On Thursday, more than 150 prominent medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and other experts signed a letter urging leaders to shut the country down and start over to contain the rampant spread of the virus. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/26/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html

Germany’s center for disease prevention, the Robert-Koch-Institute, has called a general rise in Covid-19 infections in the country “very disturbing” and says it is “monitoring the situation very closely.” https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-27-20-intl/h_02082a7c4a28be7da804a5e5784241eb

Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma joins Fareed to grade countries around the world on their responses to Covid-19 and their economic resiliency to the crisis. - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/07/26/exp-gps-0726-sharma-on-covid-19-winners.cnn

“Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights
A dozen protesters facing federal charges are barred from going to “public gatherings” as a condition of release from jail — a tactic one expert described as “sort of hilariously unconstitutional.” - https://www.propublica.org/article/defendant-shall-not-attend-protests-in-portland-getting-out-of-jail-requires-relinquishing-constitutional-rights

‘That’s Ridiculous.’ How America’s Coronavirus Response Looks Abroad. - https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007227777/covid-19-global-response.html

Led by Northwestern University, the research team conducted a statistical analysis of data from hospitals and clinics across China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States. - https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/05/vitamin-d-appears-to-play-role-in-covid-19-mortality-rates/

Combining socks with sandals is now a mainstream trend. But even back when it was a fashion no-go, Germans couldn't have cared less. We look into the stereotype, as well as Germany's strong tradition of ugly sandals. - https://www.dw.com/en/germans-socks-and-sandals-an-exploration-of-the-cliche/a-49689654

Herman Cain, a onetime Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has died from coronavirus, according to an obituary sent from his verified Twitter account and Newsmax, where he was launching a television show. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/herman-cain-dies-coronavirus/index.html

Trump promotes a doctor who has claimed alien DNA was used in medical treatments. The woman (doctor???) said masks don't work and there is a cure for Covid-19, both of which health experts say is not true. She's also made videos saying that doctors make medicine using DNA from aliens, and that they're trying to create a vaccine to make you immune from becoming religious - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/stella-immanuel-trump-doctor/index.html

Is Robbie Williams stupid?? A baseless claim about a child sex-trafficking ring, a Washington, DC pizzeria, and Hillary Clinton has been passed around among conspiracy theorists for more than three years. No evidence has emerged to support any part of the story. But last month, British pop star Robbie Williams used his voice to argue that the claims deserved more attention. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/30/tech/qanon-europe-covid-intl/index.html

On the Day when we lay to rest A Great American Son "John Lewis" who exhorted Americans to vote and honor sacrifices made by those who went before us to keep Democracy alive. On this day a Tinpot Tyrant who thinks The USA is his estate, it is not! https://twitter.com/LemStraw/status/1288869546238124037

For the first time in three months, Germany has registered more than 1,000 confirmed coronavirus infections in 24 hours.
A total of 1,045 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Germany by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within a day, the disease control agency said on Thursday August 6th.
The last time the number of new infections rose above 1,000 was on May 7th. The numbers steadily fell after that. However, in the past week the rate has been rising.
The peak of new infections came at the beginning of April when Germany saw more than 6,000 new cases in a day. https://www.thelocal.de/20200806/germany-sees-more-than-1000-new-coronavirus-infections-in-24-hours

America’s COVID-19 death toll is expected to reach nearly 300,000 by December 1; however, consistent mask-wearing beginning today could save about 70,000 lives, according to new data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine - http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/new-ihme-covid-19-forecasts-see-nearly-300000-deaths-december-1

Watch these pups escape the summer heat at the new 'Aquapawk' in Dubai - https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1291588125081436160

France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-reform-exclusi/exclusive-germany-and-france-quit-who-reform-talks-amid-tension-with-washington-sources-idUSKCN25329P

US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad. The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the world’s most powerful country edges closer to a global record of 5 million confirmed infections.
Perhaps nowhere outside the U.S. is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s epidemic. Italians were unprepared when the outbreak exploded in February and the country still has one of the world’s highest official death tolls at 35,000. - https://apnews.com/2a03a4e685316eb7d5a6e7181000fbfe

Beer culture — this is how Germany drinks
Only hops, barley, yeast, and water can be used to make Germany's favorite beverage, according to the Beer Purity Law. To mark International Beer Day, we'll show what else is part of German beer culture. https://www.dw.com/en/beer-culture-this-is-how-germany-drinks/g-54478368

People in China are back to buying German luxury cars. Europe’s assembly lines are accelerating. Now the global economy is waiting for the United States to get its coronavirus outbreak under control and boost the recovery, but there’s little sign of that. - https://apnews.com/07e84915d417309fd4b4593bdb2cb90f

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, who wrote in a New York Times op-ed about how he thinks another lockdown in the US would "crush the spread" of Covid-19 until a vaccine arrives. - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/11/michael-osterholm-5-million-cases-another-lockdown-coronavirus-trump-good-shape-ctn-vpx.cnn

Why did the United States’ Covid-19 containment response fail, particularly compared with the successful results of so many nations in Asia, Europe and even our neighbor Canada? - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown-unemployment-death.html