- *Coronavirus in North Carolina: Daily status updates
Carolina Public Press daily updates beginning March 13, 2020, 11:59 p.m.
- 28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis
Jin Wu and Allison McCann, New York Times, April 21, 2020
At least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official Covid-19 death counts report, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows — providing a clearer, if still incomplete, picture of the toll of the crisis.
- 180 Exposed To Coronavirus During Mother’s Day Service At Defiant NorCal Church
Channel 5 KPIX CBS SF BayArea, May 18, 2020
A person who later learned they were positive for Covid-19 attended a Northern California religious service on Mother’s Day, exposing 180 other people to the novel coronavirus, according to local health officials.
- As coronavirus cases rise nationwide, public health experts urge caution
Chelsea Janes, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, June 10, 2020
- Colleges and universities prepare for fall classes in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic (13 min)
June 14, 2020. CBS 60 Minutes' John Dickerson interviews UNC Chancellor Kevin Gusckiewicz, Dr. Myron Cohen, Student Body President Reeves Mosely, William and Mary President Katherine Rowe, and Education Trust President John King. Includes transcript.
- COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining?
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, July 9, 2020
The gap between soaring cases and falling deaths is being weaponized by the right to claim a hollow victory in the face of shameless failure. What’s really going on?
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- Financial Times: Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads
Steven Bernard, Cale Tilford, John Burn-Murdoch and Keith Fray. Financial Times, March 27, 2020.
The countries affected, the number of deaths and the economic impact
- Fired Florida Data Scientist Launches A Coronavirus Dashboard Of Her Own
Laurel Wamsley, WUNC/NPR, June 14, 2020, updated June 17, 2020.
Rebekah Jones says she was fired after she refused to manipulate coronavirus data at the Florida Health Department. Now she has launched her own COVID-19 data portal for the state.
- Here Come the Frauds: From Bogus Vaccine Kits to ‘Silver Solution,’ Coronavirus Cons Begin
Alexandra Tempus, FairWarning, March 26, 2020
As Americans struggle to cope with the spread of COVID-19, they will also need to brace themselves for “disaster fraud”—those cons that rely on post-catastrophe chaos to separate people from their money.
- Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2020
Research published June 26, 2020 in the journal Cell reports that COVID-19-infected cells sprout filpodia that enable them to infect neighboring cells.
- More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, November 18, 2020
Columbia University epidemiologist Jeffrey Shaman said his team’s model estimated that 3.6 million people are infected and shedding enough virus to infect others. That’s a 34 percent week-to-week increase that followed a 36 percent increase in the previous seven-day average, he said.
The estimate does not include an approximately equal number of latent infections among people who caught the virus in recent days and can’t pass it on yet because it is still incubating.
- NC death records: Many dying with symptoms like COVID-19
Frank Taylor for the 2020 NC Coronavirus Testing Collaborative, North Carolina Public Press, April 22, 2020
Death certificates from North Carolina residents who died since March 1 show many who died from symptoms similar to those who died from illnesses related to COVID-19, but without any record of them having been tested for the virus.
- Supply shortage prompts NC to limit coronavirus testing
Carolina Public Press, March 26, 2020
North Carolina health officials signaled a change in how they will track the new coronavirus this week, as wait times for results from testing grew along with the number of positive cases across the state.
- The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live
Jennifer Medina and Robert Gebeloff, NY Times, May 25, 2020
Beyond perception and ideology, there are starkly different realities for red and blue America right now.
- This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why.
Sarah Kaplan and Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, June 29, 2020
A mutation affecting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein changed amino acid 614 from “D” (aspartic acid) to “G” (glycine). Research suggests that this small change — which affects three identical amino acid chains — might make the spike protein more effective, enhancing the virus’s infectiousness.
- Tri-County Health Department closes offices following threat
A Colorado health department closed in response to threats to the building. Threats to personnel have also become a feature of the pandemic.
- UNC Department of Epidemiology
- UNC Gillings School of Public Health - faculty research and media appearances
June 22, 2020
- Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers
Jesse Drucker, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Sarah Kliff, NY Times, May 25, 2020
Twenty large chains received more than $5 billion in federal grants even while sitting on more than $100 billion in cash.
- ‘Life Has to Go On’: How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown
Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson, New York Times, April 28, 2020
The country was an outlier in Europe, trusting its people to voluntarily follow the protocols. Many haven’t, but it does not seem to have hurt them [much].
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