Greetings!
On Sept. 8 in the U.S. there were 25,167 new cases (6.33 M total cases): 261 deaths and the total deaths has reached over 189,000. In comparison: 1,150 new cases (279,000 total cases) and 12 deaths (35,553 total) in Italy; – in France, 420 new cases (336,000, total cases) and 25 deaths (30,764, total) in Germany – 1,499 new cases (255,000 total cases) and four deaths (9,408 total deaths) – the United Kingdom had 2,988, new cases [353,000 total cases], two deaths increasing their Covid-19 death total to 41,586.
Your curators are alway looking for the story that summarizes a specific policy or scientific issue; and we are also quick to read the great Atul Gwande’s medical writing. In an article posted last week in The New Yorker, Dr. Guwande provides us with “We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now—if We Want To.” The article delivers the to-date summary on testing, here is the lead paragraph: “To get out of this pandemic, we need fast, easy coronavirus testing that’s accessible to everyone. From the way people often talk, you might think we need a technological breakthrough to achieve this. In fact, we don’t have a technological problem; we’ve got an implementation problem. We could have the testing capacity we need within weeks. The reason we don’t is not simply that our national leadership is unfit but also that our health-care system is dysfunctional.”
Our second section looks at how Covid-19 has impacted mental health.
This is the Revitalize list for Sept. 9, 2020:
