An article truly clarifying the difference between asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, and also noting the CDC estimates that 35% of infected individuals are asymptomatic and that 40% of transmissions occur before the carrier feels ill: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/asymptomatic-spreading-coronavirus?ltm=wsiEf/DIArMERsSGvxvTAZ05AgIQroWq9Fehn1%2B02kM%3D&subscriber_type=member&utm_content=sunday-DNL-6-14-20-laddersstore&utm_medium=email&utm_source=member&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter&utm_term=sunday-DNL-6-14-20-laddersstore
No new information, but a nice video comprehensively explaining how scientists know the virus was not man-made: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/how-we-know-the-covid-19-coronavirus-wasnt-made-in-a-lab/vi-BB15p13w?ocid=spartandhp
For those interested in the state-by-state co-morbidities for COVID-19, this slide show provides comprehensive graphics: https://stacker.com/stories/4223/27-factors-make-you-vulnerable-covid-19 (link replaced 6/12/21).
Is this a contrast between the First World and the Third World? Or between countries who responded quickly and those who didn’t?: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/14/thailand-malaysia-vietnam-how-some-countries-kept-covid-at-bay .
Latest hot spots, and why Tulsa is not a good choice for an indoor rally (but then, where is?): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/record-spikes-in-new-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-sweep-parts-of-u-s-idUSKBN23L0JB .
American death projections increased: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deaths/new-projection-puts-u-s-covid-19-deaths-at-over-200000-by-october-idUSKBN23M32C (link replaced 12/13/20). The Florida projections have increased 186% due to increased personal interaction under the governor’s re-opening approach – “God’s waiting room”.
The view from an alternate universe: https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-says-that-if-we-stop-testing-right-now-wed-have-very-few-cases-of-coronavirus/articleshow/76395759.cms (link replaced 12/20/20). Flatten the numbers, and you flatten the curve.