The first human trial of a vaccine has begun in Europe. There is some information about possible symptoms of the vaccine, how it may be predicted to show effectiveness, how a vaccine works. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52394485
This article discusses how the medical sector in the United States underwent the largest jobless in a month during the initial coronavirus outbreak because they had to halt non-life threatening procedures. However, hospitals are beginning to resume non-life threatening surgical procedures. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hospitals-aim-to-resume-procedures-postponed-by-coronavirus-11587568784?mod=hp_lead_pos6
This article in the news section of Nature Research discusses current advances in antibody testing for COVID-19 and the limitations that come with it. While many politicians and others eager to open businesses back up and end social distancing are claiming that we are close to having antibody testing which will be able to determine … Read more
Last week there was a no-sail order issued by the CDC for the cruise ship industry. Their reluctant cooperation with the order could impact or influence President Trumps administration/campaign. The article includes an interview with Dr. Marty Cetron DGMQ at the CDC with the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/04/10/cdc-extends-no-sail-order-cruise-ships-new-directive-slamming-industry/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/seouls-radical-experiment-in-digital-contact-tracing This discusses the social stigma, contact tracing, and social distancing that is occurring in Seoul, South Korea.
This is a video made by CNBC tracking Trump’s response to COVID-19 from January 22, 2020, to March 19, 2020.
Employees at the Rush University Medical Center say that they are prepared in order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The building in which they work in, was a $654 million dollar project began soon after the 9/11 attacks, opened in 2012 and is outfitted to handle large influxes of pateints in a short window … Read more
This past Sunday, the governor of Hokkaido, Japan’s “northernmost main Island and the largest prefecture by size” declared a state of emergency only one month after lifting a similar order. This decision came about because of a second wave in cases in that area. This situation could be important for understanding the trajectory of the … Read more
This is a link to a CNN article that explains the individualistic responses from a state by state basis and how different legislation shows different results in the ‘curves’ that we see following the progress of each country/state/province. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/health/coronavirus-state-hotspots/index.html
The visual politics of the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/trump-speaks-of-images-hes-never-seen-before-but-theyve-existed–we-just-refused-to-look/2020/04/09/89128fec-79c8-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html#comments-wrapper
