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The president did not engage in NBC town hall on a question about whether he took a Covid-19 test on the day of his debate with Biden in late September, even though he was obligated to do so. He was airlifted to the hospital with Covid-19 days later. He also did not express any regrets for holding a rose garden ceremony for his Supreme Court nominee several days before that debate, a meeting that is now widely regarded as a “super broadcast” event. Trump also made the false claim that “85% of people who wear masks catch it.”
YOU ASKED. WE RESPOND
Q. Do aircraft ventilation systems circulate Covid-19?
The study, which was published without peer review, did not take into account other ways that people could contract the virus in a plan: by coughing or breathing directly on them, from surfaces or from confined spaces such as bathrooms.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
Large Global Study Finds Remdesivir Doesn’t Help Covid-19 Patients
So far, remdesivir has been the only drug that appears to have specific positive effects on the coronavirus. It was the only drug with an Emergency Use Authorization for Covid-19 from the FDA.
The WHO study looked at remdesivir and three other repurposed drugs (hydroxychloroquine, the combination of lopinavir and ritonavir for HIV, and interferon) in 11,000 Covid-19 patients in 30 countries. None of them helped the patients live longer or get out of the hospital sooner, the WHO said.
Covid deaths in Europe could be up to 5 times higher in January than in April, says WHO
The comments come as new Covid-19 cases accelerate across much of Europe, leading to a series of new restrictions in some of its biggest capitals. But in London, locals have expressed confusion and doubt over the closure rules, set to be set at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, that will affect millions of people living in the city.
These families appreciated multigenerational life. But Covid-19 has ruined it
This advice made sense for those with elderly relatives living in separate homes. But more than 6% of British households, a total of around 1.8 million people, are multigenerational. In the UK, people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Communities (BAME) are more likely than their white peers to live in such groups, reports Zamira Rahim.
For all of these families, regardless of race, isolation is a difficult luxury to come by.
ON OUR RADAR
- Queen Elizabeth had her first royal engagement in months, but she did not wear a mask.
- Trump ally and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent seven days in the ICU with Covid. Now he says “I was wrong” in thinking that the White House was a “safe zone.”
- More Americans have fallen into poverty after the federal stimulus programs ended.
- A global rise in chronic diseases, combined with Covid-19, bodes ill for global health, according to a study.
- In New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, this year’s winter comes with the added fear of Covid-19.
- The Australia-New Zealand travel bubble is finally here, but for now it’s only one-way.
- CNN Travel’s Lilit Marcus thought “flights to nowhere” were silly. Then he followed up with one.
TODAY’S BEST ADVICE
Reduce streaming this fall by socializing outside
But just because you are outside does not mean that you can abandon all safety precautions. “The outdoors is not perfect. If you are still sitting a foot away from other people, without a mask, you can still spread it, especially if you are in a very infectious period,” said Dr. Megan Ranney, a medicine from medical emergency, he told CNN.
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“We always have our (masks) on to make sure we’re not spreading anything, or even getting a chance to get something, from the jump. So we have very strict guidelines and we make sure to follow them.” – Rhyne Howard, Kentucky Wildcats
