Posts Tagged ‘covid19’

What Bill Gates’s Foundation Is Doing to Fight Coronavirus – Bloomberg

May 31, 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-26/billionaire-gates-s-foundation-to-focus-solely-on-virus-ft-says?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=tofu

Instacart, Amazon Flex, Shipt, and Doordash added hundreds of thousands of jobs to meet delivery demand – The Washington Post

May 31, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/23/gig-work-instacart-shipt-amazon-flex-doordash/

How to properly wear a face mask to slow coronavirus spread

May 31, 2020

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-face-mask-how-to-wear-tips-20200518.html

China’s Coronavirus Tracking Apps Stir Privacy Fears as They Linger

May 31, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/technology/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html

Masks help stop the spread of coronavirus – the science is simple and I’m one of 100 experts urging gover nors to require public mask-wearing

May 31, 2020

https://theconversation.com/masks-help-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-the-science-is-simple-and-im-one-of-100-experts-urging-governors-to-require-public-mask-wearing-138507

Will coronavirus end? Covid-19 may become endemic and last years – The Washington Post

May 29, 2020

Quoting: “In coming years, robots…could become ubiquitous in meatpacking…Families may have to make diagnostic tests…ahead of visits to grandparents…work cubicles…may become the
rage…replacing open-floor plans…& heading to work…[sick] may no longer be…admirable”

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In coming years, robots and automated lines could become ubiquitous in meatpacking plants, which have experienced some of the country’s worst outbreaks. Families may have to make diagnostic tests routine ahead of visits to grandparents. Once-mocked work cubicles of a bygone era may become the rage again, replacing open-floor plans found in many offices. Paid sick time might become a necessity for jobs of all types. And heading to work while under the weather may no longer be seen as an act of admirable American can-do spirit but instead a threat to co-workers and the bottom line.

“The problem is people putting the present ahead of the future,” said Frieden, who led the CDC from 2009 to 2017.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/27/coronavirus-endemic/

Wastewater testing gains support as early warning for Covid-19 – STAT

May 29, 2020

https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/28/wastewater-testing-gains-support-as-covid19-early-warning/

New York City eyes June reopening – The Washington Post

May 29, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/28/coronavirus-live-updates-us/

CDC school reopening guidelines

May 29, 2020

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html

The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus – The New York Times

May 28, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html