POST 129. February 15, 2021, CORONAVIRUS. “ “The CDC released its much-anticipated, updated guidance to help school leaders decide how to safely bring students back into classrooms, or keep them there.”…” For politicians, parents and school leaders looking for a clear green light to reopen schools, this is not it.”

February 15, 2021

…Rather than a political push to reopen schools, the update is a measured, data-driven effort to expand on old recommendations and advise school leaders on how to “layer” the most effective safety precautions: masking, physical distancing, hand-washing and respiratory etiquette, ventilation and building cleaning, and contact tracing. “CDC is not mandating that schools reopen,” CDC

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February 14, 2021

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-128 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in China.” PART 2.

POST 128. February 14, 2021. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new research on Wednesday that found wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask offers more protection against the coronavirus, as does tying knots on the ear loops of surgical masks…

February 14, 2021

…Those findings prompted new guidance on how to improve mask fit at a time of concern over fast-spreading variants of the virus. For optimal protection, the CDC says to make sure the mask fits snugly against your face and to choose a mask with at least two layers… In laboratory testing, researchers simulated coughs and

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February 13, 2021

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-127 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in China.” PART 2.

POST 127. February 12, 2021. CORONAVIRUS. “… Trump only agreed to be hospitalized when aides told him that he could walk to Marine One or he could wait until his case progressed and he would be carried out.”

February 13, 2021

“The severity of COVID-19 symptoms suffered by President Donald Trump after contracting the coronavirus was worse than was publicly acknowledged and the president was nearly put on a ventilator, The New York Times reported Thursday. Citing four sources familiar with Trump’s condition in October, the Times said Trump’s blood oxygen percentage level had dipped into

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February 11, 2021

CORONAVIRUS TRACKING Links to POSTS 1-126 Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands?® Curated Contemporaneous Case Study Methodology Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H. PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in China.” PART 2.

POST 126. February 11, 2021. CORONAVIRUS. “There will be more coronavirus outbreaks in the future. Bats and other mammals are rife with strains and species of this abundant family of viruses. Some of these pathogens will inevitably spill over the species barrier and cause new pandemics. It’s only a matter of time.” (A)

February 11, 2021

______________________________________________________________ POST 80. November 29, 2020 Do you know which hospital is right for you if you have coronavirus? | Opinion By Jersey Journal Guest Columnist Jonathan M. Metsch With coronavirus, the hospital to which you are admitted is most likely the hospital where you will stay. We don’t have “emerging virus” hospital designations like