Economics and Coronavirus related links 090920

The Complicated Ethics of Keeping a covid-19 Patient Breathing: During the pandemic, the question of who receives tracheostomies, and when, has presented doctors with one of their most difficult decisions.

https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/the-complicated-ethics-of-keeping-a-covid-19-patient-breathing?

 

Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most

https://www.frontpagelive.com/2020/08/24/economic-hardship-from-covid-19-will-hit-minority-seniors-the-mos/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Returning from overseas or out of state? The CDC removes its 14-day quarantine recommendation

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/08/23/cdc-removes-14-day-covid-quarantine-recommendation-travelers/3424484001/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Americans want high-risk people to get a coronavirus vaccine first

https://www.axios.com/who-gets-coronavirus-vaccine-first-4ff87ff8-39d7-49d6-8d25-fa2307119235.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

How a single superspreading event sent coronavirus across Massachusetts and the world 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/25/boston-coronavirus-superspreading-event/

 

Controversial Antigen Tests Could Be Key to Defeating COVID-19

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/08/26/controversial-antigen-tests-could-be-key-to-defeating-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1OSefXxabMqIuUqUvvLng6m6VPqn7_frzpXJOIdY3PYGyc1OLxPFy8X0I

 

South Carolina confirms more than 400 new COVID-19 cases, 40-plus deaths under investigation

Health officials in South Carolina announced Thursday more than 400 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

https://www.wjcl.com/article/south-carolina-confirms-more-than-400-new-covid-19-cases-40-plus-deaths-under-investigation/33823903?fbclid=IwAR3M62_pJW_LguMuDrq7pll3MDU6FRLtrNXKAXLidnosM3Hoi6BHKPPiGu0

 

European Woman Disabled by Prescription Pills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=EqLKPNcZk2I&fbclid=IwAR1EpyzpA8nlj7qqN8TGiKQ7PhFH73ChUNpLoXX3CQtZcXjTGuKSBoaKT6g&app=desktop

 

Controversial change in guidelines about coronavirus testing directed by the White House coronavirus task force

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/cdc-testing-guidelines-coronavirus/2020/08/26/eb653028-e7af-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html

 

How to help your child wear a mask

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/19/well/childrens-face-masks-comfort.html?surface=home-living-vi&fellback=false&req_id=772022447&algo=identity&imp_id=900375179&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR08XmRl4eYAOQbCJbBHmVBMCPKqNuzsMs-d_pvvvtM8Zu0EFefERszkGco

 

Exclusive: Most U.S. states reject Trump administration's new COVID-19 testing guidance

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-exclusive/exclusive-most-u-s-states-reject-trump-administrations-new-covid-19-testing-guidance-idUSKBN25O2WI?fbclid=IwAR23XpHNPGJka0iHAJv0kT_MxI8B_KUzcITZJNEWz9qGT9cPmvxnaHOhcg4

 

Interview With David E. Martin "Turning Coronavirus From A Pathogen To Profit”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9bEsEvAwI

 

COVID-19 And The Tyranny Of Now

https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/covid-19-and-the-tyranny-of-now/

 

Trump And COVID-19: Population Health Neglect, Hydroxychloroquine Hype, And A Gambler’s Fallacy

https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/trump-and-covid-19-population-health-neglect-hydroxychloroquine-hype-and-a-gamblers-fallacy/

 

Coronavirus Crisis: Chaos, Counting, And Confronting Our Biases

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/coronavirus-crisis-chaos-counting-and-confronting-our-biases/

 

Coronavirus Contemplations

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/coronavirus-contemplations/

 

Stop The Epidemic Of Lies! Thinking About COVID-19 Misinformation

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/stop-the-epidemic-of-lies-thinking-about-covid-19-misinformation/

 

How You Can Really Boost Your Immune System

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/how-you-can-really-boost-your-immune-system/

 

Did Superstition Cause The COVID-19 Outbreak?

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/did-superstition-cause-the-covid-19-outbreak-prologue/

 

Day One Hundred and Fifty

https://feest-isolation-days.com/2020/08/11/

 

If We All Get COVID Anyway, Should We Just Get It Over With?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/931474?src=mkm_ret_200728_mscpmrk_covid_overwith_int&uac=365112EK&impID=2477899&faf=1

 

Role of Aerosol Transmission in COVID-19: SAGE Environment and Modelling Group

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/907587/s0643-nervtag-emg-role-aerosol-transmission-covid-19-sage-48.pdf

 

Facts You Can’t Miss About COVID-19 That Are Changing EMS Practice

https://www.medcognition.com/blog/covid-19-amp-ems-changes-to-practice?fbclid=IwAR1kIjXQ5tJGIvzFpcspdtL9yoaQFqLOU1eFRwtiFGqSxBpSrFRAVqFFFAc

 

CDC to states: Ready vaccine distribution for November.  The CDC and HHS “are rapidly making preparations to implement large-scale distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines in the fall of 2020."

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/cdc-states-vaccine-distribution-407783?fbclid=IwAR3adB8aXOz8utQpLd2-5lN6z1-4WknrzmRkVu4Ax7BOpdbByNBjX35UD4I

 

CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine by Nov. Here's why experts say that's unrealistic.  Chris Hayes and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett discuss the latest CDC move that could undermine a COVID-19 vaccine. “The safety side to me looks insane.”

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cdc-tells-states-to-prepare-for-vaccine-by-nov-here-s-why-experts-say-that-s-unrealistic-91050053712?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ai&fbclid=IwAR30w3x8TiCqcFOlkGDBbglXrD7K-T-E8HysZ9oz1ZcJD4UoiZPnPQ4a0i8

 

COVID-19 death tied to Sturgis Rally reported in Minnesota

https://apnews.com/caad0620f9d24506bf5e8629045d9218?fbclid=IwAR3jz549pYSMxCSnq9Kw1k2C_IxrsuQVUkOw6nFSiFD-afpHxJvB6OC-AXc

 

1 Death, Around 250 COVID-19 Cases Linked To Sturgis Motorcycle Rally: The first death has been reported among hundreds of coronavirus cases that can be traced to the 10-day bike rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, last month.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-death-coronavirus_n_5f4ff1a5c5b62b3add3b4cc3?fbclid=IwAR3Wb3XTOTeNx9oYVB4pcVvhWbeK6UFnSiGAvCM06hOImBgOaFukZhA_GoM

 

Dr. Fauci weighs in about a possible vaccine in October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjbgzFa9nCI

 

Sanofi and Glaxo Start Human Trials for Covid-19 Vaccine

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/sanofi-starts-trials-of-covid-19-shot-after-early-data-impresses?fbclid=IwAR3UDbKLWre3FgrYkAGwT5G06BEOQTQgaLCxLJWkJvGSLWw4GlQTbQAs_SA

 

Louisiana tops 150,000 COVID-19 cases Thursday; 17 more deaths

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisiana-tops-150000-covid-19-cases-thursday-17-more-deaths/ar-BB18Gc5A?ocid=sf

 

Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states: For the first time, red counties are seeing as many new cases as blue ones.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/03/seven-in-10-new-coronavirus-cases-are-emerging-red-states/

 

Video Shows COVID Denier Getting Arrested For Organizing Anti-Lockdown Protest

https://god.dailydot.com/covid-denier-arrested/?fbclid=IwAR1qSqA5CPIq9k9t2KupnGHC-JSScpRe3LNlvWxVuhaxHY1p9wZCOLOmsnw

 

EXPOSURE TO COMMON COLD CORONAVIRUSES CAN TEACH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE SARS-COV-2.  Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomes

https://www.lji.org/news-events/news/post/exposure-to-common-cold-coronaviruses-can-teach-the-immune-system-to-recognize-sars-cov-2/

 

Vaping Heightens COVID-19 Risk

https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2020-08/vaping-heightens-covid-19-risk

 

It’s time to face the fact that the coronavirus is airborne: More and more experts are considering that airborne transmission plays an important role for the pandemic.

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/coronavirus-airborne-studies-16082020/

 

Review: Zadie Smith gets intimate in a searching collection of quarantine essays

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-07-24/review-zadie-smith-intimations-essays-on-covid-quarantine

 

‘Wuhan Diary’ Offers an Angry and Eerie View From Inside Quarantine

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/books/review-wuhan-diary-fang-fang.html

 

The Literature of the Pandemic Is Already Here: For those engaging in quick-response art, mess and chaos—not polished elegance—are the forms to best mimic a crisis that has no end in sight.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/07/zadie-smith-decameron-project-pandemic-literature/614458/

 

AND WE CAME OUTSIDE AND SAW THE STARS AGAIN: WRITERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ilan-stavans/and-we-came-outside-and-saw-the-stars-again/

 

Scathing COVID-19 book from Lancet editor — rushed but useful: Richard Horton skewers leaders in two of the richest, most powerful and scientifically advanced countries for getting it so wrong.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01839-y

 

Just... please don't go to the movies when theaters re-open, OK?

https://mashable.com/article/movie-theaters-shouldnt-be-reopening-covid-19-pandemic/

 

Tune in, drop out: In the face of social and professional pressure, many young South Koreans are simply opting out — and the economy is adapting to them.

https://restofworld.org/2020/south-korea-honjok-loneliness/

 

Air travel in the coronavirus era

https://theweek.com/print/484229/123410/air-travel-coronavirus-era

 

What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?  In what may be the world’s most important math puzzle, researchers are trying to figure out how many people in a community must be immune before the coronavirus fades.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html

 

52% of young adults in the US are living with their parents. That's the highest share since the Great Depression

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/children-living-with-parents-pandemic-pew/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0AH6kJikUBqt3OZrQHRdcIvDQM5cUX-yLu0U1LSxevFxCli1ZPlyoT0pQ

 

Editorial: Coronavirus ‘herd immunity’ is just another way to say ‘let people die’

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-02/coronavirus-herd-immunity-trump

 

New CDC Covid Testing Guidelines Have It Backward: The U.S. needs more coronavirus testing, not less.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-27/new-cdc-testing-guidelines-add-to-the-covid-confusion

 

Mass testing has its problems they’re nothing compared to not testing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mass-testing-has-its-problems-theyre-nothing-compared-to-not-testing/2020/08/28/0c2c5564-e951-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

 

Past vaccine disasters show why rushing a coronavirus vaccine now would be 'colossally stupid'

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/health/eua-coronavirus-vaccine-history/index.html

 

University of Alabama orders faculty to keep quiet about outbreak

https://www.ajc.com/news/university-of-alabama-orders-faculty-to-keep-quiet-about-outbreak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/

 

Canada cracks down on those traveling through the country to get to Alaska

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/canada-alaska-new-coronavirus-restrictions/index.html

 

Phil Hogan’s downfall proves the old rules no longer apply: Demise of the Irish heavyweight will cause shock not just in Dublin but across Europe

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/phil-hogan-s-downfall-proves-the-old-rules-no-longer-apply-1.4339661?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fphil-hogan-s-downfall-proves-the-old-rules-no-longer-apply-1.4339661

 

Who's to blame for virus spread: defiant churches or reckless gov't?

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/08/119_294865.html

 

These 4 Midwestern states are seeing worrying Covid-19 spikes: Most of the Midwest had been spared the worst of Covid-19 — until now.

https://www.vox.com/2020/9/2/21418812/covid-19-coronavirus-us-cases-midwest-surge

 

The night the NBA suddenly stopped — and why it matters: NBA players held an unprecedented protest over racial injustice.

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/27/21403891/nba-playoff-games-boycott-bucks-lakers-jacob-blake

 

N.B.A. and Players’ Union Agree to Resume Play: The playoffs will continue Saturday, three days after players walked out. As part of the agreement, the league committed to a new series of social justice efforts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/sports/basketball/nba-playoffs-resume.html

 

The NBA players put America on notice: They want to protect black lives, and threatening an industry’s money and the public’s entertainment was the only option left 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/nba-players-needed-do/615769/

 

The Milwaukee Bucks Players’ Strike Instantly Seems Like It Was Inevitable

https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/milwaukee-bucks-boycott-nba-playoffs-jacob-blake.html

 

Opinion: Milwaukee Bucks' decision not to play NBA playoff game will alter the course of history

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2020/08/26/milwaukee-brewers-nba-playoffs-boycott-jacob-blake/5637860002/

 

Opinion: Will NFL teams boycott? Lions' response to Jacob Blake shooting could mark new era in protests

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/08/26/nfl-boycotts-protests-jacob-blake-shooting-kneeling-anthem/5638523002/

 

Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk: Employees say the biggest names in American business have banned them from alerting others to coronavirus outbreaks.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-27/covid-pandemic-u-s-businesses-issue-gag-rules-to-stop-workers-from-talking

 

SDSU Issues Stay-at-Home Order for On-Campus Students

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdsu-issues-stay-at-home-order-for-on-campus-students/2399785/?fbclid=IwAR1SRY-Kl52EbKqbGlSVDB74Eaub6NvtKvmWYnqSit-UvJ5ZQqTuu-XgtkY

 

Reopen NY: COVID infection rate stays below 1 percent for 30 days

https://abc7ny.com/6411561/?fbclid=IwAR1SRY-Kl52EbKqbGlSVDB74Eaub6NvtKvmWYnqSit-UvJ5ZQqTuu-XgtkY

 

UK sees highest increase of new daily COVID-19 cases in months: The number of new cases in the last 24 hours is the highest total since May 22.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/uk-sees-highest-increase-daily-covid-19-cases/story?id=72852443&fbclid=IwAR1SRY-Kl52EbKqbGlSVDB74Eaub6NvtKvmWYnqSit-UvJ5ZQqTuu-XgtkY

 

CURRENT ACTIVITY IN VERMONT: Do you have questions about COVID-19 in Vermont? We've organized data into graphs and charts to help tell the story of how the virus has impacted people in our state.

https://www.healthvermont.gov/response/coronavirus-covid-19/current-activity-vermont?fbclid=IwAR1SRY-Kl52EbKqbGlSVDB74Eaub6NvtKvmWYnqSit-UvJ5ZQqTuu-XgtkY#datasummaries

 

HECK, EVEN I COULD RUN THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO THIS PANDEMIC BETTER THAN THIS

https://www.cajunscomments.com/heck-even-i-could-run-the-national-response-to-this-pandemic-better-than-this/?fbclid=IwAR2Vo6uGZigbyp49_7_JgH3RjzisuBm_lbvFMLyqZzJg2jN3ibOLOr5qIhk

 

The Latest: West Virginia University fraternity members

https://omaha.com/news/national/the-latest-west-virginia-university-fraternity-members/article_1cba76cc-3df9-52f8-874e-0127bb30d4a0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2Vo6uGZigbyp49_7_JgH3RjzisuBm_lbvFMLyqZzJg2jN3ibOLOr5qIhk

 

Schools Reopening Despite Risks

https://www.populist.com/26.15.mcmillen.html

 

FROMA HARROP: How America Got So Inferior

https://starherald.com/opinion/columnists/syndicated/froma-harrop-how-america-got-so-inferior/article_458c9320-89f0-5e61-bdf2-cbaa83b7cfc1.html

 

'Drinking the Kool-aid' takes on a whole new meaning

https://www.heraldstandard.com/columns/national/gene_lyons/drinking-the-kool-aid-takes-on-a-whole-new-meaning/article_d6290de6-d7e8-11ea-824d-97e15461f8d2.html

 

Taxpayer-Funded Drug Research Should Require Open-Source Sharing by Big Pharma

https://cepr.net/taxpayer-funded-drug-research-should-require-open-source-sharing-by-big-pharma/

 

A Good Mask is Nothing to Sneeze At

https://www.populist.com/26.15.uretsky.html

 

Five big questions about when and how to open schools amid COVID-19

It’s time to layer up defenses to keep kids as safe as possible when they head back to class

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-kids-schools-opening-when-how-risks

 

COVID-19 lockdowns dramatically reduced seismic noise from humans: Small ground vibrations generated by everyday activities dropped up to 50 percent in places

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid19-pandemic-lockdowns-seismic-noise-humans

 

Rogue immune system reactions hint at an early treatment for COVID-19: Giving drugs called interferons early in the disease may help prevent later immune overreactions

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-immune-system-early-treatment-interferon

 

USDA is pursuing ‘rushed and flawed’ reopening plans, according to House members

https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2020/09/03/usda-is-pursuing-rushed-and-flawed-reopening-plans-according-to-house-members/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.04.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief