<center><h1>The daily COVID chronicle for <div class=phishy><i>Friday, May 15, 2020</i></div></h1></center>
In no particular order, here are today's links from Steem and from my RSS feed. Please consider clicking through to upvote any Steem post(s) on the list.
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<h6>Just for fun, here is a weekly graph of the total and new numbers of cases that I've logged for the United States each day since beginning this series. I'm a little surprised to see the number of new cases continuing to decline while the US has been ramping up testing during the month of May.</h6>
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As mentioned in previous posts, here is <A HREF="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">a visualization tool</A> for mapping the cases of COVID-19 occurrences.
According to the site, this morning's worldwide number of reported cases was 4,474,757 with 1,606,398 recoveries, 303,304 fatalities, and 1,419,863 cases in the United States (US). This represents 28,625 new cases in the US, which is an increase of 10,242 over yesterday.
Of the cases in the US, the site reports 246,414 recoveries, 85,964 fatalities, and 10,341,775 total tests administered. In my home state, Pennsylvania, the site reports 63,105 cases and 4,288 deaths.
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<li><b><i>D.tube</i></b> @rt-international: <A HREF="https://d.tube/#!/v/rt-international/c92wk3ao4qn">Face masks turn out to be a curse for deaf people</A></li>
<br><li><b><i>Steem</i></b> @leguna: <A HREF="/@leguna/why-is-michigan-doing-so-poorly-against-the-wuhan-virus">Why is Michigan doing so poorly against the Wuhan Virus?</A></li>
<br><li><b><i>Steem</i></b> @whatsup: <A HREF="/@whatsup/spokane-county-denied-moving-to-the-next-phase-of-opening-covid-in-my-town">Spokane County Denied Moving To The Next Phase of Opening - Covid in My Town</A></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/15/met_police_face_recog_facemask_thwarted/">You can't have it both ways: Anti-coronavirus masks may thwart our creepy face-recog cameras, London cops admit</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>Metropolitan Police's China-style surveillance runs up against reality</i></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-study-coronavirus-could-infect-more-than-200-million-in-africa/">WHO study: Coronavirus could infect more than 200 million in Africa</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>Model predicts lower infection rate than in other parts of world, but raises concerns that continent’s fragile health systems could be overwhelmed</i></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-really-the-wild-west-out-there-your-trip-to-the-dentist-is-about-to-get-more-painful-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think-2020-05-12">‘It’s the Wild West out there.’ Your trip to the dentist is about to get more painful — but not for the reason you might think</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>One dentist has spent nearly $35,000 on disinfectant equipment, including oral high-speed aerosol evacuation units, ozone generators and ultraviolet lights</i></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/covid-19-linked-to-30-fold-increase-in-rare-childhood-inflammatory-disease/">COVID-19 linked to 30-fold increase in rare childhood inflammatory disease</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>The condition is rare, but it could help explain mysteries of COVID-19.</i></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://www.businessinsider.com/plandemic-google-employee-zach-vorhies-viral-campaign-judy-mikovits-2020-5">An ex-Google employee was behind an online campaign to make a coronavirus conspiracy video go viral</A></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/the-covid-19-misinformation-crisis-is-just-beginning-but-there-is-hope/">The COVID-19 misinformation crisis is just beginning, but there is hope</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>Scientists “map” how distrust in health expertise spreads through social networks.</i></li>
<br><li><A HREF="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/14/nhs_contact_tracing_app/">NHS contact tracing app isn't really anonymous, is riddled with bugs, and is open to abuse. Good thing we're not in the middle of a pandemic, eh?</A> - <b>Subtitle</b>: <i>Plus: There are some worrying data protection implications</i></li>
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