Week 12 of the Coronavirus 'Staycation'

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In the news:

"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been conducting a scientific review about the public health benefits of masks, and will soon make an updated recommendation, a senior CDC official told CNN.

The reviews are happening even though the CDC has already published guidance on its website.

A senior official with knowledge of the review said science is being studied as to whether masks are not only “good for source control — and keeping you from giving it to others — but we’re also seeing if masks are going to protect you from getting [Covid-19] yourself.”

“We know it’s a good thing to wear a mask to protect others. We are studying if it is also potentially going to keep you safe,” the official added.

The CDC website has two separate pages of guidance on face coverings. One recommends people wear masks when they leave their home. The other recommends people wear a mask if they cannot properly social distance.

An official at the agency says recommendations from a final scientific review by its incident management “will happen soon.”

Chilean health officials announced 5,355 new cases of coronavirus in Chile and 202 new deaths over the last 24 hours.

This brings the total number of coronavirus cases to 236,748 and the death toll to 4,295, the officials said during a news conference Sunday.

Chile is currently the third country in Latin America with the highest number of cases after Brazil and Peru, and ranks ninth globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

The country’s chief epidemiologist Rafael Araos said there are other people who might have also died from the virus.

"In relation to those who died due to Covid without laboratory confirmation, that is, deaths in which Covid is a possible or probable cause, the number rises by 3,069," he said.

This number of “probable” deaths from coronavirus is not included in the country’s death toll." {CNN.com}

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My thoughts:

This week seemed to go by a bit faster than it has been recently. I got back into cross stitching and I am currently working on a surprise gift for one of my friend's upcoming birthday! I'm hoping to finish it soon, it looks really good, in my opinion. Especially since it's only my second! We were lucky enough to start going back to church this week, too. It was very strange being around so many people after months of solitude, but it was nice to start seeing people again. We ended the week by tie dying a bunch of shirts, I'll include my favourites below.

"Tie-dye shirts" by Wawa Writes 2020

I'm excited as this next week I'll finally be starting camps! The camps happening this week are a book club and a debate club! It'll be lots of fun, reading and discussing! I'm excited to meet some new people and try out new things. Hopefully I'll start getting back into the swing of things, like actually talking to people live instead of over DM! I hope you all have a wonderful week--and be sure to comment below if you're doing any camps this Summer!