SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 related post number 027/???

(Originally posted to my GoFundMe, and backdated to the date of that original post. This is basically copied verbatim (modulo formatting), including the fundraising stuff at the end; I *was* posting to GoFundMe after all. Feel free to ignore those bits if you want. Link to the fundraiser will be provided in the comments and upon request.)

Today's episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging andthe usual begging post mashup" looks around the wider universe for various links.

Complications from COVID-19 may depend on von Willebrand factor in the blood

Scientists warn of potential wave of COVID-linked brain damage

Coronavirus pandemic could cause wave of brain damage, scientists warn

How the geography of the pandemic is determined by centuries-old regional differences

‘The Second Wave’ of COVID Hits Israel Like a Tsunami

And now on to the usual begging stuff. Unless this is the first of these weblogging-and-begging posts you've ever read, you can guess what comes next: before and in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. States are now in various stages of reopening after the spring lockdowns, even if evidence is piling up that this was premature from a public health standpoint, and some states are retightning in response to increases in infection rates. Still, regardless of what stage of reopening you are currently at, please do what you can to help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat. Locally owned businesses are, and will continue to be, struggling to surviva and get back on their feet, so please patronize them as much as you can. BUY LOCAL. Please however, do so in a safe manner. Keep on wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.

( Rest of the begging section is behind the cut. )