How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics

How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics: COVID-19 is being incorporated into government propaganda efforts like the Strategic Culture Foundation—which published, according to the US State Department, “Western fringe thinkers and conspiracy theorists” for its target audience of Westerners—comes as no surprise. The precursor to the Foreign Intelligence Service, the KGB, ran a global misinformation campaign in the 1980s that accused the United States of developing HIV for use as a “racial weapon,” weakening American diplomacy during the Cold War. Once again, a health crisis is being used as fodder for misinformation that countries like Russia hope will help reshape the geopolitical playing field.sinformation%20that%20countries%20like%20Russia%20hope%20will%20help%20reshape%20the%20geopolitical%20playing%20field.

What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 22 October

COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 22 October: Top stories: Spain passes 1 million confirmed cases; Europe's SMEs in trouble; US hospitalizations hit two-month high.

Is reaching zero COVID-19 possible?

When will we be able to eradicate COVID-19?

• While it’s possible to flatten the curve using control measures, getting to zero COVID-19 with them is more difficult.
• Achieving herd immunity through vaccination has, in theory, the potential of getting us to the elusive zero COVID-19.

L’autoritarisme, second virus chinois

Covid : l’autoritarisme, second virus chinois: Il y aura probablement un jour un vaccin contre le virus responsable du Covid-19. Il faut craindre que l’on n’en découvre jamais contre le virus de l’autoritarisme.

Nature’s second pandemic progress report

Nature’s second pandemic progress report: a safe and effective vaccine represents the most powerful weapon against the virus, at both the individual and the population level — but it will not be the only one. Mask-wearing, hand-washing and social distancing will need to continue for some time.

COVID-19 Death Rates Are Going Down

COVID-19 Death Rates Are Going Down, And Not Just Among The Young And Healthy: Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting that physicians are getting better at helping patients survive their illness. "We find that the death rate has gone down substantially," says Leora Horwitz, a doctor who studies population health at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine and an author on one of the studies, which looked at thousands of patients from March to August. The study, which was of a single health system, finds that mortality has dropped among hospitalized patients by 18 percentage points since the pandemic began. Patients in the study had a 25.6% chance of dying at the start of the pandemic; they now have a 7.6% chance. That's a big improvement, but 7.6% is still a high risk compared with other diseases, and Horwitz and other researchers caution that COVID-19 remains dangerous.

What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 21 October

COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 21 October | World Economic Forum: Top stories: New data on world trade; experimental vaccines to be offered in Chinese city; Spanish minister issues warning.