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Covid blood test can predict patient survival chances Protein analysis provides digital picture of immune response and mortality risk, say scientists the Guardian

A blood test has been developed that can predict whether Covid patients will need intensive care – or are even likely to survive – shortly after they develop symptoms.

Giuliani COVID-19 diagnosis closes Arizona Legislature The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by Dillon Rosenblatt and Julia Shumway Arizona Capitol Times

The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by meeting with Rudy Giuliani. 

U.S. sets new coronavirus records while Europe bends the curve Europe's surge is subsiding. America's is getting worse. Dave Lawler Axios

While the U.S. continues to set records for new coronavirus cases, European countries have managed to turn their own terrifying spikes around.

The big picture: As some states in the U.S. crack down to head off the worst, the debate in countries like the U.K. and France has shifted to whether and how to lighten their own restrictions before the holidays.