COVID-19 References

Here are some interesting references and facts related to COVID-19.

COVID-19 stats from Google

Masks help stop the spread of the virus

Comparative death rates chart from BusinessInsider.com -- Shows how much more quickly the COVID-19 death rate per million has risen, compared to Flu, Heart disease, Cancer, Car crashes.

Official CDC list of COVID-19 symptoms:
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Chills
- Repeated shaking with chills
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Sore throat
- New loss of taste or smell

US graphs and tables from WorldOMeters.info -- This page summarizes US numbers, shows several useful graphs, and also includes a table of information for all US states. This is were I get most of the graphs of the infections and deaths in the US. Some of this US data is updated more often than daily, and includes not only numbers, but a few useful graphs, that are very helpful in understanding the data trends. Since the data is updated often, and the sources of the data are not all always reliable, sometimes there are blanks in certain cells of the table, that fill in later.

Worldwide data from WorldOMeters.info -- This global coronavirus data includes numbers and graphs, and a table of data by country, which includes links to see the data for many of the individual countries.

Dashboard of Global disease spread from Johns Hopkins University -- This global status dashboard display from Johns Hopkins gives an interesting perspective on the progress of the disease worldwide.

US Projections from HealthData.org -- This site includes several graphs of projected data.

Colorado.gov -- This is Colorado's landing spot for coronavirus information. It mostly contains high level public information about statewide policies and procedures, with some good guidelines that individuals can follow, to help stay as safe as possible.

Definition: COVIDIOT: Someone who ignores the warnings regarding public health or safety during the pandemic . . . stubbornly ignores social distancing protocols, even gathering to protest them, thus helping to further spread the disease . . . hoards groceries, depriving others of vital supplies . . . likely hasn't a clue about the actual disease, its lethality or transmission rate. 

Disease and virus names: Here's a fun fact, from the World Health Organization article that describes the naming: the name for this disease is COVID-19, which stands for “Corona Virus Disease 2019.” The name for the virus itself is SARS-CoV-2, which stands for “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.” There is a preference to use the disease name COVID-19, because using the virus name SARS-CoV-2 can cause unnecessary anxiety for some populations, especially in Asia, which was worst affected by the SARS outbreak in 2003.

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