Coronavirus Insanity: “Happy Birthday” Spreads Coronavirus, Cops Bust a Mid-Afternoon Orgy, and More
Here’s a fresh round-up of coronavirus insanity . . .
1. Singing “Happy Birthday” could spread coronavirus. Scientists analyzed how many droplets come out of our mouths when we’re singing different songs, and ones that are, quote, “loud and consonant-rich” like “Happy Birthday” spread the most. (And blowing out birthday candles probably doesn’t help. So maybe we should start using this guy’s technique.)
2. Cops in Manchester, England raided a party for violating coronavirus rules on Friday . . . and it turned out to be a mid-afternoon swingers orgy. It had been going strong for about two hours when the cops got there.
3. A new study confirmed that food contamination is almost definitely NOT a way of transmitting coronavirus. Quote, “There has not been any evidence that food, food packaging, or food handling is a . . . transmission route.”
4. The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month is now a super-spreader event . . . more than 250,000 cases have been tied to the event and it could lead to $12 billion in public health costs.
5. A surfer in Spain was arrested and taken off the beach in handcuffs by two cops in hazmat suits because she’d been diagnosed with coronavirus and was supposed to be self-quarantining.
6. Here are the updated stats on CONFIRMED coronavirus cases as of last night.
New daily cases in the U.S.: 28,561, with 498 new deaths.
Total cases in the U.S.: 6.5 million, with more than 194,000 deaths . . . and more than 3.7 million who’ve now recovered.
Total cases worldwide: 27.7 million . . . with more than 901,000 deaths . . . and more than 19.8 million people who’ve beaten the virus globally.