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LAT Video Series on COVID

• 1/25/21: "Here's what could happen next with the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine" CNN
• 1/25/21: "UCSF Team Finds Cancer Drug That Is 30 Times More Effective At Fighting COVID Than Remdesivir"
• 1/25/21: "The coronavirus 10 times more deadly than Covid" BBC
• 1/23/21: "Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Beat the Proliferation of New Virus Mutations?"
• 1/23/21: LAT: "Could a homegrown coronavirus strain be partly to blame for California’s surge?" 
• 1/23/21: "Scientists discovered a surprising new way the coronavirus might spread"
• 1/23/21: "The South African coronavirus mutation can infect multiple times, could hamper vaccine"
• 1/22/21: "Covid-19 outbreak in Manaus suggests herd immunity may not be possible"
• 1/21/21: "Dr. Fauci: Covid-19 Vaccine Seems To Be Less Effective Against New “Mutant” Virus"
• 1/21/21: "Drug Prevents Coronavirus Infection in Nursing Homes, Maker Claims"
• 1/21/21: "Why scientists are more worried about the Covid-19 variant discovered in South Africa"
• 1/19/21: "How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination Chaos" ProPublica
• 1/19/21: "Warning world is on ‘brink of a catastrophic moral failure,’ WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding by rich nations"
• 1/11/21: "Can you spread Covid-19 if you get the vaccine?"
• 1/5/21: UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against S.African coronavirus variant
• 12/30/20: "Fluid dynamics of COVID-19 airborne infection suggests urgent data for a scientific design of social distancing"
• 12/21/20: The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
• 12/16/20: "Here’s what we know about the new coronavirus mutation that’s spreading rapidly" 
• 12/16/20: "A wild mink in Utah has Covid-19. Veterinarians fear this is just the beginning" Vox
• 12/16/20: People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong"  NYT
• 12/11/20: Research finds 5 genes linked to severest form of COVID-19
• 12/7/20: Danish study "PFAS Chemical Associated With Severe Covid-19" 
• 12/4/20: "Covid Survivors With Long-Term Symptoms Need Urgent Attention, Experts Say"
• 12/1/20: Already had the coronavirus? You could get it again
• 11/25/20: What You Need to Know About the AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines
• 11/16/20: Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial produces best results yet
• 11/11/20: Types and Phases of Clinical Trials
• 11/10/20: The Vaccine News Is Good. Here’s the Bad News.
• 11/8/20: UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms
• 10/12/20: The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed far more lives than reported, study says
• 10/11/20: ‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors
• 10/8/20: Doctors discovered a terrifying new coronavirus symptom that’s killing patients
• 9/30/20: "This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic, It’s not R."
• 9/26/20: "America’s “Patchwork Pandemic” Is Why We Haven’t Gotten COVID-19 Under Control"
• 9/13/20: "More than 200 meat plant workers in the U.S. have died of covid-19. Federal regulators just issued two modest fines"
• 9/11/20: Amazon meatpacking plants, a COVID-19 hotspot, may be ground zero for next pandemic
• 9/10/20: "As students return, the deaths of at least six teachers from covid-19 renew pandemic fears" WaPo
• ​9/7/20: "Pharmaceutical Companies Ruin Prospects for COVID-19 Vaccine "October Surprise". That's a Good Thing."
• 9/1/20: "U.S. says it won’t join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine" WaPo
• 8/31/20: "COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven’t Had Any Symptoms"
• 8/29/20: NYT "Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be."
• 8/27/20: "There is a path out of America’s COVID-19 mess—if we choose to take it" NatGeo
• 8/27/20: "Six feet may not be enough to protect against coronavirus, experts warn" WaPo
• 8/25/20: "Coronavirus Reinfections Are Confirmed in the Netherlands and Belgium"
• 8/20/20: "Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19"
• 8/18/20: "We now have the best evidence yet that everyone develops long-term coronavirus immunity after infection — and it's not just about antibodies"
• 8/19/20: "Young People Are Primary Coronavirus Spreaders, WHO Warns"
• 8/17/20: "What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?" NYT.
• 8/15/20: "COVID-19: Peru sees spike in number of hospitalised children"
• 8/14/20: "The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back":
• 8/13/20: "These Covid-19 vaccine candidates could change the way we make vaccines — if they work" Vox
• 8/11/20: "San Quentin’s coronavirus outbreak shows why ‘herd immunity’ could mean disaster " LAT
• 8/11/20: Fauci ‘seriously doubts’ the Russia vaccine is ready for widespread use
• 8/11/20: "Why does COVID-19 strike some and not others? Fauci sees an answer in new study" 
• "Why some people who haven't had COVID-19 might already have some immunity" 8/4/20
• "We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus, We were wrong."  UCSF 
• 8/1/20: "Alabama Cop Who Seemingly Recovered From COVID-19 Dies a Month Later"
• 7/26/20: "Fauci explains why you’re not getting a coronavirus vaccine anytime soon"
• 7/20/20: "As COVID-19 spreads, potentially deadly fungus infects L.A. County healthcare facility"  LAT 
• 7/19/20: Can you get COVID twice?
• 7/17/20: "COVID-19 Linked to Rare Neurological Syndrome Guillain-Barre Syndrome"
• 7/17/20: "Why those most at risk of COVID-19 are least likely to respond to a vaccine"
• 7/16/20: LAT "Coronavirus spreads rapidly in workplaces as mask, distancing rules flouted"
• 7/16/20: "COVID Information Is Already Disappearing After Trump Shifts Control From CDC"
• 7/16/20: "What Does Disappearing Immunity To Covid-19 Mean For A Vaccine?"
• 7/16/20: "California, Texas and Florida Emerge as COVID-19 Hotspots"
• 7/15/20: "Covid-19 Risk Doesn’t Depend (Much) on Blood Type, New Studies Find"
• 7/12/20: "My Patient Caught Covid-19 Twice. So Long to Herd Immunity Hopes."
• 7/10/20: "Coronavirus Seems to Turn Antibodies Against Us, Tricking Them into Attacking Brain" 
• 7/10/20: "Coronavirus hijacks cells, forces them to grow tentacles, then invades others"
• 7/10/20: "A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won’t act, scientists say" LAT
• 7/10/20: "We're losing the war on the coronavirus"
• 7/10/20: "Research ArticleCORONAVIRUS
  Structure-based drug designing and immunoinformatics approach for SARS-CoV-2"
• 7/10/20: Brain Damage And Hallucinations Associated With Even Mild Covid
• 7/9/20: COVID-19 and blood type: What’s the link? LAT
• 7/7/20: Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale NYT
• 7/8/20: Scientists warn coronavirus pandemic could cause wave of brain damage
• 7/6/20: "Think a 'mild' case of Covid-19 doesn’t sound so bad? Think again"  
• 7/6/20: Spain's coronavirus antibodies study adds evidence against herd immunity
• 7/5/20: Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count NYT
• 7/4/20: 239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne NYT
• 7/2/20 "This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why" WaPo
• 7/2/20 "Researchers find neurological damage in four children with coronavirus inflammatory syndrome"
• 6/25/20 "CDC: Coronavirus Has Infected 10 Times More People Than Previously Thought"
• 6/24/20 "To Fight Coronavirus, You Have to Understand How Weird It Is"
• 6/22/20: Researcher: Asymptomatic Coronavirus Patients Can Still Face Organ Damage
• 6/19/20: How Hawaii Became a Rare Covid Success Story
• 6/18/20: "‘So much worse than I ever thought it would be’: Virus cases skyrocketing among Latinos"
• 6/18/20: You May Have Antibodies After Coronavirus Infection. But Not for Long.
• 6/17/20: 44 Percent of California's New Coronavirus Cases Are People Under 35: Study
• 6/17/20: Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO 
• 6/16/20: Hadassah doctors crack the cause of fatal corona blood clots
• 6/13/20: What ICU doctors have learned about COVID-19 — and how they're prepared for a 2nd wave
• 6/12/20: Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply
• 6/12/20: The emerging long-term complications of Covid-19, explained
• 6/11/20. "Can old vaccines from science’s medicine cabinet ward off coronavirus?"
• June 8: Study says blood type may determine severity of coronavirus cases 
• June 4: COVID-19 can last for several months
• June 3: Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19 
• June 2, NYT: Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months: Our “hidden enemy,” in plain sight.
• June 2, Senior Citizens in Subsidized Housing Have Been Dying Alone at Home, Unnoticed Because of Coronavirus Distancing
• To Prevent Future COVID-19s​​

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The politics of Coronavirus

• 1/22/21: "Why Neoliberal Leaders Who Failed to Protect Their Countries From COVID-19 Must Be Investigated" Chomsky and Prashad
• 12/20: "Neoliberal economics, planetary health, and the COVID-19 pandemic: a Marxist ecofeminist analysis"
• 11/26/20: Pope Francis: A Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts
• 10/5/20: "Trump official pressured CDC to change report on Covid and kids"
• 9/9/20:"These Big City Mayors Want Green Stimulus Spending to Counter Covid-19"
• 8/21/20: "Only Medicare For All Can Beat Covid" CounterPunch
• July 13/20: "Will COVID-19 Spell the End of Outdoor and Environmental Education?"
• May 27: TALE OF TWO CRISES:BILLIONAIRES GAIN AS WORKERS FEEL PANDEMIC PAIN
• May 21: Billionaires-Gain inTwo-month-Covid-Pandemic
• May 1/20: The Coronavirus Is Rewriting Our Imaginations
• May 1: New Yorker, "Coronavirus the the change in the structure of feeling"
• Why do smart people believe myths about COVID? (BBC)
• April 12: NYT: Cellphone towers in the UK burned down as internet conspiracy theory circulating argues for a link between COVID19 and 5G wireless. 
• April 9: Coronavirus is the greatest global science policy failure in a generation 
• April 7: Giroux on "Neoliberalism" and COVID
• April 4: How science finally caught up with Trump's playbook – with millions of lives at stake
• March 28: NYT, As Virus Spreads, China and Russia See Openings for Disinformation
• March 27: Trump questions New York’s plea for critical equipment WaPo
• March 25: Reuters: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak
• March 22: Anthony Fauci interview in Science
• March 18: Russian media ‘spreading Covid-19 disinformation’
• March 13: Coronavirus Is the Perfect Disaster for disaster capitalism
• The simplest way to spot coronavirus misinformation on social media
• Sen. Tom Cotton repeats fringe theories of COVID-19
• March 3: NYT: Global Health Crisis: 1; Economic Policymakers: 0
• Trump's appointees make things worse: "White House Knew Of Coronavirus' 'Major Threat,' But Response Fell Short" NPR
• Trump administration barred a top US disease expert from speaking freely to the public
• Harvard Health Professor Slams Trump’s ‘Catastrophic Failure’ On Coronavirus

Related and some background:

• Nov 2020: Interfaith: Protecting Rainforests and avoiding future COVID pandemics
• May 7/20: The (Largely) Unspoken Connections Between Climate Change and Coronavirus
• May 2: She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next?
• How humans created a pandemic highway
• Oxford University Blog on viruses and vaccines
• April 15: There are more viruses than stars in the universe. Why do only some infect us?
• March 30: Community Care: An Indigenous Response to Coronavirus
• March 24: Welcome to the Virosphere NYT
• March 25; WaPo: New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it.
• March 23: Where Pandemics Come From - and How to Stop Them
• March 18; Why soap is preferable to bleach in the fight against coronavirus
• March 17: What is the hospital capacity in Los Angeles with different time scenarios and infected population? . ProPublica
• March 15: Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today’s Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death 
• Yes its worse than the flu 3/1/20 Guardian
• What Can the Coronavirus Teach Us, McKibben New Yorker
• How the Climate Crisis Is Making the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus More Common, February 27, 2020
• Coronavirus Is the Perfect Disaster for disaster capitalism, Naomi Klein
• How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America (11/2017)
• COVID-19 Update: Doctors Without Borders calls for evacuating Greece’s refugee camps
• The 1918 "Spanish flu" was actually born in Kansas​​

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Community College Districts and CDC Statements:​

• UNESCO worldwide online resources for COVID education
• State of California free online teaching resources on COVID
• LACCD guidelines for students wanting a P/NP grade instead of a letter grade
• Interim Recommendations for U.S. Households with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Tips for faculty going online (can't say I agree with all of it).
• March 14: LACCD calendar change and cancellations, Chancellor letter
• March 11: Chancellor says LACCD to go online March 18th
• March 10: Coronavirus update LACCD
• March 4: LACCD District Academic Senate COVID-19 statement
• March 18: SMC Dropping courses due to crisis: a guide
• March 11: SMC Update, courses go online next week, March 18
• March 10: SMC to remain open
• March 10: SMC Guide to COVID-19
• March 4: SMC bulletin on COVID-19 measures underway
• March 6: SMC letter to the community

LAT: Up do the day statistics for COVID-19 in California (refresh the page to update)
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Get the Facts About Coronavirus​ CDC 

January 2020 to May 30 2020

• May 30: What Will Happen as the Coronavirus Pandemic Epicenter Moves to Latin America
• May 30: Global report: new clues about role of pangolins in Covid-19 as US severs ties with WHO 
• May 29: NatGeo: A COVID-19 vaccine has passed its first human trial. But is it the frontrunner?
• May 29: Guardian: Asymptomatic coronavirus: how common is it and can its spread be contained?
• May 27: AARP: Unusual Symptoms of COVID-19 You Need to Know About
• May 22: Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll
• May 21: NatGeo "Did a mink just give the coronavirus to a human? Here’s what we know."
• May 20: 'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science
• May 15: Nat'l Geo: What, where, how, when, which about coronavirus
• May 14: The coronavirus slayer! How Kerala's rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19
• May 14: "T cells found in COVID-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity"
• May 13: Trump Administration Won’t Guarantee Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
• May 12: NYT: Top Health Experts Paint Bleak Picture of Pandemic 
• 5/11/20 "The Light at the End: the pandemic is remaking who we are. It is an opening to a new world where our capacity to love each other is integral to our survival."
• May 11: Newsweek: 100 Dead in Navajo Nation as Coronavirus Spreading at 'Alarming Rate,' Says President of Native American Territory
• May 10: WaPo: Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body 
• May 7: NYT:  The coronavirus is striking newer, less established Latino communities — like several in Oregon, Iowa and Washington — with particular force.
• May 7: To prevent the next pandemic, it’s the legal wildlife trade we should worry about
• May 7: How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease
• May 6: LAT: COVID by the numbers in LA County and the state. 
• May 5: Truthout: Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in US
• May 5: LAT: Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original 
• May 4: Fauci: Nat'l Geo: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab
• May 4: WaPo: Draft report predicts covid-19 cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1
• May 4: NYT: Coronavirus Live Updates: Daily Death Toll Will Nearly Double by June, Trump Administration Models Predict
• May 2: What the Coronavirus Models Can’t See
• May 2: European leaders join forces to combat Covid-19 ​
• April 28: Atlantic: Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
• April 27 NYT: C.D.C. Adds New Symptoms to Its List of Possible Covid-19 Signs 
• April 27: What if immunity to covid-19 doesn’t last?
• April 25: 'No Evidence' Yet That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Are Immune, WHO Says
• April 24: Vietnam might have the most effective response to COVID-19 
• April 22: WaPo "A Mysterious Blood-Clotting Complication Is Killing Coronavirus Patients"
• April 20: Medium: A New Study Indicates Asymptomatic People are Still Highly Contagious
• April 19: No. COVID is not like the flu or car crashes, (click here for full article)
• April 18: Where You Live Affects What Your COVID-19 Test Means
• April 13: NBC/AP Can old vaccines help in dealing with COVID-19? 
• April 12: NYT: Coronavirus in California, interactive maps
• April 8: Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus
• April 7: NPR: Coronavirus State-By-State Projections: When Will Each State Peak?
• April 2: The Pandemic is turning the natural world upside down
• April 1: US military warned of coming coronavirus in 2017, Trump did nothing
• March 31, NYT: White House economists warned in 2019 that a pandemic could devastate America
• March 27: Millions of Americans are about to lose their health insurance in a pandemic 
• March 27: BBC, Will covid-19 have a lasting impact on the environment? 
• March 26: No, chloroquine is not a proven treatment for COVID-19 unless you watch Fox News and read Trump tweets: the facts here. 
• March 25: Covid-19 is Nature's Wakeup Call, Monbiot, Guardian
• March 25: CA Teen dies of COVID-19 after failing to show insurance
• March 25: NYT: Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do
• March 24: ProPublica: Doctors Are Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine 
• March 22: Loss of sense of smell and taste might signal Covid virus
• March 22: DW: Where did Covid come from? How long does it last on surfaces? Your questions answered.
• March 21: LAT: Coronavirus Drugs, what we know
• March 20: NYT. Coronavirus might overwhelm the US if no urgent action is taken
• March 20: Disasters and crises bring out the best in us TED
• March 19: Younger adults are large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in United States
• March 18: Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China
• March 17: The Nordic Secret to Battling Coronavirus: Trust, Yes magazine
• March 17: 10 Positive Updates on the COVID-19 Outbreaks From Around the World
• March 17: NYT, Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment
• March 14: This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu
• March 14: Dutch researchers first to find Covid-19 antibodies: report
• March 14: Mapping the coronavirus worldwide WaPo
• March 14: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Research and Statistics
• March 14: 9 charts that explain the coronavirus pandemic
• March 14: The World has a plan for fighting coronavirus. Most countries are ignoring it. NYT
• March 13: They survived the coronavirus, then tested positive again, LAT
• March 12: UCSF page on research, FAQs
• March 11: WHO declares COVID-19 pandemic
• March 10: 15 Myths about coronavirus (COVID-19) from the WHO
• March 10: WaPo Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly. Understanding why may help defeat the virus
• March 9: The US is not ready for what is about to happen
• March 8: Should you stop going to the gym? NYT
• March 5: Are there two strains of Coronavirus?
• March 4, Swiss Scientists Have Recreated the Coronavirus in a Lab
• March 4, COVID-19 lingers on toilets but disinfectants kill it, France24
• March 4: Medical Screener at LAX tests positive, NBC News
• March 3, Nat'l Geo, US has only a fraction of the medical supplies it needs to combat the coronavirus​
• March 5: These Are the Questions We Should Be Asking About Coronavirus​
• March 2: What to do for the upcoming COVID-19 pandemic, UCSD​
• February 29, NYT Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak
• February 27, "The Coronavirus goes global" NYT podcast and transcript
• February 25, Coronavirus Update and Links
• You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
• Researchers Step Up Efforts To Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine
• Scoop: Lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated (Axios)
• Incubation Period might be longer than 14 days WaPo 2/22/20
• What is the Coronavirus COVID-19?
• 3 Charts to better understand COVID-19
• ​Basics of the virus, infographic
• ​Symptoms of COVID-19
• Timeline of the virus up to end of Jan 2020​

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