June 14, 2020

• The WHO announces that COVID-19 can be transmitted through the air after more than 200 scientists sign a letter urging the agency to revise its recommendations. They note that the virus can stay in the air in crowded indoor spaces and can be spread by asymptomatic individuals.
• Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine phase 1 and 2 trial data proves to be effective, causing the company to be the first to enter large-scale human trials. Some side effects of the vaccine candidate include injection site pain and chills.
• The U.S. reports a record of 75,6000 cases of COVID-19 in a single day, breaking the record from the previous week. There have been 11 record totals in the month of July with Texas, Hawaii, and Montana among the 10 states reporting new daily records.

2020七月十四日

• 世卫组织宣布，在200多名科学家签署一封敦促该机构修改其建议的信后，新冠肺炎病毒可以通过空气传播。他们指出，这种病毒可以在拥挤的室内空间停留在空气中，并可以由无症状的人传播。
• 莫德纳公司的新冠肺炎疫苗1期和2期试验数据证明是有效的，使该公司成为第一个进入大规模人体试验的公司。候选疫苗的一些副作用包括注射部位疼痛和发冷。
• 美国报告说，一天之内有756000例新冠肺炎病例，打破了前一周的记录。7月份有11个记录总数，德克萨斯州、夏威夷和蒙大拿州是报告新每日记录的10个州之一。

The news of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate spurs a wide range of reactions. Although many experts have said that there is not sufficient data to draw many or accurate conclusions, some are still hopeful. Reactions include:

• "Read the latest results in the search for a vaccine every few days — looking for hope. One concern that I have not seen addressed, is that recent studies are showing that those previously infected with COVID-19 lose the resulting antibodies relatively quickly. And, more recently, there are some corroborating reports that people can become reinfected with the disease. How does this impact the likely efficacy of a vaccine focused on creating antibodies?"
• "I am encouraged by this news and thankful to the many scientists working (at their own risk) on a way to rescue us from Covid. Lets hope that the final vaccine convinces the public that science finds answers by exploring, not guessing, and by being open to the negative as well as the positive results. Meanwhile, let’s hope we can all follow scientific recommendations to let us live as safely as possible until the vaccine is ready."
• "Good job I have been praying God for scientist to land the vaccine . Praise the Lord amen."
• "How do we sign up to volunteer for testing for the vaccine?"
• "Each time STAT publishes one of these updates, I see the anti-vaxxers mob the comments section with nonsense that may well kill some of those who listen to it. Jacobsen v. Massachusetts (mandatory smallpox inoculation in Cambridge, 1902) notwithstanding, states are unlikely to require Covid shots under penalty of law. None of the scientists deny the fact that vaccination entails risks of rare or long-term adverse effects clinical study fails to discover; we saw this after the swine flu campaign of 1976. But it’s not like they’re planning to inject a totally untested substance. All Covid products in development will have been given to mice, macaques, and three successively larger populations of healthy volunteers before release to the general public, and none of the study groups will have shown evidence of having suffered harm up to that date. Our First Amendment exists for good reason. Anti-vaxxers have a right to hold and express their opinions without prior restraint from government agency. But my jaw drops when medical publications carry such opinions. The NY Times certainly doesn’t. Freedom of speech was never meant to guarantee people a megaphone on every platform in the country. Must STAT really entertain Facebook-style drivel to stay in business?"

莫德纳的COVID-19候选疫苗的消息引发了广泛的反应。尽管许多专家表示，没有足够的数据来得出许多或准确的结论，但有些人仍然抱有希望。反应包括:

• "每隔几天阅读一次寻找疫苗的最新结果——寻找希望。有一个问题我没有注意到，那就是最近的研究表明，以前感染新冠肺炎病毒的人会相对较快地失去产生的抗体。最近，有一些确凿的报告表明，人们可能会再次感染这种疾病。这对专注于制造抗体的疫苗的可能功效有何影响？"
• "我受到这个消息的鼓舞，并感谢许多科学家(冒着自己的风险)努力从Covid手中拯救我们。让我们希望最终的疫苗能让公众相信，科学是通过探索而不是猜测，通过对积极结果和消极结果都持开放态度来找到答案的。与此同时，让我们希望我们都能遵循科学建议，让我们尽可能安全地生活，直到疫苗准备好。"
• "干得好，我一直在祈求上帝让科学家接种疫苗。赞美主，阿门。"
• "我们如何报名志愿参加疫苗测试？"
• "每次STAT发布这些更新中的一个，我都会看到反对vaxxers的人在评论区胡说八道，这可能会杀死一些听它的人。尽管雅各布森诉马萨诸塞州案(1902年在剑桥强制接种天花疫苗)，但根据法律规定，各州不太可能要求注射Covid疫苗。没有一个科学家否认这样一个事实，即疫苗接种会带来临床研究未能发现的罕见或长期不利影响的风险；我们在1976年的猪流感运动后看到了这一点。但他们并不打算注射一种完全未经测试的物质。开发中的所有Covid产品在向公众发布之前都将被给予小鼠、猕猴和三个连续更大的健康志愿者群体，并且没有一个研究组显示出迄今为止遭受伤害的证据。 我们的第一修正案是有充分理由存在的。反暴力者有权持有和表达自己的观点，而不受政府机构的事先限制。但是当医学出版物载有这样的观点时，我的下巴掉了下来。《纽约时报》当然不会。言论自由从来不是为了保证人们在这个国家的每个平台上都有一个扩音器。STAT真的必须娱乐Facebook风格的胡言乱语才能继续经营吗？"

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