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Corona

Health-care workers will be vaccinated first. For now, they’re handling a surge in hospitalizations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-hospitalizations-increase/2020/12/01/292694a4-340b-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Why health officials are terrified of a pandemic Christmas https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/01/covid-safe-christmas/?tid=ss_tw

Poll: Democrats nearly twice as likely as GOP to call pandemic 'extremely serious' https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/527968-poll-democrats-nearly-twice-as-likely-as-gop-to-call-pandemic-extremely#.X8ajB4jWR0Y.twitter

U.K. Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, a First in the West https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/europe/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-approved-uk.html?smid=tw-share

With covid-19 vaccines coming, federal investigators grow wary of fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/covid-vaccine-fraud-investigations/2020/12/01/76539790-33ed-11eb-afe6-e4dbee9689f8_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Long-Term-Care Residents and Health Workers Should Get Vaccine First, C.D.C. Panel Says https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/health/covid-vaccine-distribution-cdc.html?smid=tw-share

Trump administration leaves states to grapple with how to distribute scarce vaccines https://politi.co/3fMNIHV

How COVID-19 Highlights the Uncertainty of Medical Testing https://khn.org/MTIwNTUyOA

Europe’s schools still open, still relatively safe, through covid-19 second wave https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/europe-schools-covid-open/2020/12/01/4480a5c8-2e61-11eb-9dd6-2d0179981719_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Analysis | The Health 202: Obese Americans could be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/30/health-202-obese-americans-could-be-prioritized-coronavirus-vaccine/?tid=ss_tw

Politics

Biden’s economic team set to prepare ambitious recovery plan, challenging Republicans’ renewed debt worries https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/biden-stimulus-economic-team/?tid=ss_tw

Trump era court battles weaken congressional power https://www.rollcall.com/2020/12/01/trump-era-court-battles-weaken-congressional-power/

Building Racial Equity Into The Walls Of Health Policy https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20201119.508776/full/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hat&utm_campaign=blog&utm_content=chomilo&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_content=Racial+Equity%3B+A+Physician+On+The+Health+Effects+Of+Racism&utm_campaign=HAT%3A+12-1-20&vgo_ee=m%2F8ud8%2FTyRMm0UpHvfLv54vy7T5YEJ8ohjC9vauJg30%3D#.X8azz5fNdhc.twitter

Seven civil rights groups want a meeting with Joe Biden. The agenda: Appointing Black officials in top roles, not lower-ranking ones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-transition-black-jobs/2020/12/01/5ff95ede-33e9-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Barr says he hasn’t seen fraud that could affect the election outcome https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-no-evidence-election-fraud/2020/12/01/5f4dcaa8-340a-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?tid=ss_tw

This entire second-grade D.C. class fell behind in reading. Now what? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/learning-to-read-on-zoom/2020/12/01/50718514-2b78-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Killing scientists won’t stop Iran’s nuclear work. Diplomacy can. https://wapo.st/3oiNBH7?tid=ss_tw

Finance

Value vs. Growth: A 30 Year Review by Craig Israelsen (This paper contrasts the next paper) https://tinyurl.com/IsraelsenValueVsGrowth30years

Perspective | Does Value investing still work? This investment manager isn’t sure. By Allan Sloan https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/13/value-investing-growth-investing/?tid=ss_tw

Mapped: The Top 30 Most Valuable Real Estate Cities in the U.S. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-valuable-real-estate-cities-us/

Biden’s economic team set to prepare ambitious recovery plan, challenging Republicans’ renewed debt worries https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/biden-stimulus-economic-team/?tid=ss_tw

First blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's hits market https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/527985-first-blood-test-to-help-diagnose-alzheimers-disease-hits-market#.X8ajRgh81R8.twitter

After 4 Years of Trump, Medicare and Medicaid Badly Need Attention https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/opinion/trump-medicare-medicaid.html?smid=tw-share

Amazon's rapid warehouse expansion reverberates across Mid-Atlantic and the nation https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/11/30/amazons-warehouse-expansion-packs-a-punch-maryland.html?ana=RSS

Biotech company testing insulin patch relocates to Frederick to start clinical trial https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/services/biotech-company-testing-insulin-patch-relocates-to-frederick-to-start-clinical-trial/article_eedb3827-4fae-5f7a-9431-54bd9813c909.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Release of PPP loan recipients reveals troubling patterns https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/release-ppp-loan-recipients-data-reveals-troubling-patterns-n1249629

Transit system service cuts proposed in Congress’s backyard elicit calls for more funding https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-budget-funding/2020/12/01/c573d8c8-33d2-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html?tid=ss_tw

D.C. Council votes to outlaw cashless stores, allow some prisoners to seek early release https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-december-votes/2020/12/01/aafa3e72-334d-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html?tid=ss_tw

A massive new effort to name millions sold into bondage during the transatlantic slave trade https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/01/slavery-database-family-genealogy/?tid=ss_tw

Supreme Court weighs child-slavery case against Nestlé USA, Cargill https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/cocoa-supreme-court-child-labor/?tid=ss_tw

Government should take bigger role in promoting U.S. technology or risk losing ground to China, commission says https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/01/us-policy-china-technology/?tid=ss_tw

Slack FAQ: What Salesforce’s $28 billion acquisition means for remote work https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/01/slack-salesforce-acquisition-faq/?tid=ss_tw

Nasdaq pushes diversity requirements for company boards https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/nasdaq-diversity-board-directors/?tid=ss_tw

Biden’s economic team set to prepare ambitious recovery plan, challenging Republicans’ renewed debt worries https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/biden-stimulus-economic-team/?tid=ss_tw

 

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