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California launches nation's first disaster relief fund for undocumented immigrants
New $125m fund will support those ineligible for federal support, but who make up 10% of the state’s workforce, largely in essential services


https://www.theguardian.com/wo...ief-fund-coronavirus


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New York Pause extended to May 15th, in cooperation with surrounding states. Guess they wanted to get out ahead of the federal presser this afternoon when Trump is supposed to announce his guidelines.

Cuomo was asked about Trump's comments that NY is padding its death totals. His pithy response: "that's more bizarre than usual". Big Grin

His medical people said that the CDC issued guidelines about new categories of potential/likely COVID-19 deaths that are not necessarily confirmed by testing, namely people who die at home or in a nursing home. So if the numbers are larger than they were, it's because of the CDC reporting guidance.

Small business loan program has run out of money.


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HIghest number of deaths in Illinois yesterday, 1072. Not sure about hospitalizations; I was out for a walk and Mr wtg didn't catch what that number was.

Pritzker said he scored a bunch of PPE through private sources.


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Illinois is part of a seven state coalition that will coordinate efforts to restart things.

https://www.businessinsider.co...eopen-economy-2020-4

chicago Tribune:

https://www.chicagotribune.com...x2kwnxebq-story.html


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So where did the virus come from?

Reading for those who are interested.

Josh Rogin's story in WaPo regarding concerns about a Wuhan virology lab. Can't remember if I posted this a couple of days ago when it first appeared:

https://www.washingtonpost.com...g-bat-coronaviruses/

A look at a few theories about where the virus came from:

https://www.washingtonpost.com...eaks-chinese-origin/

Science Daily (I think I might have posted this last month when it was first published):

https://www.sciencenews.org/ar...etic-analysis-nature


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Related to the "where did it come from?" articles....China will do extra vetting of academic publications on origins of the virus

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12...-intl-hnk/index.html


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Persistent little beggar.

https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...h-temperature-threat


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Finding virus carriers—especially those with no symptoms—is among the biggest hurdles to addressing the pandemic.

But what if dogs can do that? Scientists in London say that dogs could in fact revolutionize the hunt for Covid-19 by sniffing out subtle odors produced by the virus when within the human body. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is crowdfunding a project to train canines to detect healthy-seeming people who haven’t necessarily realized yet they are carriers. If the project is successful, the animal detectives could be working across Britain by the summer.

“It’s very early stages,” says James Logan, head of LSHTM’s Department of Disease Control. “We know diseases have odors — including respiratory diseases such as influenza — and that those odors are in fact quite distinct. There is a very, very good chance that Covid-19 has a specific odor, and if it does I am really confident that the dogs would be able to learn that smell and detect it.”


https://www.bloomberg.com/news...irus-testing-problem


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Some people experience Covid-19 as nothing more than a mild cold, and others exhibit no symptoms at all. Then there are the thousands who sicken and, often, die. Scientists are working hard to understand the underlying reasons for such huge discrepancies in symptoms and outcomes. No one knows the answer yet. One theory: It is locked deep in our genetic makeup.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news...ay-lie-in-your-genes


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Why COVID-19 might be worse than SARS.

https://www.iflscience.com/hea...-is-worse-than-sars/


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Chris Murray said some interesting stuff....

1) FL will probably adjusted down, not seeing as many cases as initially projected

2) NY has been at a plateau for longer than expected

3) The model will be incorporating cell phone data that gives an idea of how much people are moving around

4) People observed social distancing much better than expected, even in states where there weren't explicit stay-at-home orders.


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