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This Day in COVID: June 3, 2020

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New York Times

Latin America Becomes A New Epicenter Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

The World Health Organization has reported that Latin America is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Pan American Health Organization warned countries against rushing to reopen economies.

NPR

Sweden should have done more against coronavirus but broad strategy right: chief epidemiologist

Reuters

Gilead's remdesivir could see $7 billion in annual sales on stockpiling boost: analyst

Reuters

HOW THAILAND CONTAINED COVID-19

In politically turbulent Thailand, a public health system with popular support -- not decrees from above -- made all the difference.

FPIF

Where can you go on holiday in Europe as coronavirus restrictions ease?

Reuters

After Reopening Schools, Israel Orders Them To Shut If COVID-19 Cases Are Discovered

At least 244 students and school employees have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent weeks, according to the education ministry. At least 130 cases occurred in a single school in Jerusalem.

NPR

Surgisphere: governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company

Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies

The Guardian

Tracking protests across the USA in the wake of George Floyd's death

Citizens protesting police killings of Black Americans take to streets across US

USA Today

America is facing a 'double pandemic': coronavirus COVID-19 and racism

The world watched eight minutes of George Floyd's final moments, while other black men and women died out of sight, in hospitals and in their homes of COVID-19. Here's why African-American community leaders have dubbed this moment a 'double pandemic'.

ABC.au

Black communities at heart of Floyd protests face ‘pandemic within a pandemic’

'They know that they’re incurring a risk, but it’s for a greater cause,” one Atlanta physician says.

Politico

Will the pandemic permanently alter scientific publishing?

The push for rapid and open publishing could take off — although financial pressures lie ahead: part 4 in a series on science after the pandemic.

Nature

Pandemic Politics: Is there a right time – and way – to protest during a pandemic?

Recent protests in the United States have stirred a debate about whether it is safe to protest during a public health crisis that requires physical distancing.

Brookings

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New York Times

Exclusive: Coronavirus began 'as an accident' in Chinese lab, says former MI6 boss

Sir Richard Dearlove tells Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast that new scientific report suggests key elements of the virus were 'inserted'

Telegraph

Wuhan tests 10 million people, finds few virus infections

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected late last year, has tested nearly 10 million people in an unprecedented 19-day campaign to check an entire city.

Horse named for Dr. Anthony Fauci finishes second in debut

A racehorse named for Dr. Anthony Fauci finished second in his debut. Fauci the 2-year-old colt was beaten by a horse named Prisoner in the third race at Belmont Park in New York on Wednesday.

Why a vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic

We need to plan for many different Covid-19 vaccine scenarios. These four factors will influence the outcome.

Vox

‘Which death do they choose?’: Many Black men fear wearing a mask more than the coronavirus

When the #coronavirus began spreading, the question for many Black men was not where to get a mask. It was: How do I cover my face and not get shot?

Statnews

Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers

New York Times

Our Mission

The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19.

The pandemic era of 2020-2022 saw massive increases in restrictions on daily life—enforced by the government and by social stigma—accompanied social protests that roiled cities worldwide

In the United States alone, trillions of dollars were spent by the federal government to offset the forced closure of businesses and the devastation of normal life.

The impacts of these policy decisions are still being felt today.

Some would like us to forget the actions and people that played a significant role during the pandemic.

But we of the COVID-19 History Project don't want to forget. Through our work, we hope there will always be an archive to learn from and interpret this fascinating, disturbing, time in world history.

The Timeline

In order to learn from the mistakes of the past, and give COVID-19 decision makers the credit—both good and bad—they deserve, we have compiled a media timeline from every day of the pandemic.

We have endeavored to make the timeline comprehensive without being duplicative, following the major trends as they unfolded.

We provided analyses for each month highlighting major events, but encourage readers to make their own conclusions about these events as well.

This Day in COVID: June 3, 2021

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COVID origin: Evidence of lab leak that may have caused coronavirus would have been destroyed by China, ex-MI6 chief says

Initially widely dismissed as conspiracy theories, claims the virus may have escaped from a Wuhan laboratory are gaining traction.

Sky News

Why You Might Feel Weird When You Go Maskless

A vaccinated philosopher goes shopping, barefaced.

Slate

How COVID-19 Is Revolutionizing Healthcare Around the World

The pandemic has wrought immense suffering while simultaneously accelerating the adoption of new ways to improve global health.

Time Magazine

Fauci: Ending AIDS epidemic by 2030 may be achievable

Axios

COVID-19 cases hit lowest point in U.S. since pandemic began

Axios

Long Covid: 'Since I had virus, I smell rotten meat and chemicals'

Sally McCreith, 31, says her distorted sense of taste and smell has 'turned her life upside down'.

BBC

Coronavirus: Germany fights trade in fake Covid vaccine certificates

Fraudsters offer forged German vaccine certificates on the encrypted Telegram messenger service.

BBC

Coronavirus: First cruise ship arrives in Venice since pandemic began

The MSC Orchestra is due pick up passengers for a Mediterranean voyage - but protests are planned.

BBC

When Will Covid Pandemic Really End? Covax Says Poor Nations Need Vaccines

Bloomberg

Thousands of emails from and to Fauci during the pandemic’s early days were published. Here’s what they show about him | CNN Politics

CNN

Dr. Anthony Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued | CNN

CNN

Dr. Fauci: We need to keep an open mind to possibilities

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Morning Joe to discuss the release of thousands of his work emails from March and April 2020 via FOIA requests. Dr. Fauci discusses the search for the origins of the coronavirus and what he expects from this summer.

MSNBC News

Sera proteomic features of active and recovered COVID-19 patients: potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Nature

Drug repurposing screens identify chemical entities for the development of COVID-19 interventions - Nature Communications

Here, the authors perform repurposing screens of the ReFRAME drug library in two cell lines and identify inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antiviral activity of prodrug MK-4482 is confirmed in hamsters.

Nature

A predictive score for progression of COVID-19 in hospitalized persons: a cohort study - npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Nature

Ensemble machine learning of factors influencing COVID-19 across US counties - Scientific Reports

Nature

NIH researchers identify potential new antiviral drug for COVID-19

Compound targets essential viral enzyme and prevents replication in cells.

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Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.

NPR

5 Things We Learned From Anthony Fauci's Emails

Thousands of pages of Dr. Fauci's emails have been released to reporters. Here's what they tell us about his life and manner during the early months of the pandemic.

NPR

During The Pandemic Lockdown, Traffic Deaths Soared To The Highest Level In 13 Years

Safety regulators say a 7% spike in deaths last year, the biggest increase in 13 years, may have come from drivers speeding and taking other risks on less-congested roads.

NPR

Why Contact Tracing Couldn't Keep Up With The U.S. COVID Outbreak

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next.

NPR

How United Airlines Is Trying to Plan Around a Pandemic Published 2020

The New York Times

On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom? Published 2021

The New York Times

Beyond the jab: A need for global coordination of pharmacovigilance for COVID-19 vaccine deployment

The Lancet

California mandated masks. Florida opened its restaurants. Did any of it matter?

Which Covid-19 restrictions really worked — and which ones really didn’t?

Vox

Should we keep wearing masks after the coronavirus pandemic?

Washington Post

Covid-19 lab-leak theory: China's bat researchers under scrutiny - The Washington Post

Washington Post

Anthony Fauci and the Wuhan Lab - WSJ

WSJ