2020.03.08
Official Numbers:
- 110,041 confirmed infections
- 3,825 confirmed deaths
- 61,982 confirmed recoveries
- 80,735 Mainland China
- 7,382 South Korea
- 7,375 Italy
- 6,566 Iran
- 1,209 France
- 1,040 Germany
- 696 Others
- 673 Spain
- 554 US
- 502 Japan
- 337 Switzerland
- 273 UK
- 265 Netherlands
- 203 Sweden
- 200 Belgium
- 176 Norway
- 150 Singapore
- 114 Hong Kong
- 104 Austria
China:
- Whistleblowers say that China is faking its economic recovery
Europe:
- Medical researchers in the UK are offering 3,500 GBP to people who voluntarily get infected by the virus for vaccine/treatment testing
- Italy has put 16 million people under lockdown, including the cities of Milan and Venice
- Coronavirus spreading through French parliament
US:
- Attendee at CPAC confirmed infected. A lot of conservatives were there. Trump may have been exposed
- Washington state governor considering “Mandatory Measures”
- Ted Cruz self-quarantining after potential Coronavirus exposure at CPAC
- Congress finally realized they’re also made of flesh and blood. Maybe the federal response gets kicked into high gear soon?
- The US is at the same point that Italy was on day 5 of their outbreak. The lockdown started on day 15. People in Seattle… ten days to get the fuck out before you’re kept in.
Science/Medical:
- New coronavirus may have caused meningitis. Worth watching, but Betteridge’s Law applies
- Gates foundation offering home-testing
- From the nursing home in Washington: patients can go from asymptomatic to dead in an hour
- Korean researchers identify Coronavirus antibodies