Peer-reviewed study on social distancing: https://www.foxnews.com/science/places-without-social-distancing-have-35-times-more-potential-coronavirus-spread-study-finds (link replaced 5/24/21).
Data suppression at meat plants: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-nebraska-new-cases-meatpacking-plants-official-figures-a9511966.html (link replaced 5/14/21).
Germany’s next wave?: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52604676 (link replaced 5/16/21).
And Brazil, just “a little flu”: https://apnews.com/51e0ad7ee7d1ce702bdf887df466d047 (link replaced 7/28/20).
WSJ: China’s efforts on virus source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-stalls-global-search-for-coronavirus-origins-wuhan-markets-investigation-11589300842?mod=djemHL_t
Non-actuaries and mortality statistics: https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-fauci-patiently-shuts-down-rand-paul-for-minimizing-virus-fears?ref=scroll
Tension between public health experts and political economics in the UK: https://time.com/5835793/uk-reopening-coronavirus/
Hong Kong citizens beat the virus in spite of a weak government response: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/how-hong-kong-beating-coronavirus/611524/
WSJ: Details on the accuracy of Abbott’s COVID-19 test: https://www.wsj.com/articles/abbotts-coronavirus-test-falls-short-of-rival-device-11589411582?mod=djemHL_t And Abbott makes changes: https://www.wsj.com/articles/abbott-will-change-coronavirus-test-instructions-for-second-time-11589504949
WSJ: COVID-19 re-infection? https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-you-get-covid-19-twice-11589388593?mod=djemHL_t This afternoon (Thursday), there were reports that 5 crewmembers of the USS Roosevelt, cleared to return to the ship, have now again tested positive for COVID-19
This article has a misleading headline. It contains good follow-up information on the CDC guidance as well as info on NY re-opening. It also references an editorial in The Lancet (didn’t know medical journals had editorials) which provides an important critique of the CDC. It is the last sentence (which follows criticism of the Administration’s handling of CDC) which remarks on the need for change at the White House. Read The Lancet editorial at the link contained in the article and draw your own conclusions: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/05/15/influential-medical-journal-castigates-trump-says-public-health-should-not-be-guided-by-partisan-politics/?sh=117c186a4faf (link replaced 5/24/21).
(Closing amusement) American ingenuity in re-opening a world-renowned restaurant outside DC: https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/12/inn-at-little-washington-chef-will-fill-his-socially-distanced-dining-room-with-mid-century-mannequins/