COVID-19 is a novel strain of a Coronavirus that is the cause of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
## Response Information Near Me and Family * West Bloomfield Township, [information](https://www.wbtownship.org/alert_detail.php) * West Bloomfield PD [Twitter page](https://twitter.com/WestBlmfldPD) - Oakland County, Michigan, [information](https://www.oakgov.com/covid/Pages/default.aspx) [dashboard](https://www.oakgov.com/covid/dashboard.html) [mobile](https://oakgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ad96d0735e314c67a30f557f60a08b73) [COVID Act Now](https://covidactnow.org/us/michigan-mi/county/oakland_county/?s=25901499) - Menominee County, [information](https://www.menomineecounty.com/) - Upper Michigan TV-6 [summary](https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/health/coronavirus/) [dashboard](https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2021/01/04/tracking-the-coronavirus-in-upper-michigan/) - State of Michigan [information](https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus) [hospital beds](https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98159-523641--,00.html) [dashboard](https://emhsd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ea9fb6d9caaa4937995113dbd5d0a87a) [vaccines](https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214_103272-547150--,00.html) - COVID Act Now [Michigan Data Tracking](https://covidactnow.org/us/michigan-mi/?s=25901499) - [John Hopkins Michigan Tracking w. Vaccines](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/us/michigan#vaccine-tracker) - [NY Times Michigan Tracking charts](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/michigan-covid-cases.html) - [NYT Personalized Tracking via cookie](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases-deaths-tracker.html) - [Michigan tracking charts](https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/2020/03/15/this-chart-is-tracking-coronavirus-covid-19-cases-in-michigan/) - Larimer County, [information](https://www.larimer.org/health/communicable-disease/coronavirus-covid-19) - Colorado [information](https://covid19.colorado.gov/)
## My Work Related Information * [Bermuda Royal Gazette](http://www.royalgazette.com/news) * [Bernews](http://bernews.com/) * [Cayman Compass](https://www.caymancompass.com/) * [Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html) * [Halifax News](https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-information) * [Guernsey Press](https://guernseypress.com/news/coronavirus/)
## United States Information * Order [free at-home](https://www.covidtests.gov/) tests distributed by the government * [FDA list](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests#list) of at-home test expiration dates * COVID Act Now Realtime Risk and Vaccine Tracker * [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/) * [US Covid Tracker](https://www.us-covid-tracker.com/) * COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment
## Global Information * [John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/) * Covid Trends
## Other Notes * [Study in China and South Korea](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub) indicate Chloroquine may be an effective treatment. It is an approved treatment for malaria * CDC Reopening Guidance provides interesting recommendations about re-opening the country after the initial outbreak * Tracking Down Covid-19 Origin * Occupational Risk Score Infographic * COVID Air Filter * Plasma shots appear to provide months of immunity and have been used in the past, but being blocked for some reason * Scientific American, Inside the Coronavirus * Oxford Vaccine trial showing promising results * Inhaling interferon beta may be a promising treatment * We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus page * Relief, NeuroRx say emergency treatment with RLF-100 helps critically ill Covid patients page * Moderna's Vaccine candidate has 95% effective so far and doesn't have stringent storage requirements * [CNN compares](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/health/moderna-vaccine-what-we-know/index.html) the Pfizer and Moderna COVID19 vaccines. Statnews has a similar comparison. Both vaccine use Messenger RNA * [Spreadsheet of links](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mRWA6SrT4C9qdHQsHENXJjJ4Fg1oA4HiLlwob5xOA_M/edit#gid=0) to COVID-19 information * New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are rapidly spreading through the U.S Axios * The CDC has eased guidance on the wearing of masks for people who are vaccinated. We are still not clear whether vaccinated people can still spread the disease.