Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Monday 13-July-2020
By Dr. Stuart Weiss, Intelligent Crowd Solutions
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
July 13, 2020
Today’s topics: A Tale of Two Cities or Three Cities or Four Cities, etc.
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| New York City has become an amazing place to be during the CoViD-19 pandemic. Due to careful and thoughtful actions over these past 5 months, NYC has gone from the nation’s hot spot to one of the safest places in the country. On Saturday, NYC reported ZERO deaths for the first time since this started. Saturday showed 50 new cases, 3 new hospital admissions and zero deaths across the entire city. Yesterday, showed 4 new cases, zero hospital admissions and 1 death. To go from thousands of new cases per day and a peak of 597 deaths on April 7th to where we are today is a credit to the leadership at the city and state levels. New York City is only now (July 6th) at phase 3 with outdoor dining allowed and finally personal care like nail salons and spas. Still no indoor dining but restaurants have built alcoves into the streets for lots of socially distant outdoor dining. Its a great compromise that is allowing the city to reopen without putting people at risk. In addition, certain outdoor parks are reopening. We are involved with the reopening of the Governors Island park and recreation area, which is opening tomorrow. Contrast that with Miami or Houston or you pick a city in the South or Southwest. In the states that opened early and in which Governors refuse to take actions required to protect their citizens, virus cases are skyrocketing. Florida, for example, set an all time record yesterday for most new cases. The reported 15,300 new cases beats New York State’s record by about 3700 people. As predicted, as the number of hospitalizations grows, the death rates are starting to creep upwards as well. Many of the new cases in the southern states are related to young people gathering together while ignoring social distancing and pleas for face coverings with the mistaken belief that they are not affected by the illness. However a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Heath estimated that 33% of men ages 18-25 and 30% of women of the same age range are at risk for serious complications from CoViD-19 infections. A study out of the UK last week found Pediatric Inflammatory Syndrome, the not well understood inflammatory disease that affect young children weeks after a CoViD-19 infection was found 11 times more than expected. On tonight’s TV news, there was a report of a young man who died after attending a CoViD-19 party in which young people intentionally expose themselves to the virus. These rising numbers make the questions about resuming school in the fall much more difficult. Besides being a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, I am also board certified in Pediatrics (I did a pediatrics residency first and then an EM residency). I understand the issues surrounding the importance of sending kids to school. Besides the educational value and the social development, school also provides meals, social support, abuse detection, and a safe environment for kids. However, in this worsening pandemic picture in the south and west, balancing that good against the harm of sending kids into an environment where they can catch CoViD-19 and even if they don’t get very sick themselves, they can still bring it home and hurt their parents or vulnerable family members, not to mention faculty members is difficult. Several large school districts in California announced today that they will begin the school year online. Los Angeles and San Diego decided that it was too dangerous to bring kids together. This is a very difficult time in our country and we are still not taking action at the federal level to do what is necessary to bring this virus under control. Be well and take care of yourself. There are storm clouds on the horizon. –Dr. Stu |
COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY
Coronavirus update for July 13, 2020
World Wide Updates
Understanding of Covid-19 transmission in children still limited, WHO says
Argentina records more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases
As Brazil nears 2 million Covid-19 cases, the pandemic continues to devastate indigenous tribes
US Marine base in Okinawa reports additional 32 coronavirus cases
Hong Kong tightens social distancing measures as coronavirus cases rise
UN says more than 130 million people worldwide may go hungry in 2020 due to Covid-19
Natural immunity to Covid-19 could decline within months, UK study suggests
Bulgaria reopens bars and clubs days after shutting down due to Covid-19 spike
UK PM Johnson encourages use of face coverings in confined spaces
China says WHO experts have arrived for coronavirus origin tracing
52 new cases of Covid-19 in Hong Kong, 41 locally transmitted
“There will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future,” WHO director-general says
Lebanon records highest daily increase in coronavirus cases
Spanish judge blocks Catalonia from confining 156,000 people in Covid-19 outbreak area
South Africa suspends alcohol sales, enforces curfew amid a surge in Covid-19 cases
11 US Forces Korea service members test positive for Covid-19 in South Korea
Mumbai residence of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan declared a containment zone
Southeast Asia has a golden opportunity to finally address overtourism
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Japan
Amnesty report says governments should be held accountable for healthcare worker deaths
More than 100 beach-goers in Rio fined for not wearing masks
India records another highest-daily jump in coronavirus cases
Movement restricted at all US Marine Corps bases in Okinawa, Japan
Australia’s Victoria sees weekend of rising coronavirus cases
Mexico surpasses Italy’s Covid-19 death toll as President Lopez Obrador says the virus “is losing intensity”
Bolivian economy minister tests positive for Covid-19
Colombia tops 150,000 Covid-19 cases
Brazil president will take another Covid-19 test this week
Two countries accounted for 50% of new cases worldwide yesterday, WHO says
Greece intensifies infection control measures
Total Cases Worldwide: 13,141,889
Total Deaths Worldwide: 573,357
Total Recovered: 7,660,877
US Updates
NHL announces 43 positive tests as league moves towards August 1 restart
Florida’s virus record exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings
Students in Los Angeles will not return to in-person classes, district says
Young adults are the fastest growing group testing positive in New Jersey, health official says
The White House tries to explain Trump’s retweet that the CDC is “lying”
More than 282,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Florida
JetBlue to continue blocking middle seats through September 8
New Mexico closes indoor restaurant seating as Covid-19 cases rise
NBA star Russell Westbrook says he tested positive for Covid-19
White House wants to tie new stimulus money for schools to their reopening
Patriot League to cancel all competition in the 2020 fall season citing Covid-19 pandemic
Attorneys general sue Trump administration over international student policy
Trump considering incentives to local governments that reopen schools, economic adviser says
People traveling from hotspots to New York by plane must give local officials contact information
DC reports no coronavirus deaths for 4 consecutive days
New York City reports no coronavirus deaths in 24-hour period for the first time, mayor says
More than 8,000 patients are hospitalized with Covid-19 in Florida
Some Detroit students are heading to summer school in-person today
FDA gives “Fast Track” status to two Covid-19 vaccine candidates (Pfizer and BioNTech)
1 in 3 young adults is vulnerable to severe Covid-19, and smoking plays a big part, research finds
At least 35 US states are seeing a rise in new Covid-19 cases
White House seeks to discredit Fauci after he publicly contradicts the President
Miami-Dade County Covid-19 ventilator use up 129%
Hundreds of people celebrated the July 4 weekend at a Michigan lake. Now some have Covid-19
Disney guests won’t receive ride photos if they weren’t wearing masks
2020 Chicago Marathon canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
McConnell: “The coronavirus is not involved in American politics”
N.Y. lawsuit challenges Trump order to revoke student visas
Florida strip clubs’ licenses temporarily suspended for flouting social distance protocols
Total US cases: 3,44,757
Total US deaths: 137,981
Total Recovered: 1,535,016
Total Tested in US: 40,282,176
