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Corona

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed far more lives than reported, study says [th1] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-pandemic-has-claimed-far-more-lives-reported-study-n1242970

The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It’s Herd Immunity Program Shouldn’t Be A Model for the Rest of the World https://ti.me/317HDzs

Black Americans are more skeptical of a coronavirus vaccine https://www.axios.com/black-americans-coronavirus-vaccine-skepticism-ce338845-0263-4cc9-a88e-1125900533fd.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter

Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-herd-immunity/2020/10/10/3910251c-0a60-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Pence Said Biden Copied Trump’s Pandemic Response Plan. Pants on Fire! https://khn.org/MTE5MzA3Mw

Democrats decry Trump’s coronavirus response and lay out plan for international cooperation https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/democrats-decry-trumps-coronavirus-response-and-lay-out-plan-for-international-cooperation/2020/10/13/b1b7420e-0d8d-11eb-bfcf-b1893e2c51b4_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Proposal to hasten herd immunity to the coronavirus grabs White House attention but appalls top scientists https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-herd-immunity/2020/10/10/3910251c-0a60-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

The danger is growing that a coronavirus vaccine will be rejected by the public — thanks to Trump https://wapo.st/3k0g9U3?tid=ss_tw

Politics

As Trump’s chief conspiracy theory suffers a major blow, he reaches for more desperate ones https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/14/trumps-chief-conspiracy-theory-suffers-major-blow-he-reaches-more-desperate-ones/?tid=ss_tw

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Planned Parenthood funding https://politi.co/36W63jk

Democratic Phonebanking Sunday 10/18; Political News+ http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/1432497/d50c4e3eb5/ARCHIVE

Six ways Trump has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act https://brook.gs/3nsLYqJ (Written by a friend of mine, Frank Thompson)

As he battles for seniors’ votes, Trump tweets a meme mocking Biden as elderly and disabled https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/14/trump-biden-meme-elderly-disabled/?tid=ss_tw

Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/council-national-policy-video/2020/10/14/367f24c2-f793-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Across the country, Democratic enthusiasm is propelling an enormous wave of early voting https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/early-voting-2020-election/2020/10/14/500c22ce-0d90-11eb-8a35-237ef1eb2ef7_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Trump struggles to mount clear closing argument against Biden, careening toward Election Day with disjointed message https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-biden-campaign-message/2020/10/14/846c82b6-0e2b-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Emboldened by his covid-19 recovery, Trump pushes return to normalcy https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-covid-campaign/2020/10/14/a5faf466-0da0-11eb-bfcf-b1893e2c51b4_story.html?tid=ss_tw

KFF/The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health - Overview https://www.kff.org/1902b95/

10 Ways the Trump Administration Has Failed Rural America (and 10 Ways To Overcome It) - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2020/10/05/491101/10-ways-trump-administration-failed-rural-america-10-ways-overcome/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=27&utm_content=42956

Prime Day, early holiday sales create new potential for USPS ballot delivery tie-ups https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/14/amazon-prime-day-usps-ballots/?tid=ss_tw

These confirmation hearings are not really about Amy Coney Barrett https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/these-confirmation-hearings-are-not-really-about-amy-coney-barrett/2020/10/14/3b64c6e8-0e51-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Heather Cox Richardson: Originalism  https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-14-2020?r=5dxjz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter

Finance

State Medicaid Programs Respond to Meet COVID-19 Challenges: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 - Executive Summary https://www.kff.org/7834ec0/

Health Care in the 2020 Presidential Election: Equity — Ensuring Protections for People of Color, Immigrants, and LGBTQ Communities https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/health-care-2020-presidential-election-equity-ensuring-protections-people-color#.X4doXYMojgs.twitter

Visualized: A Breakdown of Amazon’s Revenue Model https://www.visualcapitalist.com/amazon-revenue-model-2020/

The Stocks to Rule Them All: Big Tech’s Might in Five Charts https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-stocks-to-rule-them-all-big-techs-might-in-five-charts/

Supporting Public Health Experts’ Vaccine Efforts - About Facebook https://about.fb.com/news/2020/10/supporting-public-health-experts-vaccine-efforts/

Challenging 2020 also brings major jump in Chicago carjackings https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-police-carjacking-data-20201014-yvx2sxu3tfhgrlvdomeaq26hxi-story.html

Making Money Off Masks, COVID-Spawned Chain Store Aims to Become Obsolete https://khn.org/MTE4NTk2NA

Disney makes a big digital move. But no one can agree on how much will change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/13/disney-reconsidering-how-it-distributes-movies/

The Technology 202: Apple and Verizon say 5G is here. That's not exactly true yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/14/technology-202-apple-verizon-say-5g-is-here-that-not-exactly-true-yet/?tid=ss_tw

 

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