In their final debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fight over how to tame the coronavirus. Pundits credit the quality of the debate to “muted mic deterrence.” “It’s not the actual power of the mute but the threat of the mute.” / The Associated Press, The New York Times, Twitter
Some good news to start: A pair of peer-reviewed studies show a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized Covid-19 patients. / NPR The only two residents of a remote Italian village both wear masks when they meet for coffee. "It's a matter of principle." / CNN
The United States is averaging 59,000 new cases a day of the novel coronavirus—on pace to record the most new daily cases of the entire pandemic in the coming days. / The New York Times Argentina becomes the fifth country to surpass 1 million Covid-19 cases, after the
As Covid infections soar, Trump attacks Fauci, dismissing his scientific advisers as “these idiots.” / The New York Times A report from inside the White House task force as the coronavirus surges. / The Washington Post The president attacking a top doctor amid a global pandemic “would normally make for shocking news.
The United States surpassed eight million known Covid cases last week, and reported more than 70,000 new infections on Friday, the most in a single day since July. / The New York Times Some senior living facilities are quietly using automated tracking systems to guide contact tracing. / The Verge “How
Health experts offer advice on how to plan for a safe Thanksgiving during the Covid period. / STAT In Switzerland, yodelers created a superspreader event in late September. / The Daily Beast Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly in Africa than elsewhere. / BBC News James Carville: Americans are coming
What happened when the United States’ emergency aid money ran out: eight million people entered poverty. / The New York Times Public health officers across the country rush to plan for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. / NPR How the CDC was felled by a virus, the president, and “the capitulation
A proposal to speed up herd immunity to the coronavirus gets White House attention “but appalls top scientists.” / The Washington Post See also: “Which states had the best pandemic response?” / POLITICO Paris and other French cities enter a curfew to curb the virus’s rapid spread. / BBC News Helen Branswell:
The Czech Republic has Europe’s highest rate of coronavirus infection, despite July’s massive “Farewell Covid” party. / NBC News In the UK, the resurgence is blamed on lax social distancing and the prime minister’s public health directives. / Vox Cristiano Ronaldo becomes yet another major soccer player to test
An otherwise healthy 25-year-old man from Nevada was reinfected with Covid-19, and the second bout was worse than the first. / BBC News Johnson & Johnson pauses its Covid vaccine study due to unexplained illness in a participant. / STAT Sean Penn has created the United States’ largest coronavirus
