Coronavirus stats 8/17/20

Trump last week: “We’ve done the best job of any country in the world.”https://t.co/GrQAysnX3U
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) August 17, 2020

The mainstream media reports numbers from Trump's own administration. 168,000 deaths in the US is a fact. Or does QAnon tell you different? I don't love the virus; I love the notion of our nation surviving Trump's inept handling of it.https://t.co/9VFpDpWSgw
— James R. Benn (@JimmyWriter) August 14, 2020

No, not all, but most because the virus was allowed to spread and is allowed to continue to spread. We still do not have a coordinated Federal effort to stop the spread of COVID.https://t.co/RuOTPHsbPn
— Jupiterose (@jupiterose123) August 9, 2020

More research about the coronavirus

Scientists keep learning new things about COVID-19.

Children can carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks even if they don't show any symptoms, which might explain how the virus can spread silently, researchers in South Korea reported https://t.co/hb8B1KURym
— CNN (@CNN) August 29, 2020

“It seems baffling that despite mounting evidence of its importance, we are stuck practicing hygiene theater—constantly deep cleaning everything—while not noticing the air we breathe.” https://t.co/Mwqti7cOkk
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) August 9, 2020

A growing body of research has made it clear that airborne transmission of the coronavirus is possible.

That fact means indoor spaces can become hot spots.https://t.co/h47KzpMmHw
— Axios (@axios) August 8, 2020

Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, a third or more display some sort of neuropsychiatric symptom. Some of these symptoms resolve in a matter of weeks or months. But others could last longer—much longer.https://t.co/ybk9K4nHdx
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 7, 2020

Covid-19 patients not showing symptoms may have similar amounts of the novel coronavirus in their bodies as those who do show symptoms, according to a new study from South Korea. https://t.co/m0iXXeuAAA
— CNN (@CNN) August 7, 2020

BREAKING: People without symptoms carry just as much virus in their nose, throat and lungs as those with symptoms, and for almost as long. We’ve suspected this, but here is solid proof from a big study.https://t.co/uSOlsiu3oE
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) August 6, 2020

Growing body of research suggests that indoor spaces with poor ventilation or lack of new air can raise the risk of the virus' spread, according to infectious disease aerobiologist. https://t.co/edpfTmywmS
— ABC News (@ABC) August 1, 2020

THREAD: The science on COVID-19 points to a menacing reality: If people who appear healthy can transmit the virus, it may be impossible to contain. #RacingforaRemedy https://t.co/GnIyGlwDI4
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 28, 2020

Coronavirus polls update 8/6/20

It’s like there are two separate countries here.

Americans have mixed views about whether K-12 schools in their area should offer in-person instruction, online instruction or a combination of both as the coronavirus outbreak intensifies across much of the country. https://t.co/FX0EiV5nEE
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 9, 2020

Republicans tend to be more open to the idea of reopening sooner than Democrats, data shows. https://t.co/mjfcQ4Z76t
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 7, 2020

80% of Democrats attribute the rise in coronavirus cases primarily to more infections, not just more testing. 62% of Republicans say the primary reason is because more people are being tested. https://t.co/01Wri8ysFm pic.twitter.com/1nWDbPcmsq
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 6, 2020

Poll: Americans don't trust Trump on coronavirus. Republicans don't trust CDC or Fauci. https://t.co/VgHzZsopsz pic.twitter.com/vcqjJiUxBY
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 4, 2020

Roughly 40% of Americans have postponed getting medical care due to the coronavirus outbreak.https://t.co/xclVIqafqm
— Axios (@axios) August 5, 2020

Pluralities of Trump voters and Republicans think the U.S. is handling coronavirus better than most other countries are, a new poll finds.

No, really.https://t.co/cf3nae83xb
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 3, 2020

Only 47% of employees said improved safety measures would make them feel comfortable returning to the office, according to a recent survey. https://t.co/pyy0qkeXem
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 7, 2020

Share of Americans who say___is a major reason the COVID-19 outbreak has continued in the U.S.:
Not following social distancing/mask-wearing guidelines: 75%
Inadequate government response: 53%
Lack of timely testing: 49%https://t.co/2vddzTAOCJ pic.twitter.com/ZORjTu0pXX
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 7, 2020

About 69% of U.S. adults said they worry that states reopened too quickly as the country continues to confront the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Pew survey. https://t.co/LNzjZFlbci
— Axios (@axios) August 7, 2020

New @pewresearch maps opening for @ProjectLincoln & @RVAT2020: 45% of Rs say states opened too fast; 34% say US has been less effective in response than other countries; 21% say poor federal response is a reason for high caseloads & 20% disapprove of Trump job (33% of R mods do)
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 6, 2020

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job handling the response to the coronavirus?

ALL
Trump 35%
Biden 59%
WOMEN
Trump 29%
Biden 64%
MEN
Trump 42%
Biden 52%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 7/9-13/20)
more: https://t.co/08M9QULkDU
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 18, 2020

Only 11% of Americans say they trust the information they hear about coronavirus from President Trump "a great deal." Four times as many Americans, 45%, say they trust it "not at all" via new NPR/PBS/Marist poll.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 14, 2020

US failure to control the coronavirus

To summarize this outstanding @DLeonhardt piece, the inept US response to the coronavirus is attributable to 1) American conservatism generally 2) Trump specifically https://t.co/opTK0yta14
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 6, 2020

Wear a mask – more information

It’s terrible that many right-wing people have made this a political issue. It’s selfish, too.

CNN: Researchers behind an influential model at the University of Washington are now projecting that the US death toll could reach nearly 300,000 by December 1 – but that can be changed if consistent mask-wearing occurs.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 6, 2020

Kansas Health Secretary:

“What we've seen through this is that in the counties with no mask mandate there's no decrease in the number of cases per capita.

All the improvement in the case development comes from those counties wearing masks."https://t.co/XUDiLsYBLN
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 6, 2020

A Florida man was arrested after confronting a child wearing a mask at a restaurant and spitting in his face when the boy refused to take it off, police said. https://t.co/sN8Y3NchxL
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 6, 2020

Masks work. Period. https://t.co/CTq14hnX8E
— Men's Health Mag (@MensHealthMag) August 4, 2020

Delta's CEO says more than 100 people have been banned for refusing to wear a mask onboard.
“If you board the plane and you insist on not wearing your mask, we will insist that you don’t fly Delta into the future.”
— Touré (@Toure) August 4, 2020

"Wearing a mask is a non-partisan issue. The advice of medical experts shouldn't be politicized."

Rep. Louie Gohmert's daughter publicly rebuked him for not wearing a mask and ignoring medical expertise before he tested positive for coronavirus last week. https://t.co/rGzOfeu2OW
— CNN (@CNN) August 3, 2020

Great catch by @RobertMackey: It appears CEOs at Mike Pence's event on Friday may have been actively instructed to remove masks before it started: https://t.co/HhYHGX3MVc

I took a close look at Trump's Honeywell event, and it looks like something similar happened there, too: https://t.co/QcDXtQXFMq
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 11, 2020

In 1918 and 1919, masks also stoked political division. Then, as now, medical authorities urged people to wear them to help slow the spread of disease. And then, as now, some people resisted.

Here's how that started — and what it looked like. https://t.co/QYHzGV33hM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 3, 2020

Man fires at cops with AK-47 after refusing to wear a mask, police say https://t.co/3DhchMilSJ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 3, 2020

Fox News’ Pirro comes out firmly against masks: “What is the point of the mask? The point of the mask is to basically kinda dehumanize. It’s to frighten people…It’s exactly what the anarchists and the protesters need…There are all kinds of subliminal messages to that mask.” pic.twitter.com/15yKeHenrr
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) August 3, 2020

“Many retailers have said they do not want to become the face mask police, and that if states and local governments want mask requirements strictly enforced they should provide law enforcement officers to do so,” says the National Retail Federation. https://t.co/l8gppJ3vta
— Staying in the Game (@AdrienneLaw) August 2, 2020

No way to enforce masks in school? The same places that enforce uniforms and hair styles and things like that? https://t.co/jCmzYRw9zn
— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) August 6, 2020

We’ve seen viral videos of people refusing to wear a mask, many being indigent or violent. Why are the majority of those involved white?

I caught up with critical race theorist Dr. @MaythaAlhassen to explore the issue. Her insight in eye-opening: https://t.co/lL3QfjPVOY
— Staying in the Game (@AdrienneLaw) August 6, 2020

New research suggests that face coverings help reduce the transmission of droplets, though some masks are more protective than others.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 23, 2020

Don’t drink hand sanitizer!

C.D.C. has warned about the dangers of drinking hand sanitizer after four people died and nearly a dozen became ill. https://t.co/oy03tVGMzK
— Mark S. Getzfred (@marknyt) August 6, 2020

People are getting sick and even dying after swallowing hand sanitizer, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Four have died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC says. https://t.co/W7UXiBxmSm
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2020

Don't drink hand sanitizer. https://t.co/4JjUb06jSb
— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) August 6, 2020

More on coronavirus and prisons

Although there had been three straight weeks of decreasing coronavirus cases among prisoners, infections rise again this week. There was a steep rise in staff cases after plateauing for nearly two months. https://t.co/qeOZKfSQuD
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) October 23, 2020

🗓 As of this week, at least 93,618 incarcerated people around the country have tested positive for COVID-19. 790 have died.

21,725 staff have tested positive. 63 have died.

Mass incarceration is a public health crisis for everyone.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2020

2 California prisoners die of suspected coronavirus complications https://t.co/Pyupb8nUad
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 4, 2020

Someone I know got out of prison right around the time the pandemic hit a peak here. They said so many people inside had Covid and not much was being done then

Now, new cases among incarcerated people reached an all-time high mid-Julyhttps://t.co/uvipb7aisM
— Ivie Ani (@ivieani) August 2, 2020

Virus rate in prisons seen as U.S.' worst https://t.co/HdooHuWVpE
— AR Democrat-Gazette (@ArkansasOnline) August 3, 2020

Arizona corrections officials have said that 517 inmates at the state prison in Tucson have tested positive for the coronavirus even as the overall spread in the state seems to be turning a corner.https://t.co/VD1pTXkwFH
— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) August 6, 2020

The spread of the #COVID19 virus in prisons is taking its toll on all of us. Directly or indirectly, everyone is affected, including you. | Via @TaylorMarie1732 https://t.co/5JkdJjzPdR
— Florida CCJR (@betterjusticefl) August 5, 2020

BREAKING: After months of attempting to mitigate COVID-19’s spread through the Florida prison system, Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch is facing the highly infectious disease himself. https://t.co/cKbu7rlFMI
— Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) August 1, 2020

This public health crisis has turned a prison sentence into a death sentence. We need to safely release people from jail. Glad to see NJ is on track to make significant progress—but we must do more including passing my bill to do this on the federal level. https://t.co/Yz09OMkMjl
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) August 1, 2020

Currently, 43 percent of inmates inside San Juan County jail have contracted the virus. When the Navajo Nation, partly in San Juan County, called for an investigation of prison conditions, county officials refused. https://t.co/Lk0ulDl1Kp
— PSL Salt Lake 🚩 (@pslsaltlake) August 5, 2020

Prisons are not a bubble that contain the virus. Can’t get out of this pandemic without more releases. 6 staff and 49 incarcerated have died. How many more will it take? @GavinNewsom https://t.co/S3SZGZcjTz
— Liz Linn (@LizLinn74) August 3, 2020

San Quentin Prison has experienced the largest outbreak of Covid-19 among prisoners in California, with 168 positive cases as of Tuesday morning, according to @guardian. Learn more about the virus's spread in CA's places of detention with our case study:https://t.co/3KJxG0qhfx
— WorldPeaceFoundation (@WorldPeaceFdtn) August 6, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread through Florida prisons, 59 inmates have now died from the virus https://t.co/zTwr7rAJQJ
— Ray Roa (@rayroa) August 6, 2020

For the past few months I've been exchanging letters with Kevin Sawyer, an incarcerated journalist who has gone to incredible lengths to document the coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin Prison while he's locked inside. This is his story: https://t.co/jIRJfLYai0
— Samantha Michaels (@sjmichaels) August 7, 2020

Marijuana sent him to prison for decades. Now he has COVID-19 and is seeking release. https://t.co/AmNAaPcYg2 pic.twitter.com/WyrhW4q3Qc
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 7, 2020

How to clean surfaces during the coronavirus outbreak

It's vital to clean surfaces you touch everyday amid the #coronavirus outbreak—here's how to clean the right way. https://t.co/6TuCMWckrD pic.twitter.com/bRKzcI3tjn
— Reviewed (@reviewed) August 5, 2020

22 Riskiest Places for Catching Coronavirus

https://t.co/11FDOX2DWM
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 5, 2020

Only 42% would get a coronavirus vaccine

I’m concerned that Trump will rush a vaccine to help his election chances. If it doesn’t work or has bad side effects, that will make it much harder to get people to take a vaccine when there is a better one.

Barely half the country is now willing to take a Coronavirus vaccine. The attack on science has consequences.

CNN POLL:

Would Try To Get a Coronavirus Vaccine

Now 56%
May 66%
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 19, 2020

NEW: @YahooNews / @YouGov coronavirus poll: Number of Americans who plan to get vaccinated falls to 42% — a new low https://t.co/vSI7YbxqsD pic.twitter.com/58URUYhmQG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 4, 2020

Looks like we won't be vaccinating our way out of this #COVID19 crisis any time soon:
"Only 14% of voters said they wld be more likely to take a #coronavirus #vaccine if Pres Donald #Trump recommended it, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll."https://t.co/bhPNlLUkco
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 5, 2020

Thoughts?

CBS survey on a Coronavirus vaccine: "The poll found that more than two third of Americans, 70%, would either wait to see what happens when others got the shot or would never get one. Fewer than one in three would get the vaccine right away." https://t.co/gk9kNPbcbn
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 29, 2020

Fewer than half of people plan to get a coronavirus vaccine in the first year it’s available, and an even smaller group — fewer than a third — say they’ll get it in the first 90 days, a new WebMD reader poll finds. https://t.co/ZB0Z4yJXqr pic.twitter.com/QHaGdyjeu3
— WebMD (@WebMD) August 5, 2020

Wait, What? Poll Weirdly Asks If You'd More Likely Take Covid Vaccine if Recommended By… Oprah, LeBron, or Tom Brady? https://t.co/0wufhbAt4m
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 5, 2020

Poll: One in three Americans say they would not get coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/Mh8Sz2Mmdn pic.twitter.com/iInKidycrU
— The Hill (@thehill) August 7, 2020

35% of Americans say they would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, even if it was free, approved by the Food and Drug Administration and available immediately, according to a Gallup poll released Friday.https://t.co/zeFMpPzD59
— Axios (@axios) August 8, 2020