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Rush to reopen led to spikes in cases that threaten to overwhelm hospitals in some states, officials say https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rushed-reopening-led-to-case-spikes-that-threaten-to-overwhelm-hospitals-in-some-states/2020/07/05/c936bd16-beea-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html

Scientists urge WHO to address airborne spread of coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-airborne-spread-world-health-organization/2020/07/05/9de19c38-bed8-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

Schools need to reopen. The question is how. https://wapo.st/38rnYx2?tid=ss_tw

Lessons unlearned: Four years before the CDC fumbled coronavirus testing, the agency made some of the same mistakes with Zika https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/lessons-unlearned-four-years-before-the-cdc-fumbled-coronavirus-testing-the-agency-made-some-of-the-same-mistakes-with-zika/2020/07/03/c32ca530-a8af-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html

Elegant but unproven, RNA experiments leap to the front in coronavirus vaccine race. Will they work? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-race-messenger-rna-imperial-college/2020/07/05/6565b2d0-ba2e-11ea-97c1-6cf116ffe26c_story.html

FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn repeatedly refused to dispute Trump's recent comment that 99% of coronavirus cases "are totally harmless," insisting that he didn't want to get into "who's right and who's wrong." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fda-head-wont-address-trump-covid-19-claim_n_5f020a93c5b612083c5de857?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Politics

Political News: Biden, Veteran’s Ad, Lincoln Project + http://p0.vresp.com/vqaMTK

Public’s Mood Turns Grim; Trump Trails Biden on Most Personal Traits, Major Issues https://pewrsr.ch/2ZnX4lx

Analysis | Trump turned July Fourth into a partisan event. The damage could be long-lasting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-turned-july-fourth-into-a-partisan-event-the-damage-could-be-long-lasting/2020/07/05/1d268484-bef4-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html

‘Strategic Empathy’: How Biden’s Informal Diplomacy Shaped Foreign Relations https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/us/politics/joe-biden-foreign-policy.html?smid=tw-share

We now have evidence of facial recognition’s harm. Time for lawmakers to act. https://wapo.st/38rsdZx?tid=ss_tw

Finance

Energy companies abandon long-delayed Atlantic Coast Pipeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/atlantic-coast-pipeline-canceled/2020/07/05/da1c0f40-bef5-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html  

Our Cash-Free Future Is Getting Closer https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/business/cashless-transactions.html?smid=tw-share    

How Netflix Beat Hollywood to a Generation of Black Content https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/business/media/netflix-hollywood-black-culture.html?smid=tw-share

The Next Energy Battle: Renewables vs. Natural Gas https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/business/energy-environment/renewable-energy-natural-gas.html?smid=tw-share

Uber Buys Postmates for $2.65 Billion https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/technology/uber-postmates-deal.html?smid=tw-share  

Fox tries to scrub Trump out of his history with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-trump-fox-news_n_5f024d4bc5b6acab28523768?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Trump accused Fox News of "phony suppression polls." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-quits-fox-news_n_5f02ae8fc5b6acab28527a59?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004   

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