⇒ Issue #88 (In numerology, the number 88 means business, intuition, analysis, introspection and efficacy. It might also have been the model of your granddad's Oldsmobile.)
⇒ Confirmed Covid cases in Canada as of 08/04: 118,973*
⇒ Confirmed Covid fatalities in Canada as of 08/04: 8,995*
⇒ Worldwide Covid cases as of 08/04: 18,317,520*
⇒ Worldwide Covid fatalities as of 08/04: 694,713*
August 4, 2020—Hello CurveFlatteners, and welcome to August. High time you got your summer on. It's Chronicle's Cory Perla here in front of the keyboard, so stand well back. These fingers mean business.
A few stories that carried a wallop have emerged during the last week, including the story of Dr. Joseph Costa, chief of critical care at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center, who died as a result of coronavirus infection at the age of 56.
Dr. Costa was responsible for the care of the sickest Covid-19 patients in the hospital. In an interview with the Baltimore Sun, David Hart, Costa's husband of 28 years, said his late husband was the bravest man he knew. "I keep thinking, now there is one less ICU doctor to care for pandemic patients in Baltimore," Hart told the newspaper.
Another notable Covid-19 death this week was Herman Cain (pictured below), former U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Donald Trump. Unlike Dr. Costa, who helped to save Covid-19 patients, Cain may have endangered his fellow citizens in the days and weeks before his death from the virus, specifically when he encouraged Trump supporters to attend a rally without protective masks. He personally also refused to wear a mask.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has said that the Coronavirus pandemic right now is not into a second wave, but still one big wave.
COVID CHRONICLE 08/04/2020
- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have analyzed how coronavirus could spread in indoor places like schools and classrooms. They found that proper ventilation will likely keep the air safe from the virus, but that surfaces will pose the greatest risk.
- In the early stages of the pandemic, researchers have found that 65 per cent of cases worldwide had their origins in people who had travelled from China, Italy, or Iran. According to the study, 75 per cent of countries that reported between Dec. 31, 2018 and March 10, 2020 were linked to individuals who had travelled from one of those countries.
- According to data released by the City of Toronto, Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting Black people and other people of colour in the city. The data shows that though the groups make up 50% of the population, people of colour make up 71 per cent of Covid-19 hospitalizations and 83 per cent of cases overall.
WHAT CHRONICLE IS WORKING ON TODAY
A new study suggests that mouth lesions may be a symptom of Covid-19 in some individuals. I am working on a video report on the subject, which will be available on our new and improved Derm.City website later this week.
LATER NOW WE'RE READING...
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. What better way to pass the time during a pandemic than to read a bleak story of the physical and mental torture of trench warfare during World War I?
TONIGHT WE ARE EATING...
Homemade (by my dad, pictured left) Lobster and Shrimp Fra Diovolo. I couldn't think of a better birthday gift for my father (happy birthday, Mr. Perla!) than nearly three kilograms of lobster, which he chose to cook in a favourite sauce.DROP US A LINE
Another week is underway, all you CurveFlatteners. If you have any thoughts or comments, we'd love for you to drop them in the comments section below. Please also check us out on LinkedIn and share the news around. My colleague Dhiren Mahiban will pick up your coverage tomorrow.
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