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By the numbers (at 21:00 ET 23 June 2020)
The Day’s Top COVID Stories
- CNN reports on the growing trend of public health officials resigning across the country. At least 24 public health officials have resigned, retired, or been fired from their positions during the COVID pandemic, some leaving because of pushback from those who resent the public health restrictions needed to control the pandemic. Some public health officials have even been physically threatened and politically scapegoated, causing them to require personal security.
- NPR covers a new paper that finds that many of the asymptomatic people studied developed signs of minor lung inflammation — akin to walking pneumonia — while exhibiting no other symptoms of the coronavirus. For asymptomatic cases with mild lung inflammation and no other signs of illness, pulmonologists say patients are likely to kick the infection quickly and see no lasting lung damage.
- The Guardian dives into the lasting implications of COVID on our legal systems across the world. The effects include postponed court operations, an increase in poverty level crime as more people fall into poverty, excessive use of force to maintain lockdown measures, organized criminals exploiting the health crisis, and weakened governance.
New COVID Literature & Studies
- A study finds that the risk of infection among contacts of an individual with COVID varies considerably depending on the nature of their interaction. Compared with those who only had brief contact, those who dined with a person infected with COVID were 2.6 times more likely to get the infection, those who had contact with a COVID case in a medical setting were 3.6 times more likely to get the infection, and household contacts were 41.7 more likely to get the infection. Read the study.
- A study of thousands of hospitalized COVID patients in New York finds that 21% of admitted patients required the ICU or mechanical ventilation within three days. Read the study.
- A study finds that in individuals with COVID, the level of cortisol (the stress hormone) is a strong predictor of the likelihood of severe disease and death. Read the study.
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