Corona Virus in America

[Mary B]

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic

By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Laura Smith-Spark and Ed Upright, CNN

Updated 9:46 a.m. ET, August 8, 202

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51 min ago

New York reports a 0.93% infection rate across the state

From CNN's Sheena Jones

New York state has reported a 0.93% infection rate, according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.

Out of the 74,857 people tested for Covid-19 across the state Friday, 703, or 0.93% people, tested positive, the release said.

"Despite increasing infection rates across the country and in our region, we continue to see our numbers hold at low levels, all thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers to change their behavior and our data-driven, phased reopening," Cuomo said. 

At least 573 people are hospitalized with Covid-19 across the state and 133 people are in intensive care units, the release said.

There were five additional Covid-19 deaths reported yesterday, whi brings the statewide total to 25,195 deaths, according to the release.

Note: The numbers listed were released by the state of New York and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project. 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-08-20-intl/index.html

[Pitcher]

Good now New Yorkers do not need mail in ballots

[umbertino]

Doctors and medical students across the US push to register patients to vote

 

More than 60 hospital networks are taking part in campaign as some of the usual ways of registering are curbed by the pandemic

 

Associated Press in Boston

Sat 8 Aug 2020 15.17 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/08/doctors-medical-students-across-us-push-register-patients-vote

[umbertino]

'Everyone tested positive': Covid devastates agriculture workers in California's heartland

 

The virus is surging in the Central Valley, where hundreds of thousands labor in the food industry. Workers say companies did little to prevent the spread

 

Vivian Ho in Fresno, California

Sat 8 Aug 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/08/california-covid-19-central-valley-essential-workers

[Indraman]

TITLE: Democrat Praises Trump And HCQ For Helping Him Get Over Covid-19

 

SOURCE: TimCast

 

 

Indy

[umbertino]

US passes 5m Covid-19 cases amid anger over economic relief impasse – live

 

• America leads the world by quite some way in cases of the deadly virus
• ‘This is unstoppable’: midwest braces for a Covid-19 surge
• Dr Deborah Birx: voice of scientific reason or apologist for Trump?
• Trump signs order for coronavirus relief

 

Tom Lutz

Sun 9 Aug 2020 16.05 BST First published on Sun 9 Aug 2020 14.24 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 40m ago Pelosi says 'everything is left out' of Trump's executive actions
• 1h ago America passes 5m Covid-19 cases
• 2h ago Biden says Trump waging 'reckless war' on social security
• 2h ago US to reach grim milestone of 5m coronavirus cases

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/09/donald-trump-coronavirus-relief-bill-us-approaches-5m-covid-19-cases-live-news-latest-updates?page=with:block-5f3006728f0803fbf9403bfc#block-5f3006728f0803fbf9403bfc

[umbertino]

Family sues Verizon after worker who 'wasn't given any PPE' dies of Covid-19

 

Alfred Salvatore, a service technician, died after repeatedly sounding the alarm over lack of protections from his employer

 

Michael Sainato

Fri 14 Aug 2020 11.45 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Aug 2020 13.48 BST

 

 

 

 

Alfred Salvatore with his daughters. ‘My husband was a healthy 47-year-old man with no prior health conditions and it took his life,’ said his wife, Natalie

Photograph: Natalie Salvatore

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/family-sues-verizon-after-essential-worker-died-covid-19

[umbertino]

Our healthcare system is not remotely ready for 'post-Covid' America

 

‘Recovered’ Covid patients may have serious longterm symptoms – and millions of people just lost health insurance

 

Fri 14 Aug 2020 13.25 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Aug 2020 13.27 BST

Jessa Crispin

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/14/coronavirus-covid-america-healthcare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millions in US face losing water supply as coronavirus moratoriums end

 

Water shutoffs threaten basic anti-viral hygiene as debts mount amid the pandemic’s economic fallout

 

Nina Lakhani

Fri 14 Aug 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/14/water-shutoffs-moratoriums-end-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US health insurers doubled profits in second quarter amid pandemic

 

US’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, reported $6.7bn in profits compared with $3.4bn for the same quarter last year

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Fri 14 Aug 2020 11.15 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/14/us-health-insurers-coronavirus-pandemic-profit

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Making billions v making ends meet: how the pandemic has split the US economy in two

 

US billionaires’ wealth is soaring while millions remain unemployed, creating a country with two economies and increased inequality

 

 

Sun 16 Aug 2020 08.30 BST

by Dominic Rushe in New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/16/us-inequality-coronavirus-pandemic-unemployment

[umbertino]

Vietnam donates 10,000 masks to Maryland to fight COVID-19

 

August 12, 2020 12:06 PM CDT By Vietnam News Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/vietnam-donates-10000-masks-to-maryland-to-fight-covid-19/

[umbertino]

‘You can’t get close, yet you can’t stay away’: Latino cultural beliefs clash with pandemic safety

 

Tight-knit families, a cornerstone of Latino culture, and economic factors collide to make Covid-19 easily transmissible

 

Alexandra Villarreal

Thu 27 Aug 2020 10.00 BST

 

 

Family gather at the funeral of Fernando Aguirre, who died of Covid-19. A graduation party led to many family members testing positive for the virus

Photograph: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/covid-19-latino-family-culture-us

[umbertino]

The Rock says his family had Covid-19 and urges mask use: 'It's the right thing to do'

 

Dwayne Johnson says he, his spouse and their daughters caught the virus less than three weeks ago from ‘very close family friends’

 

Guardian staff and agency

Thu 3 Sep 2020 13.32 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/03/the-rock-coronavirus-dwayne-johnson-family-covid-19-video-warning

[Mr. Haney]

The Chinese Virus is a scam.

 

https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/new-cdc-report-shows-94-of-covid-19-deaths-in-us-had-underlying-medical-conditions/

 

 

[md11fr8dawg]

Mr. Haney, the virus IS NOT a scam. 100% of the people in that DCD report died, period. Only 6% died from the virus alone. The rest had compromised  immune system from some other aliment. The covid virus is real and just like the flu viruses (many of them covid strains) many people die each year especially if they have other underlying immune depressing illnesses. What IS a scam is this where one political party thinks they can make hay by scaring the shiite out of the populace, make them wear masks and give up many of their freedoms under the guise of helping your fellow man or protecting yourself from the virus. The "election infection" will be gone in all likelihood Nov 4th. But the American people have been lied to by the MSM for months, and the CDC, NIH and the WHO cannot agree on what we should do to protect ourselves. And don't talk about if any current drug might shows signs of curing or speeding the recovery and warding off death, WELL WE CAN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT", it might help "Orange Man". And as you know we had rather destroy the best economy of the best country in the world and then try and blame the deaths and the economy on President Trump. ANYTHING for the Rays to try and regain their power, so they can get this communist train back on track. SAD!!! 

[md11fr8dawg]

To ALL of you who like to tout that wearing masks is the socially correct thing to do because it keeps you from infecting your fellow man, check this out. The more this "election infection" continues the more insane it gets. Keep conditioning those sheep to fall in line and NEVER tell them the truth or give them the facts.

 

https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2020/09/doctor-ted-noel-an-anesthesiologist-with-36-years-experience-wearing-masks-in-operating-rooms-explains-why-masks-dont-work-3541653.html

[umbertino]

The most dangerous phase of the US Covid-19 crisis may be yet to come

 

 

The health emergency and the economic fallout is likely to worsen in October

 

Thu 10 Sep 2020 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 10 Sep 2020 12.45 BST

Barry Eichengreen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/10/us-covid-19-crisis-health-economy

 

 

[umbertino]

Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms

 

• Demetria Bannister taught elementary school in South Carolina
• New York City to resume in-person classes in 11 days

 

Victoria Bekiempis

Thu 10 Sep 2020 22.13 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/10/teacher-28-dies-covid-19-schools-reopening-south-carolina

[umbertino]

Maine 'superspreader' wedding linked to 170 Covid cases and seven deaths

 

• More than 100 people gathered for August event in Millinocket
• ‘It is spreading in the community with remarkable force’

 

Associated Press

Thu 17 Sep 2020 11.30 BST

 

 

 

 

The Big Moose Inn in Millinocket. That single event on 7 August is linked to coronavirus outbreaks in at least two other locations in Maine

Photograph: Linda Coan O’Kresik/AP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/maine-wedding-superspreader-event

 

 

 

 

 

[nstoolman1]

I wonder if the photography of that pic is a Trump supporter or a Biden supporter.

It almost looks like the flag is wrapped up so as not to see the flag. 

Not looking for a response. I doubt anyone on this forum has an answer. 

[Johnny Dinar]

[nstoolman1]

1 hour ago, Johnny Dinar said:

Works for me.

I could not tell if it was a Trump flag and the Guardian is not Trump friendly. 

Hence my comment. 

I would edit my original post but the PTB deem it necessary to limit the amount of time to go back and edit. 

[umbertino]

Trump health official says ‘biology independent of politics’ as US nears 200,000 Covid deaths

 

Coronavirus taskforce member says both Trump and CDC director were correct in their contradictory statements about a vaccine

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 20 Sep 2020 16.48 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/us-nears-200000-covid-deaths-senior-trump-health-official-biology-independent-of-politics

[umbertino]

Ex-care home bosses charged over dozens of Covid deaths in Massachusetts

 

• More than 70 people have died of coronavirus at home in Holyoke
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• Ex-superintendent is being made a scapegoat, lawyer says

 

Sarah Betancourt

Sat 26 Sep 2020 15.37 BST First published on Sat 26 Sep 2020 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/massachusetts-care-homes-deaths-charges

[umbertino]

Donald Trump and first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus

 

US election in disarray as president and first lady begin quarantine after aide contracts virus

 

Maanvi Singh in San Francisco and Peter Beaumont

Fri 2 Oct 2020 10.03 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/hope-hicks-covid-19-reports-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covid-19: almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US test positive

 

Tech company has faced criticism for keeping warehouses open

 

Jasper Jolly

Fri 2 Oct 2020 09.50 BST First published on Fri 2 Oct 2020 08.45 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/02/almost-20000-amazon-workers-in-us-test-positive-for-covid-19

 

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Anthony Fauci criticises Donald Trump for using his words out of context

 

Doctor says use of his comments to praise president in Republican campaign ad is misleading

 

Lauren Aratani in New York

Sun 11 Oct 2020 23.12 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/11/anthony-fauci-criticises-donald-trump-for-using-his-words-out-of-context