Of local interest (for me), today's reported numbers include Pennsylvania's first two reported cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Of course, it's probably not a coincidence that the state just began testing a few days ago.
Other headlines include more conference cancellations, corporations who are paying employees - even hourly - to stay home, and reports of a variety of effects on commerce, markets, and tourism. Headlines also include problems with the testing rollout in the US as well as reports of progress in efforts towards unlocking vaccines and treatments.
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 @artemislives: #coronavirus #covid-19 - What Am I doing Differently?
- Steem @rt-international: Coronavirus | 'NOT touching your face' is clearly not an easy task!
- Valley Forge Tourism focuses on regional travelers as coronavirus fears spread
- The best, and the worst, of the coronavirus dashboards
- Kudlow says coronavirus won’t cause U.S. recession
- Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's iconic accelerator, will have startups pitch in prerecorded videos for its upcoming Demo Day due to the coronavirus
- What's a Pandemic? Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered
- Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Cisco will follow Microsoft's lead in paying hourly workers while office staff works remotely during the coronavirus outbreak
- These nine companies are working on coronavirus treatments or vaccines — here’s where things stand - TL;DR: 7 are "preclinical", 1 is in phase 3 trials, and the other doesn't list its status.
- The inside story of how the $10 billion biotech Moderna developed a potential coronavirus vaccine in record time
- Don’t Test, Don’t Tell: The Bureaucratic Bungling of COVID-19 Tests
- Coronavirus really is that bad and you should work from home
- As coronavirus infections spread, demand for oat milk is outpacing hand sanitizer
- Tech companies have canceled 12 high-profile conferences so far, causing an estimated economic loss of $1 billion amid coronavirus concerns. Here's the full list.
- Coronavirus threat is changing human behavior, so economic forecasters are flying blind - subtitle: "No way to predict what people will do if they think going out might kill them, says Forecaster of the Month"
- Amazon has pulled 530,000 products from its store and is working with state attorneys general to crack down on price gouging amid coronavirus fears
- Uber says it's 'exploring' paying drivers who 'have been quarantined or diagnosed with coronavirus'
- Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
- How An Arthritis Drug Could Treat Coronavirus Infections
- Kids Can Get Covid-19. They Just Don't Get That Sick
- How the coronavirus outbreak could help fuel China's dystopian surveillance system
- The race to unravel the United States’ biggest coronavirus outbreak
As mentioned in previous posts, here is a visualization tool for mapping the reported cases of COVID-19 occurrences. According to the site, this morning's worldwide number of cases was 102.471 with 57,462 recoveries, 3,491 deaths, and 340 cases in the US - of which 45 are from the Diamond Princess. The US reports 8 recoveries and 14 deaths, and as testing ramps up in the state, Pennsylvania has our own first 2 reported cases, now, too.
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