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This Day in COVID: July 13, 2020

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We need people to comply' with mask mandate, Louisiana governor says Monday as cases rise

The New Star

Livingston Parish won't enforce the state's mask mandate, Layton Ricks says

Livingston Parish will not penalize people people who don't wear a mask in public, local leaders said Monday, even though the parish's coronavirus caseload is four times the rate needed

The Advocate

Pa. mask mandate for kids at child care has good intentions. Can it be followed?

Youngsters 2 and over must wear masks, but child care providers worry it will hinder language development, monitoring for allergic reactions, and more.

Whyy

Attorney General Challenges Mask Mandate

Cameron has challenged multiple coronavirus executive orders

Spectrum

Gov. Beshear doubles down on mask mandate; research suggests it helps slow spread

Will the mask mandate work? Research says it can if most of the population participates.

WAS11

The laws governing COVID-19 test payment and how to improve them

Loren Adler and Christen Linke Young examine the existing coverage for COVID-19 testing, outline ways to improve access, and propose how to better fiNew York Timesce COVID-19 testing in the future.

Brookings

Masks now part of shopping experience

Peninusla Daily News

Why Florida, The Pandemic’s New Epicenter, Won’t Mandate Face Masks

Widespread face mask usage could cut the state’s predicted deaths by 50%, according to a well-respected projection.

Forbes

Can Trump fire Fauci? Technically, no

CNN

Dr. Anthony Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases are surging because nation didn’t totally shut down

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the United States is seeing a surge in new Covid-19 infections because the country never shut down entirely.

CNBC

Trump retweets Chuck Woolery & co-host blasting ‘CDC, Media, Democrats, Doctors’ for Covid ‘lies’ to swing 2020 election

PRESIDENT Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to retweet a post accusing the CDC, media and even doctors of lying about the coronavirus pandemic from game show host/conservative commentator Chuck W…

The Sun

Fauci sidelined as Trump's White House steps up briefing campaign

The president says the scientist leading the US fight against the virus has ‘made a lot of mistakes

The Guardian

White House declares open season on Fauci

And Florida smashes the record for coronavirus cases reported in a single day with more than 15,000.

Politico

1 in 3 young adults vulnerable to severe Covid-19 — and smoking plays a big part, research finds

CNN

‘I thought this was a hoax’: A COVID-party guest learned coronavirus was real on their deathbed

The Hill

Nations heading in wrong direction with Covid-19, says WHO

Mixed messages from leaders are undermining public trust in the virus response, warns the WHO chief.

BBC

As COVID Deaths Soar in Texas, Ted Cruz Seen Without a Mask on Commercial Flight

Almost three-quarters of Americans overall say they 'always' or 'very often' wear a mask or facial covering in public.

Truth Out

Infectious Disease Expert: Better National Leadership Needed to Fight COVID-19

WTTW

A grieving daughter called out politicians for ‘lack of leadership’ in her father’s obituary after he died from Covid-19

CNN

Amid coronavirus surge, health officials urge people to wear masks as a symbol of respect

CNN

Why some schools stayed open during the 1918 flu pandemic

During the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, when an estimated 675,000 people died in the U.S. alone, the majority of public schools were closed for weeks to months on end. But three major cities kept their schools open amid valid questions and concerns about safety.

PBS

Mask resistance during a pandemic isn’t new – in 1918 many Americans were ‘slackers’

While a majority of Americans support wearing masks, widespread and consistent compliance has proven difficult to maintain in communities across the country.

Whyy

From Douglas County to the Capitol, anger over mask orders in Colorado boils over

Gov. Polis bluntly called out people who won't wear masks, as the Douglas County GOP posted a comparison between Polis' voluntary order and George Floyd's death.

9News

Why Londoners in the blitz accepted face masks to prevent infection – unlike today’s objectors

The Conversation

Florida Anti-Mask Activists Give Free Meals to People Without Masks as Virus Cases Surge

Newsweek

Shoppers are suing over mandatory mask rules, but doctors don’t buy it

One lawsuit argues that not having a medical exemption for a mask rule is discrimination.

The Verge

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Supports Wearing Masks

McCarthy addresses wearing masks during campaign rallies.

Spectrum

I Went To Disney World For The First Time Since The COVID-19 Pandemic Hit

'Things may look a little different but that doesn't mean you won't have a magical time.'

Delish

‘It’s the fear factor.’ English pub owner installs electric fence to keep customers at a safe distance

CNN

NYC neighbors surprised to learn at least 139 city hotels are now homeless shelters

With a lack of guests due to the coronavirus pandemic, hotels across New York City are turning to homeless people to fill the rooms. And in many cases, neighbors are never notified.

ABC7NY

Facts or fake news: Revealing patterns in the COVID-19 tweets of Trudeau and Trump

The Conversation

Here’s how scientists know the coronavirus came from bats and wasn’t made in a lab

The Conversation

Coronavirus Sparks New Interest In Using Ultraviolet Light To Disinfect Indoor Air

Germicidal ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne viruses. It's now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

NPR

Is it safe to take public transit during the coronavirus pandemic?

All that cleaning does cut the threat of catching the virus, experts say, but the benefits are limited.

Fortune

Los Angeles and San Diego Schools to Go Online-Only in The Fall

New York Times

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.

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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.

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This Day in COVID: July 13, 2021

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Death toll rises to 92 in blaze at coronavirus ward in Iraq

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The Pandemic Hasn’t Stopped the Rise of the Women’s Movement

Digital tools have multiplied collective power around the world. Leaders must invest in sustaining it.

Foreign Policy

Delta variant makes it even more important to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if you’ve already had the coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccination produces a more consistent immune response than a past infection. With the delta variant, the difference in protection may be even greater.

The Conversation

Nepal's new PM faces race for coronavirus vaccinations

Reuters

The Covid-19 Pandemic Is a Lousy Natural Experiment for Studying the Effects of Online Learning

Focus, instead, on measuring the overall effects of the pandemic itself

Education Next

Analysis | Coronavirus cases are rising. Will deaths follow?

The Washington Post

This is how COVID-19 has affected world hunger

The World Economic Forum

This 13-year-old has designed a doubled-sided mask for children and also started an online thrift store during the pandemic

Aahana Jain, a student of Vibgyor High, Mumbai, has designed double-sided masks called DOMA, especially for children, and also started an online thrift store, Thrift.fit_co.

YourStory.com

Has the Fed's Ongoing COVID Response Been an "Epic Mistake"?

Peter R. Fisher spent more than a decade working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, citing what he calls “financial mania,” he has a warning about the Fed system of which he was once part.

PBS

A longitudinal analysis of COVID-19 lockdown stringency on sleep and resting heart rate measures across 20 countries - Scientific Reports

Nature

Covid: What do we know about China's coronavirus vaccines?

Sinovac and Sinopharm jabs are being used in many countries that are seeing a surge of infections.

BBC

South Africa after COVID-19—light at the end of a very long tunnel

Wolfgang Fengler, Marie-Francoise Nelly, Indermit Gill, Benedicte Baduel, and Facundo Cuevas explain how the South African economy can come out of the COVID-19 pandemic stronger.

Brookings

Will COVID-19 change science? Past pandemics offer clues

Science | AAAS

Early influenza vaccination rates decline in children during the COVID-19 pandemic

ScienceDirect.com

Isolation and characterization of cross-neutralizing coronavirus antibodies from COVID-19+ subjects

ScienceDirect.com

Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research

As recently as 2018, Fauci celebrated the lifting of the “pause” on such research. With government in “upstream” control of funding, guidance, and publications, he argued, what could go wrong?

The Nation

Inferno kills more than 90 in Iraqi coronavirus hospital

Washington Post

From transmissibility to severity: Everything you need to know about the lambda variant

The World Economic Forum

Covid rules: How can the clinically vulnerable stay safe?

As social-distancing and other Covid rules end in England, how can people who were shielding stay safe?

BBC

What I learned teaching in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

Globalized higher education requires fresh cross-cultural approaches.

Nature

‘Don't Fauci My Florida': Gov. Ron DeSantis Selling Koozies, Spoof Merchandise

From a koozie emblazoned with the message “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?” to a T-shirt reading “Don’t Fauci my Florida,” the products show a clear disdain for Dr. Anthony Fauci.

NBC 6 South Florida

Teens Are Rarely Hospitalized With Covid, but Cases Can Be Severe (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Death toll rises to 92 in blaze at coronavirus ward in Iraq

The blaze that erupted Monday in the city of Nasiriyah was the second catastrophic fire in less than three months to kill hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Iraq.

PBS

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

Reuters

TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation - think tank

Reuters

WHO warns individuals against mixing and matching COVID vaccines

Reuters

Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory

Reuters

Stalking rises during Covid pandemic - police

Over 80,000 incidents are recorded in 2020 in England and Wales - but arrests struggle to keep up.

BBC

Solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Chatham House

Fauci says he would be 'astounded' if Pfizer, Moderna and J&J Covid vaccines don't get full FDA approval

"The data are about as good as it gets," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNBC, saying he expects Pfizer, Moderna and J&J's vaccines to receive full FDA approval.

CNBC

I tried the cooling rubber face mask that’s all over Instagram

It’s made with hyaluronic acid, one of the best hydrating ingredients on the skincare scene

The Independent

KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: In Their Own Words, Six Months Later | KFF

This report features a second round of interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults six months after they first shared their vaccine intentions in January to assess whether or not they got a COVID-19 vaccine, the reasons behind their choice, and how they feel about their decision.

KFF

Clinical features and prognosis of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 infections in persons with spinal cord injury: a review of current literature - Spinal Cord Series and Cases

Nature

Malaria vaccine wows and seeds COVID-19 vaccine effort - Nature Biotechnology

A malaria vaccine not only has achieved record-setting protection in a large trial, but also spurred the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine effort.

Nature

COVID-19 long haulers - Nature Biotechnology

With the risks of drug development prohibitive, repurposed or repositioned medicines appear the best hope against long-COVID, a condition that still raises many unanswered questions.

Nature

Masks On, Masks Off

I missed seeing people’s faces; I missed showing mine, too. I knew that, in the grand scheme of things, this was trivial, but it also, somehow, mattered.

The New Yorker

Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors — not just for COVID-19

Tennessee halted all vaccine outreach to minors, not just for COVID-19, amid pressure from Republican lawmakers. A vaccine expert was also fired.

The Tennessean