[Coronavirus Pandemic] The daily COVID chronicle - May 30, 2020
The daily COVID chronicle - May 30, 2020
In no particular order, here are today's links from Steem and from my RSS feed. Please consider clicking through to upvote any Steem post(s) on the list.
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Just for fun, here is a weekly graph of new cases in the US as a percentage of total and in proportion to the population.
As mentioned in previous posts, here is a visualization tool for mapping the cases of COVID-19 occurrences.
According to the site, this morning's worldwide number of reported cases was 5,968,693 with 2,520,587 recoveries, 365,796 fatalities, and 1749,846 cases reported in the Unite States (US). This represents 27,427 new cases in the US, which is an increase of 5,358 over yesterday.
Of the US cases, the site reports 406,446 recoveries, 102,900 fatalities, 16,099,515 total test administered, and 74,984 cases in my own state, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania also reports 438,309 total tests, 46,370 recoveries, and 5,464 fatalities.
- Steem @progressivechef: Lockdown lifted in Mauritius!!! As from today, Mauritius is lifting the lockdown ...
- Steem @krevasilis: Quarantine in Greece day #80
- Steem @vlemon: What impact has COVID had on financial well being?
- Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing - Subtitle: Polling finds public trust in medical scientists has increased, but only among Democrats—while optimism about a vaccine is broadly shared
- Sweden Sees Economic Growth in 1st Quarter Despite Global Pandemic - Subtitle: Sweden's GDP growth is a stark contrast to nations who initiated hardline lockdowns.
- Scientist posits ‘wild’ hypothesis that cross immunity could slow pandemic - Subtitle: WHO expresses caution on whether there may be protection from prior exposure to some cold viruses; scientists examine if some people are more vulnerable to infection than others
- Weekend reads: Hydroxychloroquine paper earns correction; company allegedly fakes COVID-19 data; why retractions fail
- What a U.S. Exit from the WHO Means for COVID-19 and Global Health - Subtitle: As President Trump terminates the U.S.’s relationship with the agency, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and a resurgence of deadly diseases
- COVID-19 Has Exposed Critical Weaknesses in Global Higher Education
- Car-buying in the coronavirus era is moving online, but traditional dealerships aren't going away any time soon