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Coronavirus = Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals // Cualquiera de un grupo de virus de ARN que causan una variedad de enfermedades en humanos y otros animales.
This page features rolling coverage from Planeta.com of key links, headlines, and other resources of the latest Coronavirus, aka COVID-19, characterized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic.
As the WHO Director-General has said, the pandemic is a reminder that health and the economy are inseparable.
Key Links
who.int
openwho.org
jamanetwork.com
cdc.gov – County View – Disinfection – Prevention – Symptoms – Reopening Guidelines
Maps
Interactive Dashboard
COVID-19 Map – Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center – John Hopkins
Elsewhere
Five years on: The countries that never locked down for Covid-19
Interim Recommendations for Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Persons Aged ≥6 Months
People’s CDC
What the world got right during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lowy Institute’s Covid Performance Index
COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool
morningconsult.com
Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
COVID Projections
NYT
public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2637725
covid19.healthdata.org – global
Outbreak Observatory
coronavirusmapa.mx
iinformationisbeautiful.net
Signage during times of COVID19 – Flickr
RT Live
rt.live
The Numbers Behind Social Distancing
The Metric We Need to Manage COVID-19
Predicting Coronavirus Cases
Headlines
Novavax is as protective as other Covid vaccines, but has fewer side effects – Vox
How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?
Why Didn’t Facing a Common Enemy Bring Us Together? – The Atlantic
First Chinese scientist to publish COVID-19 sequence allowed back to work – AP
Older Headlines
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic – Scientific American
The pandemic messed with our perception of time – Vox
How COVID permanently changed shopping and restaurants
‘Other Places in the Country Didn’t Do This’: How One California Town Survived Covid Better Than the Rest
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
CDC admits it failed to meet expectations in COVID response
Covid: UK first country to approve dual-strain vaccine
Things we’ve learned working from home
Wuhan market pinpointed as pandemic’s Ground Zero
Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’ – The Atlantic
‘Where Was the Strategy for Getting People Ready to Start Taking the Vaccine?’
CDC unveils its latest weapon in Covid-19 detection: wastewater
The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts
How to deal with (even more) Covid uncertainty
How America Dropped to No. 36 – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
U.S. Falls Far Behind Other Countries In COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – Here and Now
Vaccine Mandates Crash Into America’s ‘Don’t Tell Me What To Do’ State – Politico
The Delta Variant Has Warped Our Risk Perception – Wired
Mike Rowe’s Dirty Lies – Bulwark
Your Vaccinated Immune System Is Ready for Breakthroughs
How much worse can the coronavirus get?
The slow transitions of a lingering pandemic – Verge
Leiah Danielle Jones
‘I’m empty.’ Pandemic scientists are burning out—and don’t see an end in sight
Meet Gen C, the Covid generation – CNN
What you need to know about variants
The Second COVID-19 Shot Is a Rude Reawakening for Immune Cells
The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means – Nature
Tracking COVID-19 vaccine distribution by state: How many people have been vaccinated in the US? – USA Today
Fauci says vaccine ‘still effective’ against UK and South African variants
Federal COVID-19 vaccine reserve is now empty, sparking angry response
When COVID hit, a Colorado county kicked out second-home owners. They hit back. – HCN
A ‘come as you are’ vaccination plan – The Hill
Recommended Listening
The Doherty’s Sharon Lewin on the call that changed the world forever – ABC
Who Owns the COVID-19 Vaccines? – To get more vaccines produced, we might need to take a whack at intellectual property rights — at least temporarily. (January 2021)
Listening Project – BBC
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COVID19 Bingo
Learning the lingo …
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PCR Test – Test to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction
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