2020.03.22

Official Numbers:

• 336,000 confirmed infections
• 14,641 confirmed deaths
• 98,333 confirmed recoveries
• 81,435 China
• 59,138 Italy
• 33,276 US
• 28,768 Spain
• 24,873 Germany
• 21,638 Iran
• 16,044 France
• 8,897 Korea, South
• 7,245 Switzerland
• 5,741 United Kingdom
• 4,216 Netherlands
• 3,401 Belgium
• 3,244 Austria
• 2,383 Norway
• 1,934 Sweden
• 1,600 Portugal
• 1,593 Brazil
• 1,514 Denmark
• 1,470 Canada
• 1,314 Australia
• 1,306 Malaysia
• 1,236 Turkey
• 1,120 Czechia
• 1,086 Japan
• 1,071 Israel

Site/Links

• Covidtracking.com looks to be tracking the various testing in the country.
• covidgraph.com cool graphs.

USA

• Harvey Weinstein tests positive
• Rand Paul tests positive. Something something it punched him in the ribs. Referential humour!
• Dallas county gets shelter-in-place order. Interestingly, this one was issued by a judge, not an elected executive. Presumably that means that it won’t be enforced by the cops, but rather the Texas Marshalls. You realize what this means, right? Dallas is under MARSHALL LAW

Europe

• Angela Merkel in self-quarantine after having close contact with a confirmed-infected individual

Science/Medical

• Patients who initially present with GI symptoms instead of respiratory symptoms have worse outcomes. I linked reddit instead of the actual paper because the paper is soft-paywalled
• Loss of sense of smell is now allegedly a symptom of coronavirus. I mean, isn’t this a symptom of anything that gives you sinus congestion?