In Canada, daily cases and deaths continue to increase, primarily in Ontario and Quebec. Ontario declares a state of emergency and issues a stay at home order.
In Ontario, test positivity is surging for all age groups, and is very high in children:
Japan begins to see improvements in daily cases. Yesterday the Prime Minister announced that it will expand its State of Emergency declaration to now include 11 prefectures, and will ban all foreign nationals from entering the country.
Several articles have shown potential COVID harm to male fertility. A new article is much more explicit.
Massive damage to germ cells (cells that become sperm) indicates potential loss of male fertility.
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This autopsy study doesn’t show effect of mild cases. However, studies of mild and asymptomatic cases indicate the virus can reach multiple organs. The ACE2 receptor is highly expressed in testes.
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Title: Pathological and molecular examinations of postmortem testis biopsies reveal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the testis and spermatogenesis damage in COVID-19 patients
It is unlike the usual strategy called "living with the virus" "mitigation" "flattening the curve" or "allowing the disease to become endemic" with or without a vaccine which is passive, reactive, ineffective and massively costly in lives, long term health, and the economy.
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CovidZero is proactive with a goal of normal life as it was pre-pandemic by eliminating the virus. We need to do this as fast as possible to save lives, save livelihoods and minimize the time we must take extraordinary actions.
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Texas reports their first case of the UK B.1.1.7 variant. The infected patient is a man between the ages of 30-40 years old in southwest Harris County and has had no history of traveling.