How 'Professor Lockdown' helped save tens of thousands of lives worldwide — and carried COVID-19 into Downing Street

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s early life was overshadowed by the murder of his father.</li><li>He later struggled with a drug addiction.</li></ul>Robert F. Kennedy's children have spent a lifetime trying to add their marks to their slain father's legacy. They made history in public service, followed his footsteps into Congress, and contributed to an Academy Award-nominated documentary. Like their relatives born into the generation after Camelot, some struggled to shake <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kennedy-family-tragedies-curse-assassinations-plane-crashes-2023-3">the tinge of tragedy and scandal</a> that continues to hang around the famous family.Robert F. Kennedy's namesake has seen all elements of this journey.The first Kennedy to run for the presidency in decades,<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-robert-f-kennedy-rfk-jr-2023-7"> Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> is doing so without the family's well-documented loyalty. Instead, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kennedy-family-members-who-oppose-rfk-jr-campaign-2024-2024-4">some of his siblings </a>have begged him to drop out. For years, they have worried, in increasingly public ways, that he's eroding the foundation of why the nation reveres them so much in the first place.<h2 id="bbfa73a4-629f-45ee-a9a7-1f394f9295e7">The son of the expected next Kennedy president.</h2>Born into privilege in 1954, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was raised between Massachusetts and suburban Virginia estates. He took an early interest in the outdoors, an affinity aided by the menagerie of animals kept at Hickory Hill, the family's McLean, Virginia mansion. He was the third of the 11 eventual children born to RFK and<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rfk-widow-says-assassin-sirhan-sirhan-should-not-get-parole-2021-9"> Ethel Kennedy.</a>He was asleep in his dorm at Georgetown Preparatory School on June 5, 1968, when a priest awoke him. He wasn't told what was happening, only that a ride would soon take him back to Hickory Hill. At the family home, he was told his dad had been shot the night before. He, Kathleen, and Joseph P. II flew out on Vice President Hubert Humphery's plane in a rush to be by their father's side.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was later a pallbearer at his father's funeral, joined by Astronaut John Glenn and former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.<div type="image" title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (front right) helps carry his father's casket" height="686" width="1024" msid="110340066" hostid="261" sizebytes="53690"></div>The 14-year-old never returned to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/georgetown-prep-school-brett-kavanaugh-neil-gorsuch-2018-8">Georgetown Prep</a>, which now counts two Supreme Court justices and multiple lawmakers among its influential alumni. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bounced between three private schools before graduating from high school. At Millbrook School in New York, he briefly kept a lion cub gifted to him by former "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar. Kennedy was forced to find a new home for the animal, aptly named Mtoto Mbaya, "Boy Boy" in Swahili, after a string of incidents, including when it bit the backside of the school's zoo keeper, according to "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream," an unauthorized 2015 biography. It wasn't the animal that got him kicked out.Kennedy had begun to use drugs and not just marijuana, according to the 2015 book. Officials became increasingly concerned that they would be held responsible if another Kennedy died on their watch. Years later, Kennedy would tell Oprah that the source of his drug problems didn't truly matter. He viewed his problems more as being a product of the 1960s. Whatever the reason, his drug use would lead to repeated brushes with the law.<h2 id="1c32ab07-7e3c-4741-924b-27f9890e54ef">Kennedy graduates from Harvard, but drug use continues to hang over him.</h2>After graduating from high school, Kennedy attended Harvard, the alma mater of his father, uncle, and grandfather. Like JFK, RFK Jr. would see his senior thesis turned into a book. Unfortunately for him, reviewers reacted harshly to the tome about federal judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., whose rulings played a major role in the Civil Rights movement.After briefly attending the London School of Economics, Kennedy graduated from the University of Virginia Law School. While in Charlottesville, Kennedy met his first wife, Emily Black. Their wedding in Black's native Bloomington, Indiana, received international coverage as the Midwesterner joined the nation's foremost political family. The couple had two children together.<div type="image" title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen on his first wedding day" height="690" width="1024" msid="110340067" hostid="261" sizebytes="29434"></div>He filed for divorce in 1994 in the Dominican Republic, taking advantage of a local law that allows foreigners to file for divorce there and potentially trying to avoid media scrutiny.In March 1982, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, whom JFK had previously appointed to lead the famous Southern District of New York, hired RFK Jr. as an assistant district attorney. The famous son's first brush with politics in New York, the state his father represented in the US Senate, did not go well. Kennedy struggled to pass the bar exam. He resigned in July 1983.Months later, Kennedy would spark his largest legal scandal. While on the way to receive treatment in South Dakota for his addiction, a fellow passenger found him sick in an airplane's bathroom. Local authorities later found a small amount of heroin in his belongings. He faced up to two years in prison, according to The New York Times. Kennedy was sentenced to probation and community service.<h2 id="fd42bb34-5aa3-47c5-ab6e-4b6d3d6503c6">Kennedy found a new advocacy after his lowest moment.</h2>Kennedy's lowest moment led to his greatest reinvention. As part of his community service, he worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council and was later connected with the Hudson River Fishermen's Association. Robert Boyle, founder of the New York environmental group, began to mentor Kennedy. The organization already had notched major legal victories, but Kennedy's star power would help take it to new heights.He was so committed to his new career that in 1994, he married Mary Richardson, a longtime friend of his sister Kerry Kennedy, aboard a ship on the Hudson River.<div type="image" title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses for a photo with actress Glenn Close in front of the Hudson River" height="717" width="1024" msid="110340068" hostid="261" sizebytes="62120"></div>But his relationship with Boyle did not last. His mentor later recalled that he was less than thrilled about the celebrities Kennedy soon brought onto the organization's board. He also chafed at his former protegé's other actions, particularly Kennedy's decision to hire a scientist named William Wegner. Kennedy defended hiring Wegner, who had served time in federal prison, saying that giving him a second chance was the right thing to do. Boyle was incensed given that Wegener was sentenced over his connections to a<a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/02/robert-f-kennedy-jr-rfk-riverkeeper-egg-smuggler/"> bird smuggling ring</a>. Boyle and seven other officials later resigned from Riverkeeper's board in protest."I think he's a despicable person," Boyle told Kennedy's unauthorized biographer in 2014. Boyle's children recently told The Washington Post that his father later couldn't even bear looking at the Hudson as it was too much of a reminder of Kennedy's betrayal.As for Kennedy, his environmental advocacy became the foundation of his fame. In 1999, Time Magazine named Kennedy one of its "Heroes for the Planet" as part of a series of reports on leading environmentalists.While gaining fame, Kennedy began to notice problems with his voice. He recently told The Los Angeles Times that he was 42 when he first noticed the problem. Kennedy was later diagnosed with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-rfk-jr-voice-raspy-cause-spasmodic-dysphonia-2023-8">spasmodic dysphonia</a>, a rare neurological condition that affects muscles in one's voice box.In 2010, Kennedy filed for divorce from Richardson, the mother of four of his six children. Two years later, she died by suicide at the couple's former Bedford estate.<h2 id="0bc52c2f-eeb4-43c1-b871-bc5e8352a934">After years of environmentalism, Kennedy became the face of anti-vaccine advocacy.</h2>After decades of environmental advocacy, Kennedy prepared to make his most controversial turn. In his retelling, mothers began to approach him at events to question whether vaccines had affected their children.In 2005, Kennedy wrote a piece for Salon and Rolling Stone that is now regarded as establishing him as a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/10/kennedy-vaccine-book/">major player in spreading vaccine skepticism</a>. Despite his claims of a major conspiracy over a mercury-based preservative that had already been "removed from all childhood vaccines except for some variations of the flu vaccine in 2001," according to STAT. Within days, Salon, which published the piece online, issued five corrections. In 2011, the site decided to retract the article entirely.In 2014, Kennedy married the actress <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-kennedy-jr-net-worth-cheryl-hines-15-million-2023-8">Cheryl Hines,</a> best known for her co-starring role in the Larry David-led "Curb Your Enthusiasm."One year later, Kennedy joined the World Health Defense Fund. He continued to be involved with Riverkeeper, but his anti-vaccine advocacy overwhelmed his public persona.Kennedy's name fueled his rise in the movement, which drew on the credibility of his environmentalism and his famous family. In turn, the now-presidential hopeful began to cobble together what the Associated Press would later deem <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/how-rfk-jr-built-anti-vaccine-juggernaut-amid-covid-4997be1bcf591fe8b7f1f90d16c9321e#">"an anti-vaccine juggernaut"</a> that he deployed when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.

How RFK Kennedy Jr. turned from tragedy and tumult to environmentalism before becoming the face of vaccine skepticism

<ul class="summary-list"><li>President Donald <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump">Trump</keyword> will be inspected on live TV by <keyword id="85287" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fox-News">Fox News</keyword> contributor <keyword id="5748538" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Marc-Siegel">Marc Siegel</keyword> Friday night on Tucker Carlson's show.</li><li>Siegel, a 64-year-old physician and associate professor of medicine at New York University, has largely praised Trump's pandemic response.</li><li>The doctor was also the one to interview Trump during his infamous "person, woman, man, camera, TV" comments on taking a cognitive screening test for dementia.</li></ul>President Donald Trump is set to be inspected on live TV by Dr. Marc Siegel Friday on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight."Siegel, 64, is a Fox News contributor, a physician, and an associate professor of medicine at New York University.He has mostly praised Trump's coronavirus response — to the point of having to apologize in March for saying COVID-19 "at worst, worst-case scenario it could be the flu" — and has experience interviewing Trump.In July, Siegel's interview with Trump included the now infamous "person, woman, man, camera, TV" quote when the president revealed he took a cognitive screening test for dementia.<h3>Siegel's early life and education: </h3>Siegel went to East Meadow High School in New York's Nassau County on Long Island before going to Brown University, where he got his bachelor's degree in 1978.He got his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1985.Siegel has been teaching at NYU since 1988, according to his LinkedIn page.<h3>Siegel's media career</h3>Siegel is the author of several books, including "False Alarm: the Truth About the Epidemic of Fear" (2005), "Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic" (2006), and "The Inner Pulse: Unlocking the Secret Code of Sickness and Health" (2011).He was a vocal critic of President Barack Obama, and rose to prominence early in the coronavirus pandemic for comparing it to the flu in March."Because at worst, at worst, worst-case scenario it could be the flu," he said in an appearance on "Hannity."Siegel also received criticism during the 2016 campaign for <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/23/a-guide-to-hillary-clintons-many-illnesses-as-diagnosed-in-the-conservative-media/">floating conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton's health</a> on Fox News.The July interview with Trump on his cognitive test results was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/arts/television/late-night-trump-cognitive-test-washington-football-team.html">panned on late night comedy shows</a> because of Trump's "person, woman, man, camera, TV" quote.Siegel has a new book out on the coronavirus, titled "COVID: the <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics">Politics</keyword> of Fear and the Power of Science."

Who is Marc Siegel, the doctor who will inspect President Trump on Fox News?

<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">Global Trends Festival</a> is one of the world's most prestigious events which will be live from Oct 19-23.</li><li>While nobel laureates, some of the biggest political and corporate icons will provide thought leadership, it's a great platform to network with CXOs from around the world.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trendsfestival" data-type="tilCustomLink">Global Trends Festival 2020</a> is presented by AWS.</li><li>Get your tickets now from <a href="https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/business-insider-global-trends-festival/ET00137578" data-type="tilCustomLink">BookMyShow</a>.</li></ul> If developing a vaccine for COVID-19 virus is the most important thing, the 39-year old Adar Poonawalla is the most important man in India right now. Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine maker owned by Poonawalla, has marched the furthest in the race to stall the pandemic. What makes it more ambitious is his promise to manufacture 400 million doses a month once the vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford, in partnership with British drugmaker Astrazeneca, comes through. Poonawalla’s Serum Institute has the mandate to make the vaccine for Indian COVID-19 patients and a proven track record in producing high volumes and making doses affordable. As healthcare takes the spotlight in the post-pandemic world, Poonawalla will be a showstopper at Business Insider’s <a href="https://trendsfestival.in" data-type="tilCustomLink">Global Trends Festival</a> scheduled between October 19 and 23 this year. Adar Poonawalla’s fight from polio to COVID-19 <div type="image" title="Adar Poonawalla" msid="77978083" hostid="261"></div> Making his company enter new businesses is what Adar has been doing as its CEO ever since he joined the family business over a decade back. The 39-year-old heir to a $12.1 billion fortune of his father Cyrus Poonawalla was instrumental in convincing his father to enter the oral polio vaccine. Before that, they have been heavily into making rabies and measles vaccines which they export mostly to international organizations like WHO. But his success with it, has made him take bolder decisions in the future. Ironically, until a few years ago, the company had stayed away from the flu vaccine business even after swine flu and bird flu outbreaks. But that changed <a href="http://www.adarpoonawalla.com/father-and-son-serum-institute-race-horses.html">after a call from </a>the Bill Gates Foundation. Since 2015, the company had been working on various vaccines that are at clinical trial stages. Now, of course, there is no red tape barring Covid-19 vaccines as the world races against time to defeat the virus before it destroys lives, livelihoods and economies. Why is Serum not listed on the stock exchanges? Adar says that his bet on a Covid-19 vaccine is a ‘personal risk’ even though the Oxford vaccine is widely considered one of the frontrunners. He believes that he could take the risk only because he isn’t a listed company. “If we were a listed company, I would have to be accountable to shareholders, investors, and bankers,” he told <a href="https://www.forbesindia.com/article/coronavirus/adar-poonawallas-vaccine-no-shot-in-the-dark/59857/1">Forbes magazine</a>. In the past, the privately-owned company has had many investors in the past who were interested in buying into a chunk of the booming business. Though they had come close to making a few deals, they resisted the temptation to bring in people whom they have to answer to. The COVID vaccine has the ability to push the company’s fortunes to the zenith. As of now, the 54-year old company has delivered over 1.5 billion doses of vaccines. Considering the staggering spread of the current pandemic, this vaccine itself might top that number. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/the-leadership-from-asia-and-india-in-particular-will-be-at-the-heart-of-global-trends-festival-2020/articleshow/77971081.cms">The leadership from Asia, and India in particular, will be at the heart of Global Trends Festival 2020</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/largest-global-event-in-2020-trends-festival/articleshow/77461047.cms">Business Insider's Global Trends Festival is coming to India — and it's gonna be huge!</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/reed-hastings-to-speak-at-the-business-insider-global-trends-festival/articleshow/77550576.cms">Reed Hastings to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/nouriel-roubini-to-speak-at-the-business-insider-global-trends-festival/articleshow/77721282.cms">Nouriel Roubini to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival</a>

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<ul><li>Clorox shares have climbed as much as 5% this week as investors bet the coronavirus epidemic will boost demand for bleach and disinfectant wipes.</li><li>CEO Benno Dorer <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/clorox-ceo-we-are-not-seeing-an-impact-on-sales-from-the-coronavirus.html">said in a CNBC interview this month</a> that Clorox was "leaning into inventory to be ready, just in case."</li><li>Clorox reported strong demand for disinfectant wipes during the H1N1 or "bird flu" pandemic in 2009.</li><li>Bleach "is the only product known to man that will kill every single virus," a Clorox executive said in 2013.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/international">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/clx-stock">Clorox</a> stock has climbed as much as 5% this week, making it one of only seven S&amp;P 500 stocks to rise during the brutal selloff fueled by the novel coronavirus.Investors are betting the maker of bleach and disinfectant products will benefit from the public health crisis. Coronavirus - which causes a respiratory disease called COVID-19 - has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1">infected more than 82,000 people</a>, killed at least 2,800, and spread to upwards of 40 countries.During the H1N1 or "bird flu" pandemic in 2009, the company "significantly increased manufacturing capacity for Clorox disinfectant wipes to really help us stay ahead of the strong demand we're seeing," former CEO Don Knauss said on an earnings call that year. "Disinfecting products are critical in fighting the spread of viruses that can cause the flu.""Organisms cannot adapt to bleach," Knauss said at a conference in 2013. "Bleach actually destroys the entire cell structure of a virus or bacteria. So over 100 years they've never been able to adapt."However, current CEO Benno Dorer <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/clorox-ceo-we-are-not-seeing-an-impact-on-sales-from-the-coronavirus.html">said in a CNBC interview earlier this month</a> that Clorox was yet to see a demand boost from coronavirus. "We're leaning into inventory to be ready, just in case," he added.Yet the rapid spread of coronavirus is likely to be a sales boon.Clorox <a href="https://www.clorox.com/how-to/disinfecting-sanitizing/cold-flu-other-diseases/help-prevent-the-spread-of-the-human-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/">recently highlighted</a> its disinfectant wipes, disinfecting bleach, and clean-up cleaner with bleach as useful in preventing coronavirus from spreading. It said the trio of products have "demonstrated effectiveness" against similar viruses on "hard, non-porous surfaces."Moreover, the Center for Biocide Chemistries <a href="https://www.americanchemistry.com/Novel-Coronavirus-Fighting-Products-List.pdf">recently published a list of approved products</a> for combating the coronavirus. Clorox sells 21 of the 139 items - more than any other brand including Lysol and Purell.Clorox has trumpeted the value of its cleaning products in the past.Bleach "is the thing that is the most effective against most bacteria and viruses out there," Knauss said on an earnings call in 2015."We are very fortunate that we have Clorox sodium hypochlorite," Grant Lamontagne, head of professional products, said at an analyst day in 2013, referring to the key ingredient in bleach. "It is the only product known to man that will kill every single virus."However, Clorox is wary of being seen to profit from serious illnesses. "We're always very careful about trying to take advantage of some public health scare for people," Knauss said in 2015.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/10-up-and-coming-fintechs-2019?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=finance&amp;itm_campaign=10-up-and-coming-fintechs-2019-2"></a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>School-aged <keyword id="6354493" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="children">children</keyword> could be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-kids-inflammation-transmission-schools-2020-5">more likely to spread the coronavirus</a> to household contacts than any other age group.</li><li>Around 19% of people who shared a home with an infected person who was 10 to 19 years old contracted COVID-19, a <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-1315_article#r9">South Korean study</a> found.</li><li>The results suggest that reopening schools could lead to even more widespread transmission.</li></ul>US school districts are facing tough decisions about resuming in-person classes this fall.The nation's daily <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> cases continue to climb, but the switch to remote learning has already <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-learning-leaves-many-us-students-behind-2020-6">stymied children's progress</a> and led to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-choose-between-bad-online-learning-and-unsafe-classrooms-2020-7">higher rates of absenteeism</a> — particularly among low-income students, who are more likely to lack internet access.Many questions remain about infection and transmission rates among kids, but a <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-1315_article">new study</a> from South Korea found that school-aged children — ages 10 to 19 — are more likely to spread the coronavirus to their household contacts than any other age group.The study was conducted from January 20 to March 27, when schools in South Korea were closed. The researchers traced the contacts of more than 5,700 coronavirus patients, including around 10,600 people who lived with an infected person and another 48,500 who did not.On average, the results showed, 11.8% of people who shared a home with someone infected with the coronavirus got COVID-19 as well. That number rose to 18.6% in households with an infected person ages 10 to 19. But only 5.3% of people who shared a household with someone age 9 and under got sick.The research suggests that reopening schools might lead to even more widespread transmission. Gathering teens and preteens in classrooms at a time when cases are on the rise could increase the odds that students pass the virus to one another then bring it home, potentially infecting older family members who are more likely to develop severe cases.<h2>Scientists are still debating kids' role in the pandemic</h2>Children represent around 5% of confirmed coronavirus infections in the US — the lowest of any age group, according to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6924e2.htm#F1_down">the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>. But pediatric coronavirus cases can be difficult to track, since they're often mild or asymptomatic.It's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-kids-inflammation-transmission-schools-2020-5">not clear yet</a> how often kids can transmit the virus to others.A <a href="https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/de-rol-van-kinderen-de-transmissie-van-sars-cov-2/volledig">June report from the Dutch government</a> concluded that "children play a small role in the spread of the novel coronavirus." The conclusion was based on government data collected from 54 Dutch households.A study of households in China, Singapore, the US, Vietnam, and South Korea determined that children have not been the primary source of household coronavirus infections. According to that <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044826v1">research</a>, which is still awaiting peer review, children were the first to develop symptoms in only three out of 31 households.An <a href="http://ncirs.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-04/NCIRS%20NSW%20Schools%20COVID_Summary_FINAL%20public_26%20April%202020.pdf">investigation from New South Wales</a>, Australia, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-schools-study-found-2-pupils-infected-863-close-contacts-2020-5">looked at coronavirus transmission</a> across 10 high schools and five primary schools there in March and April. The report determined that only two students got sick out of more than 860 who had been in close contact with an infected person. The investigation also found no evidence of students infecting teachers.But the CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6914e4.htm?s_cid=mm6914e4_w">found</a> that US children "are likely playing a role in transmission and spread of COVID-19." Scientists in Germany also <a href="https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites/m_cc05/virologie-ccm/dateien_upload/Weitere_Dateien/analysis-of-SARS-CoV-2-viral-load-by-patient-age.pdf">found no difference</a> in the viral loads (the amount of viral particles released into the environment) in adult versus pediatric coronavirus patients.<div type="image" title="school masks coronavirus" height="3069" width="4173" msid="77116077" hostid="261"></div>Children are already known to transmit influenza viruses like <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941674/">H1N1 (swine flu)</a> and <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044826v1">H5N1 (bird flu)</a> within households."Our large-scale investigation showed that pattern of transmission was similar to those of other respiratory viruses," the researchers behind the latest <a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-1315_article">study</a> from South Korea wrote. "Although the detection rate for contacts of preschool-aged children was lower, young children may show higher attack rates when the school closure ends, contributing to community transmission of COVID-19."<h2>School reopenings could be decided on a case-by-case basis</h2>Even if children play a significant role in coronavirus transmission, there are still reasons to reopen schools. "To the extent possible, our default should be to try and get the children back to school," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US's top disease expert, said during <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10112108870243761/">a conversation</a> with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday. "The unintended ripple effects — downstream consequences of keeping the children out of school — can be profound."<div type="image" title="back to school coronavirus thailand" height="4024" width="6048" msid="77116086" hostid="261"></div>In addition to making it harder for kids to learn, remote education can force parents to adjust their work schedules and potentially forfeit household income. In an <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1892?guestAccessKey=cf5e6f8e-d108-4b1e-b2ca-bbc10990e9f1&amp;utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_content=tfl&amp;utm_term=051320&amp;utm_term=051320">opinion letter</a> published in May in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, two Italian pediatric doctors argued that <keyword id="8946887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="school-closures">school closures</keyword> may do more harm than good by "deepening social, economic, and health inequities."But Fauci added that the decision could be made on a case-by-case basis. Schools in areas with relatively low transmission may be able to hold in-person classes without risking people's safety. But in areas with uncontrolled outbreaks, schools might need to remain closed.<a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/05/04/science.abb8001.full">Surveys conducted in Wuhan and Shanghai</a> found that when schools were open, children had about three times as many contacts — either brief in-person conversations or physical interactions such as a handshake — as adults. The researchers determined that closing schools reduced peak infections in those cities by up to 60%."Extending school closure will likely support the overall effectiveness of social distancing and thus aid in lowering the peak of the epidemic curve," South Korean researchers <a href="https://jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e127">wrote in March</a>. "The policy should be balanced between public health benefits and the significant societal consequences."

School-aged kids may spread the coronavirus in homes more often than adults, a new study found

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Interest in backyard chicken coops has exploded as people are at home and facing food insecurity.</li><li>Experts fear novices could unknowingly spread diseases that kill millions of birds every year and threaten the food chain.</li><li>In 2015, an outbreak of avian influenza traced to a small backyard farm cost nearly $430 million and resulted in the destruction of 34 million birds across 77 farms.</li><li>Brent Credille, a professor at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine, says experienced farmers should reach out to beginners: "Whether we help them or not, my guess is they're going to do it anyway." </li></ul>The staff at Murray McMurray Hatchery is exhausted.The family-run business, based in Webster City, Iowa, sells rare chicken breeds, mostly to backyard farmers who raise them for eggs or to compete in shows. Since the pandemic started, sales have doubled.Even with six people manning the lines, the phones ring off the hook from 7 am to 6 at night, owner Tom Watkins says. He estimates his staff has taken an entire year's worth of orders in just the past two months."They want what they want right now," Watkins told Insider, "and at this point, it's probably too late."The hatchery is sold out of chicks, he said, and will probably remain that way through at least August. <div type="image" title="The coronavirus pandemic has seen a boom in backyard chicken coops." height="1027" width="2054" msid="76011553" hostid="261"></div>And it's not just Murray McMurray. Hatcheries across the country have sold out in the wake of runaway demand, according to Mark Pogwaite, president of the American Poultry Association. <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&amp;q=chicken%20coopsoops">Google searche</a>s for "chicken coops" have soared since March, <a href="https://people.com/home/chicken-coops-wayfair/">according to People</a>, and options continue to sell out online."It's huge, from what I can see," Pogwaite said of demand. "The feed stores can't keep chicks in, the catalogs can't keep up. It was like overnight, as soon as COVID-19 hit."Sales at hatcheries often spike when there's economic uncertainty or rising food prices. "When people are insecure about their financial future, they go back to the agrarian part of life," Watkins said. What's different this time, he added, is the number of first-time customers.Watkins is doing his best to educate new buyers, but he and other breeders are worried that the boom in amateur chicken farmers could lead to outbreaks of dangerous poultry diseases.If a virus spread to a commercial farm, it could interrupt the already strained food chain and cost millions of dollars.<h2>A backyard outbreak 'could devastate the <keyword id="667218" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="poultry-industry">poultry industry</keyword>'</h2>In 2015, officials traced an outbreak of avian influenza in Iowa to a small backyard farm. Stopping its spread cost nearly $430 million and resulted in the destruction of 34 million birds across 77 farms, <a href="https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Iowa-Farm-Bureau-study-shows-bird-flu-outbreak-is-costing-Iowa-nearly-8500-jobs-and-425-million-in-lost-income">according to the Iowa Farm Bureau.</a>The outbreak also cost the nation's largest egg-producing state nearly 8,500 jobs, and raised the prices of eggs and poultry for consumers nationwide for the next three years.Another deadly poultry disease, Virulent Newcastle, has stubbornly resisted containment in Southern California for the past two years. It's found its way into backyard coops, too, making tracking and eradicating it especially difficult. <div type="image" title="Workers for the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Dept of Agriculture sanitize a backyard shed where chickens were kept, in Simi Valley, California." height="764" width="1024" msid="76011559" hostid="261"></div>Commercial farms are inspected by the USDA and local public safety agencies. Authorities can detect outbreaks and react swiftly, ordering the destruction of infected birds and the monitoring of nearby farms.But the government doesn't keep track of backyard chicken coops.They represent a "leaky channel" by which contagion can spread undetected, according to Alan Rudolph, a biological researcher at Colorado State University. And residential chicken farmers are less likely to maintain strict contamination protocols or check their birds for diseases, Rudolph said.They might not even know what symptoms to look for. And that can be a real problem.<div type="image" title="Visitors check out a chicken coop in Laguna Beach, California, in 2015." height="1024" width="710" msid="76011567" hostid="261"></div>An outbreak in someone's personal coop spreading to a major commercial farm "could devastate the poultry industry," according to Brent Credille, a professor at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine.And there's always the risk that an animal virus could mutate and infect humans. That's what <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1-human-infections.htm">happened with avian flu</a> and, experts believe, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-zoonotic-virus-coronavirus-jumps-from-animals-to-people-2020-4">the novel coronavirus</a>. Infected birds "are essentially virus factories while they are alive," Julie Gauthier, a poultry expert at the USDA's Animal and Plant <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">Health</keyword> Inspection Service, told Insider."They're producing lots of virus and spreading it to other birds, the neighbors, and any other farms," she said. The <a href="https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/newcastle_disease_info.html">California Department of Food and Agriculture</a> believes Newcastle has continued in Southern California because backyard farmers are ignoring orders to kill infected birds and stop buying new ones."California teaches us that there can be a high enough density of backyard livestock that they can present hotspots that can lead to greater transmissibility," Rudolph said. <h2>The threat to humans</h2>While the greatest risk is to other <keyword id="1209557" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="chickens">chickens</keyword>, poultry can carry diseases that affect humans, too — such as <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/pets/farm-animals/backyard-poultry.html">campylobacteriosis, E.Coli, and listeria</a>. On May 20, the CDC announced that it was <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-05-20/index.html">investigating a 28-state outbreak of salmonella</a> tied to backyard fowl. Almost 100 people have been infected, according to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-05-20/index.html">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>, including 17 who required hospitalization. A third of those who got sick are children under 5, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/health/salmonella-outbreak-chicks-ducklings-kiss-trnd/index.html">CNN reported</a>. <div type="image" title="A girl fetches eggs from a hen in her family's chicken coop." height="696" width="928" msid="76011573" hostid="261"></div>Salmonella bacteria are often transmitted through tainted food, but experts believe this outbreak was spread through humans who failed to take adequate precautions with infected chickens and ducks. The CDC <a href="https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/CDC-says-stop-snuggling-chickens-ties-them-to-salmonella-outbreak--570712351.html">had to issue guidelines</a> warning owners to stop nuzzling or kissing their chicks. "It's important that we consider the human health risks of bringing chickens home," Gauthier said. "We need to realize that salmonella and chickens go together."Credille recommends poultry hobbyists reach out to experienced farmers for help. Commercial farmers should welcome their interest, he said."It's something we need to embrace — to not be their enemy but be their friend," Credille said. "If they're interested in this and go in with their eyes wide open, it can be quite a successful venture and very rewarding." "Whether we help them or not, my guess is they're going to do it anyway," he added.<div type="image" title="Backyard chicken coops have been linked to outbreaks of avian influenza, Virulent Newcastle disease, and salmonella." height="1414" width="2121" msid="76114512" hostid="261"></div>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/backyard-chicken-farming-on-the-rise-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-5">Insider</a>

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Jerry Lampe/ReutersChina's national flag is raised during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Chinese government spokesman said Thursday that "it might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan," promoting a popular conspiracy theory.</li><li>In recent weeks, Chinese officials have been trying to reshape the narrative on the coronavirus, strongly suggesting that the virus might have originated outside of China, even though the epicenter of the outbreak was the central Chinese city of Wuhan.</li><li>Amid this push, a conspiracy theory that US athletes participating in the Military World Games in Wuhan last fall brought the coronavirus into China has emerged.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>A Chinese government spokesman said Thursday that "it might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan," pushing one of several popular coronavirus conspiracy theories in China.Zhao Lijian, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, called attention to the admission Wednesday by Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that some Americans who were said to have actually died from influenza may have died from the coronavirus (COVID-19)."When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected?" he <a href="https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1238111898828066823">asked</a>. "What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!"In a short thread on Twitter, a social media platform inaccessible in China, Zhao demanded to know how many of the 34 million influenza infections and 20,000 associated deaths during this latest flu season were related to COVID-19.The coronavirus, now a pandemic, first appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, capital of hard-hit Hubei province and the epicenter of a serious outbreak that has claimed the lives of thousands, the majority in China.As China has faced criticism, Chinese authorities have been pushing back, suggesting that the virus may have originated somewhere other than China. Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a leading Chinese epidemiologist, <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/27/c_138824145.htm?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioschina&amp;stream=china">said in late February</a> that "though the COVID-19 was first discovered in China, it does not mean that it originated from China."Zhao, in his role as a government spokesman, <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1752172.shtml">stressed the same point</a> in a recent press briefing."No conclusion has been reached yet on the origin of the virus," he told reporters, adding that "what we are experiencing now is a global phenomenon with its source still undetermined."One popular conspiracy theory that has emerged about the coronavirus is that American athletes participating in the Military World Games, an event held in Wuhan last year, may have brought the virus, either intentionally or accidentally, into China. There is no evidence to support this accusation.The Trump administration has laid the blame firmly at China's feet though. "Unfortunately, rather than using best practices, this outbreak in Wuhan was covered up," White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien <a href="https://www.axios.com/china-coronavirus-cover-up-wuhan-robert-obrien-7febd3fb-533c-4df6-bd39-ac5c0ae1c284.html">told reporters</a> Wednesday."It probably cost the world community two months to respond," he added.Another Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1755093.shtml">called</a> O'Brien's efforts to denigrate China's efforts to fight the virus "immoral and irresponsible." <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-creatures-can-survive-mariana-trench-2020-2">What's inside the Mariana Trench</a></h3>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>At least 135 wild animals were found dead in a Chinese megacity and tests show that they were poisoned by the disinfectant that's being used to combat the coronavirus.</li><li>At least 17 species of animals, including wild boar, weasels, and blackbirds, were affected by the mass die-off.</li><li>Nanchong Stray Animal Rescue claims that authorities are killing domesticated animals outright amid fears that they can spread the coronavirus.</li><li>Animal activists shared distressing footage on Weibo: bloodied animals, a man hitting a dog with a stick, and an officer poking a lifeless dog.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Animals are the latest victims of the coronavirus crisis in mainland China.Amid a scramble to control the spread of COVID-19, Chinese authorities believe, based on samples and tests, that at least 135 wild animals were poisoned by disinfectants being used to curb the illness, <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/02/19/Mass-animal-die-off-in-China-due-to-disinfectants-authorities-say/3591582127195/">United Press International</a> said based on reports from China's state-owned news agency Xinhua.The mass die-off was reported in the megacity of Chongqing, in southwest China, which, in 2016, was home to over 30 million people. At least 17 species of animals, including wild boar, weasels, and blackbirds, have been affected, according to the Chongqing Forestry Bureau.Tests have shown that the animals didn't die of any diseases such as coronavirus or bird flu, UPI said. They will be buried in disinfected sites.Chinese state media said Chongqing is rounding up an estimated 5,300 forest rangers to monitor wildlife in the area. They will be accompanied by 200 "full-time supervisors," Xinhua reported, although it's unclear what they will be doing.<h2>Pets aren't being spared either</h2>This may have been an unintended consequence of an official policy but animal rights activists with the Nanchong Stray Animal Rescue claim that authorities are killing domesticated animals outright amid fears that they can spread the coronavirus.Officers in the Sichuan Province are allegedly knocking on people's doors and ordering residents to hand over their pets, while people beg for their companions to be spared, <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/21/pets-rounded-slaughtered-stop-spread-coronavirus-12277644/">Metro UK</a> reported. The group has accused Chinese authorities of killing the animals within minutes of getting their hands on them.An activist shared several distressing images on <a href="https://www.weibo.com/u/7208087458?refer_flag=1005055013_&amp;is_hot=1#_loginLayer_1582306559597">Weibo</a>: bloodied animals in a truck, a person hitting a dog with a wooden stick and an officer prodding a dog that was lying dead on the side of the road while people looked on.Local officials have denied the accusations, saying animals were only killed if they had bitten anyone.Metro UK also reported that residents of Hubei province - where the COVID-19 outbreak originated - were ordered to "deal with" their pets within five days. Animals weren't allowed outside people's homes and would be caught and killed, if they were found. These measures were also enforced in Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Hebei, and Shanghai.Li Lanjuan, a professor and member of China's National Health Commission, sparked these steps by warning people to quarantine pets if they had come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19, according to reports. COVID-19 has affected 75,465 people and killed 2,236 as of Friday, according to the <a href="http://en.nhc.gov.cn/2020-02/21/c_76740.htm">National Health Commission</a>. China plans to ban its wild animal trade and tighten supervision on "wet markets," which is where the coronavirus was reported to have started, although subsequent research <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-may-not-have-originated-from-wet-market-2020-1">cast doubt</a> over that finding. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-changing-food-consumption-in-china-2020-2">Coronavirus is dramatically changing food consumption in China - here's how</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shincheonji-church-cult-south-korea-super-spreader-coronavirus-spike-2020-2">South Korea is bracing for a spike in coronavirus cases after a 'super-spreader' event occurred at a church 'cult'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainians-attack-bus-wuhan-evacuees-quarrantine-fire-bricks-2020-2">A crowd in Ukraine threw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to quarantine</a></li></ul>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>New York City could start building trenches in a city park to bury the bodies of people who have died from COVID-19 as a contingency plan if the death rate doesn't drop soon, a city councilman said Monday.</li><li>"The goal is to avoid scenes like those in Italy, where the military was forced to collect bodies from churches and even off the streets," tweeted Mark Levine, the chair of the New York city council health committee.</li><li>He said hospital morgues typically hold around 15 corpses, and some hospitals have already used two or three additional freezers that can hold around 100 bodies each.</li><li>A spokesperson for the New York Chief Medical Examiner told BuzzFeed News: "There is currently no plan to inter at city parks at this time."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>If the death rate from the novel coronavirus doesn't drop soon, New York City could start digging trenches in a city park to temporarily bury the bodies of those who have died from COVID-19, a city councilman said Monday."This likely will be done by using a NYC park for burials (yes you read that right)," Mark Levine, the chair of the New York city council health committee, <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1247156159896748032">tweeted</a>. "Trenches will be dug for 10 caskets in a line. It will be done in a dignified, orderly - and temporary - manner. But it will be tough for NYers to take."He added: "The goal is to avoid scenes like those in Italy, where the military was forced to collect bodies from churches and even off the streets."In a follow-up <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1247181795076046854">tweet</a>, Levine clarified that the park burials were a "contingency plan" that would not have to be implemented if the death rate continues to overwhelm city resources.The Italian military used <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-army-transport-coffins-bergamo-morgue-crisis-video-2020-3">trucks to transport "dozens of coffins"</a> to cremation sites in the country from the city of Bergamo in northern Italy, the worst-hit city in the country, because local morgues could not handle the number of bodies. At least 15,000 people have died from the disease in Italy, <a href="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">according to Johns Hopkins researchers</a>.<h2>New York's medical examiner said there is no plan to use NYC parks and Gov. Cuomo said he hasn't heard anything about it</h2>"There is currently no plan to inter at city parks at this time," a spokesperson for the New York Chief Medical Examiner told BuzzFeed News' <a href="https://twitter.com/TasneemN/status/1247188862247583746">Tasneem Nashrulla</a>.Gov. Andrew Cuomo similarly said he has "heard nothing about that," <a href="https://twitter.com/akarl_smith/status/1247200435619987456">NBC News' Allan Smith reported</a>."I've heard a lot of wild rumors, but I've heard nothing about the city burying people in parks," Cuomo said during his daily press conference on Monday.In a <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1247156970169270272">series of tweets</a>, Levine explained that the number of bodies has overwhelmed the city's hospitals. Hospital morgues are typically equipped to handle around 15 bodies, he said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has provided 80 extra refrigeration trailers to city hospitals, which can store around 100 bodies. Some hospitals have needed two or three of the trailers, and most trailers are full, he added.The city councilman said the deaths weren't just coming from the city's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-hospitals-are-filled-with-coronavirus-patients-shortages-loom-2020-4">overwhelmed hospitals</a>."On an average day before this crisis there were 20-25 deaths at home in NYC," he tweeted. "Now in the midst of this pandemic the number is 200-215."<h2>A plan from 2008 calls for the use of prison labor</h2>According to New York City's existing contingency plan for a "biological outbreak," which was created in 2008 over Bird Flu fears, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-plan-to-deal-with-dead-bodies-in-a-pandemic-2020-3">prison labor would be used to dig mass graves</a> to bury victims.Inmates on Rikers Island would be transported to Hart Island to dig mass graves where the dead could be buried, and cremation efforts would be increased, according to a previous Business Insider report.Levine did not mention Hart Island or prison labor but instead called for volunteers to help."As New York City continues to appeal to the nation for help, we need to ask not just for doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists," he tweeted. "We also need mortuary affairs staff. This is tough to talk about and maybe tough to ask for. But we have no choice. The stakes are too high.""Deathcare" workers in New York City are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-body-removal-new-york-city-morgues-2020-3">"overwhelmed" by the number of bodies</a> of people who have died from COVID-19."I don't know how many more bodies I can take," Patrick Marmo, a New York licensed embalmer based in Brooklyn, told Business Insider's Dave Mosher. "No one in the New York City area possibly has enough equipment to care for human remains of this magnitude."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/surgeon-general-upcoming-week-like-911-and-pearl-harbor-2020-4">Health and government officials have warned</a> that the next two weeks could be particularly bleak as the number of deaths is expected to rise across the country, but particularly in hotspots like New York. The virus has infected more than <a href="https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&amp;%3Atoolbar=no&amp;%3Atabs=n">122,000</a> in the state of New York and killed at least <a href="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">3,048</a> people in NYC."Nothing matters more in this crisis than saving the living. But we need to face the gruesome reality that we need more resources to manage our dead as well. Or the pain of this crisis will be compounded almost beyond comprehension," Levine tweeted.Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the pandemic? 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