COVID 19 – Behind the Scenes

Study Finds More COVID-19 Cases Among Viewers of Fox News Host Who Downplayed Pandemi

Carlson warned viewers about the threat posed by COVID-19 from early February, while Hannity originally dismissed the associated risks before gradually adjusting his position starting late February. We first validate these differences in content with independent coding of show transcripts and present new survey evidence that Hannity’s viewers changed behavior in response to COVID-19 later than other Fox News viewers, while Carlson’s viewers changed behavior earlier.

COVID-19 Is a Delirium Factory

The 35-year-old COVID-19 survivor Leah Blomberg doesn’t remember being rushed to the intensive-care unit, where she would spend 18 days fighting for her life on a ventilator.

What she does remember is far more traumatic.

“I woke up to something that I would never have imagined,” Blomberg told me. A nurse was standing over her hospital bed with a saw, cutting off her arms and legs. Blomberg remembers yelling for help. At one point, she tried to touch her face—and realized, with horror, that only half of her skull was intact

Healthy 7 year-old, first child to die in Georgia, traced to church service

Healthy 7 year-old, first child to die in Georgia, traced to church service.

The boy lived in Chatham County. He did not have underlying health conditions

The health district issued a statement about the death.

COVID-19 and NCAA

COVID-19 and NCAA

A media briefing with experts from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to discuss coronavirus and collegiate athletics.

Solving this Medical Mystery Saved Lives

In this episode, we’ll tell the tale of how a 19th-century duel led to a medical breakthrough. Chemist Louis Pasteur was challenged to prove that invisible agents (germs) caused diseases, and he did so by using sheep.

Hear from Survivors

They created a community of Covid-19 ‘long haulers’

People being treated for or recovering from Covid-19 are turning to online support groups to share their stories and find hope.

Profiles of Lives Lost

Lives Lost

First U.S. COVID-19 case

First U.S. COVID-19 case

How did the U.S. become the country with the worst known coronavirus outbreak in the world? FRONTLINE and veteran science reporter Miles O’Brien talks about the American response to COVID-19, and examine what happens when politics and science collide.

Why wearing a mask is effective against COVID-19

Why wearing a mask is effective against COVID-19

Scientist Bill Nye is urging everyone to wear a mask in the fight to stop the coronavirus. He says it is “literally a matter of life and death.” Nye joins “CBS This Morning” to give a live demonstration of why masks work.

Texas family contract virus from the grocery store

How Coronavirus Ravaged One Family in Houston | Coronavirus News

Coronavirus numbers have shot up across the country. A family in Texas, a virus hot spot, describes how the illness quickly spread among them and hospitalized both parents.

ICU beds scarce in Athens and Savannah as COVID surges, Aug 29

ICU beds scarce in Athens and Savannah as COVID surges, Aug 29

9 hospitals have no general beds left

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) — Georgia continues to see a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths with more than 178,000 people testing positive for COVID-19.

Preacher went to Mardi Gras. He never made it home.

Preacher Landon Spradlin went to Mardi Gras to save souls. He never made it home.

A Virginia preacher believed ‘God can heal anything.’ Then he caught coronavirus.

Landon Spradlin went to Mardi Gras to save souls. He never made it home

How COVID-19 Deaths Are Counted

How COVID-19 Deaths Are Counted

Assigning a cause of death is never straightforward, but data on excess deaths suggest coronavirus death tolls are likely an underestimate