COVID Clips for Tuesday

Hello:

Here’s the COVID-19 Media Clips for Tuesday.

Sharon

 

DOH Quotes / Mentions

Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant contact-tracing - Bellingham Herald (DOH)

CDC finds 40% of adults report COVID-19 mental health issues. There’s help in Whatcom - Bellingham Herald (DOH)

Coronavirus updates: State says virus has long-term complications; Inslee discusses mail-in-voting - Tacoma News Tribune (DOH)

Inslee Worries Trump's Moves With the U.S. Postal Service Will Jeopardize Mail-Ballot Voting - Centralia Chronicle (Dr. Kathy Lofy)

King County has confirmed 24 Covid-19 outbreaks at child care centers since March (DOH; KUOW)

Tri-Cities reports 115 new coronavirus cases over the weekend (DOH; Yak Tri News)

Keep your social circle small — very small (DOH; San Juan Journal)

Cases of COVID-19 increasing at prison and elsewhere in the Valley (DOH; Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

Coronavirus: Inslee issues proclamation for COVID-19 Food Production Paid Leave Program (KIRO 7)

 

Cases

• Cases of COVID-19 increasing at prison and elsewhere in the Valley - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (DOH)

• Coronavirus hot spots are following the crop calendar - MyNorthwest.com (Dr. Scott Lindquist)

• Plateau in Washington COVID-19 spread, according to new state report - KING5, Islands Sounder, KOMO (Secretary Wiesman)

• Coronavirus cases flattening across Washington, health department report says - Seattle PI, My Northwest (Secretary Wiesman)

• Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 cases beginning plateau; private schools alter plans for fall - Tacoma News Tribune (Secretary Wiesman)

 

Schools

• New report examines how to minimize COVID-19 risk while maximizing educational benefits - KHQ (DOH)

• One school district in Kittitas County plans to fully reopen amid COVID-19 pandemic - Q13 (DOH)

• Private schools plan to start in-person despite recommendations from state agency - KEPR (DOH)

• New report outlines plan for some Washington students to return to class if COVID-19 infection rates decrease - KING5 (Lacy Fehrenbach)

• Infection modeling suggests schools could reopen, but not without significant risk - Q13 (Lacy Fehrenbach)

• COVID-19: Report looks at risks of in-person learning - KOMO (Lacy Fehrenbach)

• 'Plateauing is not enough': State health officials say return to school depends on 'sustained decline' - The Spokesman-Review (Lacy Fehrenbach)

• Washington Disease Experts Back Beginning Schools Remotely - Centralia Chronicle (Lacy Fehrenbach)

• Vancouver Public Schools offers families what they need to know about remote learning (DOH; Clark County Today)

 

WA State

Coronavirus daily news updates, August 18: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world (Seattle Times)

Feds seize thousands of fake COVID-19 pills in Seattle area - KOMO

Seattle special education students have gone months with few services. Will fall be different? (Seattle Times)

YHD: Wildfire smoke may cause health problems and increase risk of COVID-19 - KIMA

Nurse at Coyote Ridge in Connell describes ‘petri dish’ of ‘inhumane conditions’ (Tri-City Herald)

Seattle firefighters make giving COVID tests part of their job (Seattle Times)

Mask myths busted: Yes, they work. No, you won’t suffocate. Here’s what you should know. (Seattle Times)

Feds seize thousands of fake COVID-19 pills in Seattle area (KEPR TV)

 

Nation

New coronavirus cases are emerging at schools. How much you know depends on where you live (USA Today)

Do temperature checks really work for detecting coronavirus? Here’s what experts say (News Tribune)

Universities scramble to deal with virus outbreaks - Longview Daily News

How bad is COVID-19 where your child goes to college? Here’s where to look (Seattle Times)

‘Horrifying’ data glitch skews key Iowa coronavirus metrics (Seattle Times)

Mink at two Utah farms test positive for COVID-19 (Reuters)

Birx says data collected from hospitals during coronavirus pandemic has been "extraordinarily important" (CNN)

How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks (NPR)

Investigation: COVID rips through motel rooms of guest workers who pick nation’s produce (Cal Matters)

Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation (New York Times)

Coronavirus spread in Georgia is 'widespread and expanding,' says report on leaked WH warning (NBC News)

 

Global

S Korea shuts Seoul nightspots, churches amid virus spike - Longview Daily News

The Latest: Lebanon reports record high number of new cases (Washington Post)

 

Economy / Business

South King County businesses offered free toolkit to guide reopening during COVID-19 pandemic (Seattle Times)

 

Viewpoints / Opinions

Opinion: ICU capacity is more about the clinicians than the number of beds (STAT)

 

Mental / Behavioral Health

‘None of us have lived through what we are going through right now’: COVID-19 causing rise in mental health problems (KXLY)

Vancouver long-term care facilities get creative to combat loneliness, isolation of residents (Columbian)

Immune response after mild COVID-19 is prolonged; psychiatric risk revealed (Reuters)

 

Research / Science

COVID-19 might have spread ‘unseen’ through Puget Sound as early as Christmas, study shows (Olympian)

Southeast Asia, detecting mutated coronavirus virus strain, is now studying it (Seattle Times)

More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing', says disease expert (Reuters)

New research suggests the body's own virus shield lasts long enough for a vaccine to curb spread (CNN)

Coronavirus Crisis Has Made Brazil an Ideal Vaccine Laboratory (New York Times)

Covid-19 vaccine trials have been slow to recruit Black and Latino people -- and that could delay a vaccine (CNN)

 

 

Sharon Moysiuk

Communications Consultant

Center for Public Affairs

Washington State Department of Health

Sharon.Moysiuk@doh.wa.gov

360-549-6471 | www.doh.wa.gov