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This Day in COVID: September 2, 2020

Trump’s New COVID Adviser Is Basically the Anti-Fauci

Scott Atlas is telling Trump what he wants to hear, though Fox News—where he got on the president’s radar—is reportedly giving him fewer opportunities to speak these days.

Vanity Fair

Fauci expects US will have ‘safe and effective vaccine’ by the end of the year

The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he predicts the U.S. will see a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of 2020.

Fox 13 Memphis

Colleges ask students to leave campus amid COVID-19 outbreaks, but experts advise the opposite

As colleges deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, some are having their students leave campus -- the opposite of what medical experts advise.

ABC

CDC documents say states should prepare to distribute Covid-19 vaccines as soon as late October

CNN

CDC official affirms coronavirus deaths really are coronavirus deaths

CNN

Cancer-stricken woman booted from bingo hall for not covering hole in her neck

A Canadian woman who is battling lung cancer was kicked out of her bingo hall because the hole she breathes through in her neck wasn’t covered by a mask, according to a report. Elaine Arbeau, 67, o…

New York Post

Pregnant Australian mom arrested for Facebook post planning lockdown protest

“I have no idea why you guys are doing this,” the distressed mother can be heard telling officers in a Facebook live video.

New York Post

Iowa senator appears to backtrack on suggestion Covid-19 deaths are overcounted

CNN

Sent Home to Die

In New Orleans, hospitals sent patients infected with the coronavirus into hospice facilities or back to their families to die at home, in some cases discontinuing treatment even as relatives begged them to keep trying.

Propublica

The Numbers Are In: The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Devastated D.C. Tourism’s Industry

The District projects a 53% decline in domestic tourism this year.

DCist

German SPD leader can call anti-lockdown protesters 'Covidiots': prosecutors

Reuters

First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota

Washington Post

I thought the apocalypse would involve fewer Zoom meetings and more lava. Lessons of 2020

LA Times

Fact check: Masks are a coronavirus prevention method when used alongside other precautions

Reuters

Bullish Switzerland moves on from lockdown and focuses on economy

Financial

It gets into your bones': the unique loneliness of coronavirus lockdown when you live alone

Melbourne’s second-wave lockdown rules are some of the strictest in the western world – and single people have faced weeks of isolation

The Guardian

One quarter of UK attempted DIY dentistry during lockdown

Dentistry

Could you get paid to quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic? Some local governments are already doing it

'Providing a level of income replacement to people in quarantine is humane, but it's also an attempt to ensure the success of quarantine,' says Mark A. Rothstein, director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, who studies income replacement programs.

CNBC

Minnesota university life during COVID-19 to include dorm 'stay-at-home,' curfews

University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel said in the initial phase, students in university housing will spend the first 10 days on average in a “dorm version of a stay-at-home order,” broken only when they attend class, go to work, eat or exercise. By the end of September, students will have to follow curfews starting at 9 p.m.

MPR News

72% of Americans Did Not Take a Summer Vacation This Year

Value Penguin

Pelosi’s office acknowledges indoor hair appointment, violating San Francisco Covid-19 restrictions

CNN

What The New Federal Eviction Ban Means For The D.C. Region

The Trump administration's new eviction ban will beef up protection for renters in Maryland and Virginia.

DCist

How Those Bogus Reports on ‘Ineffective’ Neck Gaiters Got Started

Scientific American

‘I support Joe Biden’s pro-science agenda’: 81 Nobel laureates endorse Biden for president

(CNN) — Eighty-one Nobel Prize winners endorsed Joe Biden for president in an open letter on Wednesday, citing the former vice president’s “willingness to listen to experts” and his “deep appreciation for using science to find solutions.” The Nobel laureates, winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics, stressed the importance of elected leaders making […]

Wish TV

Widely-used and cheap steroid hydrocortisone can cut coronavirus deaths by a THIRD in sickest patients, study finds

An analysis by University of Bristol of seven different studies found three steroids reduce the risk of death in critically ill Covid-19 patients by 20%, which bumped up to 31% for hydrocortisone.

Daily Mail

COVID-19 may harm minority groups’ health even if they don’t catch the virus

The Conversation

Experts suggest 2 ways to prevent the next pandemic: Stop cutting down forests and trading wild animals

Experts expect the world to see more animal-to-human disease spillover — unless we actively fight deforestation and regulate the wildlife trade.

Business Insider

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: September 2, 2021

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Best winter face masks for everyone | CNN Underscored

CNN

US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID

AP News

Longitudinal changes in physical activity during and after the first national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England - Scientific Reports

Nature

Heart inflammation, COVID-19 and the rare side effects of the vaccine

<p>UC Davis Health Cardiologist Nayereh Pezeshkian discusses COVID-19, its impact on the heart, and the rare risk of developing heart complications after a COVID-19 vaccine.</p>

University of California - Davis Health

Meet the Educators Who Saved A Pandemic School Year

Read 29 stories of educators who kept students from falling through the cracks

Time Magazine

Why doctors are worried about the current state of COVID-19 in the U.S.

A pulmonologist who works in the @OSUWexMed ICU explains what we're up against and why he's concerned.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Israeli coronavirus vaccine booster data gives the U.S. hope

Axios

Why ivermectin should not be used to prevent or treat COVID-19

With an increase in calls to poison-control centers, the CDC and FDA strongly warn against the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for COVID-19.

American Medical Association

Coronavirus vaccines cut risk of long Covid, study finds

The study adds to growing evidence that vaccination helps protect against Covid in a number of ways.

BBC

French children return to school for new academic year amid stringent Covid-19 rules

Twelve million children in France went back to school Thursday for the new academic year, wearing face masks as part of rules aimed at slowing down the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

France 24

Dialing Back Pandemic Drinking

Cedars-Sinai

Debunking myths about COVID-19

Mayo Clinic Health System

India’s DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming

The ZyCoV-D vaccine heralds a wave of DNA vaccines for various diseases that are undergoing clinical trials around the world.

Nature

Mental well-being during the first months of Covid-19 in adults and children: behavioral evidence and neural precursors - Scientific Reports

Nature

Knowledge, awareness and practices of Pakistani professionals amid-COVID-19 outbreak - Scientific Reports

Nature

Scientists need to better communicate the links between pandemics and global environmental change - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature

The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the severity of COVID-19 disease and its mortality - Scientific Reports

Nature

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19

Scientists conducted a randomized trial across 600 villages and more than 340,000 people in Bangladesh and found that even some adoption of surgical masks made a difference.

NBC News

Crowded U.S. Jails Drove Millions Of COVID-19 Cases, A New Study Says

The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.

NPR

CDC Warns Against Off-Label Use Of COVID Vaccine

Using the COVID-19 vaccine "off-label" — whether that's for booster shots or young children — may be tempting to some vaccine providers, but the CDC warns it could get them into trouble.

NPR

The Pandemic Seems to Have Made Childhood Obesity Worse, but There’s Hope (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Opinion | We Work at the A.C.L.U. Here’s What We Think About Vaccine Mandates. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Belgium’s king and queen in isolation after coronavirus case within royal family

The royal couple tested negative, but they are following coronavirus guidelines.

POLITICO.eu

Australia announces Pfizer coronavirus vaccine swap deal with Britain

Reuters

Australia Traded Away Too Much Liberty

How long can a democracy maintain emergency restrictions and still call itself a free country?

The Atlantic

Has Covid ended the neoliberal era? | Adam Tooze

The long read: The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reached

The Guardian

Joe Rogan has Covid – and his treatment will make health experts feel ill

The media host says he used ivermectin, a medication that the FDA has warned against

The Guardian

US podcast star Joe Rogan taking deworming drug ivermectin for Covid

Comedian who suggested young and healthy should not get vaccinated has tested positive

The Guardian

Racial and ethnic disparity in clinical outcomes among patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection in a large US electronic health record database

The Lancet

Diabetic ketoacidosis risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Lancet

Diabetic ketoacidosis risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Lancet

Obesity among children ages 5 to 11 rises during the pandemic

The Washington Post

Coronavirus: Finding Answers with Philip D. Zelikow

The Washington Post