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This Day in COVID: August 28, 2020

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Trump announces $750 million deal with Abbott Labs for 150 million rapid COVID tests

The new rapid tests take only 15 minutes to deliver results.

CBS

These promising coronavirus treatments are saving lives

Though no single drug is a “game-changer,” medications and improved standard care seem to be reducing death rates.

National Geographic

I am insecure about my face. For me, masks are liberating.

Washington Post

Moderna failed to disclose federal support in vaccine patents, researchers say

Washington Post

A Covid-19 Vaccine Problem: People Who Are Afraid to Get One

WSJ

DRUG COMPANIES CONTINUE TO SHED LIABILITY FOR RUSHED CORONAVIRUS TREATMENTS

At least 120 coronavirus vaccines are in development around the world. And each one holds its own potential for harm.

The Intercept

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

CNN

The coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male — new data reveal the risks

A slew of detailed studies has now quantified the increased risk the virus poses to older people, men, and other groups.

Nature

What A Nasal Spray Vaccine Against COVID-19 Might Do Even Better Than A Shot

A vaccine against the coronavirus needs to keep people from getting very sick and dying. But preventing the spread of the disease is also important, and vaccines delivered by nasal spray may do that.

NPR

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities disproportionately affected by COVID-19

NIH-funded researchers call for restoration of support services or alternatives.

NIH

Michigan is not the only state allowing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive residents

Detroit Free Press

COVID-19 Update: FDA Broadens Emergency Use Authorization for Veklury remdesivir to Include All Hospitalized Patients for Treatment of COVID-19

FDA broadened existing emergency use authorization for Veklury (remdesivir) to include treating all hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with COVID-19.

FDA

Our Mission

The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19.

The pandemic era of 2020-2022 saw massive increases in restrictions on daily life—enforced by the government and by social stigma—accompanied social protests that roiled cities worldwide

In the United States alone, trillions of dollars were spent by the federal government to offset the forced closure of businesses and the devastation of normal life.

The impacts of these policy decisions are still being felt today.

Some would like us to forget the actions and people that played a significant role during the pandemic.

But we of the COVID-19 History Project don't want to forget. Through our work, we hope there will always be an archive to learn from and interpret this fascinating, disturbing, time in world history.

The Timeline

In order to learn from the mistakes of the past, and give COVID-19 decision makers the credit—both good and bad—they deserve, we have compiled a media timeline from every day of the pandemic.

We have endeavored to make the timeline comprehensive without being duplicative, following the major trends as they unfolded.

We provided analyses for each month highlighting major events, but encourage readers to make their own conclusions about these events as well.

This Day in COVID: August 28, 2021

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More than half of Michigan students must wear mask in school

AP News

Protecting clinical trials in cystic fibrosis during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: risks and mitigation measures - Trials

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has disrupted clinical trials worldwide. The European Cystic Fibrosis Society-Clinical Trials Network (ECFS-CTN) has tracked clinical trial disruption by surveying its 58 trial sites across 17 European countries and collated information on measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and ensure trial continuity. Here, we present recommendations on how to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure to patients and trial staff by implementing remote trial visits where possibl...

BioMed Central

Why older people are so much more vaccinated than younger people | CNN

CNN

4 in 10 Americans cried about money during the COVID-19 pandemic: study

It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has caused financial hardships for American families, but some have been burdened so much that they’ve been reduced to tears.

Fox Business

Resilience and personality as predictors of the biological stress load during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany - Translational Psychiatry

Nature

Covid-19 Vaccine Efficacy: What Do the Numbers Really Mean?

WSJ

Texas Anti-Mask 'Freedom Defender' Caleb Wallace Dies Of COVID-19

Yahoo

Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Coronavirus (Published 2021)

The New York Times

In lockdown I entered the abortion clinic alone, hiding trepidation behind my mask | Madison Griffiths

With no way of knowing how long her fertility would prevail, Madison Griffiths did what she felt she had to, with the tools she was afforded

The Guardian

Vaccine wars: how the decision not to get the shot is tearing loved ones apart

When friends and family disagree about getting vaccinated, close ties can fray. Some siblings have even stopped talking to each other

The Guardian

1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study

The Lancet

How the pandemic set back women’s progress in the global workforce

The Washington Post

Philippines' Duterte extends coronavirus curbs as cases hit new record high

Reuters