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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, August 5, 2020

August 5, 2020/RINewsToday

Photo: Arizona has a series of coronavirus public service ads in print and video to encourage compliance with preventive measures. See the video ad, below…

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

In Arlington County, VA only 3 people allowed to be out together in a public area – with $600 fines for violations.

New Jersey marked their first “0” hospital deaths day since the pandemic started. They had deaths at a high of 400 a day at one time.

A Norwegian cruise ship suffered a coronavirus outbreak just over a month after it set sail for the first time. 33 crew members had tested positive. The ship took two voyages in July, and the company has contacted all passengers and requested they self-quarantine.

Delta Airlines removed two passengers who refused to wear masks from a flight and says no passengers can ride on their planes who are not willing to wear masks.

Men’s Wearhouse & Joseph A. Banks has declared bankruptcy.

Lord & Taylor, the country’s oldest department store, has declared bankruptcy.

Pier I Imports is going to launch an online site.

NHL Hockey has had no outbreaks.

Mississippi is being looked at as the next state for a major outbreak.

Staples will recycle masks and gloves – people can drop them off.

The NIH is discussing what groups will get the vaccine first – there will be a medical, risk, and distribution issue.

Barron Trump’s private school in Maryland has decided to remain closed for now.

The Pew Research Center makes several predictions:

1. people over 60, after a vaccine is discovered, 1 in 3 medical visits will be telemed, and a team of doctors, not just their primary care will be accessed.

2. Vaccinations will be done in the network of drugstore pharmacies such as they do now with flu shots.

3. Trips will be more road trips than flights, trips abroad, and cruises. The most popular trip? Visiting grandchildren.

4. Hotels and restaurants will continue to promote cleanliness and safety.

5. More seniors will leave nursing homes and return to live with family.

6. Home delivery will become the norm; in-person shopping an unusual event.

7. Older workers (over 60) will stay home. They will work from home, or take early retirement. As the older generation will disengage from society, attending larger events, etc. depression and sadness will increasingly be a medical/mental health problem.

A Delaware school board member said about older teachers hesitant to come back to work, “If teachers can’t handle the risk of being back in the classroom, they should seek a new career.”

United Airlines says it will resume service in Hawaii on 30 international routes in September and will include more flights to Hawaii.

Georgia’s largest school district, has confirmed that around 260 employees have either tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed – they have reported close to 18,000 cases and Georgia has reported over 193,000 cases in total.

Charlie Baker is warning residents that he’ll slash the number of people allowed to gather in house parties, backyard barbecues and other private social gatherings if virus cases continue to trend upward in Massachusetts.

Seven Cardinals test positive – MLB continues testing and rescheduling.

Vermont retail businesses were permitted to expand capacity from 25% to 50% starting Saturday

Some medical treatment experiments have been done using hyperbaric procedures rather than ventilators in treating lung involvement.

Eli Lilly announced this morning that it will begin a 2,400-patient Phase 3 study to test whether its experimental anti-Covid-19 antibody drug can keep nursing home patients from developing the disease.

Three companies are working quickly to develop “point of care” COVID19 tests – tests that can be done in a medical office, with results as you wait.

LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics and a tiny Texas company, eTrueNorth are running most of the point of care tests in the US.

The full list of hand sanitizers to avoid

Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol
Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear Ethyl Alcohol 70%
BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
KLAR AND DANVER Instant Hand Sanitizer
MODESA Instant Hand Sanitizer Moisturizers and Vitamin E
BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe
BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer
The Honeykeeper Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer Clear
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
BLUMEN Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer, with 70 Alcohol
BLUMEN Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer, with 70 Alcohol
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavender, with 70% alcohol
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe, with 70% alcohol
Blumen Antibacterial Fresh Citrus Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Hand Sanitizer Fresh Citrus
KLAR and DANVER Instant Hand Sanitizer
Hello Kitty Hand Sanitizer
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Vitamin E and Aloe)
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Aloe and Moisturizers)
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Vitamin E and Aloe
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe and Moisturizers
BLUMEN Instant Hand Sanitizer Fragrance Free
BLUMEN Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe Vera
Assured Aloe
bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer
LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 4 oz
LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 16 oz
QualitaMed Hand Sanitizer
NEXT Hand Sanitizer
Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol extra soft with glycerin and aloe
NuuxSan Instant Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer
NuuxSan Instant Hand Sanitizer
Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Aloe and Moisturizers
Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Vitamin E and Aloe
Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Aloe Vera
Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Vitamin E
Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
Earths Amenities Instant Unscented Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera Advanced
Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
Vidanos Easy Cleaning Rentals Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
All-Clean Hand Sanitizer
Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer
Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer
The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer
CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol
CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer Gel Unscented 70% Alcohol
Medicare Alcohol Antiseptic Topical Solution
GelBact Hand Sanitizer
Hand Sanitizer
TriCleanz
Sayab Antisepctic Hand Sanitizer 100
Jaloma Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 62% with Vitamin E
Leiper’s Fork Distillery Bulk Disinfectant per 5 gallon and Leiper’s Fork Distillery 16 oz bottle
Andy’s Best
Andy’s
NeoNatural
Plus Advanced
Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer
Optimus Lubricants Instant Hand Sanitizer
Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer
Selecto Hand Sanitizer
Shine and Clean Hand Sanitizer
Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol
Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol Rinse Free Hand Rub
Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer
Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer 70% alcohol
Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer 65% Alcohol
Scent Theory — Keep It Clean — Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
Cavalry
ENLIVEN Hand Sanitizing Gel
Lux Eoi Hand Sanitizing Gel
Scent Theory — Keep It Clean — Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
Bersih Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance Free
Bersih Antiseptic Alcohol 70% Topical Solution hand sanitizer
Purity Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 70%
TriCleanz Tritanium Labs Hand Sanitizer
Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70%
Parabola Hand Sanitizer
Urbane Bath and Body Hand Sanitizer
Cleaner Hand Sanitizer Rinse Free 70%
Handzer Hand Sanitizer Rinse Free
Kleanz Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer Advanced
Be Safe Hand Sanitizer
Wave Hand Sanitizer Gel
DAESI Hand Sanitizer

Scientists are looking at nitrous oxide loss in the case of respiratory complications from COVID19, and if providing nitrous oxide might be useful in treatment.

Three Massachusetts nursing homes are under investigation for their COVID19 treatments: Town and Country had 10 deaths of patients at the 80-bed facility. Hermitage Healthcare is licensed for 101 beds and has suffered 12 deaths. Wareham Healthcare has had no deaths and 10 or fewer cases from its 175 beds.

A suggestion from environmental researchers as we go back into buildings: Run portable HEPA filters in restaurants, classrooms and indoor spaces where opening windows is impractical. These filters, which often retail for a few hundred dollars, can trap small virus particles.

Open windows and doors, advises Linsey Marr, who studies how viruses spread through the air. “Ventilation counts,” she wrote in a Times Op-Ed.

Massachusetts teacher unions are calling for a delay in opening schools.

13 religious sisters living together in a Livonia, Michigan, convent died of coronavirus.

The federal government announced that states now will need to pick up 25% of costs of the National Guard in their state – with the exception of Texas and Florida.

NBC Sports Boston has laid off almost 20 sports staffers, including some on-air talent – in line with a national layoff.

Germany is already contending with a second wave of the coronavirus

RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY

Governor’s weekly address is today at 1pm

Gov. Raimondo says we need rapid testing or schools will not open.

Rhode Island has been added to the state where travelers to it must go in to quarantine – in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Last night, Massachusettts added Rhode Island to the list. Travel less than 24 hours into RI is targeted for quarantine when you return to these states.

The Pawtucket Central Falls Rapid Testing Site will be relocating to 91 Dexter Street in Pawtucket. Residents are asked to continue to call 855-843-7620 to schedule appointments.

2 Westerly High School athletes test positive – team and band practice have been suspended.

ProJo is reporting that RI dentists and doctors are stockpiling PPE in preparation for a fall uptick in cases.

RI Interscholastic League will make a statement today regarding fall sports season. Selected sports – boys tennis and girls and boys cross country are expected to be approved – other teams may be added. No team sports have been eliminated at this point, though practice and team play dates have been delayed further into September.

All Uncle Tony’s restaurants are now open for dine-in option – curbside pickup still available.

One Neighborhood is targeted these Providence zip codes for coronavirus information: 02904, 02908 and 02909.

NOTE: Two days apart – announcement by RI Hospital & Miriam Hospital that visitation policies have expanded, followed by announcement that they have scaled back after running into social distancing issues.

Aug 5 – 10am to 1pm – Restore RI Grant program workshop on Facebook LIVE – go to RI Hospitality Association FB page – this will be who is eligible for grants of up to $15,000 – how to apply.

Insider/Business Insider will not require employees to return to the office until July of 2021.

Governors of Maryland, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Virginia announce major bipartisan Interstate Compact to secure 3 million Rapid Antigen Tests (RI is not part of this compact).

Reported by Tara Granahan, the RI Dept. of Health stated: “Roughly 1% of the people who were tested after going to a large gathering or protest were positive. 4 people were positive out of the 2,170 tested (…we don’t know that these people got sick at a protest.)”

Bryant University has invested nearly $3 million to conduct weekly on-campus COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty and staff.

Nautika restaurant in East Greenwich will close permanently in September.

The Federal Hill Restaurant Assoc is concerned adding Rhode Island to the list of “quarantine from” states for other states will make people in RI nervous and pull back further in going out to eat.

Johns Hopkins has new visuals on comparative numbers of all states:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/tracker/overview

RI Data

From August 4th:

Deaths: 1 – 3 day average, hospitalized: 80