COVID-19 News from Around the Web
ESPN -
September 16, 2020
AP -
September 16, 2020
A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults released Tuesday shows they mirror patterns seen in older patients. The report examined 121 deaths of those younger than 21, as of the end of July. Like older adults, many of them had one or more medical condition — like lung problems, including asthma, obesity, heart problems or developmental conditions. Deaths were also more common among those in certain racial and ethnic groups, according to the report from the CDC. The CDC found 54 were Hispanic, 35 were Black, and 17 were white, even though overall there are far more white Americans than Black and Hispanic.
AP -
September 16, 2020
State and local officials around the U.S. are rolling back social-distancing rules again after an abortive effort over the summer, allowing bars, restaurants and gyms to open. Fans are gathering mask-free at football games. President Donald Trump is holding crowded indoor rallies. While some Americans may see such things as a welcome step closer to normal, public health experts warn the U.S. is setting itself up for failure — again.
AP -
September 16, 2020
The world’s second-most populous country has added more than 1 million cases this month alone and is expected to become the pandemic’s worst-hit country within weeks, surpassing the United States, where more than 6.6 million people have been infected.
Pew Research -
September 16, 2020
As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners. In several countries, the share of the public with a favorable view of the U.S. is as low as it has been at any point since the Center began polling on this topic nearly two decades ago. … Part of the decline over the past year is linked to how the U.S. had handled the coronavirus pandemic. Across the 13 nations surveyed, a median of just 15% say the U.S. has done a good job of dealing with the outbreak.
NPR -
September 16, 2020
Earlier this year, the Navajo Nation Reservation was a major hot spot for coronavirus cases. Now, it's seen a day without a single positive case. It's a turning point in its battle against the virus. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez attributes that to Navajo leaders and citizens heeding the advice of public health officials. "All we did as leaders and public health professionals is we accepted [the] recommendations from the CDC, NIH," Nez says.
People -
September 16, 2020
That’s according to a new recording released by Bob Woodward and played on Monday's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. … "Bob, it's so easily transmissible, you wouldn't believe it," Trump is heard saying on the tape of their April 13 interview, referring to the coronavirus. "I was in the White House a couple of days ago, meeting with 10 people in the Oval Office and a guy sneezed — innocently, not a horrible, you know, just a sneeze — the entire room bailed out, okay?" the president continued. "Including me, by the way."
AP -
September 16, 2020
A Trump health appointee who is accused of trying to muzzle an important scientific publication in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic apologized Tuesday for a separate video in which he reportedly says scientists battling the virus are conspiring against President Donald Trump and warns of shooting in America if Trump loses the election.
CNN -
September 16, 2020
The deadly coronavirus may have circulated in the US as early as December, about a month earlier than believed by the US CDC, according to researchers with UCLA. Their study, published last Thursday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found a statistically significant increase in clinic and hospital visits by patients who reported respiratory illnesses as early as the week of December 22. The first known case of Covid-19 in the US was thought to be a patient in Washington who had visited Wuhan, China, according to the CDC. The case was reported in January.
Bloomberg -
September 16, 2020
New York City officials know Covid-19 cases will climb this fall. The question they are watching as the city moves to reopen is, just how much? ... In interviews, experts from two academic groups working with New York described what’s likely to be a significant increase in cases this fall, but with the opportunity to stop the worst with careful public-health measures like masks and social distancing.
Bangor Daily News -
September 16, 2020
Another person has died after catching COVID-19 in connection with an Aug. 7 wedding in the Millinocket region, bringing the total number of deaths attributed to that super-spreader event to seven. Six of those deaths, including the most recent one, were among residents of Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison, according to Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC. The other, who was the first to die in connection with the wedding, was an 88-year-old woman from East Millinocket. None of those seven people attended the Aug. 7 wedding .... The secondary outbreak at Maplecrest started after a worker caught COVID-19 from a parent, who caught the disease from another child that attended the wedding.
ABC News -
September 16, 2020
The WHO's proposed vaccine distribution framework ensures all countries access to the novel coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available. Seventy-eight wealthier countries have endorsed the program, with Germany, Japan, Norway and the European Commission this week expressing an interest in participating in the COVAX facility as self-financing countries. So far, a total of 170 nations intend to participate in COVAX, representing about 70% of the world's population. The US is not among them.
The Daily Beast -
September 15, 2020
AJC -
September 15, 2020
WSB-TV -
September 15, 2020