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Covid-19 News and Information: Summary of Views About Misinformation
From the Overview: "As a response to the Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak, Ofcom has carried out an online survey of c.2,000 respondents initially on a weekly basis and from August onwards on a monthly basis, to monitor how people are getting news and information about the crisis. This research is designed to support a range of stakeholders with their activities during this time. Fieldwork takes place at the weekend, asking people about their habits and attitudes of the previous seven days. Fieldwork in the first week of the research took place between 27-29 March, just after the Prime Minister had announced lockdown measures and week twenty-five's fieldwork (the most recent covered in this report) took place between 11-13 September. This report summarises the findings from the questions we have asked about Covid-19- related misinformation, as a contribution to the ongoing debates around the topic. The topic of misinformation is of course a complex issue, and survey research can be challenging to carry out, not least because respondents can have different views on whether or not something is misinformation, and because top-of-mind responses about misinformation can mask more nuanced views."
Great Britain. Office of Communications
2020-09-22
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 22, 2020: COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Two Counties -- North Carolina, June-July 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Contact Tracing in Two Counties -- North Carolina, June-July 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-22
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Cyber Diplomacy: State Has Not Involved Relevant Federal Agencies in the Development of Its Plan to Establish the Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies Bureau
From the Document: "The Department of State (State) leads U.S. government international efforts to advance the full range of U.S. interests in cyberspace, including by coordinating with other federal agencies, such as the Departments of Commerce (Commerce), Defense (DOD), Energy (DOE), Homeland Security (DHS), Justice (DOJ), and the Treasury (Treasury), to improve the cybersecurity of the nation. [...] In June 2019, State notified Congress of its intent to establish a new Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) that would focus more narrowly on cyberspace security and the security aspects of emerging technologies. [...] This report examines the extent to which State involved other federal agencies in the development of its plan for establishing CSET. As part of our ongoing work on this topic, we are also continuing to monitor and review State's overall planning process for establishing this new bureau."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-09-22
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Quadrant Biosciences Inc., Clarifi COVID-19 Test Kit
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Clarifi COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Test Kit. The Clarifi COVID-19 Test Kit is authorized for use with saliva swab specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-09-22
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Opportunities Exist to Improve HUD's Responses to Inquiries from Borrowers, Industry Partners, and the General Public Regarding Forbearance and Foreclosure Relief Provided by the CARES Act
From the Introduction: "As part of the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) effort to provide oversight of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) relief efforts provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), we reviewed HUD's responses to inquiries regarding forbearance and foreclosure relief. The objective of our review was to evaluate the accuracy of HUD's responses to inquiries from borrowers, industry partners, and the general public regarding forbearance and foreclosure relief provided by the CARES Act. We found that HUD could improve its customer service to borrowers, industry partners, and the general public by providing more direct, accurate, and complete responses to their inquiries."
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Inspector General
2020-09-22
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Public Health Messaging in a Politicized Pandemic- 2020 Virtual Summit [video]
From the Video Description: "Communicating about COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Response Measures in a Volatile Environment Effective messaging is essential in order to make the legal, policy, or fiscal changes demanded by this pandemic. COVID-19 is top of mind for citizens, public health, health care and local policy makers alike, but people with different political perspectives view COVID differently. In this challenging time, it's crucial that public health professionals be able to speak productively and meaningfully with people who hold different political perspectives and view complex health issues differently. This session will present research that shows the relationship between our political views and the foundational moral values with which we resonate. Though all of us confront numerous divides ranging from generational to political, the public health workforce can bridge these differences to become trusted messengers and further the health of their communities during this pandemic. This session is designed to benefit both frontline public health workers and organizational managers engaging in law, policy and/or fiscal change." The duration of the video is 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 44 seconds.
Network for Public Health Law
Matthews, Gene W.; Hunter, Dawn; Thomas, Elizabeth
2020-09-22
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Oversight Review of the Office of the Chief Security Officer, Internal Security Division
From the Document: "Our review of the Office of the Chief Security Officer's (OCSO), Internal Security Division (ISD) found that ISD possessed all assigned technical equipment and government assigned vehicles, and periodic background investigations were current. ISD staff also met operational firearms training requirements. However, ISD needs to improve its policies and guidance, administrative requirements for evidence and firearms, accountability for law enforcement sensitive equipment, case file management and documentation, and compliance with DHS Management Directive 0810.1."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2020-09-21
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Final Report: Origins of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Including the Roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization
From the Executive Summary: "There remain many unanswered questions as to the origins of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], and the root of the global pandemic. Nine months into the pandemic, new information continues to emerge from the PRC [People's Republic of China] and elsewhere showing the scale of CCP [Chinese Communist Party] efforts to cover up the outbreak and punish countries seeking accountability. After discovering new evidence and receiving additional information from the WHO [World Health Organization], this report is an effort to put that information into context, define what questions regarding the virus and the response are still outstanding, and provide recommendations on how to improve the global response moving forward. A previous, interim version of this report focused on the early phases of the pandemic, prior to the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. After the publication of that report, both the WHO and CCP modified their public statements regarding COVID-19, with the WHO issuing a new, 'updated' timeline and the CCP temporarily retracting their claim that they notified the WHO on December 31, 2019. This final version extends the timeline through the declaration of a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020 and discusses significant events after that date."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
2020-09-21
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ICE Detention Facilities: Failing to Meet Basic Standards of Care
From the Executive Summary: "One year ago, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson of the Committee on Homeland Security began a review into the conditions of confinement at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities and whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has the necessary oversight tools in place to ensure that those facilities meet applicable standards. This report provides the results of that review."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security
2020-09-21
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Review of CBP's Major Cybersecurity Incident During a 2019 Biometric Pilot
From the Highlights: "In May 2019, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) subcontractor discovered it had been the victim of a cyber attack. Subsequently, CBP data, including traveler images from CBP's facial recognition pilot, appeared on the dark web. We conducted this review to determine whether CBP ensured adequate protection of biometric data during the 2019 pilot."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2020-09-21
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5546, Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 12, 2020. From the Document: "Under current law, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) operates an electronic communication system known as TRULINCS [Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System] that inmates in federal prisons use to send emails to approved contacts, such as family members and legal counsel. In 2020, BOP spent $14 million to operate TRULINCS, largely through a contract with a private vendor. For security and other purposes, inmates and their contacts must consent to having those communications monitored by BOP before using the system."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-09-21
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CBO's Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5245, the Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-Time for Debt for Veterans Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 30, 2020. From the Document: "The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-reporting and enforcement procedures for legislation affecting direct spending or revenues. The net changes in outlays that are subject to those procedures are shown here. H.R. 5245 would increase direct spending by prohibiting VA [Veterans' Affairs] from collecting fees and interest on certain debts and by extending the period in which veterans may request relief from debts."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-09-21
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Executive Order 13949: Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran
From the Document: "It remains the policy of the United States to counter Iran's malign influence in the Middle East, including transfers from Iran of destabilizing conventional weapons and acquisition of arms and related materiel by Iran. Transfers to and from Iran of arms or related materiel or military equipment represent a continuing threat to regional and international security--as evidenced by Iran's continued military support that fuels ongoing conflict in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen. Iran benefits from engaging in the conventional arms trade by strengthening its relationships with other outlier regimes, lessening its international isolation, and deriving revenue that it uses to support terror groups and fund malign activities."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2020-09-21
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FAQs for Wildland Firefighters
From the Document: "The best way to prevent COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is to avoid being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19. All firefighters and support personnel should have a basic understanding of COVID-19, how the disease is thought to spread, what the symptoms of the disease are, and what measures can be taken to prevent or minimize the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-21
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3228, VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 30, 2020. From the Document: "H.R. 3228 would allow supervised health care trainees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide care using telemedicine to more patients. Under current practice, supervised health care trainees can use telemedicine to provide care to veterans in the state in which they are licensed. The bill would allow those trainees working with VA to use telemedicine to provide health care to veterans in any state. On the basis of information from VA, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that health care trainees would use telemedicine in about 5,400 appointments with veterans located in other states each year. CBO expects that half of those appointments would be an addition to the current workload of patient visits, at an average cost of $400 per appointment."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-09-21
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H. Rept. 116-526: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020, Report to Accompany H.R. 5602, September 21, 2020
From the Purpose and Summary: "The need to fight domestic terrorism in America is increasingly urgent. Over the course of the 116th Congress, the Committee has investigated this issue, including conducting a hearing entitled 'Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism' on April 9, 2019. In the hearing witnesses highlighted Congress' critical role in addressing the disturbing increase in white supremacist violence, provided examples of how hate groups have proliferated inside the United States, and detailed how social media platforms have become dangerous recruiting tools in the white nationalist movement. [...] With three-fourths of all domestic terrorist attacks coming from white supremacists, the federal government must allocate its resources to the most deadly threats. H.R. 5602 authorizes the collection of data, call for the results of the data collection to be published, and requires the FBI to focus its resources on the greatest threats. Additionally, H.R. 5602 authorizes the creation of three offices, one each within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to monitor, investigate and prosecute cases of domestic terrorism. The newly created offices will provide Congress joint biannual reports assessing the state of domestic terrorism threats, with a specific focus on white supremacists."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020-09-21
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Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: Considerations for Public Health Response
From the Introduction: "Cases with suspected or possible reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] have been recently reported in different countries [1-4]. In many of these cases, it is uncertain if the individual's Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test remained positive for a long period of time following the first episode of infection or whether it represents a true reinfection. The aim of this Threat Assessment Brief is to elucidate the characteristics and frequency of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in the literature, to summarise the findings about SARS-CoV-2 infection and antibody development, and to consider the following questions: [1] How can a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection be identified? [2] How common are SARS-CoV-2 reinfections? [3] What is known about the role of reinfection in onward transmission? [4] What do these observations mean for acquired immunity? Finally, options for public health response are proposed."
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
2020-09-21
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Covid-Related Misinformation on YouTube: 'The Spread of Misinformation Videos on Social Media and the Effectiveness of Platform Policies'
From the Summary: "For this memo, we identified all Covid [coronavirus disease 2019]-related videos which circulated on social media, but which YouTube eventually removed because they contained false information. Between October, 2019 and June, 2020 there were 8,105 such videos - less than 1% of all YouTube videos about the coronavirus. We find that: [1] It took YouTube on average 41 days to remove videos containing false information, based on a subset of videos for which this data was available. [2] Surprisingly, Covid-related misinformation videos do not find their audience through YouTube itself, but largely by being shared on Facebook. [3] Facebook placed warning labels about false information only on 55 videos, less than 1% of the misinformation videos shared on the platform. [4] Misinformation videos were shared almost 20 million times on social media, which is more than the shares gathered by the five largest English-language news sources on YouTube combined."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Knuutila, Aleksi; Herasimenka, Aliaksandr; Au, Hubert . . .
2020-09-21
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In Response: Yan et al Preprint Examinations of the Origin of SARS-CoV-2
From the Document: "In this document, we have undertaken a scientific review of a recent report, released as a preprint put forward by the Rule of Law Society, authored by Li-Meng Yan, Shu Kang, Jie Guan, and Shanchang Hu. The report, 'Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route', presents a theory about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 but offers contradictory and inaccurate information that does not support their argument. As the report has not been submitted to a scientific peer-reviewed publication, which would provide the expert scrutiny expected by the scientific community and the larger public, we aim to provide an objective analysis of details included in the report, as would be customary in a peer-review process."
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Center for Health Security
2020-09-21
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Kimforest Enterprise Co., Ltd, KimForest SARS-CoV-2 Detection Kit v1
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the KimForest SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Detection Kit v1 [version 1]. The KimForest SARS-CoV-2 Detection Kit v1 is authorized for use with respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-09-21
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Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Initial Considerations for Congress [September 21, 2020]
From the Document: "On September 18, 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, passed away at the age of eighty-seven, vacating a seat on the High Court that she had held for twenty-seven years. [...] This Legal Sidebar highlights several areas of law where Justice Ginsburg--either by authoring or joining a majority opinion or a notable dissent--proved consequential to the trajectory of Supreme Court jurisprudence. In so doing, this post provides a broad overview of key legal issues Congress (and, more specifically the Senate through its advice-and-consent role) may consider as it reflects on Justice Ginsburg's jurisprudence and how her eventual successor might shape the future of the Court."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Brannon, Valerie C.; Lewis, Caitlain Devereaux; Garcia, Michael John
2020-09-21
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Confronting Carbon Inequality: Putting Climate Justice at the Heart of the COVID-19 Recovery
From the Document: "Despite sharp falls in carbon emissions in 2020 linked to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, the climate crisis - which is driven by the accumulation of emissions in the atmosphere over time - continued to grow. This briefing describes new research that shows how extreme carbon inequality in recent decades has brought the world to the climate brink. It sets out how governments must use this historic juncture to build fairer economies within the limits our planet can bear."
Oxfam International
Gore, Tim
2020-09-21
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Conspiracy Theories as Barriers to Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
From the Abstract: "'Rationale': The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health. 'Objective': Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of preventive measures such as masking, physical distancing, and eventually vaccination is needed to bring it under control. We hypothesized that accepting conspiracy theories that were circulating in mainstream and social media early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the US would be negatively related to the uptake of preventive behaviors and also of vaccination when a vaccine becomes available. 'Method': A national probability survey of US adults (N = 1050) was conducted in the latter half of March 2020 and a follow-up with 840 of the same individuals in July 2020. The surveys assessed adoption of preventive measures recommended by public health authorities, vaccination intentions, conspiracy beliefs, perceptions of threat, belief about the safety of vaccines, political ideology, and media exposure patterns. [...] 'Conclusions': Because belief in COVID-related conspiracy theories predicts resistance to both preventive behaviors and future vaccination for the virus, it will be critical to confront both conspiracy theories and vaccination misinformation to prevent further spread of the virus in the US. Reducing those barriers will require continued messaging by public health authorities on mainstream media and in particular on politically conservative outlets that have supported COVID-related conspiracy theories."
ScienceDirect (Online service)
Romer, Daniel, 1946-; Jamieson, Kathleen Hall
2020-09-21
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'CARES Act Flash Report': The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's Safety Inspection Program COVID-19 Response
From the Document: "The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's (BSEE's) mission is to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. BSEE's Safety Inspection Program assists in implementing BSEE's mission by performing safety and environmental inspections of offshore oil and gas production operations. BSEE's Inspectors typically travel via helicopter to inspect operations and equipment on offshore oil and gas production platforms, drilling rigs, and other facilities. Annually, BSEE conducts more than 20,000 inspections at over 2,300 facilities. Given the importance of inspections to public safety and environmental protection, we reviewed the actions BSEE's three regions--the Gulf of Mexico Region (GOMR), Pacific Region, and Alaska Region--have taken to protect its inspectors and offshore employees from COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and evaluated any impacts the virus had on inspections BSEE conducted since March 2020."
United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Inspector General
2020-09-21
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update [20 September 2020]
From the Document: "To date, over 30.6 million COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases and 950,000 deaths have been reported to WHO [World Health Organization]. From 14 through 20 September, there were almost 2 million new cases of COVID-19, which represents a 6% increase compared to the previous week, and the highest number of reported cases in a single week since the beginning of the epidemic. During the same period, there was a 10% decrease in the number of deaths, with 36,764 deaths reported in the past seven days."
World Health Organization
2020-09-20
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Vote Intention in November: Evidence from an Early September Survey
From the Document: "The results of a survey conducted of registered voters in seven battleground states by the Stanford-MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] Healthy Elections Project suggest that although the U.S. will see historic levels of mail voting in November, the levels are below what similar studies showed just a couple of months ago. While the results cannot directly address the issue of causality, the pattern of results unsurprisingly suggests that the partisan differences that have emerged over mail balloting explain the reduced ardor over voting by mail. Less than half the respondents from six of the seven states studied (Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) report they are likely to vote by mail in November."
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
Stewart, Charles, III
2020-09-20
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Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Updated September 19, 2020)
From the Document: "Until more information becomes available, precautions should be taken in handling specimens that are suspected or confirmed for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]. Timely communication between clinical and laboratory staff is essential to minimize the risk incurred in handling specimens from patients with possible SARS-CoV-2 infection. Such specimens should be labeled accordingly, and the laboratory should be alerted to ensure proper specimen handling. General and specific biosafety guidelines for handling SARS-CoV-2 specimens are provided[.]"
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-19
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 38 [September 19, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, indicators that track COVID-19 [coronavirus sidease 2019] activity continued to decline or remain stable (change of ≤0.1%); however, three regions reported an increase in the percentage of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus causing COVID-19, and one of those regions also reported an increase in the percentage of visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and COVID-like illness (CLI) to emergency departments (EDs). Mortality attributed to COVID-19 declined but remains above the epidemic threshold."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-19
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H. Rept. 116-520: Suicide Prevention Act, Report to Accompany H.R. 5619, September 18, 2020
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 5619, the 'Suicide Prevention Act', was introduced on January 15, 2020, by Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Doris O. Matsui (D-CA). H.R. 5619 establishes two grant programs to help prevent self-harm and suicide. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to award grants to State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm. The bill also requires the Secretary to award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent self-harm and suicide attempts among patients after discharge."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020-09-18
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: GK Pharmaceuticals Contract Manufacturing Operations, GK ACCU-RIGHT SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR KIT
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the GK ACCU-RIGHT SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR KIT [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 real time/reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction kit]. The GK ACCU-RIGHT SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR KIT is authorized for use with upper respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-09-18
