Posts Tagged ‘covid19’

Scientists Predict ‘Busy’ Atlantic Hurricane Season Amid Virus Crisis – The New York Times

June 25, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/climate/hurricane-season-2020-noaa.html

Connecticut schools will fully reopen this fall, but with drastic changes in place to combat coronavirus – Hartford Courant

June 25, 2020

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-school-reopening-plan-20200625-ntbpwp2kmjh63dyg5ogqdliivi-story.html

Global health – Pandemic-proofing the planet | Science & technology | The Economist

June 25, 2020

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/06/25/pandemic-proofing-the-planet?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/globalhealthpandemicproofingtheplanetsciencetechnology

Coronavirus: How The CDC Lost Control Of The Pandemic

June 25, 2020

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-coronavirus-containment-redfield?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office – The New York Times

June 24, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/business/virus-office-workplace-return.html

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Now, companies are quickly trying to reverse that trend in a low-cost and flexible way. They want to remove chairs and desks and install screens or other dividers between remaining desks, said Allan Smith, a vice president for global marketing for Steelcase.

But companies are seeking to replace the sofas upholstered in soft, luxurious fabrics with something more durable. “One of our biggest requests for those spaces are durable, super-fast color fabrics that they can, essentially, pour straight bleach on every single night,” Mr. Smith of Steelcase said. “They’re also looking to add white boards and technology to these spaces.”
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New Yorkers Can Now Go Back to Offices, but Many Won’t – The New York Times

June 24, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/nyregion/nyc-phase-2-reopening-coronavirus.html

China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close. – The New York Times

June 23, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/world/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-hospital.html

NYTimes: The Scientist, the Air and the Virus

June 23, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/well/live/Coronavirus-aerosols-linsey-marr.html

Meet New York’s Social-Distancing Ambassadors—Just Don’t Get Too Close – WSJ

June 22, 2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-new-yorks-social-distancing-ambassadorsjust-dont-get-too-close-11590676449?mod=wsjtwittertest19

covid19 sequences from the newest Beijing outbreak released online

June 22, 2020

http://www.nmdc.cn/nCoV (in Chinese, but the sequences can be seen) Authors also mentioned that sequences have been uploaded to GISAID