Today is the first day that the official total number of cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crossed the 100,000 threshold. Of course, as always, this milestone doesn't include unreported cases from faulty data in some countries or from people with mild cases who didn't seek treatment. Other headlines include word that Apple and Google are rejecting coronavirus from "unofficial sources"; information about how businesses and people are responding to the continued spread of the virus; and some ways that science and technology are being deployed to mitigate the outbreak.
In no particular order, here are today's links from my RSS feed. Please consider clicking through to upvote any Steem post(s) on the list.
- Steem @discernente: Coronavirus mutations ‘no cause for alarm’
- Steem @marshalyra: What the Japanese want to tell you about the new coronavirus.
- Apple is reportedly rejecting all coronavirus-related apps unless they come from health organizations in an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation
- Americans are stocking up on disinfectant wipes, but will they kill coronavirus?
- HSBC: Blockchain Platform Will Keep Trade Finance Smooth Despite Coronavirus
- Cash could be spreading the coronavirus, warns the World Health Organization
- Instacart says demand is surging amid the coronavirus outbreak, and it will now offer grocery deliveries without human contact
- Why the CDC botched its coronavirus testing
- The US Has a ‘Plan’ to Fight Coronavirus: You
- Campbell Soup ramps up production in preparation of coronavirus outbreak
- This robot wanders New York City informing people about coronavirus, but it's already been banned from one park
- Google's DeepMind just shared AI-generated predictions about the coronavirus that could help researchers stem the global outbreak
- A new poll shows that workers at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, or Google haven't seen their productivity suffer as they work from home amid the spread of coronavirus
- AI-predicted protein structures could unlock vaccine for Wuhan coronavirus... if correct... after clinical trials
- Coronavirus: Are there two strains and is one more deadly? TL;DR - There are two strains. Differences in severity are not known.
- DARPA Races To Create a "Firebreak" Treatment for the Coronavirus
- Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter ask employees to stay away from Silicon Valley and Seattle HQs as they bunker down against coronavirus
- These robots are fighting the coronavirus in China by disinfecting hospitals, taking temperatures, and preparing meals
- 25 scientists were sent to China to research the coronavirus. Here's what they found.
- In Planes and Trains, Mini-Mops and Fog Machines Battle Coronavirus
- Apple, Google reject coronavirus apps not developed by official sources
As mentioned in previous posts, here is a visualization tool for mapping the cases of COVID-19 occurrences. According to the site, this morning's worldwide number of reported cases was 100,347 with 55,753 recoveries, 3,408 fatalities, and 233 cases in the US with 45 from the Diamond Princess. As-of now, there are still no reported cases in Pennsylvania, but we see cases in neighboring New York and New Jersey, and a local lab began testing recently, so that could change at any moment.
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