#Outbreaks

Our daily update is published. States reported 70k cases today, the third-highest number we’ve seen. The country is nearing the peak level of COVID-19 patients hospitalized (~60k). States reported 1,126
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I have heard some questions from parents, teachers and others around safety in schools. These are challenging times and I know that parents, students, staff and families are working incredibly
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Breaking news and a plea for journalists to cover: Covid ourbreak in Multnomah County Jail among corrections officers bad enough that attorneys were not able to call clients last night.
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Lots of optimism - yet no certainty - for B10 football this fall, per multiple league sources. Different from August. While situation is fluid and no one can guarantee what/when
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Worth noting particularly given Arizona has been as hard-hit as any in this second spike in Covid infections.https://twitter.com/brucefeldmancfb/status/1284234603511701504 An excellent thread on the Arizona success... again, after the early
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My story above includes a bit of explanation about how they pulled this sleight of hand, which basically is about relying on existing public and Public Health England workers, oh
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Belgium is seeing a very rapid decline in cases due to their recent lockdown. Many countries have already shown that zero is the only stable route to returning to near-normal
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What do I think of the Sick Kids recommendations on how to re-open Ontario schools amidst COVID-19?I’ve got an opinion on it.COVID-19 SCHOOL RE-OPENINGS. A THREAD. ... by an ONTARIO
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On the 24/11 CMO McBride told the BBC there'd been "some sizeable [COVID] outbreaks associated with gyms". I wrote to McBride seeking evidence of his claim on the 4/12. Today
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A Lost Month - A long, lost month of financial and emotional suffering because of self-inflicted issues.This is perhaps the biggest story not highlighted for its impact on the residents
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[thread] The science says it’s safe to reopen? Really?There’s not a thing called “The science.” Scientific studies look at very specific questions. Ignoring certain questions and certain studies, while endlessly
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SHORT THREAD ON SCHOOLS: When schools go back is a tricky issue. I'm not going to get into it here BUT wanted to highlight a couple of data points from
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1) With Quebec posting its lowest daily tally of #COVID19 cases in nearly two months Monday and hospitalizations declining for six days, enough time has elapsed to consider the province’s
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1) Quebec appears to be at another worrisome turning point in the #pandemic, with five outlying regions posting new #COVID19 cases that are greater in number than during the peak
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NEW: long overdue, I’ve updated our excess deaths data, expanding the list of countries to 30We have tracked 1.5 million excess deaths so far, considerably more than the 960k attributed
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I have some new friends so it might be worth sharing this piece I wrote a while back, making clear my position on masks. https://insidestory.org.au/weapons-of-mask-distraction/They clearly work when Covid is
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