The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/08/us/tulsa-covid-trump-rally-contact-tracers-trnd/index.html

After months of study, scientists have better clarity on the coronavirus's lethal potential—which makes recent case surges all the more alarming. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/coronavirus-deadlier-than-many-believed-infection-fatality-rate-cvd/

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that "lies and disinformation" have emerged during the coronavirus pandemic and warned against allowing hatred to spread as the world battles the virus.
"We have seen lies and disinformation, and that is no way to fight the pandemic," she said yesterday at the European Parliament in Brussels.
She added the virus has highlighting the limits of ''fact-denying populism," saying, "The limits of populism and denial of basic truths are being laid bare." https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-09-20-intl/h_92797f2b07edce8fc90a27a4bea47e8c

Wear a mask!! https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1281148608381808641

The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
The church’s haul may have reached — or even exceeded — $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts, an Associated Press analysis of federal data released this week found. - https://apnews.com/dab8261c68c93f24c0bfc1876518b3f6

"You cannot fight the pandemic with lies" - Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger - Trump, as well as Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Russia's Vladimir Putin, must have felt his ears burning when the German Chancellor demolished their approaches to the coronavirus in a speech Thursday. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/world/meanwhile-in-america-july-10-intl/index.html

What is Antifa? History, ideology and tactics explained
Is Antifa a ‘terrorist organization’ as US President Donald Trump claims, or are they small, scattered groups, trying to fight fascism? Let us unpack their story, from Nazi-era Germany to the present-day United States. - https://p.dw.com/p/3ejDu

“The Virus Must Be Contained Before the Economy Can Recover”
In an interview, Clemens Fuest, one of Germany’s top economists, discusses the impact of the coronavirus on governments and business. He says bankruptcies are inevitable and that the effects of the crisis will be with us for a long time to come. - https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/leading-german-economist-the-virus-must-be-contained-before-the-economy-can-recover-a-652a4098-ad44-4fb1-a2e2-a46776d56217

Covid-19 may also be much worse the second time around. During his first infection, my patient experienced a mild cough and sore throat. His second infection, in contrast, was marked by a high fever, shortness of breath, and hypoxia, resulting in multiple trips to the hospital - https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity

A group of partygoers were slapped with a $26,000 fine for breaching coronavirus stay-at-home restrictions in Melbourne last week after police tracked a bulk KFC order back to the gathering. - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzjee/cops-raid-melbourne-party-during-lockdown-after-guests-put-in-a-20-meal-order-with-kfc

If you are a person who believes in Hell, you have to think this is the thing for which multiple Trump administration officials are most likely to spend eternity in cosmic penance and damnation. - https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1280337715574251522

Forty-eight Florida hospitals, including eight in Miami-Dade, have reached their ICU capacity, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/14/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

Three people on a recent Delta Air Lines flight to upstate New York tested positive for COVID-19
The passengers were aboard Delta flight 4815 from Atlanta to Albany on July 5, the department said in a July 10 news release. They were asymptomatic on the flight, but began showing signs of the virus the next day - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article244226897.html

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53425822

Potentially thousands of people were scammed out of money after hijacked accounts of prominent verified users promised to double the money fans sent them in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53428304

With skyrocketing coronavirus hospitalizations in several states, hard-hit counties in Arizona and Texas are preparing for the worst by bringing in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

New coronavirus outbreaks, even in places as far flung as China’s western Xinjiang region, are prompting worldwide moves to guard against the pandemic, as the number of confirmed cases globally approaches 14 million. - https://apnews.com/c3c7481ac03f9a2f30179359802a8296

The cough has come back, without warning and seemingly for no reason; so has the fatigue. True, neither are as debilitating as when I had the actual virus, but they are back.
Like many others, I am now coming to realize that I am living and suffering from the long tail of Covid-19. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/richard-quest-covid-wellness-intl/index.html

It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American democracy’s electoral process. https://apnews.com/aa07c0a980b3353b15f94442eb8191a5

The Pew Center reported that July 7 only 17% of people in the U.S. have confidence in government to do the right thing. Never in the history of their surveys, which began in 1958, has that confidence been so low.
Why is trust so low and why does that matter, especially during a crisis – and especially during this crisis? - https://theconversation.com/leaders-like-trump-fail-if-they-cannot-speak-the-truth-and-earn-trust-141767