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Officials in New York state and Houston are considering re-instituting lockdowns as many have flouted social distancing amid reopening. (New York Times)
As of 8:00 a.m. EDT Monday, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll was 2,094,069 COVID-19 cases and 115,732 deaths, reflecting increases of 8% and 5%, respectively, from the same time last week.
At least 27 state and local public health leaders have quit, retired, or been fired since April across 13 states due to backlash and overwork from dealing with the pandemic atop chronic staffing and funding shortages. (AP)
The Florida Department of Health data scientist fired last month after she said she refused to fudge the state’s portal for COVID-19 rates has opened up her own dashboard for which counties are ready to reopen. Spoiler: almost none are. (NPR)
Florida — and a number of other states — have kept setting records for new cases on the past several days, likely linked to Memorial Day. (Reuters)
Registrants for President Trump’s upcoming Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally have to agree not to hold the campaign liable if they contract COVID-19 there, even as infectious disease specialists warn that the event could easily trigger a major outbreak. (Politico, New York Daily News)
The virus’s resurgence in Beijing is bringing back tough contact tracing and testing protocols and some lockdown measures. (NPR)
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate passed safety hurdles in mouse models that suggested it would not paradoxically increase disease severity and that one dose would be enough. (Reuters)
If you’re still wondering why people hoarded toilet paper when the pandemic broke out, PLOS ONE has a study. (ArsTechnica)
Most people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were asymptomatic when testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 remained asymptomatic until they cleared the virus, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Physical distancing in the NFL? Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told CBS Baltimore that “to be quite honest with you, it’s impossible what they’re asking us to do. Humanly impossible.”
After 62 days in the ICU, a $1.1-million bill arrived for one Seattle man. (TIME)
Finally, in non-COVID news:
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
