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Corona

Coronavirus Live Updates: Threat of Virus Is Not Fading, Infection Rates Show https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-updates.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Fox News and Trump allies keep floating debunked theories about an inflated coronavirus death toll https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/04/fox-news-trump-allies-keep-searching-evidence-an-inflated-coronavirus-death-toll-all-wrong-places/

Fox News host pushes new pandemic hoax, this one even dumber than the others https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/4/1942568/-Fox-News-host-pushes-new-pandemic-hoax-this-one-even-dumber-than-the-others

Brookings Institution: COVID-19 Public Surveillance, Antitrust Enforcement, and More http://connect.brookings.edu/covid-19-public-surveillance-antitrust-enforcement-and-more?ecid=ACsprvseP9iGBsK00hvggGdY9HG-2gXwv6NVfgj0JPOub7e5zwHmUB4ZaPmMSf_99dH5AQZQnNBM&utm_campaign=Center%20for%20Technology%20Innovation&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87437298

With Crispr, a Possible Quick Test for the Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/health/crispr-coronavirus-covid-test.html?smid=tw-share

Other countries responded quickly and aggressively to combat the spread of coronavirus. Trump failed to do the same—and now the U.S. has the most cases in the world. https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/1248287038580891649?s=20

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental-health crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/mental-health-coronavirus/

Anti-vaccination leaders seize on coronavirus to push resistance to inoculation  https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/05/05/anti-vaxxers-wakefield-coronavirus-vaccine/

With kids stuck at home, ER doctors see more severe cases of child abuse https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/30/child-abuse-reports-coronavirus/

Children Are Falling Ill With a Baffling Ailment Related to Covid-19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/nyregion/kawasaki-disease-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share

Politics  

Barack Obama will headline a televised prime-time commencement address for the Class of 2020 https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-barack-obama-tv-commencement-address-20200505-pgqn3ibpq5epbnzy3scutrjvim-story.html

Barack and Michelle Obama will deliver commencement speeches for the class of 2020 - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2LfjGy9  via @ABC

Americans deeply wary of reopening as White House weighs ending covid-19 task force https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-deeply-wary-of-reopening-as-white-house-weighs-ending-covid-19-task-force/2020/05/05/d2efcbbe-8eec-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html

Ocean City to reopen beaches, boardwalk this weekend, won’t turn away out-of-town visitors https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-ocean-city-beaches-reopen-20200505-wdvmqqtbsrcphloxfpwbn365ny-story.html

To protect health coverage, policymakers need to substantially increase the federal government’s share of total Medicaid costs. ,Larger, Longer-Lasting Increases in Federal Medicaid Funding Needed to Protect Coverage https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/larger-longer-lasting-increases-in-federal-medicaid-funding-needed-to-protect

Will Americans Lose Their Right to Vote in the Pandemic? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/magazine/voting-by-mail-2020-covid.html?smid=tw-share

Fact-checking Trump’s knocks at Obama in his Fox town hall https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/05/fact-checking-trumps-knocks-obama-his-fox-town-hall/

"Trump is asking us to enter even further into his house of mirrors. He is asking us to live within a lie, to live within his lie, for four more years. The duty of citizenship in America today is to refuse to live within that lie," @Peter_Wehner writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/president-unraveling/611146/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump’s unhinged rant about a new attack ad shows his weakness https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/05/trumps-unhinged-rant-about-new-attack-ad-shows-his-weakness/

Brookings Institution: Child Welfare During the Crisis, the Shape of the Economic Recovery, and More http://connect.brookings.edu/child-welfare-during-the-crisis-the-shape-of-the-economic-recovery-and-more?ecid=ACsprvudqh4KnTqtaUeMJP6MiZgkobRUqOVhHOf3WC2ukYkdk7lfJ9TqD1uGa3zpmV-idRSwzfSo&utm_campaign=Economic%20Studies&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87456473

Brookins Institution: How US Policymakers Can Provide Better Relief http://connect.brookings.edu/how-us-policymakers-can-provide-better-relief?ecid=ACsprvtyXicjD8M7xSt7vvb1DNcUD1Zmh9h3EbSd4ypIpJGjs-jnydK0-59nriVM-Vj5orO_gjFr&utm_campaign=brookings-comm&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87461855

CAP: Workers of Color Are at Disproportionate Risk http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/es.aspx?s=785&e=1308905&elqTrackId=ac8045166cea40e9af686322c61b4fc1&elq=69f0dc8a302c4526adb903f3ab35a811&elqaid=42187&elqat=1

Trump said “there will be some” deaths due to states reopening businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, adding, “we have to get our country back.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-abc-some-deaths-coronavirus-reopening_n_5eb1ea2bc5b62b850f93c1f3?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004  via @HuffPostPol  

Making China Pay Would Cost Americans Dearly https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/05/trump-pandemic-making-china-pay/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=21309&utm_term=Flashpoints%20OC&

Finance

Craig Israelsen: Value Vs. Growth – 30 year Review. Forthcoming in Horsemouth https://tinyurl.com/Israelsenvaluegrowth Craig is one of the best analysts in my opinion. 

U.S. companies cut thousands of workers while continuing to reward shareholders during pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/05/dividends-layoffs-coronavirus/

VW sees multi-speed coronavirus rebound led by China https://reut.rs/2Yz5TKy

Now is the time to get your buy list ready. Do you want to find potential big movers? Or more slow a https://juliejason.com/blog/how-to-screen-for-stocks-in-a-coronavirus-market-using-value-line

Disney sees profit drop because of coronavirus, but worst is likely yet to come https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/05/disney-results-coronavirus/

A timeline of IRS stimulus payment glitches   https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/04/timeline-irs-stimulus-payment-glitches/

Deep Recession Is Projected for Europe, as Markets Waver: Live Updates https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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