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Corona

Fauci expects role in Biden’s coronavirus response, would support national mask mandate https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article247427375.html

The Virus Won’t Stop Evolving When the Vaccine Arrives https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/science/Covid-vaccine-virus-resistance.html?smid=tw-share [Comments?]

Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing again in cities https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/26/coronavirus-cases-cities/?tid=ss_tw  

The U.S. has ensured its supplies of coronavirus vaccine. Now it must help provide them to poor nations. https://wapo.st/2HFf9GR?tid=ss_tw [Comments?]

Factors That Shape Notification Of Health Care Outbreaks Of COVID-19 https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20201119.183766/full/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hat&utm_campaign=blog&utm_content=ngoh&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_content=Balancing+Lower+Drug+Prices+And+Innovation%3B+Equitable+Access+To+A+COVID-19+Vaccine&utm_campaign=HAT%3A+11-24-20&vgo_ee=m%2F8ud8%2FTyRMm0UpHvfLv54vy7T5YEJ8ohjC9vauJg30%3D#.X74--MLN1Qs.twitter

Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/24/938617836/initial-batch-of-covid-19-vaccines-will-go-to-states-based-on-population-not-ris?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

COVID-19 Has Claimed the Lives of 100,000 Long-Term Care Residents and Staff https://www.kff.org/?p=498450

How Iceland hammered COVID with science https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03284-3

Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID https://khn.org/MTIxNDQwMA

New York City to add COVID-19 checkpoints at bridges, crossings https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/527463-new-york-city-to-add-covid-19-checkpoints-at-bridges-and-tunnels#.X75-z9oGrZg.twitter

Russia says vaccine candidate is 95 percent effective, will sell for $10 internationally https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/527355-russia-says-vaccine-candidate-is-95-percent-effective-will-sell#.X76AXyPmb3A.twitter

Coronavirus updates: CDC may reduce quarantines; Dr. Anthony Fauci warns of 'stunning number of deaths'; Airlines report $157B in losses https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/24/covid-news-nfl-mask-mandate-los-angeles-maryland/6398149002/

Analysis | Nearly a sixth of the Senate Republican caucus has tested positive for coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/24/nearly-sixth-senate-republican-caucus-has-tested-positive-coronavirus/?tid=ss_tw

New Zealand, With Its Covid-19 Outbreak Under Control, Is In Talks With Biden As U.S. Exceeds 12 Mill... https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/11/23/new-zealand-with-its-covid-19-outbreak-under-control-is-in-talks-with-biden-as-us-exceeds-12-million-cases/

Amid coronavirus surge, Maryland survey shows many still plan Thanksgiving travel https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/covid-dc-maryland-virginia-thanksgiving/2020/11/25/42f2e14c-2f26-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Trump, Carson tout covid-19 treatments as lifesavers. But regular people find them harder to get. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/regeneron-treatment-rationing/2020/11/25/d3339d30-2f50-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html?tid=ss_tw

After Admitting Mistake, AstraZeneca Faces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/business/coronavirus-vaccine-astrazeneca-oxford.html?smid=tw-share

Politics

Trump commits to stepping down if electoral college votes for Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-will-leave-if-electoral-college-votes-for-biden/2020/11/26/7883351c-303b-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Joe Biden calls for shared sacrifice to fight the pandemic as Trump rails about baseless election accusations https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-calls-for-shared-sacrifice-to-fight-the-pandemic-as-trump-rails-about-baseless-election-accusations/2020/11/25/fe03638a-2f35-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Trump’s baseless election fraud claims in Georgia turn Senate runoffs into a ‘high-wire act’ for Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fraud-claims-georgia-republicans-run-offs-perdue-loeffler/2020/11/26/0c4d6b3a-2f30-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Biden eyes New Mexico governor, Obama surgeon general for health secretary https://politi.co/37ll0Kv

In an exclusive interview, former President Barack Obama identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/why-obama-fears-for-our-democracy/617087/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

How Atlanta’s Black-Jewish coalition helps Warnock and Ossoff in their fight for the Senate http://jd.fo/OPU9

Blinken highlights stepfather's dramatic Holocaust rescue in secretary of state acceptance speech https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/biden-says-u-s-ready-to-lead-again-on-global-stage-vows-to-mend-ties-with-allies-1.9327128

A growing number of Americans are going hungry https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/hunger-coronavirus-economy/?tid=ss_tw

DeVos calls on Congress to postpone federal standardized exams until 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/naep-exams-2021-devos/2020/11/25/8f8741a4-2f3c-11eb-860d-f7999599cbc2_story.html?tid=ss_tw

NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-irs-disclosure-990/2020/11/25/50521108-2d34-11eb-9c71-ccf2c0b8d571_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/26/us/supreme-court-coronavirus-religion-new-york.html?smid=tw-share

A New Political Force Emerges in Georgia: Asian-American Voters https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/georgia-asian-american-voters.html?smid=tw-share

Black Voters Matter conducting food and voters registration drive thru across Georgia https://wfxl.com/news/local/black-voters-matter-conducting-food-and-voters-registration-drive-thru-across-georgia

Analysis | Fact-checking Trump’s cellphone rant of election falsehoods https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/26/fact-checking-trumps-cellphone-rant-election-falsehoods/?tid=ss_tw

Finance

Perspective | Does Value investing still work? This investment manager isn’t sure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/13/value-investing-growth-investing/?tid=ss_tw [This issue has been raised by others so not new, but it is well said and worth considering again.  I am going to ask some experts to see what they think. Please let me know if interested]

Ranked: The Top 10 Most Valuable Real Estate Cities in America https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-10-most-valuable-real-estate-cities-us/

On the Decline: A Look at Earth’s Biodiversity Loss, By Region https://www.visualcapitalist.com/earths-biodiversity-loss-by-region/

Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/24/938591815/pfizers-coronavirus-vaccine-supply-contract-excludes-many-taxpayer-protections?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID https://khn.org/MTIxNDQwMA   

Which pricey drugs will Trump’s international pricing policy target? https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/24/which-drugs-target-trump-international-policy/

A growing number of Americans are going hungry https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/hunger-coronavirus-economy/?tid=ss_tw

Statement on Treasury’s Termination of Federal Reserve’s Emergency Liquidity Programs https://www.uschamber.com/press-release/statement-treasury-s-termination-of-federal-reserve-s-emergency-liquidity-programs

Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/pebble-mine-alaska/2020/11/25/bc46575c-2f41-11eb-860d-f7999599cbc2_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Conservatives grumbling about censorship say they’re flocking to Parler. They told us so on Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/23/parler-conservatives-still-on-twitter/?tid=ss_tw

Amazon Web Services outage hobbles businesses https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/amazon-web-services-outage-stymies-businesses/2020/11/25/b54a6106-2f4f-11eb-860d-f7999599cbc2_story.html?tid=ss_tw

New unemployment claims rise for the second week in a row https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/25/unemployment-claims-november/?tid=ss_tw

Comcast Internet data limits spark frustration for Northeast customers https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/25/comcast-data-caps/?tid=ss_tw  

Meet GPT-3. It Has Learned to Code (and Blog and Argue). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-gpt3.html?smid=tw-share

The Rise of the Robot Reporter https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/media/artificial-intelligence-journalism-robots.html?smid=tw-share

It’s Time for a Digital Detox. (You Know You Need It.) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/technology/personaltech/digital-detox.html?smid=tw-share  

Antibodies Good. Machine-Made Molecules Better? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/science/coronavirus-antibodies-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=tw-share

Can an Algorithm Prevent Suicide? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/health/artificial-intelligence-veterans-suicide.html?smid=tw-share

Can We Make Our Robots Less Biased Than We Are? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/science/artificial-intelligence-robots-racism-police.html?smid=tw-share

Need a Hypothesis? This A.I. Has One https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-psychology.html?smid=tw-share

Do You Have a Conflict of Interest? This Robotic Assistant May Find It First https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/science/conflict-of-interest-ai.html?smid=tw-share       

How a $17 billion bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/25/boeing-national-security-bailout-loans/?tid=ss_tw

Defense officials lukewarm on 5G spectrum-leasing plan pushed by the White House https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/25/rivada-pentagon-5g-leasing/?tid=ss_tw

Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/pushed-by-pandemic-amazon-goes-on-a-hiring-spree-without-equal.html?smid=tw-share


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