April 8, 2020

VIRUS UPDATE WEDNESDAY

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pulled from its website some weird guidance telling doctors how to prescribe hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine—the anti-malaria drugs recommended by President Trump to treat the coronavirus.

Over 8 in 10 Parents Now Say Child Is Learning Remotely

Gen Z Under Lockdown: How They're Coping

New York Times: In its inexorable spread across New York City, the coronavirus is exacting a greater toll on men than women. Not only are men infected in greater numbers, new data show, but they are also dying at nearly twice the rate of women.

Nearly a third of U.S. apartment renters didn’t pay any of their April rent during the first week of the month, according to new data to be released Wednesday by the National Multifamily Housing Council and a consortium of real-estate data providers.

Pew Trust - Being overweight is a major risk for people infected with the new coronavirus and the United States is particularly vulnerable because of high obesity levels there, France's chief epidemiologist said on Wednesday. Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the scientific council that advises the government on the epidemic, said as many as 17 million of France's 67 million citizens were seriously at risk from the coronavirus because of age, pre-existing illness or obesity.


Study Finds - Danish researchers from Aarhus University in collaboration with Italian scientists from the University of Siena have discovered a probable correlation between air pollution and coronavirus-related mortality rates in two of the most impacted regions of Northern Italy: Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. For reference, the COVID-19 mortality rate in Northern Italy is a staggering 12%, much higher than the rest of the country (4.5%). Coincidentally, or perhaps not at all, Northern Italy experiences high levels of air pollution on a regular basis.

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