super Cluster)


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  The first cookies baked in space are back on Earth! (Space.Com)


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  YouTuber creates fake Nirvana song using artificial intelligence (NME)


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  Livestream of Wonderful Library Themed Bird Feeder (Laughing Squid)


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  How the Apple Watch Ejects Water in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys, YouTube)


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  Marble League 2020 Qualifiers (ML2020) (Jelle’s Marble Runs, YouTube)


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Ahead of Juneteenth, a bit of background on its origins and the fight to make it a federal holiday. The inventor of the Segway has a plan to mass produce human organs. The productivity lifehack that lets you complain as much as you want. And the rickroll to end all rickrolls that happened just yesterday. 

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Links:

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  Inside the Push to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday (TIME)


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  Here are the companies observing Juneteenth this year (CNBC)


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  NY, Virginia to make Juneteenth official state holiday (Al Jazeera)


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  The Segway Inventor's New Dream: Mass-Produced Human Organs (Gizmodo)


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  The Segway's Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human Organs (One Zero)


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  Genius productivity hack: Tell yourself it's a horrible task (Fast Company)


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  How to Motivate Yourself to Do Something Difficult (LifeHacker)


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  Rick Astley Gets Rickrolled (Neatorama)


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The Statue of Liberty arrived in the US on this day in 1885––a look at its original intended meaning. How our poop could help flatten the curve. The Boccaccio Project that’s capturing the music of quarantine. And a video camera returned to its owners after being stolen over twenty years ago.

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  The Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants, its new museum recounts (Washington Post)


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  New Statue of Liberty Museum Illuminates a Forgotten History (New York Times)


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  Cities are using sewer systems as COVID-19 early warning signs (The Verge)


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  Testing sewage for the coronavirus seemed to work. It detected the outbreak in Cache County. (Salt Lake Tribune)


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  The 'Boccaccio Project' Is Capturing the Music of Quarantine (Atlas Obscura)


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  The Boccaccio Project (Library of Congress)


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  Video camera stolen 20 years ago returned in pristine condition with tape still inside (ABC News)


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A new promising treatment for COVID-19. Good news for LGBTQ+ Americans. Why people are more honest when they’re typing on their smartphones versus on their computers. The one man who created the stuffed crust pizza, the McGriddle, the Quizno’s Steakhouse Beef Dip, the Dollar Menu, and more. And a Taiwanese airport trying to make a tourist attraction out of all the worst parts of traveling.

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Links:

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  Scientists hail dexamethasone as 'major breakthrough' in treating COVID-19 (Reuters)


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  A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights (NY Times)


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  The Stonewall Reader (New York Public Library)


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  The Da Vinci of Fast-Food: The One Guy Behind a Huge Number of Staple Fast-Food Items Everyone Loves (Today I Found Out)


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  Why People Are More Honest When Writing on Their Smartphones (Wall Street Journal)


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  Taiwan airport offers 'pretend to go abroad' airport tours amid Covid-19 pandemic (CNN)


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The Kentucky tattoo shop fighting back against extremism. A small town in Washington that has straight up decided to start printing their own money. The science behind why heroes tend to downplay their heroic acts. And the dads who keep making and racing pinewood derby cars long after their kids graduate from Cub Scouts.

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  A Kentucky tattoo shop is offering to cover up hate and gang symbols for free (CNN)


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  Erasing Hate (Trailer) (YouTube)


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  Why a small town in Washington is printing its own currency during the pandemic (The Hustle) 


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  Wooden Money Press, Tenino, Washington (David Paul, YouTube)


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  Heroes tend to downplay their actions and new psychology research might explain why (PsyPost)


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  Meet the dads who can’t quit pinewood derby racing—even after their kids are over it (PopSci)


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With fans not allowed in stadiums, some sports leagues are using computer-generated crowds to fill the stands. If your hair has grown to a completely unmanageable length, this new site can help. Scientists have discovered massive unidentified structures deep beneath the earth’s surface. How to work out like a medieval night. And some video recommendations for your weekend queue.

Links:

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  Spanish soccer returns with computer-generated crowds, and it actually works (The Verge)


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  Artificial crowd noise available to UK viewers after use in Bundesliga (BBC)


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  How to Cut Your Hair in Quarantine: Here's What I Did (Nick Gray)


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  Scientists Have Discovered Vast Unidentified Structures Deep Inside the Earth (Vice)


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  To Work Out Like a Knight, Try Donning Armor and Extolling Virtue (Atlas Obscura)


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  Jurassic Park: Low-budget Remake (Cardboard Movie Co., YouTube)


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  This Low-Budget Cardboard Reproduction Of 'Alien' Is Pure Gory Genius (Digg)


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  Saxophonist Cleverly Plays Into Giant Piece of Pipeline to Accompany Himself With an Echo in Perfect Pitch (Neatorama)


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Weird comfort foods born out of historic times of discomfort. How to hug during a pandemic. Electric vehicle batteries may get a second life. Drones are now delivering library books to kids in Virginia. And the best custom birthday videos on the internet.

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  6 Comfort Foods Born of Historic Times of Discomfort (Atlas Obscura)


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  How to Hug During a Pandemic (NY Times)


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  Used EV Batteries Could Power Tomorrow's Solar Farms (IEEE)


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  Google sister company Wing will fly library books to students by drone in Virginia (The Washington Post)


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  EpicHappyBirthdays (YouTube)


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The WHO’s new official advice on mask-wearing do’s and don’t’s. The 103 year-old retired Belgian doctor hoping to make a difference in the coronavirus effort. Archaeologists have uncovered an entire ancient Roman city without digging a single thing. Could going for walks replace your coffee habit? A Japanese zoo pivots to fashion. And an Italian woman who didn’t let a little thing like brain surgery get in the way of her cooking.

Links:

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  Here’s what WHO says your mask should have to prevent COVID-19 spread (Ars Technica)


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  Belgian Aged 103 Walking Marathon to Raise Funds for COVID-19 Research (NY Times)


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  Entire Roman city revealed without any digging (Archaeology & Arts)


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  Sapporo Zoo sells "lion-ripped jeans," "beaver-gnawed coasters" and more to stay open amid COVID (SoraNews24)


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  [North Safari Sapporo] Surviving crisis due to corona! I want to protect the animals! (Campfire)


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  Italian woman prepares olives during brain tumour operation (BBC)


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  MAN FILMS OWN BRAIN SURGERY (9.17.13 - Day 1601) (Charles Trippy, YouTube)

A look at when epidemiologists will personally be resuming various daily activities. The real people behind one of Apple’s most famous sound effects. How dropping f-bombs might actually be a useful strategy. And the first American woman to walk in space makes history again.

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  When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again (NY Times)


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  I was one of the kids who voiced the famous recording of the “kidscheering.aif” sound effect, which was later popularised through the rise of IMovie, AMA. (r/AMA)


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  The F-word’s hidden superpower: Repeating it can increase your pain threshold (Ars Technica)


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  Former NASA astronaut becomes first woman to reach Earth's deepest point (CNET)


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New Zealand has officially reduced their number of coronavirus cases to zero. Apple apparently patented technology for socially-distanced group selfies. How to order first-class stamps with your face on them. What paleontologists predict animals will look like in the future. The weird music coming from the Golden Gate Bridge. And a Belgian man plagued by mysterious prank pizza deliveries.

Links:

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  New Zealand Has a 95% Chance of Eliminating Coronavirus (The National Interest)


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  With No Current Cases, New Zealand Lifts Remaining COVID-19 Restrictions (NPR)


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  Apple's 'synthetic' group selfie patent could be perfect for social distancing (Mashable)


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  Virtual group selfie with social distancing in Apple patent (9to5Mac)


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  Order Customized Stamps With Your Own Photos Until June 10 (LifeHacker)


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  Paleontologists Predict What Future Animals Might Look Like (Gizmodo)


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  Why the Golden Gate Bridge Is Now a Giant Orange Wheezing Kazoo (KQED)


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  Golden Gate Bridge, Sound #1 (Mark Krueger, Twitter)


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  Golden Gate Bridge, Sound #2 (@chilibrianno, Twitter)


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  Belgian man has been receiving pizzas he never ordered for years (Brussels Times)

A further look at the emerging controversy surrounding the data analytics company behind that big hydroxychloroquine study. Another study shows that humans apparently really do want to be kind to each other. Some perfectly specific words from other languages that have no direct English translation. It’s National Donut Day! Which it turns out, wasn’t invented by Dunkin––a look at its longer and more noble history. And some recommended videos to watch this weekend.

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  New York City reports first day with no confirmed coronavirus deaths since March 11 (CNBC)


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  Lancet, NEJM retract Covid-19 studies that sparked backlash (STAT)


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  Hydroxychloroquine study retraction shows the problems of speedy science (The Verge)


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  New Study Finds Hydroxychloroquine Did Not Prevent Covid-19 (NY Times)


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  Humans Really Do Want Be Kind to Each Other, Even in The Face of Competing Interests (Science Alert)


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  10 of the best words in the world (that don't translate into English) (The Guardian)


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  National Doughnut Day's WWI History (Mental Floss)


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  Free Donut Day | All The Places Offering Free Donuts Today (BuzzFeed)


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  Reunited Apart (Josh Gad, YouTube)


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  Five older women form a Spice Girls' tribute act in the charming and poignant film, Wannabe (It’s Nice That)


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  Black Creators / Black History (YouTube)

Confirmed case numbers continue to rise around the world as places that were previously spared are now the sites of major outbreaks. How do libraries disinfect books? Isaac Newton’s little known cure for the plague. New synthetic red blood cells that can act as a mechanism for therapeutic drug delivery. And Big Bird’s upcoming CNN Town Hall.

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Links:

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  Approximate Percentage of the Population That Has COVID-19 Antibodies (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter)


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  How Do Libraries Clean Books? And More Questions From Our Readers (Smithsonian Magazine)


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  How to Sanitize Collections in a Pandemic (American Libraries Magazine)


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  Isaac Newton Believed That Lozenges Made Of Toad Vomit Could Cure The Bubonic Plague (All That’s Interesting)


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  Please Enjoy the Absurd Delight of Frog Bread (Vice)


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  Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities (Science Daily)


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  CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism (CNN)


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The data analytics company throwing several major COVID-19 studies into question. How the pandemic has changed the way we sleep. Why shoe companies used to use x-rays to sell shoes. And South Korea’s gift to the Navajo Nation.

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Links:

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  Japan to give people US$190 a day to boost domestic travel (South China Morning Post)


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  Coronavirus: Ibuprofen tested as a treatment (BBC)


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  A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling (Science Mag)


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  How Sleep Has Changed in the Pandemic: Insomnia, Late Bedtimes, Weird Dreams (Wall Street Journal)


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  Whaa? Responses To New Technology (Cracked)


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  Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscope (ca. 1930-1940) (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)


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  South Korea to provide 10,000 face masks to help Navajo veterans fight coronavirus (Stars and Stripes)


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  Episode 555: Why Is The Milk In The Back Of The Store? (NPR)


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A six month check in on the coronavirus. tl;dr it’s going to last a long time, wear a mask. Recreating what Johann Sebastian Bach’s music sounded like to him. The introvert and extrovert’s guide to thriving during lockdown. And even more evidence that dogs are indeed very good boys.

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  Six Months of Coronavirus: Here’s Some of What We’ve Learned (New York Times)


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  What Did Bach Sound Like to Bach? | National Endowment for the Humanities (National Endowment for the Humanities)


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  Switched Off Bach (Joe DeGeorge, Bandcamp)


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  In Glove With Bach (Joe DeGeorge, Bandcamp)


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  Do Introverts or Extroverts Thrive in Coronavirus Lockdown? (Bloomberg)


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  Your Dog Really Does Want to Rescue You, Research Finds (Science Alert)

Is COVID-19 actually a vascular disease, not a respiratory one? And is the virus itself getting weaker? Plus, kicking off Pride Month with a look at how much same-sex weddings have boosted the US economy. Could human hibernation become a thing? A new exoplanet that could sustain life. And a 19th century clergyman’s advice for dealing with low spirits and isolation.

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  Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything (Elemental)


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  New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says (Reuters)


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  Gay weddings boost US economy by $3.8 bn since landmark ruling (Reuters)


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  Human Hibernation Is a Real Possibility (The Atlantic)


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  New Research: Closest Exoplanet to Earth Could Host Life (Futurism)


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  An English Clergyman's Advice for Quarantine (The New York Review of Books)

Today we’re looking at the different ways the virus spreads and what measures can be taken to prevent spread in different contexts. A new study shows coronavirus epidemics may have started later than originally thought. Plus, the grad student who solved a problem that had stumped experts for half a century. Why Sweden celebrates Taco Friday. And a round-up of Star Wars-related media to check out this weekend.

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  Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India (Reuters)


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  Tyson Pork Plant In Iowa Shuts After Hundreds Of Workers Test Positive for COVID-19 (HuffPost)


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  To Beat Covid-19, You Have to Know How A Virus Moves (Wired)


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  Coronavirus Epidemics Began Later Than Believed, Study Concludes (NY Times)


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  Graduate Student Untangles Decades-Old Math Problem in Less Than a Week (Smithsonian Magazine)


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  Taco Friday in Sweden (Mental Floss)


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  How 'Taco Friday' Became a Swedish Tradition (Atlas Obscura)


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  Listen to the original NPR radio drama adaptations of the first STAR WARS trilogy (Boing Boing) 


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  A Modern Trailer for The Empire Strikes Back (Neatorama) 


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  Star Wars Game Show Trailer Is Here: Jedi Temple Challenge (Gizmodo) 


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  Disney+ Accessibility Subtitles Can Make Everything Comics Sans (Gizmodo)


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  “Baby Yoda (This Is The Way)” (Blue Milk Run, Bandcamp)

Is the coronavirus more dependent on super spreaders than we thought? Research indicates possible biological markers to determine how severely an individual will react to COVID-19. And how the decline of local journalism is taking a toll on America’s small towns. Plus, will we be able to trust our memories of this time? Cannibalistic dinosaurs. And why oranges are sold in red mesh bags.

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  Here’s the Latest Good (and Bad) News About the Coronavirus (NY Magazine)


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  The Demise of Local News Is a Pandemic Emergency (The Atlantic)


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  How Will We Remember the Coronavirus Pandemic? (Discover)


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  Frazier History Museum's 'Coronavirus Capsule' records a pandemic lifestyle as it happens (Courier Journal)


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  Jurassic dinosaur Allosaurus may have been a cannibal (CNET)


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  Why Oranges Come In Red Bags (Mental Floss)

A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety and depression. A round-up of where and how the virus spreads, including how safe you may be on planes and going into the office. Plus, the details behind the futuristic SpaceX flight suits. The woman on TikTok trying to trade a bobby pin for a house. And a soothing soundscape of narwhals.

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  More People Are Taking Drugs for Anxiety and Insomnia, and Doctors Are Worried (Wall Street Journal)


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  A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression, Census Bureau finds amid coronavirus pandemic (Washington Post)


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  How Covid Spreads (CDC)


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  Where Coronavirus Spreads (Christopher Mims, Twitter)


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  That Office AC System Is Great — at Recirculating Viruses (New York Magazine)


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  What Parents Should Know About Coronavirus as Kids Return to Babysitters, Day Cares and Camps (ProPublica)


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  Boeing and Airbus Study How Coronavirus Behaves During Air Travel (Airplanes)


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  How an Immunology Blog Became a Covid-19 Guide to Going Out (Wired)


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  Nasa SpaceX launch: Evolution of the spacesuit (BBC)


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  Can a bobby pin be traded up to a house? A woman on TikTok is trying to find out (Boing Boing)


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  TradeMeProject (Instagram)


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  TradeMeProject (TikTok)


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  Scientists Record Rarely Heard Sounds Made by Narwhals (Gizmodo)

Young people are getting sick with COVID-19 in very high numbers in Brazil. A rundown on what we know and don’t know at this point. And an argument against immunity passports. Plus, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launches tomorrow. A new space tax proposal. The world’s oldest living cat celebrates his birthday. How to get free pizza if you’re a graduating senior. And Catholic priests’ new weapon to fight coronavirus.

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Links:

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  In the developing world, the coronavirus is killing far more young people (Washington Post)


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  What We Know and Don't Know (Megan Ranney MD, Twitter)


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  Ten reasons why immunity passports are a bad idea (Nature)


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  World's oldest living cat celebrates his 32nd birthday (Animal Channel)


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  How to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts to the ISS (Wired)


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  'Orbit tax' proposed to tackle growing problem of space junk (Sky News)


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  Space Force (Netflix)


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  Priests now baptizing kids and blessing food with water guns (A/V Club)


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  2020 grads can get free Pizza Hut pizza (ABC Chicago)


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  Here's A Clever Trick To Make A Pizza Box Walk Down A Ramp (Digg)

More on that study projecting 36,000 people could have been saved if the US had locked down sooner. How to safely socialize, if you choose to do so. Bots are spreading coronavirus conspiracy theories on Twitter. And, Pac-Man turns 40 today. The hottest new renewable resource on the moon: astronaut’s pee. The twenty-five-year-old skin care consultant fielding Elon Musk’s missed calls. And some recommended videos to watch this weekend.

Links:

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  Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients, study says (Washington Post)


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  Hydroxychloroquine study numbers (Ryan Struyk, Twitter)


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  Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots (NPR)


• 
  Students wear wings to maintain social distancing in China (Gulf News)


• 
  Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show (NY Times)


• 
  Want to see friends? Here are the coronavirus risk factors (LA Times) 


• 
  Social distancing isn't going to end soon. So how do we live with it? | Gaby Hinsliff (The Guardian)


• 
  Can You Socialize Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic? (NY Times)


• 
  'Pac-Man' once felt futuristic. Now there's a new one built entirely by AI. (Mashable)


• 
  40 Years on, PAC-MAN Recreated with AI by NVIDIA Researchers (NVIDIA)


• 
  Pac-Man will be playable on Twitch starting this June (The Verge)


• 
  On the Moon, Astronaut Pee Will Be a Hot Commodity (Wired)


• 
  Her Cellphone Number Used To Be Elon Musk's. You Can Imagine The Calls She Gets (NPR)


• 
  David Lynch's daily YouTube weather reports are highly soothing and very David Lynch (Mashable)


• 
  Foster The People's 'Pumped Up Kicks', Medieval Style (Geekologie)


• 
  Does Hand Sanitizer Create Superbugs? (SciShow, YouTube)


• 
  Why Some "Remastered" Music Videos Look Awful (Tom Scott, YouTube)

The CDC updates their guidelines on the spread of the virus via surfaces. Is it safe to go swimming? How much of an effect does population density have on the spread of the disease? Plus, throwing cold water on that “NASA discovers a parallel universe” story. Some tips to improve your walking. And the most heartwarming YouTube channel to go viral in a long time.

Links:

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  Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' by touching surfaces or objects, CDC now says. But it still 'may be possible.' (USA Today)


• 
  How Covid Spreads (CDC)


• 
  What is the coronavirus risk in the ocean, pools, and lakes (LA Times)


• 
  How Does a Virus Spread in Cities? It’s a Problem of Scale (Wired)


• 
  No, NASA didn't find evidence of a parallel universe where time runs backwards (CNET)


• 
  How to improve your walking technique (Suunto)


• 
  Learning life skills with Rob Kenney of 'Dad, How Do I?' (WCIU)


• 
  Dad, How Do I?  (YouTube)

U.S. states are all reopening in some fashion this week. How AI-powered biotech can speed up the vaccine development process. And COVID-19 patients are running their own surveys to show the true effects of the disease. Plus, a livestream from Stonehenge. Chuck E. Cheese’s new front. And a British man who has turned one hundred, gotten a book deal, topped the music charts, and been knighted all in the last two months.

Links:

• 
  Airlines see signs of higher demand but pandemic clouds outlook (CNBC)


• 
  OpenTable reservations dataset link & commentary (Paul Krugman, Twitter)


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  This N95-like mask would allow you to unlock your phone with Face ID (CNET)


• 
  AI-Powered Biotech Can Help Deploy a Vaccine In Record Time (Wired)


• 
  Guidelines Say Covid-19 Symptoms Last Two Weeks. Survivors Know Better. (Elemental)


• 
  Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2020 Livestream (Mental Floss)


• 
  Chuck E. Cheese Is Selling Pizza on Delivery Apps as 'Pasqually's' (Food & Wine)


• 
  Things I Didn’t Need to Know: Chuck E. Cheese Has a Whole Backstory and It’s Incredibly Bleak (The Mary Sue)


• Chuck E. Cheese Wiki


• 
  Captain Tom Moore 'overawed' by knighthood for NHS fundraising (BBC)


• 
  The 100-Year-Old Who Raised $40 Million for U.K. Health Workers (NY Times)

Testing is expanding in the US, but people aren’t showing up. More findings on people who test positive again after recovering. And "bumper tables" for social distancing. Plus, debunking misconceptions about the 1918 flu pandemic, why we might be seeing an animation renaissance, and is Etsy the new Grubhub?

Links:

• 
  Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance (Reuters Institute)


• 
  Thinking of Buying a Bike? Get Ready for a Very Long Wait (NY Times)


• The COVID Tracking Project


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  A.C.L.U. Warns Against Fever-Screening Tools for Coronavirus (NY Times)


• 
  Shakespeare's Globe May Permanently Close (The Mary Sue)


• 
  Ocean City Bar Buys 'Bumper Tables' For Socially Distant Dining (CBS Baltimore)


• 
  US states see COVID-19 testing supply improvements, but challenges abound (Washington Post)


• 
  Covid Patients Testing Positive After Recovery Aren’t Infectious, Study Shows (Bloomberg)


• 
  Ten Myths About the 1918 Flu Pandemic | History (Smithsonian Magazine)


• 
  Why You’re Going to See More Animation (Thanks, Pandemic) (Wall Street Journal)


• 
  Listen to this mashup of Saturday morning cartoon themes (AV Club)


• 
  If You're Jonesing for a Homemade Snack, Try Etsy (LifeHacker)

Promising results from the Moderna vaccine trials. Brazil’s cases are mounting. How much of a difference it makes when everyone wears a mask. Plus, why you might be having trouble replying to texts recently, how climate change played a role in the evolution of rice, and the hottest new sport in town: marble racing.

Links:

• 
  State-by-state hospitalization rates (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter)


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  Coalition of 116 countries back Australia's push for independent coronavirus inquiry (SBS News)


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  TSA Prepares to Screen Temperatures at Airports During Pandemic (Gizmodo)


• 
  Coronavirus Vaccine Trial by Moderna Shows Promising Early Results (NY Times)


• 
  Dow soars 700 points for biggest jump in a month, boosted by coronavirus vaccine hope (CNBC)


• 
  COVID-19 Vaccines Are Coming, but They’re Not What You Think (The Atlantic)


• 
  If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says (Vanity Fair)


• 
  Visual simulations show why we all need to wear masks now (De Kai, YouTube)


• 
  Why Is Texting People Back Suddenly So Hard? (Vice)


• 
  Global Cooling Event 4,200 Years Ago Spurred Rice's Evolution, Spread Across Asia (NYU)


• 
  John Oliver rolls up a ridiculously brilliant remedy for our sports-starved existence (A/V Club)


• Jelle's Marble Runs

How far can respiratory droplets fall when we speak? What would a public health plan targeted towards the elderly look like? Some advice on combatting COVID-19 symptoms from someone in recovery. Plus, have birds gotten louder recently? Why did Michael Jordan agree to star in Space Jam? And a site to help you discover new-to-you music on Spotify.

Links:

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  Experiment shows human speech generates droplets that linger in the air for more than 8 minutes (Washington Post)


• 
  Coronavirus: False claims viewed by millions on YouTube (BBC)


• 
  Covid Targets the Elderly. Why Don't Our Prevention Efforts? (NY Magazine)


• 
  Opinion | Coronavirus Is Making Young People Very Sick. I Was One of Them. (New York Times)


• 
  Breathing exercise (Dr. Sarfaraz Munshi, YouTube)


• 
  Birdsong seems louder and the ravens are more relaxed (Irish Times)


• 
  Human Life Is Literally Quieter Due To Coronavirus Lockdown (NPR)


• 
  Do Those Birds Sound Louder To You? An Ornithologist Says You're Just Hearing Things (NPR)


• 
  Why Did Michael Jordan Star in 'Space Jam'? (Vulture)


• SpaceJam.com


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Mental health concerns for children as the pandemic goes on. The seven things we can be doing to beat COVID-19 and save the economy. How our changed behavior has confused the algorithms. Why humans freak out when they get lost, and a new interactive Netflix special to enjoy while you stay home this weekend.

Links:

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  Coronavirus suppression: Expert recommendations to beat Covid-19 (Vox)


• 
  Netflix’s first interactive sitcom: Good for laughs, deserves a better app (Ars Technica)


• 
  Our weird behavior during the pandemic is messing with AI models (MIT Technology Review)


• 
  Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost (Wired)

Los Angeles is considering extending their lockdown for three more months while other places begin reopening. A practical guide to avoiding COVID-19 risks. What the loss of smell and other neurological symptoms might mean for the relationship between coronavirus and the nervous system. Plus, a new online simulator from SpaceX, how to make cold brew in a french press, a comet to look out for tonight, and Guy Fieri and Bill Murray go head-to-head.

Links:

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  As coronavirus cases resurge, lockdowns reimposed on at least three continents (Washington Post)


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  Restaurants in Washington Need to Track Customer Info for Contact Tracing (Eater)


• 
  A Practical Guide to Covid-19 Risks and How to Avoid Them (Kottke)


• 
  Loss of smell, confusion, strokes: Does Covid-19 target the nervous system? (Knowable Magazine)


• 
  Try to dock with the International Space Station with this SpaceX Crew Dragon simulator (The Verge)


• 
  How to See Comet SWAN in Night Skies (New York Times)


• 
  How to Make Cold Brew in a French Press (LifeHacker)


• 
  Guy Fieri and Bill Murray are having a nacho cook-off for charity (Mashable)

Many countries around the world take cautious steps toward reopening, but spikes of new daily cases are still popping up. Should people with mild cases of coronavirus be allowed to isolate at home? Why the passage of time feels so disorienting right now. And why Clorox wipes are still so tough to find. Plus,  and the gene that causes South African bees to have “virgin births.”

Links:

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  Coronavirus tracked: has your country’s epidemic peaked? (Financial Times)


• 
  Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count (New York Times)


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  Should Mild Coronavirus Cases Isolate at Home? Many Asian Countries Say No (Wall Street Journal)


• 
  Why Clorox Wipes Are Still So Hard to Find (Wall Street Journal)


• 
  Why quarantine has made time feel so weird, explained (Vox)


• 
  Here Are Some Easy Tips So You Can Make All Those Zoom Calls Less Exhausting (Science Alert)


• 
  Every episode of The Office is now playing out live on Slack (AV Club)


• 
  Virgin birth has scientists buzzing: Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth (Science Daily)

Numbers are looking relatively promising in a lot of places, but one incident has jeopardized South Korea. The FDA has approved the first antigen test, and what’s the difference between that and an antibody test? Why might a vaccine take so long to develop? Plus, the internet shares their favorite memories of Little Richard, how to cook murder hornets, using nanospacecraft to locate black holes, and how The Simpsons predicted 2020.

Links:

• New case results charts


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  FDA Grants Emergency-Use Status for First Coronavirus Antigen Test (Wall Street Journal)


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  The difference between antibody and antigen tests for the coronavirus: Who should get them and what do they do? (Business Insider)


• 
  What if it takes a really long time to develop a coronavirus vaccine? (Wired)


• 
  Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 (NY Times)


• 
  Little Richard story one (Doug Benson, Twitter)


• 
  Little Richard story two (Blaine Capatch, Twitter)


• 
  Little Richard Put Wild Sex Into the Top 40 for Good (Vulture)


• 
  The Simpsons predicted 2020 including the murder hornets (Boing Boing)


• 
  How to Cook a 'Murder Hornet' (Gizmodo)


• 
  'Murder hornets' have arrived in the US—here's what you should know (National Geographic)


• 
  Closest black hole to Earth found 'hiding in plain sight' (National Geographic)


• 
  If Planet Nine Is a Tiny Black Hole, This Is How to Find It (Discover Magazine)

Special announcement from Brian about the changes to the podcast. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere...

Was the Sundance film festival another super spreader event early on in the disease? Now that remdesivir is thought to be a treatment, doctors want to know why they can’t get their hands on it. Blood thinners show promise combatting those clotting issues we’ve been seeing. A comprehensive look at antibody tests and what they can and cannot do. And a look at New Zealand’s “Bubble” concept. Could it be a playbook for the next few months?

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  Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count (NY Times)


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  Blood thinners show promise for boosting the survival chances of the sickest covid patients (Washington Post)


• 
  What It’s Like to Have Covid-19 (NY Times)


• 
  Coronavirus antibody testing, explained (The Verge)


• 
  A study finds that nearly everyone who gets the virus eventually makes antibodies. (NY Times)


• 
  New Zealand's "bubble concept" is letting people socialize again. Would it work in America? (Slate)

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Are travel bubbles the new trend in post-lockdown countries? Could we see a coronavirus test that is as simple to take as a home pregnancy test? The problem with those stories about coronavirus mutations. The precise symptoms of that new, possibly covid-related sickness in children. And actually, a consideration of what we know and still don’t know about the long term health effects of the disease.

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  Beware Overblown Claims of Coronavirus Strains (The Atlantic)


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  64 NY Children Sickened With Rare COVID-Related Illness, State Finds; Here Are the Warning Signs (NBC New York)


• 
  15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19 (NY Times)


• 
  What Are COVID-19's Long-Term Medical Effects? (Talking Points Memo)


• 
  Millions of people are expected to fall ill with tuberculosis due to coronavirus lockdown (CNBC)


• 
  Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes (NY Times)

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“Where’s the beef?” Literally. At least, in some Wendy’s restaurants. A look at that research suggesting there is a mutated strain of the coronavirus that might be more deadly. Pfizer begins human trials of a vaccine. Rural infections rates spike. And the citizens of Ireland return a century old favor.

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  Study reports mutant coronavirus. It may be more contagious (LA Times)


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  Commentary on the study of the possible new strain (Bill Hanage, Twitter)


• 
  Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer begins testing coronavirus vaccine in people (Washington Post)


• 
  COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker (Milken Institute)


• 
  How Hong Kong contained its second wave of Covid-19 (CNN)


• 
  Rural Infection Rates Spike As Urban Outbreaks Subside, Data Says (Talking Points Memo)


• 
  Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus (NY Times)

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A new mystery illness affecting children may or may not be Covid-19 related. What is life going to look like until there is a vaccine? How long do coronavirus symptoms actually last? Will schools actually be reopening in September? And why the lockdown has created a field day for speeders.

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  15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19 (NY Times)


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  Paul Romer on How to Survive the Chaos of the Coronavirus (The New Yorker)


• 
  Inside the extraordinary race to invent a coronavirus vaccine (Washington Post)


• 
  Coronavirus patients describe symptoms that last a month or more (CNBC)


• 
  Will schools be open in September? We asked several experts to weigh in (CNBC)


• 
  Lockdown Turns Nation's Highways into Speedways (Wall Street Journal)

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This week begins the great re-opening experiment. We take a deep breath and look at three of our biggest concerns about all of this. Why does the virus wallop some places and spare others? Accurate comparing Coronavirus deaths to Flu deaths. And what offices might look like after lockdown. TLDR: the cubicle is back!

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  What the Coronavirus Models Can't See (NY Mag)


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  The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others? (NY Times)


• 
  Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges (Scientific American)


• 
  How to compare coronavirus deaths to flu deaths more accurately (Washington Post)


• 
  The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (or Thank) the Coronavirus (Wired)

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Crucial statistical crossover in Western European coronavirus numbers. Cosmetic surgery returns to Los Angeles. Cities are banning mask valves. What is the “second week crash” and what are the symptoms? Why the coronavirus is unlikely to disappear in the summer? And should kids be allowed to hug their grandparents?

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  Why you shouldn't wear a COVID-19 mask that has a valve (Fast Company)


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  Second-week crash: Some covid-19 patients become critically ill with little warning (Washington Post)


• 
  Summer Weather Could Help Kill The Coronavirus — But It Won't End The Pandemic (BuzzFeed News)


• 
  Coronavirus: Swiss children under 10 allowed to hug grandparents as they 'do not transmit COVID-19' (Sky News)

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A deep dive into the hopes surrounding remdesivir as a potential treatment drug. A high level summary of the current status around the world. Why some COVID-19 patients don’t sense they’re low on oxygen. Some more clues as to why some recovered patients test positive again later. And a look at the people stepping forward to risk their lives for a COVID vaccine. Should we let them?

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Links:

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  UK hospitalization dataset (Noah Smith, Twitter)


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  AstraZeneca news (Yashar Ali, Twitter)


• 
  Gilead: Critical study of Covid-19 drug shows patients respond to treatment (STAT)


• 
  Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Accelerates as Pfizer Says U.S. Testing to Begin Next Week (WSJ)


• 
  Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? (Science)


• 
  Opinion | The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients (New York Times)


• 
  (LEAD) Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' virus fragments: experts (Yonhap News Agency)


• 
  U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests (New York Times)


• 
  Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported (Financial Times)


• 
  People Are Willing to Risk Their Lives for a COVID Vaccine. Should We Let Them? (Vice)

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First scientific study to show that maybe aerosolization of the disease is possible. Considering the psychological toll on society, not just the medical toll. Hard numbers on how much testing and tracing individual communities will need to re-open with confidence. Is blood sugar another key corona factor? And could a new antiviral coating be a game changer for public spaces?

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  We Are Doctors Who Study Trauma. Here's How To Cope With The COVID-19 Crisis. (HuffPost)


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  Many states short of Covid-19 testing levels needed for reopening (STAT) 


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  We Asked All 50 States About Their Contact Tracing Capacity. Here's What We Learned (NPR)


• 
  How Blood Sugar Can Trigger a Deadly Immune Response in the Flu and Possibly COVID-19 (Scientific American)


• 
  Patients with certain cancers are nearly three times as likely to die of covid-19, study says (Washington Post)


• 
  HK scientists say new antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days (Reuters)

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Reopening plans take shape across the globe and the R-naught number is the metric communities are watching closely. Data suggests that Americans are increasingly not waiting for the official word to leave lockdown. An over the counter heartburn remedy might be a tool against the virus. And a comprehensive, $46.5 billion dollar blueprint to reopen the economy with the aid of testing and tracing from some of the experts we quote all the time on this show.

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  1 in 4 in NYC May Have Been Infected, New Study Finds; Some Parts of State to ‘UNPause’ May 15 (NBC New York)


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  NHS warns of rise in children with new illness that may be linked to coronavirus (The Guardian)


• 
  Exclusive: National alert as ‘coronavirus-related condition may be emerging in children’ (HSJ)


• 
  Slavitt, Gottlieb Seek Money For Contact Tracing, Self-Isolation (NPR)


• 
  New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus (Science Magazine)


• 
  City hotels become barracks for health workers ‘going to war’ (Brooklyn Eagle)

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The lockdowns are starting to come down in New Zealand, and even Italy. New official symptoms of the disease from the CDC. A follow up on that story about stroke victims suddenly appearing. Parsing the headlines about immunity, or lack thereof. A rule of thumb for assessing true infection numbers. And how to save summer 2020.

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Links:

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  Young people with coronavirus are dying from strokes (Washington Post)


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  Coronavirus Immunity: No Evidence That People Can't Be Infected Twice, WHO Says (BuzzFeed)


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  Clarifying statement on immunity (WHO, Twitter)


• 
  What the WHO actually means (Nate Silver, Twitter)


• 
  Opinion | Who Is Immune to the Coronavirus? (New York Times)


• 
  Antibody tests: 6% of Miami-Dade residents had coronavirus (Miami Herald)


• 
  A Stanford Professor’s Wife Recruited People For His Coronavirus Study By Claiming It Would Reveal If They Could “Return To Work Without Fear” (BuzzFeed News)


• 
  How to Save Summer 2020 (NY Times)


• 
  CDC studies of restaurant and call center (Derek Thompson, Twitter)


• 
  Coronavirus: Social distancing could require 'necessary renovations' to sports arenas (CNBC)

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The woman now assumed to be the first Coronavirus death in the US presents a puzzling case. Breaking down the big antibody test in New York. Did 1/5th of New Yorkers already get infected? If so, what does that mean? States are building out their own brigades of test and tracing workers. The lockdown means immunizations for other diseases are dropping dangerously. And the story of the last movie theater showing first run movies in the US.

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  New York antibody study estimates 13.9% of residents have had the coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo says (CNBC)


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  Coronavirus Infections May Not Be Uncommon, Tests Suggest (New York Times)


• 
  Washington State Builds Coronavirus Contact Tracing Brigade : Coronavirus Live Updates (NPR) 


• 
  What You Need to Know About New York’s ‘Monumental’ Contact Tracing Program (WNBC)


• 
  Transplants plummet as overwhelmed hospitals focus on the coronavirus (STAT)


• 
  Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid Doctor’s Visits (New York Times)


• 
  The Only Theater Screening New Movies Is a Drive-In in Ocala, Florida (Vice)


• 
  Restaurants Are Turning Their Parking Lots into Drive-In Movie Theaters (Food and Wine)

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We’ve focused a lot on ventilators on this podcast because they seem to be the prime medical intervention we have at the moment. But there's more troubling data about how effective ventilators are to affect Covid outcomes at all. A new blood-clotting complication is worrying. Another look at New Zealand, where they’re so successful against the disease, their goal now is to “eradicate” it. And a snapshot at the realities of testing through the lens of one small Texas town.

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  Reopening without testing (Dr. Ashish Jah, Twitter)


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  Gathering of the Juggalos postponed (ICP, Twitter)


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  Blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients, doctors say (Washington Post)


• 
  New Zealand's COVID-19 'eradication' strategy looks to be paying off (CBC News)


• 
  Despite scattered protests, most Americans support shelter-in-place, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows (Reuters)


• 
  CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating (Washington Post)


• 
  Is Donley County really the hardest hit in Texas by coronavirus? (Texas Tribune)

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Autopsies show cases of coronavirus fatalities in California, back in early February, which might change the entire timeline of the virus. A new study suggests that hydroxychloroquine treatment might actually make things worse. With clinical trials in humans beginning in Germany, another look at where we are with the Vaccine. Where did all the other non-covid related urgent health cases go? And when the heck are we going to get some data… any data… to hang our hats on?

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  LA County test controversy thread (Will Fithian, Twitter)


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  Will There Be a Coronavirus Vaccine? Maybe Not (New York Magazine)


• 
  Coronavirus: UK vaccine to be trialled on people from Thursday (Sky News)


• 
  How Coronavirus Infected Some, but Not All, in a Restaurant (NY Times)


• 
  People who need care are not going to hospitals because of coronavirus, doctors say (Washington Post)


• 
  The long list of unknowns about the coronavirus (Axios)

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Huge news: data from the first big serologic antibody study in LA County. Italy reports falling numbers and plans to cautiously end the lockdown. More good news: Asthma might not be a big risk factor. What are ‘Covid toes’ and are they a new stealth symptom? And new data on how long the virus can live on fabric. On shoes. On our hair. Etc.

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  Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have been infected with coronavirus, study finds (LA Times)


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  Asthma Is Absent Among Top Covid-19 Risk Factors, Early Data Shows (NY Times)


• 
  Opinion | How to Keep Workers Healthy on the Job (Wall Street Journal)


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  Is the Virus on My Clothes? My Shoes? My Hair? My Newspaper? (NY Times)


• 
  What are 'COVID toes' and why are dermatologists seeing an 'epidemic' of them in kids? (Yahoo)


• 
  Teen in Italy Showed Unusual Toe Marks That Are Now Considered Among Bizarre Symptoms of COVID-19 (The Science Times)

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Re-upping or concern for specific hotspots as flareup potentials, including prisons, factories and nursing homes. More data that the curve has flattened into a plateau but it’s not dropping. More good news about Remdesivir. More data linking obesity to serve Covid outcomes. And worrying news that the first antibody tests are having serious problems.

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  Report: Cobble Hill nursing home has most coronavirus deaths (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)


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  Washington State curve (Noah Smith, Twitter)


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  Why Is South Korea Beating Coronavirus?: Mass Testing Success (Bloomberg)


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  Coronavirus Testing Needs to Triple Before the U.S. Can Reopen, Experts Say (New York Times)


• 
  Antiviral remdesivir prevents disease progression in monkeys with COVID-19 (National Institutes of Health)


• 
  Obesity Linked to Severe Coronavirus Disease, Especially for Younger Patients (New York Times)


• 
  Scientist behind saliva test breakthrough sees bridge to nationwide coronavirus screening (ABC News)


• 
  Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver (NY Times)

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As was widely expected, China has revised official Covid death numbers upwards. A deep dive into the positive test rate and why we should be cautious about US case numbers plateauing. Potentially really terrific news about a drug treatment we’ve discussed before. How far can air carry the Coronavirus? And with these terrible unemployment numbers, once again, why not put people to work doing test and tracing?

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  How Bad Is the Coronavirus Outbreak? Here's a Key Number. (The Atlantic)


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  Gilead data suggests coronavirus patients are responding to treatment (STAT)


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  Stay 6 Feet Apart, We’re Told. But How Far Can Air Carry Coronavirus? (NY Times)


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  This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important (NY Times)


• 
  An Army of Virus Tracers Takes Shape in Massachusetts (New York Times)


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  Large number of public service staff to be redeployed to contact tracing (Irish Times)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

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Singapore has its worst Coronavirus day yet. More worries about meat processing facilities in the US. New antibody tests announced. More on what recovering from Covid-19 is actually like. And why overdoing exercise might actually lower your immune system.

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  Opinion | Coronavirus Recovery Isn't So Quick or Simple (NY Times)


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  Hyped Malaria Pill Doesn't Help Clear Coronavirus in Study (Bloomberg)


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  Treatment hailed by Trump has no benefit for coronavirus patients: paper (South China Morning Post)


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  Abbott to make 20 million antibody tests for the coronavirus by June (Business Insider)


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  Abbott Launches Third COVID-19 Test, a Laboratory-Based Antibody Blood Test That Will Ship in the US Starting Tomorrow (Abbott)


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  How much of the coronavirus does it take to make you sick? (STAT)


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  Lesson From Singapore: Why We May Need to Think Bigger (New York Times)

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Coronavirus Morning Report on YouTube

A surge of new official deaths in New York and some unusual categorization in Chile further highlights the vagaries of counting Covid. A look at New Jersey shows how even at this late date, simple testing is proving problematic. Businesses are looking to fill the testing gap. It turns out Americans are actually pretty good at social distancing. And a look at the phenomenon of social distancing shaming.

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  WHO graph of new cases and deaths (Chris Anderson, Twitter)


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  Chile Counts Those Who Died of Coronavirus as Recovered Because They're 'No Longer Contagious,' Health Minister Says (Newsweek)


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  More NYers have died per capita than in Italy (Warren Bass, Twitter)


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  3 Vans, 6 Coolers, a Plane, a Storm and 2 Labs: A Nasal Swab’s Journey (NY Times)


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  Whirlpool, Amazon, other businesses are working on plans to get their employees back on the job. (Washington Post) 


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  Scalable Testing for Coronavirus (Amazon)


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  Stay Home During Outbreak: Americans Stick to Social Distancing (Bloomberg)


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  Social-Distancing Rules—and Those That Flout Them—Spur Online Shaming (Wall Street Journal)


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  Our Pandemic Summer (The Atlantic)

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Several states on the west coast and east coast have formed two separate coalitions to coordinate reopening the economy in their regions. Amazon is expanding grocery delivery capacity and Walmart is opening more testing centers. How the coronavirus has transformed the American economy. The model being used for reopening businesses and how it’s working so far in China. And, how to implement the old school form of contact tracing on the mass scale needed in the US.

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  Percentage of pregnant women asymptomatic (Angus Davis, Twitter)


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  Governors form groups to explore lifting virus restrictions; Trump says he alone will decide (Washington Post)


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  New York asymptomatic rates (Chris Hayes, Twitter)


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  South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots. (Washington Post)


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  Walmart opening more testing centers (Eric Jackson, Twitter)


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  Over 1 in 100 New York residents have now tested positive for coronavirus (Washington Post)


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  Amazon puts new Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery customers on waitlist amid surging demand (The Verge)


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  New ways we're getting groceries to people during the COVID-19 crisis (Amazon)


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  How the Virus Transformed the Way Americans Spend Their Money (NY Times)


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  Five-step plan for reopening business is put to the test in China (Washington Post)


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  'We need an army': Hiring of coronavirus trackers is likely set to soar (Stat)


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  How Do We Exit The Shutdown? Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers (Kaiser Health News) 


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  What Will It Take To Reopen US? CDC Says 'Aggressive' Contact Tracing : Shots - Health News (NPR)


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  Coronavirus Update: 102-Year-Old Woman Defies Odds To Beat COVID-19, Doctor Calls Recovery 'Miraculous' (CBS New York)


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  102-Year-Old Woman Recovers from the Coronavirus (NY1)


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  'Got More Beer': Pa. Woman Who Went Viral For Beer Wanted Sign Gets A Special Delivery (CBS Pittsburgh)

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A lot of two steps back along with today’s one step forward numbers. Is Britain on track to have the highest fatality rate in Europe? Is Florida undercounting deaths from snowbirds? A deep dive into the Google and Apple contact tracing technology. It’s hard to believe at this moment in time, but medical staff are actually getting laid off right now. And more on what it's like to be on a ventilator, but more importantly, what it's like to come off of one too.

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  Florida COVID-19 test backlog is bigger than state says (Miami Herald)


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  Florida's count of coronavirus deaths is missing some cases (Tampa Bay Times)


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  Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android (The Verge)


• 
  Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology (Google)


• 
  NHS phone app holds key to lifting UK’s coronavirus lockdown (The Times)


• 
  Insight into Apple and Google's contact tracing initiative (Ben Adida, Twitter)


• 
  Hospitals are laying off staff in midst of the coronavirus pandemic (Washington Post)


• 
  A plan to save coronavirus patients from dying at home (CNN)


• 
  David Lat: My near-death experience on a ventilator (Washington Post)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

Coronavirus Morning Report on YouTube

Telescope is a new documentary podcast called telescope. It’s host by Jonathan Hirsch, creator of Dear Franklin Jones, and the founder of Neon Hum Media” Telescope is a show that tells the stories of life in the time of Coronavirus” The show tells stories we need right now. Stories of human struggle, resilience, and connection. New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and we’re going to share a quick clip of it right now to give you a taste. To listen to the show, just search for Telescope in Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Telescope Podcast

First it was worries about re-infection, now there is worrying new data about disease reactivation. We’re falling behind in terms of having enough supplies to test adequately to allow people to return to work. A followup on California’s coronavirus curve and testing program. A look at Easter weekend coming up. And the veterinarian being hailed as a hero for saving an entire nation.

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  Coronavirus May ‘Reactivate’ in Cured Patients, Korean CDC Says (Bloomberg)


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  Virus Reactivation (Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Twitter)


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  Testing is lagging (Dr. Ashish Jha, Twitter)


• 
  To Get Our Economy Moving, Focus On Testing For Coronavirus (Forbes)


• 
  Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars (NY Times)


• 
  April 8 coronavirus news (CNN)


• 
  California coronavirus curve: Fewer deaths, long quarantine (LA Times)


• 
  With Holy Week hushed by a pandemic, the pope does social distancing his own way (Washington Post)


• 
  What gathering for Easter, Passover, and Ramadan means during coronavirus (Vox)


• 
  Veterinary scientist hailed for Faroe Islands' lack of Covid-19 deaths (The Guardian)


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  One fish saves a whole island (Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Twitter)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

Coronavirus Morning Report on YouTube

More signs that numbers are peaking while new hotspots emerge. Data shows the hotspot in New York might have been seeded by Europe, not by Asia. A lack of testing is forcing states to set up their own programs. More data on the rollout of antibody testing. Where have all the heart attacks gone? Funerals in the age of coronavirus? And why we now have a national glut of chicken wings.

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  Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying (medRxiv)


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  How the coronavirus caused a giant national surplus of chicken wings (Washington Post)


• 
  A national COVID-19 surveillance system: Achieving containment (American Enterprise Institute)


• 
  White House lacks national strategy for key coronavirus tests (Washington Post)


• 
  Coroners worry Covid-19 test shortages could lead to uncounted deaths (CNN)


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  Coronavirus antibody tests could prove essential but scientists urge caution (Washington Post)


• 
  Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? (NY Times)


• 
  My experience with a covid funeral (r/nyc)


• 
  New York City Considers Temporary Graves for Virus Victims (NY Times)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

Coronavirus Morning Report on YouTube

More people in NYC have died from Coronavirus than died from the terrorist attacks of 9/11. A hydroxychloroquine test in France is halted due to cardiac issues. Potentially terrible news suggesting that reinfection from the virus is possible in some cases. Is there a genetic link to mild corona-cases? And is it time for technological smartphone surveillance in the US?

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  EMT's Get Controversial New Guidelines On Taking Some Patients To The Hospital | WNYC News (WNYC)


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  Coronavirus: low antibody levels raise questions about reinfection risk (South China Morning Post)


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  Low level of antibodies in some recovered patients (Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Twitter)


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  Hunt Is on for Genetic Clues to Why Coronavirus Impact Varies (Wall Street Journal)


• 
  Why Does Covid-19 Make Some People So Sick? Ask Their DNA (Wired)


• 
  China Ends Wuhan Lockdown, but Normal Life Is a Distant Dream (NY Times)


• 
  What we can learn from South Korea and Singapore’s efforts to stop coronavirus (besides wearing face masks) (Market Watch)


• 
  A national COVID-19 surveillance system: Achieving containment (American Enterprise Institute)


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  Tracking and tracing is key (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter)


• 
  Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing (Science Magazine)


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  Are contact tracing apps able to get us out of the #COVID19 crisis? (Marcel Salathé, Twitter)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

Tech Meme Ride Home

The second day of good news numbers is tempered by the fact that if this is the peak, that also means we’ll be seeing some of the worst numbers as well. Remdesivir trials expand. Why you never want to be on a ventilator: they’re only a hail mary last resort. And the UK’s antibody testing program is having problems.

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  More than 700 Henry Ford employees tested positive for coronavirus (Detroit Free Press)


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  New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it. (Washington Post)


• 
  Patients Rush To Join Studies Testing Drug For Coronavirus (HuffPost)


• 
  An Update on COVID-19 from our Chairman & CEO (Gilead)


• 
  Ventilators aren't a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus (Spectator)


• 
  What You Should Know Before You Need a Ventilator (New York Times)


• 
  UK government admits Covid-19 antibody tests don’t work (Financial Times)


• 
  Britain has millions of coronavirus antibody tests, but they don’t work (The Times)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit, r/coronaviruspod

A bunch of numbers heading in the right direction, even as the US death toll will pass 10,000 today. More men are dying of Covid-19 than women. The Swedish experiment is about to be tested. Bill Gates’ big, expensive vaccine experiment. And why are British 5G towers burning down?

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  States with low percentage of hospitalized COVID patients (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter)


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  All across the United States, the coronavirus is killing more men than women, data show (Washington Post)


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  Doctor's Note: Why are more men dying from coronavirus? (Al Jazeera)


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  US men less likely to heed health warnings as coronavirus death toll mounts: Reuters Poll (Reuters)


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  Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate (ProPublica)


• 
  Sweden Coronavirus News: Coronasmittade Sverige Nyheter (Bloomberg)


• 
  Bill Gates will gamble billions to make a potential coronavirus vaccine (Yahoo Finance)


• 
  British 5G towers are being set on fire because of coronavirus conspiracy theories (The Verge)

The Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit

We’re at one million cases worldwide. We’re still talking about testing backlogs and undercounting cases. The whole mask debate has come full circle. Why are young people dying more in the US than in other places? Antibody testing gets underway in Colorado. And this show has a subreddit so that you can tip us stories. More info on that at the end of the show.

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  California's coronavirus testing backlog is a vast 64% unprocessed (San Francisco Chronicle)


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  Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported (Wall Street Journal)


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  The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients. (New York Times)


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  Masks help reduce COVID exposure amount (Peter Kolchinsky, Twitter)


• 
  Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing (CNN)


• 
  Poll: Less Than a Third of America Will Rush to Get Coronavirus Vaccine (NBC News)


• 
  Coronavirus in Young People? NY Patients Skew Younger, Some Die (Bloomberg)


• 
  The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South (The Atlantic)


• 
  How Many Adults Are at Risk of Serious Illness If Infected with Coronavirus? Updated Data (Kaiser Family Foundation)


• 
  Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread (New York Times)


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  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Provides Updated Guidance to Address the Urgent Need for Blood During the Pandemic (FDA)

Coronavirus Morning Report subreddit

The federal government’s stockpile of protective medical supplies is nearly gone. Looking at where the next global hotspot might be. Should you hold your breath when you’re out in public? The FDA isn’t allowing Chinese KN95 masks to enter the US. What a phased reopening of society might look like. The CDC now says as many as 25% of coronavirus patients are asymptomatic, and private labs are causing a new crisis for testing.

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  Henry Ford Macomb Hospital's ICU at capacity as coronavirus cases in Michigan grow (Detroit Free Press)


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  Coronavirus lockdown inspires runners' backyard and balcony marathons (Washington Post)


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  Is the Coronavirus Airborne? Should We All Wear Masks? (The Atlantic)


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  Coronavirus: US Won't Allow Imports Of Millions Of KN95 Masks (BuzzFeed News)


• 
  National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening (American Enterprise Institute)


• 
  Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders (NY Times)


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  The New Coronavirus Testing Crisis at Private Labs (The Atlantic)

This is the Coronavirus Morning Report for Wednesday, April 1st. The administration says the US is facing as many as 240,000 deaths. Bad numbers to watch for from Indiana and Louisiana. Shocking stories from a US aircraft carrier and about Pentagon supplies that have nowhere to go. Why is COVID-19 so lethal for seniors? Why does Mexico have so few cases, at least thus far? And increasing questions about the true number of deaths in China.

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  Coronavirus: Walmart will start taking employees' temperatures (CNBC)


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  CA not testing enough (Kim Mai-Cutler, Twitter)


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  Italy, Spain, and France peak graphs (Noah Smith, Twitter)


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  Captain of Aircraft Carrier Pleads for Help as Virus Cases Increase Onboard (NY Times)


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  Pentagon says it still hasn't sent ventilators because it hasn't been told where to send them (CNN)


• 
  Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest (NY Times)


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  What explains Covid-19's lethality for the elderly? (Stat)


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  Coronavirus on the border: Why Mexico has so few cases compared with the U.S. (Washington Post)


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  Estimates Show Wuhan Death Toll Far Higher Than Official Figure (Radio Free Asia)

The US death toll surpasses 3,000 and surpasses China’s reported total. General Electric workers who normally make jet engines have walked off the job to demand that their factories are converted to make ventilators instead. Did you already have Coronavirus some months ago and how would you know if you did? The great debate on if we all should be wearing masks of some sort. And the unique challenges when the virus reaches rural America.

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  Cases falling in Western Europe (Ian Shepherdson, Twitter)


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  WHO shows sign of a peak in Europe (Chris Anderson, Twitter)


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  Italy’s New Virus Cases Decline And WHO Sees Progress (Bloomberg)


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  Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society (Telegraph)


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  Is It Possible That You Had The Coronavirus Earlier This Year? (HuffPost) 


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  Have I already had coronavirus? How would I know and what should I do? (The Guardian)


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  Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing: What you should know (UC Davis)


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  How Do The Coronavirus Tests Work? (HuffPost)


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  More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection (NY Times) 


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  Would everyone wearing face masks help us slow the pandemic? (Science Magazine)


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  Not wearing masks to protect against coronavirus is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says (Science Magazine)


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  Johnson & Johnson to Begin Human Trials of Covid-19 Vaccine by September (Wall Street Journal)


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  Johnson & Johnson to begin clinical trials on coronavirus vaccine by Sept (CNBC)


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  Rural America Could Be Hardest Hit by COVID-19 (Healthline)


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  Act fast by following NYC's trajectory (Jeremy Konyndyk, Twitter)


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  What not yet hard hit cities can do (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter)

This week is going to be the inflection point week when we begin tracking death numbers and hospitalization numbers, not just new cases. Why have France and Italy been undercounting deaths in those countries? Now we have to worry about Primary Care docs being overwhelmed also. Will the Instacart strike mean no grocery deliveries today? A thread about virus re-infections. And tips to take care of your lungs.

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  A Deluged System Leaves Some Elderly to Die, Rocking Spain’s Self-Image (NY Times)


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  Italy leveling graph (Noah Smith, Twitter)


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  Why The Pandemic Is Putting Primary Care Docs In A Major Financial Pinch (Talking Points Memo)


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  Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike (Vice)


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  Some Recovered Coronavirus Patients In Wuhan Are Testing Positive Again : Goats and Soda (NPR)


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  Reinfections in Asia (Peter Kolchinsky, Twitter)


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  Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure (Harvard)


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  Would you volunteer to get the coronavirus? Someone may have a job for you. (Technology Review)


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  How to Take Care of Your Lungs (NY Times)

Just what the title implies. Here is what smart people think will be required to get us all back to work and back to normal. A road map and a game plan to give people hope and because someone needs to lay out what the light at the end of the tunnel might look like at some point.

Sources/Links:

• https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/24/21192638/coronavirus-bill-gates-trump-reopen-business


• https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1242475233489158148


• https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1242518123791519745


• https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1240444841986674689


• https://medium.com/@yishan/free-widespread-testing-is-the-only-way-america-goes-back-to-normal-952ee9201dd


• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-we-beat-coronavirus/608389/


• https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56


• https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1242465772640718855


• https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/24/coronavirus-strategy-economy-debate/


• https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1240444841986674689


• https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/


• https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1243718825834688518?s=20


• https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615379/antibody-test-how-widespread-coronavirus-covid-19-really-is/


• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8144485/Scientists-develop-blood-test-coronavirus-immunity.html


• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/blood-tests-battle-covid-19-us/story?id=69761676


• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-immune-test-insigh/us-companies-labs-rush-to-produce-blood-test-for-coronavirus-immunity-idUSKBN21C1KK

The prime minister of Britain has tested positive for COVID-19, why there is a shortage of eggs at the moment, med school students might be getting a field promotion to join the frontlines, the obscure plan that might mean the US Postal Service will have a big role in keeping the country going in coming months, the two current vaccine development tracks, and running the numbers at this moment in time––how many cases should we expect, and how many deaths?

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  Exclusive: Senior U.S. Medical Students at New York University Offered Early Graduation to Combat Covid-19 (Brief19)


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  Med Schools Plan Early Graduations To Rush Students To COVID Frontlines (Talking Points Memo)


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  The Postal Service's Surprising Role in Surviving Doomsday (Wired)


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  How Will the Coronavirus End? (The Atlantic)


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  With masks, ventilators in short supply, governors and hospitals call for federal intervention (Washington Post)


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  Experts Say The Coronavirus Outlook Has Worsened, But The Trajectory Is Still Unclear (538)


• Coronavirus Daily Briefing YouTube channel

Louisiana is becoming a new global hotspot for the disease. How a single soccer game might have contributed to Italy becoming an early hotspot. Possible reasons why the death rate in Germany is so low, so far. And is pinkeye another early symptom of the disease?

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  UK coronavirus home testing to be made available to millions (The Guardian)


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  U.S. companies, labs rush to produce blood test for coronavirus immunity (Reuters)


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  Coronavirus: Data Shows Younger People Are Being Hospitalized In High Numbers (BuzzFeed)


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  Germany's coronavirus death rate is lower than Italy, China, Spain, France (The Washington Post)


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  This is why Germany’s coronavirus death rate seems so low (Wired)


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  Coronavirus: S'pore Government to make its contact-tracing app freely available to developers worldwide (Straits Times)


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  Pink eye may be a rare symptom of coronavirus, doctors say (Today.com)


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  13 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital (New York Times)

Prince Charles has tested positive. India has initiated the largest lockdown in human history, nearly 1/5th of the world’s population. Why is coronavirus so hard to defeat from a medical standpoint? Worrying news that the virus might stay on surfaces longer than we thought. But hopeful signs that the virus might not be mutating quickly, and why that is good news for a potential vaccine.

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  The science of why coronavirus is so hard to stop (Washington Post)


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  Public Health Responses to COVID-19 Outbreaks on Cruise Ships… (CDC)


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  CDC: coronavirus RNA found in Princess Cruise cabins up to 17 days after passengers left (CNBC)


• 
  Iceland's Coronavirus Testing Strategy Could Help All Of Us (BuzzFeed News)


• 
  Gastonia company will make millions of medical face masks (Charlotte Observer)


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  Race against time: Inside 1 of the world's largest ventilator factories (ABC News) 


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  Ford partnering with GE, 3M to build ventilators, respirators, face shields (Automotive News)


• 
  Fears of US drug shortages grow as India locks down to curb the coronavirus (CNBC)


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  Coronavirus mutation rate is good for vaccine development (Washington Post)

More than 100 people died from Covid-19 in a 24 hour period for the first time. New York sees the majority of its Covid cases under the age of 50. The debate about ending social distancing soon. Another big mythbusting thread. A new tool to protect first responders. And a profile of Doctor Anthony Fauci.

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  Coronavirus Act Now (where you can enter your state to see charts of how many days your state has to enact social distancing to prevent hospital overload)


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  Covidlocal.org (a frontline guide for local decision makers)


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  Olympic Champion Swimmer Diagnosed With Coronavirus Calls It 'Worst Virus I Have Ever Endured' (Newsweek)


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  Iceland's Coronavirus Testing Strategy Could Help All Of Us (BuzzFeed)


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  COVID Myth-busting Thread (Faheem Younus, MD on Twitter)


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  Could a Wearable Health Device Predict Coronavirus? (KQED)


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  Predicting coronavirus? SF emergency workers wear state-of-the-art rings in new study (San Francisco Chronicle)


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  Anthony Fauci on COVID-19, Trump, and Staying Healthy (The Atlantic)


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  ‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic (Science Magazine)

Covid-19 reaches the US Senate. Pregnant women in New York City are being forced to give birth alone. Is the sudden loss of your senses of taste or smell a sign you might have contracted Covid-19? Helpful new maps from a smart thermometer company. Fears about what Spring Breakers might be bringing home and big news on big new vaccine trials.

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  Hospitals may run out of beds by late April if Gov. Abbott doesn't order Texans to stay at home, hospital group warns (Dallas Morning News)


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  ENT UK on Twitter: "There is the potential to reduce COVID-19 transmission by requesting that individuals with new onset of anosmia self-isolate." (Twitter)


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  Loss of taste and smell could be crucial symptoms of coronavirus (New York Post)


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  Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus? (New York Times)


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  Fever-tracking smart thermometers may see the spread of COVID-19 in this online map (CNET)


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  Will spring breakers become super-spreaders? (Politico)


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  Majority of NYC’s coronavirus cases are men between 18 and 49 years old (New York Post)


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  Letter from Craig R. Smith, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief, NYP/CUIMC (via Cynthia McFadden, Twitter)


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  A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients (ProPublica)


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  WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments (Science)

The current state of testing in the US, are tests more easily accessible for the wealthy and famous? The CDC recommends “last resort” options for when healthcare workers run out of masks, younger people are getting sicker than previously anticipated, and an update on how long COVID-19 will live on surfaces, and in the air.

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Links:

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  Coronavirus Testing Chaos Across America (Wall Street Journal)


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  Need a Coronavirus Test? Being Rich and Famous May Help (New York Times)


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  Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks: COVID-19 (CDC)


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  Shortages of face masks, swabs and basic supplies pose a new challenge to coronavirus testing (Washington Post)


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  Nearly 40 Percent of US Hospitalized Coronavirus Patients Are Age 20 to 54 (New York Times)


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  How Long Will Coronavirus Live on Surfaces or in the Air Around You? (New York Times)


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  Noah Smith (Twitter)


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  Jeremy C. Young (Twitter)

Global cases pass 200,000. Italy has the deadliest day in any one country since the crisis began. Conflicting studies on possible treatments. How to look up how much capacity your local health system has for Covid patients. More details on how the disease affects children. And advice on how to preserve your mental health, not just your physical health.

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Links:

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  Country trajectory chart (John Burn-Murdoch on Twitter)


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  China: Avigan effective in tackling coronavirus (NHK)


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  Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China (The Guardian)


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  A Promising Treatment for Coronavirus Fails (New York Times)


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  ProPublica tool - how much capacity do your local hospitals have? (ProPublica)


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  These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads (New York Times)


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  Kristen Fisher (Twitter)


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  What coronavirus looks like in kids (Washington Post)


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  Children and Coronavirus: Research Finds Some Become Seriously Ill (New York Times)


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  Epidemiological Characteristics of 2143 Pediatric Patients With 2019 Coronavirus Disease in China (Pediatrics)


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  COVID-19 in Children: Initial Characterization of the Pediatric Disease (Pediatrics)


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  Mental health experts offer counsel on staying calm during coronavirus pandemic (Washington Post)

The US has passed some unfortunate milestones. The Pentagon is donating materials to the healthcare system. First person accounts of what it feels like to have the virus. Lessons from the mortality rate in Italy. How many cases are likely in the US right now? And some of the biggest myths about Covid-19, busted.

Links:

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  @jwdaddy80 (Twitter)


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  Chris Gough (Twitter)


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  Luca Dellanna - Why Is Mortality So High In Italy (Twitter)


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  Dr. Faheem Younus - Myths of Coronavirus (Twitter)


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  Hospitals rushed by people seeking testing (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)


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  Coronavirus Is Hiding in Plain Sight (New York Times)


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  Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) (Science)

France goes into lockdown, as does the Bay Area. China has only one new local infection. A new vaccine trial. What the heck is going on in Britain? To what degree does bad air make the infection worse? And how long might social distancing last?

Links:

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  Tracking the Testing (Talking Points Memo)


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  mRNA Coronavirus Vaccine Study (Kaiser Permanente)


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  NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins (NIH)


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  UK’s original coronavirus plan risked ‘hundreds of thousands’ dead (Financial Times)


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  Air pollution, smoking, and other lung strain may worsen coronavirus, experts say (Washington Post)


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  Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) (Science)


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  How long will social distancing for coronavirus have to last? Depends on these factors. (Washington Post)

All the news from the weekend. Are young, asymptomatic cases the key to spreading the virus? Should we rethink the conventional wisdom around face masks? How long can the virus stay on surfaces? And how long can we rely on Amazon delivery?

Links:

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  Tweet about the shutdown in Italy working (Twitter)


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  Tweet about the Chinese aid to Italy (Twitter)


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  Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized (CNN)


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  Bergamo vs. Lodi chart (Twitter)


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  Young people / South Korea chart (Twitter)


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  Washington Post social distancing animation (Washington Post)


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  Coronavirus: health researchers urge global authorities to consider broadening use of face masks (Inkstone)


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  Mass masking in the COVID-19 epidemic: people need guidance (The Lancet)


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  List of approved disinfectants (EPA)


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  Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1 (medXriv)


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  Amazon Prime Will Falter During Coronavirus Crisis, Experts Say (Vice)


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  Coronavirus: Cytokine storm syndrome treatments for Covid-19 patients may cut death rates (Vox)


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  China turns Roche arthritis drug Actemra against COVID-19 in new treatment guidelines (Fierce Pharma)

A listener got in touch and asked if I would like to talk to a physician on the ground right now in Seattle area hospitals. Today, we're going to talk to that physician, Dr. Gregg Miller, Chief Medical Officer at Vituity. 

Dr. Miller requested that I share this resource with you: https://www.vituity.com/covid-19/

Everything feels like it’s canceled. Steps are taken to increase testing, but more stories of people denied testing surface every hour. People emit high levels of Coronavirus early, but are likely not infectious while recovering. And what you should actually do, in concrete steps, if you come down with Coronavirus.

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  Where to Get a Coronavirus Test: Roche Speeds Delivery 10-Fold (Bloomberg)


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  Scott Gottlieb, MD (Twitter)


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  Danielle Paquette (Twitter)


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  JetBlue Passenger Learns He Has Coronavirus While in Mid-Air (New York Times)


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  Sick people across the country say they have been denied coronavirus test, despite doctor's advice (Washington Post)


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  Here’s the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus (New York Times)


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  Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions for containing the COVID-19 outbreak: an observational and modelling study (medxRiv)


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  Research finds huge impact of interventions on spread of Covid-19 (The Guardian)


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  Clinical presentation and virological assessment of hospitalized cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (medxRiv)


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  People 'shed' coronavirus early, but most likely not infectious after recovery (STAT)


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  Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)


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  Prevent Others from Getting Sick (CDC)


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  Coronavirus Resource Center (Harvard Health Publishing/Harvard Medical School)

Why the NBA had no choice but to suspend its season. Is high blood pressure a heightened risk vector for Coronavirus? Is there a tipping point which, if crossed, means you would get a more serious form of the disease? More worries about testing capacity in the US. And a new mantra:

 “How many people HAVE been tested? How many tests are available TODAY? How many people CAN be tested tomorrow?”

Links:

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  Iran coronavirus: Satellite images show Tehran building vast burial trenches for covid-19 victims (Washington Post)


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  Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Is a Snap (New York Times)


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  The NBA is suspended after a player tested positive for coronavirus (Vox)


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  Top Coronavirus Doctor in Wuhan Says High Blood Pressure Is Major Death Risk (Bloomberg)


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  There Is a ‘Tipping Point’ Before Coronavirus Kills (Bloomberg)


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  Exclusive: U.S. coronavirus testing threatened by shortage of critical lab materials (Politico)


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  ASM Expresses Concern about Coronavirus Test Reagent Shortages (ASM)


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  Shortage of crucial chemicals creates new obstacle to coronavirus testing (STAT)


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  Amazon Care, Gates Foundation may deliver coronavirus tests in Seattle (CNBC)


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  New York officials traced more than 50 coronavirus cases back to one attorney (CTV News)


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  Chart: The trajectory in the U.S. matches that of Italy (Christopher Mims on Twitter)


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  Chart: US vs Italy Coronavirus Cases (Ian Bremmer via Susan Hatch on Twitter)


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  Coronavirus COVID-19 updates: dashboard and report (Tool to compare countries - Andrzej Leskiewicz)

The World Health Organization has officially labeled the Covid-19 crisis a Pandemic. Why are children seemingly less susceptible to the Coronavirus? Is China beginning to win the battle against the disease? And what is the status of a vaccine?

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  World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic (CNBC)


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  70 of 92 coronavirus cases in Massachusetts linked to Biogen employees after biotech firm's Boston meeting (CNN)


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  Marc Lipsitch (Twitter)


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  San Jose: Three TSA agents test positive for COVID-19 (San Jose Mercury News)


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  FT chart (John Burn-Murdoch on Twitter)


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  Kids Can Get Covid-19. They Just Don't Get That Sick (Wired)


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  Why doesn't coronavirus make kids sick with covid-19? (Washington Post)


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  Christopher Mims (Twitter)


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  Clinicians' Biosecurity News (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security)


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  David Paulk (Twitter)


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  Wuhan Closes 11 Makeshift Hospitals for COVID-19 Patients (Sixth Tone)


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  Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PDF - World Health Organization)


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  Evolving Epidemiology and Impact of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions on the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Wuhan, China (medRxiv)


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  Face masks in national stockpile have not been substantially replenished since 2009 (Washington Post)


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  Washington state requests N95 respirators from Strategic National Stockpile to fight coronavirus (Washington Post)


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  Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Set to Begin This Month (Bloomberg)


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  A coronavirus vaccine will take at least 18 months—if it works at all (MIT Technology Review)

Harvard asks students not to return. Oregon is running out of tests. We still don’t know how many people have been tested in the US. On the ground reports from the situation in Italy. Our best guess for the incubation period for the virus. And why soap is actually pretty darned good at combating coronavirus.

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  The Harvard Crimson (Twitter)


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  Oregon’s supply of coronavirus tests could run out Wednesday without infusion of kits from feds (The Oregonian/OregonLive)


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  One chart shows how many coronavirus tests per capita have been completed in 8 countries. The US is woefully behind. (Business Insider)


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  Coronavirus Live Updates (Washington Post)


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  Italy extends coronavirus lockdown to entire country, imposing restrictions on 60 million people (Washington Post)


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  Coronavirus, l'Italia diventa "zona protetta": spostamenti vietati se non per comprovate necessità. Conte: "Non c'è più tempo" (La Repubblica)


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  «Con le nostre azioni influenziamo la vita e la morte di molte persone» (L'Eco Di Bergamo)


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  Jason Van Schoor (Twitter)


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  The Incubation Period of COVID-19 From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases (Annals of Internal Medicine)


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  Coronavirus symptoms 'take five days to show' (BBC News)


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  New York is producing its own hand sanitizer due to shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak (CNN)


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  Palli Thordarson (Twitter)

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Israel announces a blank quarantine for anyone entering the country. A US Senator and Representative are voluntarily going into isolation. Is Iran what it looks like when the virus spreads out of control? Is Italy’s health care system on the verge of collapse? And running the numbers on what it would take to push the US Healthcare System over the edge.

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  Coronavirus in NY: Head of Port Authority Rick Cotton has coronavirus (NYPost)


• NYTimes Daily Updates


• Tweets about the Italian prison breaks


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  Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On (The Atlantic)


• @trvbd's Tweet Storm About the Possible Seattle/Grand Princess Connection


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  Seattle Health Care System Offers Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing For Workers (NPR)


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  Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar will self-quarantine after interacting with individual with coronavirus (CNN Politics)


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  Anxiety in an aging Congress as coronavirus marches across U.S. (NBC News)


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  Coronavirus: «Stiamo creando terapie intensive anche nei corridoi» (Corriere Della Sera)


• @jimsciutto Tweet About the Number of ICU beds in the US


• The Big Liz Specht (@LizSpecht) Tweet Storm About The Possible Capacity Of The US Healthcare System And How It Could Break


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  One slide in a leaked presentation for US hospitals reveals that they're preparing for millions of hospitalizations as the outbreak unfolds (Business Insider) * Note: This piece talks about that debunked slide going around. Offering it because the statement from the AHA is at the end.
  

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From Ride Home Media, this is the Coronavirus Daily Briefing. Every day at 5pm ET, catch up with the latest numbers, headlines, commentary, chatter, and context around the coronavirus outbreak.