Herd Immunity Far Off; T-Cell Immunity Theory Is Unfounded

Trump Allies Say The Virus Has Almost Run Its Course.  "Nonsense," Experts Say by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  September 29, 2020.  

Huge Coronavirus Study Shows Unique Death Rate Pattern And Role Of Children In Infection

Huge Study Of Coronavirus Cases In India Offers Some Surprises To Scientists by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  September 30, 2020.   

Inmates At Georgia ICE Facility Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries

Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Needed Surgeries by Caitlin Dickerson, Seth Freed Wessler And Miriam Jordan.  The New York Times.  September 29, 2020.   

Some Georgia Hospitals Decide Not To Provide Data On Numbers of COVID-19 Patients and Employees

Some Georgia Hospitals Keep Pandemic Information To Themselves by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 29, 2020.   

Data For Individual School Coronavirus Infections Withheld By GDPH

Georgia Withholds School Covid-19 Counts From Public by Ty Tagami.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 25, 2020.   

Infections Among Young Adults Eventually May Spread To Older, More Vulnerable, People

 Virus Cases Surged In Young Adults.  The Elderly Were Hit Next by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  September 24, 2020.  

Losing Hair Believe Related To Stress Associated With Coronavirus

Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence Of The Pandemic by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  September 24, 2020.   

Young Lungs At Peril In Fire Plaguing The West Coast

"This Does Not Look Good For Children":  Fires Pose Risk To Young Lungs by Matt Richter.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2020.  

Death Of Ginsburg Increases Possibility That Obamacare Could Be Abolished: What Are The Implications?

 If The Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here's What It Would Mean by Reed Abelson And Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  September 22, 2020.  

Right-Wing Editor Spread Misinformation About Coronavirus While Working For Dr. Fauci's Agency

 N.I.H Official Departs After Anonymous Post Attacking Public Health Leaders by Zach Montague.  September 21, 2020.  

C.D.C Undermined: Guidance On Aerosols Vanishes From Website

 Advice On Airborne Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  September 21, 2020.  

Food And Drug Administration Barred From Signing Rules Regarding Foods, Medicines, Medical Devices AND Vaccines

In "Power Grab"  Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A. by Sheila Kaplan.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2020.  

177 New York Public Transit Workers Have Been Harassed Or Assault By Riders Who Refuse Masks Or Social Distancing

Whe  A Bus Driver Told A Rider Two Wear A Mask, "He Knocked Me Out Cold" by Christina Goldbaum.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2020.   

Online Bullies And Trolls Hamper South Korean COVID-19 Surveillance

 In South Korea, Covid-19 Comes With Another Risk:  Online Bullies by Choe Sang-Hum,  The New York Times.  September 19, 2020.  

How The Pandemic Is Impacting Senior Decisions About Where To Live

A Pandemic Upshot:  Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where To Live by Judith Graham.  Kaiser Health News/CNN.  September 17, 2020.   

When Does A Good Attitude Become Toxic Positivity?

When Does A Good Attitude Become Toxic Positivity?  by Jen Rose Smith.  CNN.  September 17, 2020.   

Don't Expect Immediate Results Once We "Get" A Vaccine

Here's Why A Vaccine Will Not Stop The Covid-19 Pandemic Right Away by Maggie Fox.  CNN.  September 15, 2020.   

Details Of Vaccine Safety Need To Be Known To Build Confidence In Receiving The Vaccine

Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists by Katie Thomas.  The New York Times. September 13, 2020.  

A Typology Of Lying: Three Profiles Of Dishonesty and Within Each, Two Distinct Types

 The Good, The Bad And The "Radically Dishonest" by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  September 15, 2020.  

New Apple Watch, Classified As Non-Medical Device, Measures Blood Oxygen Levels Using Light

 Apple Watch's Blood Oxygen Monitor Is for "Wellness" Not Medicine by Nicole Wetsman.  The Verge.  

CDC Response To COVID-19 Hampered by Communication, Coordination, Political Pressure, Confusion, And Distrust

 How The CDC Failed Local Public Health Officials Fighting The Coronavirus by Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein.  USA TODAY.  September 16, 2020.  

7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age

 7 Steps That Can Lower Your Blood Pressure As You Age by Sandeeps LaMotte.  CNN.  September 16, 2020.  

Project South: Whistleblower Complaint Concerning Irwin County Detention Center

 Re:  Lack Of Medical Care, Unsafe Work Practices, And Absence Of Adequate Protection Against COVID-19 For Detained Immigrants And Employees Alike At Irwin County Detention Center.  Project South.  September 14, 2020.  

Lawyers, Nurse Raise Concerns About Need For Hysterectomies Performed At ICE Detention Center

 Lawyers, Nurse Raise Concerns About Need For Hysterectomies Performed At Ice Detention Center by Debra Cassens Weiss.  ABA Journal.  September 16, 2020.  

Texas, Georgia, Alabama Now Rank 1, 2, and 3 in Campus Coronavirus Cases By State

Tracking Covid At U.S. Colleges And Universities by The New York Times.  September 10, 2020.   

Wildfire Smoke And Health

 California's Air Quality Is Poor. Here's How To Protect Yourself by Nicole Perlroth And John Schwartz.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2020.  

Food Scientist Group: Highly Unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 Is A Food Safety Risk

 Experts Affirms That Coronavirus Is 'Highly Unlikely' To Be Food Risk by Joe Whitworth.  Food Safety News.  September 11, 2020.  

CDC's Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Reports Being Subjected To Political Review To Align With White House Statements

 Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19 by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  September 11, 2020.  

"Hard To Imagine That Climate Change Will Be Good For Human Health"

Scientists Are Seeing An 'Acceleration Of Pandemics."  They Are Looking At Climate Change by Doyle Rice.  USA TODAY.  September 10, 2020.   

Athens Records 4,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

 Athens Records 4,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Stroud Payne.  The Red And Black.  September 9, 2020.  

A Silent Infection With Many Evasion Mechanisms: Coronavirus Attack On The Brain

How The Coronavirus Attacks The Brain by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  September 8, 2020.   

Epidemic Of Cracked Teeth: The Role Of Stress And Posture

 Dentists Are Seeing An Epidemic Of Cracked Teeth.  What's Going On?  by Tammy Chen, D.D.S.  The New York Times.  September 8, 2020.  

Over 500,000 COVID-19 Cases Among Children; Severe Illness Rare

 More Than Half A Million Children In The U.S. Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus Since Pandemic Started, Report Says by Peter Martinez.  

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Studies Produce Divergent Estimates Of COVID-19 Impacts

Study Says 260,000 COVID-19 Cases Could Be Tied To Sturgis Rally;  Noem Calls It 'Fiction' by Megan Raposa.  September 8, 2020.  

Left To Struggle On Their Own, Schools Confront Technical Challenges During Reopening

Website Crashes And Cyberattacks Welcome Students Back To School by Dan Levin And Kate Taylor.  The New York Times.  September 8, 2020.   

Managing COVID-19 Risk On Campus: Quarantine Successes And Problems

College Quarantine Breakdowns Leave Some At Risk by Natasha Singer.  The New York Times.  September 9, 2020. 

Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website

 Public Comment Function Broken On Kemp Proposal To Block ACA Website by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 8, 2020.  

Governor Plan To Block Georgians Access To Affordable Care Act Exchange

Kemp's Plan To Block The Federal ACA Insurance Exchange Under Fire by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  September 4, 2020.   

How Flu And COVID-19 Might Mix

 Flu Season Looms And Scientists Wonder How Flu And COVID-19 Might Mix by Nell Greenfieldboyce.  September 3, 2020.  NPR.

Three Questions About COVID-19 Reinfection

Coronavirus Reinfections:  Three Questions Scientists Are Asking by Heidi Ledford.  Nature.  September 4, 2020.  

Vaccine Maker Stock Transactions Raise Concerns

 "Bad Optics" Or Something More? Moderna Executives' Stock Sales Raise Concerns by Tom Dreisbach, NPR.  September 4, 2020.  

Operation Warp Speed Adviser: Extremely Unlikely End-Of-October Vaccine

 Operation Warp Speed Top Adviser On Status Of A Coronavirus Vaccine.  NPR>  September 3, 2020.  

IHME: Most Likely Forecast: 410,000 Deaths By January 1, 2021.

Key Coronavirus Forecast Predicts Over 410,000 Total U.S. Deaths By Jan. 1:  "The Worst Is Yet To Come" by Will Feuer.  CNBC.  September 4, 2020.   

White House Coronavirus Advisor Found To Be Friendly To President's Views, A Sweden-Type Approach, Herd Immunity, Limits On Testing; Less Friendly To Masks

 A New Coronavirus Adviser Roils The White House With Unorthodox Ideas by Noah Weiland, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Michael D. Shear And Jim Tankersley.  The New York Times.  September 2, 2020.