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This Day in COVID: June 25, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic can prepare us for future outbreaks and bioterrorism

The Conversation

Facing down injustice in the age of a pandemic

Securing the social contract through accountability, trust and inclusion.

UNDP

Pandemic politics: What leaders should — and shouldn’t — learn from Napoleon

Leaders who cannot resist using the Covid-19 pandemic to push their own agendas should at least realize they can do so in ways that help their people as much as possible and that advance science rather than ignore it.

Statnews

Why our public health leaders didn’t push face masks early and are now regretting it

In a recent <a href='https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/23/most-americans-say-they-regularly-wore-a-mask-in-stores-in-the-past-month-fewer-see-others-doing-it/'>Pew survey of American adults</a>, 65% said they wore a mask all or most of the time when inside of stores or businesses. However, only 44% said they thought that all or most of the people in their community wore a mask.

SL Tribune

Trump sidesteps grim coronavirus surge to sell a happier message

The president is focused on reopening the economy, while many of his aides see the latest surge of coronavirus cases as media fearmongering.

Politico

CDC: For every coronavirus case, 10 go undiagnosed

CNN

North Carolina’s lieutenant governor says he will sue Gov. Roy Cooper over his coronavirus executive orders

CNN

Coronavirus task force to hold first public briefing in nearly 2 months as cases rise

CNN

Bill Gates: US ‘not even close’ to doing enough to fight pandemic

CNN

People of color are exempt from Oregon county's mandatory mask order

'People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public' are exempt from the rule, according to the county website.

CBS

An Oregon county drops its mask exemption for people of color after racist response

CNN

A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic

The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.

The Atlantic

CDC chief says coronavirus cases may be 10 times higher than reported

Washington Post

The coronavirus surge is real, and it's everywhere

Axios

Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview

The Conversation

The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine

Axios

The Covid 15: Lockdowns Are Lifting, and Our Clothes Don’t Fit

WSJ

Millions of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have gone undiagnosed in March

Millions of people in the United States went to the doctor in March with influenza-like symptoms. Many may have had COVID-19, a study suggests.

Science News

Global macroeconomic scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic

Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando outline new macroeconomic pandemic scenarios.

Brookings

COVID-19 and labor markets

The U.S. jobs market started recovering relatively soon after tanking in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, but only modestly, according to two papers to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on June 25.

Brookings

Dutch Minks Contract COVID-19 — And Appear To Infect Humans

This outbreak of COVID-19 adds to the list of animals that can contract the disease. And, in this instance, the minks seem to have passed the virus on to humans.

NPR

How U.S. Prisons Became Ground Zero for Covid-19

Tight quarters, strained hygiene practices and guards moving to and from their community put prisons at risk of becoming coronavirus hotbeds.

Politico

Pregnant women with COVID-19 not more likely to die, but possibly more likely to get sick, studies find

CDC statistics suggest that pregnant women aren't any more likely to die of COVID-19 than other groups, but they are more likely to become extremely sick.

ABC

Reopening schools in Norway

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: June 25, 2021

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