Morris, Max From: Morris, Max Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 7:08 PM To: Morris, Max Subject: 10/05/2020 Coronavirus Daily Update These updates are being shared to multiple organizations, individuals and lists who/which are bcc’d. Best effort we are sending Daily updates during the business week, typically in the late afternoon or early evening, a Weekend Recap on Monday mornings, and any significant breaking news events provided anytime and on weekends. Please note some numbers included in the Statistics and news stories come from various sources and so can vary as they are constantly changing and not reported at the same time. All communications are TLP GREEN and can be shared freely. Know someone who might want to be added to our Updates? Of course ask them first, and then have them send us an email to [email protected]. Live the message, share the message: Be safe – Stay home and limit travel as much as possible, self-quarantine if you or any members of your family are or may be sick, if you go out wear your mask – the right way, ensure safe social distancing, and practice good hygiene – wash your hands, avoid touching your face, and sanitize used items and surfaces. Hello All and a good Monday evening! It’s the start of a new week. Hope it has been a good day for Everyone. Following is the Daily Update with Highlights, the “Good Stuff”, Expanded Stories, statistics, trends and items of interest related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. With the increased coverage around President Trump’s diagnosis, news around the US and global outbreaks has slowed for now. We have combined several of the sections today as a result of a smaller number of news stories being reported. A little humor for tonight that does have a good message comes from Brigid Delaney on Twitter who said: In an unsettling reversal of my teenage years, I am now yelling at my parents for going out. We have to admit this is pretty funny. And very true. I will share with you that one of my Son’s favorite phrases from early on in the pandemic, always said in a loud and very emphatic – but caring - voice, was Just stay home! He wasn’t yelling at us but just making a point when we watched the news. Now we all know he is a very smart guy. Not only for his technical skills in providing us with insight into trending and data but also because he is an old soul. He gets it. So, while we all do still need to go out to hit the grocery stores, get take-out, take a walk and other (hopefully only essential) trips, let’s not make anybody have to tell us to not go out unless we have to. So to help us out, I put on my thinking cap one night this weekend and came up with a really great quote for you that sums it up - for me anyway: Do what you’re supposed to do so you can do what you want to do. That means wear the mask. Practice social distancing. Be smart. Be safe. I know I’m preaching to the choir but let’s continue to protect not only ourselves but each other. Because we are all in this together. And together we will come out at the end of it by watching out for everyone. And if you don’t, well I may just have to ask my Son to send you his “gentle” reminder . CVOB Website US State, US County, Global Trending Charts and Data as well as our Communications Archive can be found at https://www.sunknighty.net/. Highlights President Donald Trump has checked out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this evening and returned to the White House after a three-night stay for treatment of his Covid-19 infection, but his team of doctors cautioned earlier today that he may “not entirely be out of the woods yet.” [See President Diagnosis section following for additional stories] The United States and its territories now have over 2,911,000 people who have recovered, more than 7.447,000 confirmed infections and 210,000 deaths, with Texas, California, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, Oklahoma and Utah reporting the top 10 most new daily infections. 1 At least 24,565,000 people have now recovered worldwide, with more than 35,333,000 infections and 1,039,000 deaths reported in more than 188 countries and regions, with India, the United Kingdom, France, the US, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Peru recording the top 10 highest number of new cases in the last 24 hours. An ABC News analysis of trends across all 50 US states as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico Monday found there were increases in newly confirmed cases over the past two weeks in 33 states plus Puerto Rico, and the seven- day average of new cases now the highest it has been since August 22, a concerning national trend as health experts warn that colder temperatures could only exacerbate the spread of the virus. An analysis by ABC News found increases in the daily positivity rate of tests in 25 states, increases in hospitalizations in 35 states plus Washington, D.C., and increases in daily death tolls in 18 states today. Several states in the once hard-hit Northeast were among those posting their largest new-case counts in months, but many of the sharpest increases per capita came in the Midwest and Mountain West, including Wisconsin, Iowa, Utah and the Dakotas. The daily US death toll is expected to steadily climb through the end of this year, reaching more than 2,900 US deaths a day by December 27, according to projections released Monday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website and acknowledged Monday that the coronavirus can sometimes be spread through small particles that can linger in the air, infecting people beyond six- feet from the infectious person, particularly in enclosed spaces with inadequate ventilation. Dr. Michael Ryan, head of emergencies at the World Health Organization, said today the body’s “best estimates” suggest roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by Covid-19, more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases. Canada has reported 1,861 new daily cases on average over the past seven days, compared with 456 cases during the first week of September, and the province of Quebec, which shut down restaurant dining rooms and other indoor venues last week, has seen a 46% rise in hospitalizations since September 28. The European Commission said Monday that 179 staff members had tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, while its leader continued to isolate after being exposed to the virus during an official visit to Portugal last week. Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function - ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness - in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in an American hospital system from the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. The nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has worked on a number of outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola and Zika virus, and even though every outbreak has been intense, he said Monday there has been “nothing to the intensity that we're experiencing now” and that what’s different this time is “a very divisive society.” The US does not need to accept the persistent spread of the coronavirus, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA chief said Monday, pointing to the public health strategies implemented in places such as China, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea, and emphasizing the need to wear face masks and prioritize important developments such as reopening schools for in-person classes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are pushing to strike a deal on an elusive fifth coronavirus stimulus package, with the pair speaking on the phone for about an hour today but did not reach an agreement, and plan to talk again as they try to resolve differences over issues including unemployment insurance, state and local government aid, tax credits and liability protections for businesses and schools. The Dow gained 465 points Monday, rallying on hopes for a stimulus agreement by the election and amid news that President Donald Trump will be discharged from the hospital within hours, while the S&P rose 1.8%, and the Nasdaq gained 2.3%. The Good Stuff: Much of America may still be closed but it seems the fridge door is open in self-isolation. Social media is filled with grousing about how pandemic lockdowns have turned the old college "Freshman 15" trope into "Quarantine 15" angst about weight gain. Thus, memes are popping, tweets are dropping, and "Quarantine 15" groups are multiplying on Facebook. On Instagram, already a competitive arena for posting perfection, people try to outdo each other in documenting their "stress baking." On Twitter, they brag about their bread making, posting pictures of their creations. "freshly baked I’ve been baking so much focaccia during quarantine I think I may look like a loaf of bread soon," tweeted a user calling herself honey bee. Tweeters joke about "stress eating," too. "I’ve learned 2 something under quarantine: stress eating of sugar and exercising at the level of this makes you gain weight!!," said Ellen Seiter, a University of Southern California cinema professor, who resurrected an antique GIF to create a modern meme.