#coronavirus outbreak

[ricisidro]

On This Day, 5 years ago, on Jan. 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

WHO classified COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

#TodayInHistory

https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/233343-2025-covid-19-fifth-year-feature

[pewinternet]

Majorities of adults say they would be open to participating in some parts of the process of identifying and isolating coronavirus victims, but others are reluctant to engage fully with public health authorities.

For example, 58% of U.S. adults say they would be very or somewhat likely to speak with a public health official who contacted them by phone or text message to speak with them about the coronavirus outbreak. Roughly three-quarters (77%) report they would be at least somewhat comfortable sharing information with a public health official about the places they have recently visited. A smaller share – 49% – say they would be similarly comfortable sharing location data from their cellphone. And fully 93% of adults say they definitely or probably would quarantine themselves for at least 14 days if they were told they should do so by a public health official because they had the coronavirus.

Yet the survey also shows that portions of Americans could be hard to reach and relatively uncomfortable engaging with public health officials as part of the contact tracing process related to the coronavirus outbreak. For instance, 41% of those who were asked about their views on speaking with a public health official who might contact them about the coronavirus outbreak via phone or text say they would be not at all or not too likely to do so. A similar share (40%) of those who were asked about speaking with a public official who showed up at their residence to talk about COVID-19 say the same thing.

Read more in our report: The Challenges of Contact Tracing as U.S. Battles COVID-19

[markruffalo]

Nurses, surgeons, janitors: the first US health workers to die from Covid-19

We are launching a project to document the lives of every US medical worker who dies helping patients during the pandemic. These are some of the first tragic cases

Know and remember our heroes.

[butterflyinthewell]

Hey, glasses wearers, don’t forget to clean your glasses and be careful to avoid touching them too much with unwashed hands.

[intelligentliving]

Navajo Nation Receives Hydropanels That Pull Water Out of The Air

In some Navajo Nation regions, like Oljato on the Arizona-Utah border, a single fixture on the road is the only water source around for nearly a thousand residents. In other areas, residents have to drive miles into town from their rural homes to buy all the water they need for...

[pewresearch]

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a mask or face covering in stores and other businesses. More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults (85%) say they have done so all or most of the time over the past month, according to a survey conducted Aug. 3 to 16. When asked the same question in early June, 65% of Americans said they had been regularly wearing masks.

Read more in our blog post: More Americans say they are regularly wearing masks in stores and other businesses

[thoughtportal]

[lofijazz]

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Emoji spell to protect people after the super spreader event that just happened during the riots in DC today (1/6/21)

May your relatives and friends be safe and healthy.