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Republicans remain far less likely than Democrats to view COVID-19 as a major threat to public health https://pewrsr.ch/30BVCN1

Birx Says U.S. Epidemic Is in a ‘New Phase’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/health/dr-birx-coronavirus-phase.html?smid=tw-share

A coronavirus vaccine won’t change the world right away https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/02/covid-vaccine/

Building The Long-Term Care System Of The Future: Will The COVID-19 Nursing Home Tragedies Lead To Real Reform? | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200729.267815/full/#.XyayLs5nkYY.twitter

Opinion | A covid-19 outbreak among children at a Georgia summer camp is a warning https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-covid-19-outbreak-among-children-at-a-georgia-summer-camp-is-a-warning/2020/08/02/29209ffe-d353-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00608#.XyazVvjm-io.twitter

A Digital Bridge To Real-Time COVID-19 Data | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200729.517619/full/#.XyayVNwhA0A.twitter

Addressing Barriers To Care For Patients With Limited English Proficiency During The COVID-19 Pandemic | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200724.76821/full/#.Xyaydrs0Xi8.twitter

Imposing The Costs Of Workplace Coronavirus Testing On Group Plan Coverage Would Place An Excessive Burden On Essential Workers | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200727.300119/full/#.Xyaymf2p3g4.twitter

Data Driven Solutions For COVID-19 In Skilled Nursing Facilities: MDS ‘Section Y’ | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200723.64590/full/#.Xyayw1FXOXA.twitter

Estimating The Infection Fatality Rate Among Symptomatic COVID-19 Cases In The United States | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00455#.XyazCj1isUw.twitter

Thousands Of Lives Could Be Saved In The US During The COVID-19 Pandemic If States Exchanged Ventilators | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00505#.XyazM9igHC0.twitter

Is the Subway Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/nyregion/nyc-subway-coronavirus-safety.html?smid=tw-share

How to Fly Safely During the Pandemic - Consumer Reports https://www.consumerreports.org/airline-travel/how-to-fly-safely-during-the-pandemic/

Scientists Worry About Political Influence Over Coronavirus Vaccine Project https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine.html?smid=tw-share

Politics

Biden only needs to win 3 battleground states to defeat Trump – and he's leading in all 6 https://www.newsweek.com/biden-only-needs-win-3-battleground-states-defeat-trump-hes-leading-all-6-1521794

Opinion | While Trump stokes racial fear, Biden wants to make homeownership more accessible to all https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/while-trump-stokes-racial-fear-biden-wants-to-make-homeownership-more-accessible-to-all/2020/08/02/039e8dca-d283-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

Biden’s Quietly Radical Care Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/opinion/biden-child-care.html?smid=tw-share

After the Anita Hill hearings in 1991, Joe Biden began a long quest to redeem himself with women https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-the-anita-hill-hearings-in-1991-joe-biden-began-a-long-quest-to-redeem-himself-with-women/2020/07/31/ee939b8a-9576-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

The Lincoln Project’s plan for preserving the union: Drive Trump out of office by driving him nuts https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lincoln-project-george-conway-ads-trump/2020/07/31/e9542a6a-d278-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

Trump’s push to spoil the census — and make Democrats disappear https://wapo.st/2DxnVnN?tid=ss_tw

The Federalist Society's Steven Calabresi, a onetime Trump supporter, now says he should be impeached for suggesting a delay in the election. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steven-calabresi-impeach-trump-election-tweets_n_5f23416cc5b656e9b0994b03?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Republicans and Democrats battle over who has better voter data effort https://www.rollcall.com/2020/07/29/republicans-and-democrats-battle-over-who-has-better-voter-data-effort/

How the Trump campaign came to court QAnon, the online conspiracy movement identified by the FBI as a violent threat https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-trump-campaign-came-to-court-qanon-the-online-conspiracy-movement-identified-by-the-fbi-as-a-violent-threat/2020/08/01/dd0ea9b4-d1d4-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

As COVID-19 cases increase, most Americans support ‘no excuse’ absentee voting https://pewrsr.ch/39l74R5

As the U.S. copes with multiple crises, partisans disagree sharply on severity of problems facing the nation https://pewrsr.ch/2OntBTR

Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable https://pewrsr.ch/30bullp

Congress Soars to New Heights on Social Media https://pewrsr.ch/32nfAO4

Posts mentioning ‘Black lives matter’ spiked on lawmakers’ social media accounts after George Floyd killing https://pewrsr.ch/3jceURu       

Trump keeps promising an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system that never arrives https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-obamacare-promise/2020/08/01/856ce250-d348-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html        

Portland protests calmer after federal agents stand down, but distrust of local police remains https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/02/tammy-duckworth-protests-portland/

With their visas in limbo, journalists at Voice of America worry that they’ll be thrown out of America https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/with-their-visas-in-limbo-journalists-at-voice-of-america-worry-that-theyll-be-thrown-out-of-america/2020/08/02/e9882c8a-d33f-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html

Heather Cox Richardson: Virus, Portland, Census. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-2-2020?r=5dxjz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter

Finance

U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/politics/virus-china-ppp-small-business-loans.html?smid=tw-share

'Free' Coronavirus Testing | Surprise Medical Bills - Consumer Reports https://www.consumerreports.org/coronavirus/how-free-coronavirus-testing-has-become-new-surprise-medical-bill/

A new Chuck E. Cheese children’s ride but no one to ride it https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/covid-bankruptcies-business-closures-chuck-e-cheese/2020/08/01/d0bd535a-c657-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html

USDA will end coronavirus exception, making SNAP recipients prove their income again to get food stamps https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/31/usda-will-end-coronavirus-exception-making-snap-recipients-prove-their-income-again-keep-getting-food-stamps/

Nonprofits in trouble: One-third of organizations may not survive pandemic, recession https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/non-profits-coronavirus-fail/2020/08/02/ef486414-d371-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html

One-Third of New York’s Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyregion/nyc-small-businesses-closing-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share

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