Corona, Politics, Finance News

 Corona

97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-kids-school-children-positive-tests-coronavirus-reopening/

Study: Hospitals In Black Communities Received Less Money For COVID Relief https://khn.org/MTE1MTE3OA

White House looks at plan to keep out citizens and legal residents over virus https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-looks-at-plan-to-keep-out-citizens-and-legal-residents-over-virus/2020/08/10/d8233910-db0c-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

Race for coronavirus vaccine takes big step with trial at University of Maryland https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-hs-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-begins-20200810-kb3qylorwfadhal7td7mh7cn34-story.html

Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops https://khn.org/MTE0MjYzMQ

Beachfront City In California Hires Private Mask-Enforcement Officers https://khn.org/MTE1MTE4MQ

Even With Vaccine, We May Never Eradicate COVID https://khn.org/MTE1MTI4Nw

College Football In Disarray As Some Universities Say Yes, Others Say No https://khn.org/MTE1MTE4Mg

Viewpoints: Beware A Dual Whammy From COVID, Flu; Pros, Cons Of Recent Executive Orders https://khn.org/MTE1MTE2Ng

Children and the virus: As schools reopen, much remains unknown about the risk to kids and the peril they pose to others https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/children-and-the-virus-as-schools-reopen-much-remains-unknown-about-the-risk-to-kids-and-the-peril-they-pose-to-others/2020/08/09/e40f0862-d81e-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html

How Lessons from Global Health Can Improve Health And The Response To COVID-19 In The US | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200806.949101/full/#.XzG8jfvW1DU.twitter

Do Americans Face Greater Mental Health and Economic Consequences from COVID-19? Comparing the U.S. with Other High-Income Countries https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/aug/americans-mental-health-and-economic-consequences-COVID19#.XzHQdlbSk0M.twitter

Study finds racial bias in the government’s formula for distributing Covid-19 aid to hospitals https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/07/racial-bias-in-government-covid19-hospital-aid-formula/

D.C. children from low-income families disproportionately test positive for coronavirus, study says https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coronavirus-dc-maryland-virginia/2020/08/10/398fd5ba-db0c-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

Politics

Incompetence or sabotage? Mail delivery suffers from either or both | COMMENTARY https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0811-baltimore-mail-delivery-20200807-3oyj6rkw6bftbhnb3s7mzpysby-story.html

A ‘radical’ leftist who is ‘against God’? Trump paints Biden in a picture many don’t recognize. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-portray-biden-radical/2020/08/09/36776aa6-d8cc-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

Trump Teases a Gettysburg Convention Speech. Experts Say It’s an Ethics Breach. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/us/politics/trump-gettysburg-convention.html?smid=tw-share

Heather Cox Richardson: All about Trump https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-10-2020?r=5dxjz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter

Trump's Relief Orders Challenged: Are They Legal, And Will They Help? https://khn.org/MTE1MTE3Mg

The Microsoft co-founder has continued his harsh criticism of the U.S. coronavirus response, speaking on faulty lockdowns and testing "insanity." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-gates-coronavirus-tests_n_5f309c84c5b6b9cff7f391f8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

What's Next? Democrats, White House Both Float New Talks On Skinnier Bill https://khn.org/MTE1MTE3Mw

E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/climate/trump-methane-climate-change.html?smid=tw-share

Policy change lets Maryland elections officials use ‘voting centers’ instead of polling places https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/policy-change-lets-maryland-election-officials-use-voting-centers-instead-of-polling-places/2020/08/10/ce1e2c6a-db28-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

Finance

The coronavirus pandemic has shattered a 30-year geopolitical order. What will replace it? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-right-begins-a-reckoning-with-globalization_n_5f2da2a4c5b6b9cff7f19373?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004  

In an effort to help uninsured residents weather the pandemic and a harsh economic climate, Maryland has opened a special health insurance signup window. https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/08/maryland-opens-new-enrollment-window-for-uninsured-residents/

More than a dozen Fells Point restaurants abstain from indoor dining as it resumes in Baltimore https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/08/08/fells-point-restaurants-bars-no-indoor-dining.html?ana=RSS  

McDonald’s Sues Former C.E.O., Accusing Him of Lying and Fraud https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/business/mcdonalds-ceo-steve-easterbrook.html?smid=tw-share  

Delta Air Lines Bought an Oil Refinery. It Didn’t Go as Planned. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/business/energy-environment/delta-oil-refinery-jet-fuel.html?smid=tw-share

Amazon Satellites Add to Astronomers’ Worries About the Night Sky https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/science/amazon-project-kuiper.html?smid=tw-share      

Trump’s Go-It-Alone Stimulus Won’t Do Much to Lift the Recovery https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/business/trump-stimulus-recovery.html?smid=tw-share

Job Growth Slowed in July, Signaling a Loss of Economic Momentum https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/business/economy/july-jobs-report.html?smid=tw-share

Amid Dire Jobless Numbers, Small-Business Relief Program Nears End https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/business/small-businesses-relief-program-ending.html?smid=tw-share

Major U.S. Health Insurers Report Big Profits, Benefiting From the Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/health/covid-insurance-profits.html?smid=tw-share

Credit card debt plunges, driving a decline in overall household debt. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/business/credit-card-debt-plunges-driving-a-decline-in-overall-household-debt.html?smid=tw-share  

COVID-19 long-term toll signals billions in healthcare costs ahead https://reut.rs/30l1yLs  

Groups feed hospital workers — and support restaurants, too https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/groups-feed-hospital-workers--and-support-restaurants-too/2020/08/10/616ffea8-d025-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html    

In a bleak economy, these companies are flourishing https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/10/recession-coronavirus-pandemic-winners/    

Uber ridership has cratered and no one knows when it’ll come back https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/10/uber-coronavirus-lockdowns/

Uber and Lyft must make their drivers in California full employees, judge rules https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/10/uber-lyft-ab5/

Kodak shares plunge after U.S. pauses loan until ‘allegations of wrongdoing’ are resolved https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/10/kodak-stock-sec/

Perspective | Trump’s Social Security payroll tax holiday is the first shot in a class and generational war https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/10/social-security-payroll-tax-cut/              


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