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Catching COVID-19 at home: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/people-are-more-likely-to-contract-covid-19-at-home-study-finds-idUSKCN24M1NK . Why Uruguay is succeeding: https://www.wlrn.org/post/small-uruguay-big-proof-committing-public-health-can-contain-covid-19#stream/0 . They’re just strictly following public health advice. The US does not look good in comparison. WSJ: Vaccine update: https://www.wsj.com/articles/oxford-university-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-front-runner-shows-promise-in-trials-11595254222 . WSJ: European infection rates stay low: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-europe-slowed-its-coronavirus-cases-from-a-torrent-to-a-trickle-11595240731 . WSJ: China managing virus clusters: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-snuffs-out-one-covid-19-cluster-wages-war-on-another-11595246471 . WSJ: Rules tighten as cases surge: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-07-20-2020-11595237858 . …

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WSJ: Why we need PPP oversight: https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-companies-got-both-government-contracts-and-ppp-loans-11595163601 . And: https://www.wsj.com/articles/firms-with-troubled-pasts-got-millions-of-dollars-in-ppp-small-business-aid-11595064602 . Draining the swamp … to build high rises? ABC: US round-up: https://www.newsweek.com/surgeon-general-pleads-fox-news-viewers-wear-masks-im-begging-you-1519052 (link updated 7/24/21). WSJ: US, global round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-07-20-2020-11595237858 . WSJ: But we’re looking hard at the $600 per week: https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-600-a-week-jobless-aid-nears-end-congress-faces-a-quandary-11595151000 . A lot of landlords are little guys, too. WSJ: No V-shaped …

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WSJ: US, global round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-updates-07-17-2020-11594976178 . Record case numbers everywhere … globally, US, India … Merck CEO warns against expectation of vaccine before end of 2020: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/07/15/big-pharma-exec-says-lawmakers-touting-vaccine-by-years-end-doing-grave-disservice/24561819/ . More on US cases of apparent re-infection: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/07/14/is-it-possible-to-get-reinfected-with-the-coronavirus/24561133/ . More on the roles of B and T white blood cells: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/can-our-immune-system-remember-coronavirus-scientists-hope-so-n1232794 . WSJ: Another no on hydroxychloroquine: …

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US round-up: More refrigerated trucks: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/arizona-texas-counties-bring-in-refrigerated-trucks-as-morgues-fill-up-amid-surge-in-coronavirus-hospitalizations/ (link replaced 7/18/21). WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-updates-07-15-2020-11594798680 . More headline shenanigans from the print edition, which calls this an “uptick”. Dude, stop Bogarting that medicine: https://www.eatthis.com/covid-cannabis-help-infection/  (link replaced 7/18/21). Bogarting – vocabulary quiz for the whippersnappers (turns out “young whippersnappers” is redundant). Scientific/medical debate over challenge trials: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/vaccine-open-letter-challenge-trials-intl-gbr/index.html (link replaced …

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There is growing genetic evidence of increased male susceptibility to COVID-19: https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry%C2%AE-covid-19-study-points-gene-associated-male-susceptibility-covid-19 and http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/the-hidden-reason-why-men-are-more-likely-to-die-of-covid-19/ . News for July 15, 2020: More concerns about the quality and transparency of federal government health data: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Insider_Today&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%20:%20Government%20data%20is%20getting%20worse.%20That%27s%20a%20catastrophe.&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Today . The politicization of data must stop, and transparency must be increased. WSJ: US/global round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-updates-07-15-2020-11594798680 . WSJ: Video: How the pandemic …

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Global round-up: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/world/million-coronavirus-cases-five-days-intl/index.html (link replaced 7/17/21). The virus is becoming further embedded in the global population, and the virus load is such that the possibility of mutation has to be increasing. And: https://apnews.com/article/df87c36e6274a775dacaf9adb6f5221f (link replaced 7/17/21). Hawaii extends ban of travel from mainland to September 1. WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-updates-071420-11594716924 . New restrictions in California, Oregon and …

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COVID-19 can damage the heart: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/07/13/coronavirus-can-damage-the-heart-according-to-a-study-which-found-abnormalities-in-over-half-of-patients-tested/24559265/ . A large study, with very concerning results. Need more concerns?: https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity?nr_email_referer=1 . The doctor’s mention of dengue fever triggered other associations: I worked with an actuarial student who had done Peace Corps work in Africa and contracted malaria. Every three years or so, he had a relapse. And …

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