WSJ: US Round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-08-04-2020-11596531332 .
WSJ: Convalescent plasma reduced mortality rate of COVID-19 patients: https://www.wsj.com/articles/convalescent-plasma-reduced-death-rate-among-covid-19-patients-study-data-signals-11596594390 .
Biological signatures of the worst COVID cases: https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/08/04/scientists-uncover-biological-signatures-of-the-worst-covid-19-cases .
Scientific American: What we’ve learned about the pandemic: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nine-important-things-weve-learned-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic-so-far/ .
WSJ: The $1.9 million COVID-19 patient: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1-9-million-covid-patient-11596565806 .
The evidence for masks: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21299527/masks-coronavirus-covid-19-studies-research-evidence .
WSJ: How to test a mask: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-know-about-kn95-face-masks-11596460569 .
WSJ: Novavax vaccine has promising Phase 1 results: https://www.wsj.com/articles/novavax-covid-19-vaccine-produces-positive-results-in-first-stage-study-11596571200 .
WSJ: Minorities least likely to participate in vaccine trials: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-trials-have-a-problem-minority-groups-dont-trust-them-11596619802 .
WSJ: Monoclonal antibody treatments: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-researchers-hope-monoclonal-antibody-treatments-are-a-bridge-to-vaccine-11596546000 .
New focus group in relief negotiations: Endangered Senate Republicans: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-08-04/endangered-gop-senators-are-driving-force-for-virus-deal?src=usn_nl_coronavirus . WSJ: More on negotiations: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-aid-bill-talks-to-resume-on-capitol-hill-11596552848 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-stimulus-proposals-arent-limited-to-coronavirus-spending-11596538800.
NY works toward quarantine: https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-establish-checkpoints-for-out-of-state-travelers-2020-8 . This is a touchy legal subject; it follows similar actions taken in Texas previously. The governors are attempting to balance their health and safety powers against the right of free passage.
Eviction bans by state: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/emergency-bans-on-evictions-and-other-tenant-protections-related-to-coronavirus.html .
Serious outbreak at San Quentin: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/04/san-quentin-covid-19-deaths-prison-outbreak . Releasing prisoners back into the community without a safe quarantine is not a good idea – note the Chicago study in yesterday’s news. Ironically, COVID-19 is now more lethal on Death Row than the actual sentence.
WSJ: Black-owned businesses hit hard by pandemic: https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-owned-businesses-hit-especially-hard-by-coronavirus-pandemic-study-finds-11596558754 .
WSJ: Pandemic has diverse effect on insurers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/insurers-report-mixed-results-from-covid-19-11596581628 .
WSJ: AIG results grim: https://www.wsj.com/articles/aig-results-look-grim-but-represent-progress-11596558744 .
WSJ: Key money for TikTok deal?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-should-refuse-trumps-tiktok-payoff-11596500691 . As far as I know, this suggested payment would be illegal. It is certainly unprecedented.
Bill Gates urges US to help poorer nations: https://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/bill-gates-urges-u-s-to-help-poorer-countries-get-vaccines .
Guardian: Data & BS: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/01/carl-bergstrom-people-are-using-data-to-bullshit .
US population shifts: https://apnews.com/757359e85c4d9f555469848b21df3ab4 .
CDC warning about AFM outbreak: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-04/cdc-prepare-for-fall-outbreak-of-rare-polio-like-illness-amf-in-children?src=usn_nl_coronavirus .
Guardian: Children & aging: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/03/children-who-suffer-violence-or-trauma-age-faster-study-finds . Not great news during a global pandemic.
Follow-up on the need for a new definition of privacy: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/4/21354053/bernie-sanders-jeff-merkley-national-biometric-information-privacy-act .
Moms held at gunpoint by Secret Service: https://dcist.com/story/20/08/05/two-black-dc-moms-gunpoint-national-mall-eleanor-holmes-norton-letter/ . On the surface, this appears nuts.
Hippy crack: https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/28/taking-laughing-gas-aka-hippy-crack-body-10084184/ . The British really are different from us.
Timothy Leary, Part 2: https://www.psypost.org/2020/08/neuroimaging-study-suggests-a-single-dose-of-ayahuasca-produces-lasting-changes-in-two-important-brain-networks-57565 .
An insightful question on the TikTok deal: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354255/microsoft-tiktok-trump-ban-bytedance-china-us-canada .
Rescue via SOS: Times may be crazy, but we shouldn’t let the remarkable pass us by: https://people.com/human-interest/3-stranded-mariners-rescued-from-island-spelt-sos-in-sand/ (link replaced October 5, 2020 – spelt?).