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 The Lighter
Side of Wearing Masks
(Disney Animation)
 Social Distancing
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'Twas a Month Before Christmas
COVID-19 Letter from
Chief Medical Officer of The Villages Health
—
Latest letter
dated December 24th.—
New
Latest on COVID-19 in December —
Updated
12/25/2020: —
Taking a break from COVID-19 news
this week. Happy holidays to me too.
12/18/2020:
2nd Coronavirus Vaccine Gets Emergency Authorization
States
Confused as Government Reduces Vaccine Shipments
FL Makes
National News w/ Raid on Rebekah Jone's Home
DeSantis Criticized as COVID-19 Cases Rise Rapidly
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
12/11/2020:
Military-grade Camera Shows Airborne COVID-19 Spread
Britain first to Approve a Vaccine & Reactions
Can I stop wearing a mask after getting the
vaccine?
What if I skip the second vaccine shot?
Do vaccinations slow the spread of the virus?
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
12/4/2020:
Another COVID-19 Spike Expected in Wake of Thanksgiving
Pfizer Not Sure Its Vaccine Will Prevent Transmission
Florida
Surpasses 1,000,000 Cases
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
Latest on COVID-19 in
November
11/27/2020:
Leading Latex Glove Manufacturer Closing
Plants
Now a Shortage of Specialists to
Use Ventilators
How the Cherokee Nation Controlled COVID-19
Drug
Companies Warn of Vaccine Side Effects
Journalists:
Essential & Critical infrastructure Workforce
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
11/20/2020:
Another
Shortage of Surgical Gloves as Cases Surge Again
CDC Urges You to Say Home this
Thanksgiving, but if you do travel....
What does
emergency approval of a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
Masks Still Needed After You Get the Vaccine
Delirium May Be a Sign of COVID-19
in the Elderly
Patients Dying of
COVID-19 Refusing to Believe It
ER Doctor
Got Virus and Urges People to Wear Masks
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
11/13/2020:
COVID-19
Risk Assessment Travel Planning Tool
Study: Almost 2,000 Marines & Asymptomatic Spread
Holiday Celebrations & Small Gatherings
COVID-19 Patients Developed Psychiatric Disorders
Woman Shed the Virus for 70 Days w/out Symptoms
9% of Hospitalized Patients Readmitted w/in 2 Months
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
11/6/2020:
U.S. Shattered Records for New Cases This Week
Worst
Hit Regions Still Resist Wearing Masks
The Psychology
Behind Not Wearing Masks
Healthcare Workers the First to Get the Vaccine
Delaware's Mask & Stay-at-home Orders Suppressed Transmission
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
Latest on COVID-19
in
October
10/30/2020:
Graphic
Explainer of Virus Spread in a Classroom, Bar & Room
Household Spread is Common and Quick
Dr. Birx Hits the Road
New Infections and Misunderstood Deaths Data
What a Coronavirus Vaccine Can & Cannot Do
A
Dose of Reality in the Vaccine Race
DeSantis & DOH Criticised Again
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
10/23/2020:
More Than 80,000 Cases Reported Today Alone
14-year Old Wins 3M Award for a Possible COVID-19 Cure
CDC
Revises What Constitutes "Close Contact"
The False Promise of Herd Immunity
COVID-19 Antibodies May Last for Months
Cases
Dropped by 75% in Arizona
Thanksgiving Advice in the Time of Covid
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
10/16/2020:
U.S. Tops
600,000 Cases on Thursday
Chris Christie
Said He Should Have Worn a Mask
Small,
Indoor Groups Driving Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Johnson & Johnson
and Pfiser Have Paused Vaccine Trials
Inhaling
COVID-19 a Major Way of Getting the Virus
Florida Obscuring the Extent of its COVID-19 Cases
The Villages Charter Schools Have Stopped Reporting
Cases
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
10/9/2020:
Florida Reported 2,908 New Cases & 18 New Deaths This Week
Want to reduce your COVID-19 risk? Get your Zzzzs.
Rose Garden Ceremony a Super Spreader Event
Study of Super-Spreader Events
COVID-19 lasts 9 Hours on Skin
Reinfections are Sometimes Worse
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
10/2/2020:
President & First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19
We're Nowhere Near End of the Pandemic
More Than
100 New Cases in Sumter County
Moderna's Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until Spring
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
Latest on COVID-19 in
September
9/25/2020:
New Weapon Against COVID-19: Dogs
Genetic Science Helped Expose Secret
Iowa Outbreak
The CDC's Reputation has Crumbled Even More
COVID-19 Deaths Reach Over 200,000 on Tuesday
Pentagon Squanders Covid Relief Money
9/4/2020:
Severe Cases Due to
Overzealous
Immune System
No Evidence to Support
Plasma Treatment for COVID-19
Diarrhea & Vomiting Key Signs of COVID-19 in
Children
First Documented Case of Reinfection in
U.S.
Florida Cutting Ties with
Quest Diagnostics
Over Data Dump
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
Latest COVID-19 in
August
8/28/2020:
CDC Shocks Everyone with Change Its
Testing Guidelines
Testing is Down in
Florida
6 Feet May Not Be Enough Protection in Some
Places
Public
Restrooms and Tissues Spreading the Virus
Physicians
Can Now Certify COVID-19
Deaths
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
8/21/2020:
New York
Doctors Pay It Forward
Children Play
Larger Role in Community Spread Than Thought
More Than 7K Children
Diagnosed
98 Symptoms
Long Haulers Say They've Had
Long Infection, Mental & Neurological Effects
Quick COVID-19 Test Gets FDA Emergency Use
Authorization
Dr. Fauci
Interview — How to Wash Deliveries, and More
Central Florida Cases Decline, Not Sumter & Marion Counties
Florida, Texas &
California Are Three New Yorks
CDC Back In Charge
of Collecting COVID-19 Data
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
8/14/2020:
FDA Found Another Dangerous Toxin in Hand
Sanitizers
Only 13 States Do Contact Tracing and Share
What They've Found
Employees Sent Home after COVID-19 Exposure at FL
School
FL Children — A 137% Increase of Cases Over Past 4
Weeks
Hundreds Infected at Georgia Summer Camp
More FL Children Dying as Schools Struggle to Reopen
CDC’s Guidance to Schools Glosses Over Ventilation
Systems
Do Not Wear Masks with Exhalation Valves or
Vents
Neck
Gators are Not COVID-19 Masks
How To Care for Your Mask So It Continues to be Effective
Two Chinese Cities Find COVID-19
on Imported Frozen
Foods
800+ People World-wide are Dead
Because of
COVID-19 Misinformation
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
8/7/2020:
FDA Hand Sanitizer List Widens to Over 100 Products
People Are
Drinking Hand Sanitizer. Don't do it!
What
are the chances of getting infected at school?
If kids can
transmit COVID-19, how often do they?
COVID-19's Lingering Problems
The Virus Can Cause Kidney Failure
Can common cold coronaviruses teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2?
How the Pandemic Defeated America
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department
of Health's dashboard
Florida's
COVID-19 Action dashboard
Latest on COVID-19 in
July
7/31/2020:
More Hand Sanitizers to Avoid Added to FDA's List
Child
COVID-19 Cases & Hospitalizations Jump 23%
The
Toll that Covid-19 Takes on the Heart
6
Distinct Types of COVID-19
Virus Almost Killed Healthy Woman with No Normal Symptoms
New COVID-19 Data System Not Faster or More Complete
President Pushing
Hydroxychloroquine Again & Not Wearing a Mask
(His authority —
Dr. Stella Immanuel)
Woman in The
Villages taking
Hydroxychloroquine
Another Reason to Wear a Mask
37 Places You're Most Likely to Catch Coronavirus
This Week's Statistics
7/24/2020:
Wearing a Mask is now Patriotic
Businesses
Requiring Face Masks Is Growing
Get
COVID-19 more than once — relapse or something else?
FDA
Updates List of Hand Sanitizers to Avoid
Letter Advising a Shut-down & Restart for Some States
Governors Still Not Getting Supplies
How a Struggling Nursing Home Keeps COVID-19 at Bay
This Week's Statistics
7/17/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Masks Required to Shop at Walmart & Sam's Club
U.S. Sets a
New Record for Cases & Deaths
Can you catch
COVID-19 more than once?
Vaccine
May Not Be Enough to Stop the Pandemic
18 States in the Coronavirus "Red Zone"
Coronavirus Outbreak Timeline
Expert Debunks Myths About Face Masks
Latest on
COVID-19 in July
How Vulnerable Are Children?
In
Duval County, 26.3% of Children Tested Positive
Safety
for Teachers
COVID-19
Infections at Summer Camps
7/10/2020:
This Week's Statistics
COVID-19
Miniscule Particles in the Air
Latest
on COVID-19 in July
Check Labels on Hand Sanitizers
7/3/2020:
This Week's Statistics
European Union
(EU) Bans Americans
U.S. Airlines
Require COVID-19 Questionaires
States Quarantine Travelers from High-incident States
Infections
Rising in the Young People of Florida
Coronavirus
Wreaks Havoc from Head to Toe
Dealing with Masks in the Summer Heat
Public
Believes CDC Information Accurate
Latest on COVID-19 in
June
6/26/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Florida Department of Health's dashboard
Florida's COVID-19 Action dashboard
Texas &
Florida Order Bars to Close Again
New Spike in Cases Due to Rush to Open
Latest on COVID-19 in June
European Union (EU) Considering Banning American Travelers
Quarantine Ordered on Travelers from FL, AZ & TX
Expanded List of Those at Increased Risk of Severe Illness
Three New Symptoms
Added
NPR
Segment About Understanding "Asymptomatic"
6/19/2020:
This Week's Statistics:
Florida Department of Health's dashboard
Florida's COVID-19 Action dashboard
A Different Approach to Treatment — Passive Immunity
1st
Evidence That a Drug Can Improve COVID-19 Survival
Latest on COVID-19 in June
Florida May Be the
Next COVID-19 Epicenter
Blood Type May Influence Severity of the Virus
Virus in Italy as Early as
December
Cape
Canaveral Monitoring Raw Sewage for Community Spread
California Mandates Masks Following Spike in Cases
Tips If Going
to the Beach
Microsoft Developed
COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
Other Nations Launched Contact-Tracing Smart Phone Apps
6/12/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Hydroxychloroquine
Did Not Prevent the Virus
Latest on COVID-19 in June
Latest on COVID-19 in June
Latest on COVID-19 in June
No Evidence Pets Spread the Virus to Their Humans
Latest on COVID-19 in
May
5/29/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Governor
DeSantis Rebuts Reason for Rebekah Jones Firing
WHO Compares
U.S. to Other Countries
Asymptomatic Cases Greater Than Thought
COVID-19
Aerosol (airborne) Transmission
COVID-19
Treatment Targets Immune Response in Overdrive
District Weekly Bulletin Announces Openings
5/22/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Tips for Doing Memorial
Day Safely, Social Distancing & When Others Don't
COVID-19 Causing Inflammatory Condition in Children
Sunlight
Disinfects
Rebekah Jones
(Creator of FL DOH Dashboard) Fired
6
Essentials for Effective Masks
Data from Two Tests
Erroneously Combined
CDC
Tweeks Wording of How COVID-19 Spreads
Avoid Large Gatherings
5/15/2020:
This Week's Statistics
Virologist
Dr. Joseph Fair Gets COVID-19 While Doing Everything Right
CDC's Advice
for Reopening Shelved by Trump Administration
How
COVID-19 Effects Children
Video Showing How the Virus Spreads
51
Choir Members Come Down with COVID-19 After Practice
Trump
Pressuring CDC to Change How it Calculates Death Tolls
Eased Restrictions Resulted in Resurgence of Cases
PPE, Now Test Supply Shortages
5/6/2020
This Week's Statistics
COVID-19 Untruths, Myths, Misinformation & Rumors
COVID-19
Treatment & a Llama Called Winter
Children Getting Mysterious Inflammatory Syndrome
COVID-19 Anxiety or Depression
Potential Effectiveness of Remdesivir in Early Stages of the Virus
Using Antibody Tests to Determine Readiness to Reopen
Step-by-Step Guidance for Reopening Shelved
Americans Urged to Leave Quarantine and "Be Warriors"
Trump Suggests that Virus from WuHan Lab, Not Bats
List of
COVID-19 Symptoms Expanding
Everyone Doesn't Present with the Same Symptoms
In the Oval Office, Nurse Asked if Supplies Were Sufficient?
Justice Department Open a Criminal Investigation of Suppliers No Delivering
Latest on COVID-19 in
April
4/29/2020:
Latest on COVID-19 in
March
3/29/2020:
How to Host a Get-together as Safely as Possible
 How
to Do Memorial Day (summer fun) Safely put out by WebMD
(5/22/2020)
Social
Distancing video put out by WebMD
What to Do When Others Aren't
Social Distancing
Hurricane
Season & COVID-19
— Only a few weeks until
season's end.
Differences in How to Prepare
During the COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Need to Know If You Have to Go to a Shelter (Hint: it involves
packing hand sanitizer and masks.)
Travel:
11 Ways the Pandemic Will Change Travel
Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe on a Flight
Flying in the Age of COVID-19
 COVID-19
Testing Program in The Villages
(updated 6/26/2020)
COVID-19
Testing
continues in The Villages
(5/14/2020)
COVID-19
Symptom Checker
10 coronavirus symptoms that we may not be aware of
COVID Toes may be another Symptom
Have a mild case of COVID-19?
27 Coronavirus Myths Explored
(updated 5/7/2020)
13
Coronavirus Myths Busted by Science
(3/10/2020)
Thinking critically about Coronavirus news & information
—
How to sort out what's
true and what's not?
About the
COVID-19 Pandemic
Who is at risk?
What are its symptoms?
How is it spread?
How to prevent catching or spreading the virus?
What is still unknown?
Additional Information
Concern
Increasing
CDC Slow in Getting Test Kits Out
World Health Organization (WHO)
—
COVID-19 Advice, including when traveling.
Face Masks & Making Your Own
 Home-made
Sanitizers & Disinfectant
How Long Do Coronaviruses Live on Surfaces?
(Click on chart on the right.)
Scams:
Medicare Fraud Using COVID-19
More FTC Warnings About Scam Coronavirus Treatments
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Scam
Florida Consumer eNewsletter for
July
An Arrest in a Multimillion Dollar COVID-19 Scheme
Scammers are using COVID-19 messages to scam people
Grandparent scams in the age of Coronavirus
Warnings sent to sellers of Coronavirus treatment scams
Coronavirus scams, Part 2
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