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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - March 17
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
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Belgium enters full lockdown, starting Wednesday
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The State of the Restaurant Industry
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France announces complete lockdown for fifteen days
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White House takes new line after dire report on death toll: Federal guidelines warned against gatherings of more than ten people as a report predicted high fatalities in the USwithout drastic action
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A report from the hospital front, from a reliable source
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Do you think the measures being taken to stop the virus will/are be(ing) effective? If not, which measures do you think would work best?
Admittedly this depends on the measures being taken, which vary wildly from country/state to country, so you should probably specify where are these measures being taken to a national or state...
Admittedly this depends on the measures being taken, which vary wildly from country/state to country, so you should probably specify where are these measures being taken to a national or state level depending in the location.
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If the measures we're taking to fight the coronavirus work, they'll look like we were overreacting. But the alternative is worse
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Experimental coronavirus vaccine test opens with first doses to four volunteers
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Bay Area authorities place strictest order in country: ‘Shelter in place,’ only essential businesses open in six counties
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New York City officials tell the UN that the coronavirus has spread widely throughout the city
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The airport chaos is the product of negligence
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Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects
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Two women fell sick from the coronavirus. One survived
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Anti-inflammatories may aggravate Covid-19, France advises
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Advice from a doctor who studied coronaviruses for 50 years
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About 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. are at greater risk of developing serious illness if infected with coronavirus, due to age or underlying health conditions
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Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized
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Google says it's not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site anytime soon after Trump announcement
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Apple’s COVID-19 response
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Five US states are closing all schools over coronavirus fears
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Belgium shuts down all schools, bars, restaurants, gyms and leisure sites until April 3rd
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Mayo Clinic has developed a test that can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples
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I’m not under quarantine, am I? A journalist in Milan argues that much of the international press is exaggerating the level of restrictions in Italy
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How Europe is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
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Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus
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All publicly funded schools in Ontario closing for 2 weeks due to COVID-19
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Young and unafraid of the coronavirus? Good for you. Now stop killing people
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San Francisco shutting all schools for 3 weeks
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Kaiser to open drive-up coronavirus testing areas
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FIRST Robotics Competition suspended for duration of 2020 season
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A reconstruction of how the coronavirus spread around Seattle, based on interviews with health-care providers, first responders, relatives of patients and academic researchers
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What steps should people take in case they need to quarantine?
With quarantines becoming both a reality for many and an increasing likelihood for many more, what are the recommended best practices for preparing oneself and household? There's a lot of general...
With quarantines becoming both a reality for many and an increasing likelihood for many more, what are the recommended best practices for preparing oneself and household?
There's a lot of general advice already out there, so specific advice would be really helpful, as well as things people are likely to forget.
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"Do us a favor" - A letter from the Editor-in-Chief of Science journals regarding the coronavirus response by President Trump and his administration
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Italy closes all businesses except pharmacies and grocers
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update and thorough guidance
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What does the coronavirus mean for the U.S. health care system? Some simple math offers alarming answers
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Italy extends strict quarantine measures nationwide
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California directs some health insurers to waive co-pays, deductibles for coronavirus tests
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Other countries are testing patients for coronavirus by the tens of thousands. Why the U.S. is so far behind
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Folding@home takes up the fight against COVID-19
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The problem with telling sick workers to stay home
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COVID-19 situation in the US progresses in three ways in Washington state: first death, first case in a healthcare worker, and first possible outbreak
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You’re likely to get the COVID-19 coronavirus
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