RationalWiki:What is going on with the coronavirus?/November 2020

November 2020
Restaurants, cafés and even pubs in Wales will be temporarily banned from selling alcohol from Friday 4 December. Over 150 'Covidiots' have been arrested in anti-lockdown protests in London. England's lockdown will end as scheduled on 2 December and the 'tier system' will return, but almost all of the country will have stricter restrictions than before the lockdown. Australian study shows economy vs lockdown is a false dichotomy Notably awesome New Zealand now ranked the best place to live in a COVID world. Boris Johnson and the heads of the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have jointly decided what everyone in the UK can do over Christmas [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55064962 For five days from 23 to 27 December, up to three households will be allowed to visit each others homes and travel restrictions will be eased. Scientists warm this could lead to another wave of infection. People are told to be cautious and consider not visiting their families this Christmas.] Northern Ireland is to go back under pretty much full lockdown from 27 November. A third vaccine candidate shows promise. The Oxford University jab is believed to provide 70% protection, with its developers believing 90% protection could be possible after some tweaking. An upside to this vaccine is it is cheaper and easier to store and transport than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The US hits 200,000 daily new coronavirus infections. Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus Mexico reaches one million Covid-19 cases and one hundred thousand deaths A lawsuit alleges that a Tyson Food processing plant ordered employees to report for work while managers bet money on how many workers would contract Covid-19 Amidst a coronavirus outbreak, the state of South Australia will go into a six day lockdown with all schools and non-essential business closed, no outdoors exercise and only one person per household can leave per day Senator (R-IA) has tested positive for coronavirus. In addition to him, House representatives (R-AK) was hospitalized last week due during his battle with coronavirus. On Monday, Representative (D-IL) announced she tested positive with mild symptoms, as did Representative  (R-MI) also with mild symptoms. Another vaccine shows promise, with Moderna vaccine apparently providing almost 95% protection. Boris Johnson self isolating again after a contact tests positive for the virus. Minnesota Republicans sent virus alert only to fellow party members but not to members of the (their state-level Democratic Party). In the wake of Trump's feverish campaign travel, more than 130 Secret Service officers are now in self-isolation after contracting COVID-19. The murderer, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, who murdered 13 women between 1975 and 1980, has died after refusing treatment in relation to a COVID-19 infection Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalized for COVID-19. University of Texas at Austin study: [https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/83635/Profile%20of%20COVID%20deaths%20in%20custody.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y At least 231 people have died from COVID in Texas correctional facilities. 80% were not convicted of a crime, 73% did not have a life sentence, and 27 victims were correctional staff]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54878910 Collins Dictionary names "lockdown" as the word of the year. The top ten also includes such pandemic-related terms as "furlough", "key worker", "self isolate", "social distancing" and "coronavirus".] Donald Trump accuses Pfizer of colluding with the US Food and Drug and Administration and the Democrats to keep the good news about a vaccine secret until after the election so as not to let him, in his words, "get a Vaccine WIN". [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54843624 Wales comes out of its 17-day lockdown. New, slightly less strict, nationwide restrictions come into force.] One of the leading vaccine candidates is more than 90% effective, early results show. The same drug has no known health risks either. The USA hits 10 million cases, with Texas accounting for more than 1 million of those. Due to the coronavirus mutation found among mink that has spread to humans in Denmark, non-British citizens and residents arriving from that country won't be allowed into the UK. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54818615 An order has been given to cull all the mink in Denmark. There are 17 million of them.] The White House has its third wave of Covid infections, with Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and 4 others testing positive. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-54828634 The first trial of whole city coronavirus testing will take place in Liverpool. All people who live or work in the city will be offered repeat tests whether they have symptoms or not.] A mutation in the coronavirus found in mink keads to a lockdown in parts of Denmark. The US breaks 100,000 new cases for the second consecutive day, with a new record of 118,000 cases. US sets COVID record with 100,000 new cases in a single day. Tory-linked firm involved in testing failure given new £347m Covid contract [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54803070 Unlike during the first lockdown, pubs weren't going to be allowed to sell takeaway alcohol during the second one. Then the government changed its mind, allowing boozers to support their local boozer by getting some booze to go.] Police pepper sprayed Parisian students in crackdown after students in the city protested against inadequate sanitary measures in schools. Is the apocalypse coming? Burger King UK is so worried about how the second lockdown is going to affect the restaurant industry, that it asking burger lovers to buy their burgers from rival companies in the meantime including McDonald's! Austria and Portugal to implement curfews in wake of infection spikes Nigel Farage says the Brexit Party will focus on fighting against lockdown. This campaign for greater freedom of movement comes despite recently campaigning that freedom of movement is a bad thing. For the first time in five months, Australia has had a day with no new Covid-19 cases.