COVID-19 Link Roundup
As the United States continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve rounded up links of relevant reading from around the web.
A State-by-State Coronavirus Tracker
“How many people have the coronavirus in your state, and how many people are being tested for it? The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic is monitoring vital information about the pandemic in each U.S. state, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Editor’s Note: The data used in our COVID-19 tracker are updated daily around 5 p.m. ET.”
Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus
“Health experts say the evidence is clear that masks can help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and that the more people wearing masks, the better.
We talked to UC San Francisco epidemiologist George Rutherford, MD, and infectious disease specialist Peter Chin-Hong, MD, about the CDC’s reversal on mask-wearing, the current science on how masks work, and what to consider when choosing a mask.”
An accomplished food services coordinator, a joyful pediatric nurse: US healthcare workers who died from COVID-19
“Lost on the frontline is a collaboration between the Guardian and Kaiser Health News that aims to document the lives of healthcare workers in the US who die from Covid-19, and to understand why so many are falling victim to the pandemic.
Each week, we’re documenting new cases of healthcare workers who have died on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Coronavirus Could Have a Devastating Lasting Impact On Mental Health
“Mind stats released today found that 65 percent of adults over 25, and 75 percent of young people aged 13 to 24 with an existing mental health problem, have reported worse mental health issues during the pandemic. More than one in five adults with no previous experience of poor mental health now say that their mental health is poor or very poor. Those in social housing seem to have been hit particularly hard, with over half saying their mental health is now poor or very poor, and 67 percent saying that their mental health had recently worsened.”
Coronavirus 2nd Wave? Nope, The U.S. Is Still Stuck In The 1st One
“Just weeks after parts of the U.S. began reopening, coronavirus infections are on the upswing in several states, including Arizona, Utah, Texas, and Florida. Dramatic increases in daily case counts have given rise to some unsettling questions: Is the U.S. at the start of a second wave? Have states reopened too soon? And have the recent widespread demonstrations against racial injustice inadvertently added fuel to the fire?
The short, unpleasant answer to the first question is that the U.S. has not even gotten through the current first wave of infections.”
What Activities Are Safe as the Coronavirus Continues to Spread?
“On Tuesday, Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before Congress that the U.S. is seeing a “disturbing surge” in coronavirus cases. He added, “The next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges we are seeing in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and other states.” There have now been more than a hundred and twenty thousand deaths from the virus in the U.S., and the American caseload, after being relatively even with Europe’s, has soared ahead of it. Despite these indicators, most states are in the process of reopening their economies.”
Under the masks: Emergency medicine doctors reflect on COVID-19
“I (virtually) sat down with five women physicians, at all points in their medical careers, who are working in several of the largest emergency departments (EDs) in Texas, to talk about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.”