Corona, Politics, Finance News

Corona

Leaders in Washington region pledge to increase speed of coronavirus vaccine rollout https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coronavirus-dc-virginia-maryland/2020/12/30/b1b7f5ce-4aae-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

U.K. authorizes Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-britain-oxford-astrazeneca/2020/12/30/1150e85a-4a74-11eb-97b6-4eb9f72ff46b_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Why Africa's COVID-19 Outbreak Hasn't Been as Bad as Everyone Feared https://time.com/5919241/africa-covid-19-outbreak/

Ten Lessons From COVID-19 Research Published In Health Affairs| Health Affairs Blog https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hblog20201229.864249#.X-zvQdRfn0I.twitter

Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/opinion/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html?smid=tw-share

Shots are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12/30/covid-vaccine-delay/?tid=ss_tw

Deaths among D.C.’s homeless jumped this year, including 23 who died of the coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-homeless-deaths/2020/12/30/e94d74fc-453e-11eb-8deb-b948d0931c16_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Politics

Biden to tap longtime officials for top Pentagon roles, citing agencies ‘hollowed out’ under Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-nominees-defense-department/2020/12/30/47b45e1a-4a3b-11eb-9025-57b4c8818a4a_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Youth voter turnout in Georgia runoffs shows signs of sustained enthusiasm post-November https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-runoff-youth-vote/2020/12/30/8104720c-4605-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Sen. David Perdue became wealthy outsourcing work to Asia. Now the former CEO stands with Trump, who wants to ‘end our reliance on China.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/perdue-outsourcing-trump/2020/12/30/29242e28-4084-11eb-a402-fba110db3b42_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Trump calls for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a fellow Republican, to resign https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-for-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-a-fellow-republican-to-resign/2020/12/30/bc297d28-4aab-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

U.S. Attorney David Freed, who’s bizarre statement helped fuel the president's discredited claims of mass voter fraud, is stepping down. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-freed-trump-us-attorney-voter-fraud_n_5feb73ddc5b64e442106f1bc?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Sen. Hawley announces he will contest certification of electoral college vote https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-election-vote-certification-objection/2020/12/30/4dce936c-4ab6-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

2020 saw an unprecedented spike in homicides from big cities to small towns https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/reoord-spike-murders-2020/2020/12/30/1dcb057c-4ae5-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

Finance

The Economic Impact of COVID-19, According to Business Leaders https://www.visualcapitalist.com/economic-impact-covid-19/

Animation: Mapping the Recovery from the Global Recession of 2020 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-recession-2020-recovery/

These 6 Powerful Signals Reveal the Future Direction of Financial Markets https://www.visualcapitalist.com/6-powerful-signals-reveal-the-future-direction-of-financial-markets/   

Automatic brake system installed on U.S. railroads ahead of federal deadline https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/positive-train-control-/2020/12/29/5e90f978-4a0d-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html?tid=ss_tw

China and E.U. Leaders Strike Investment Deal, but Political Hurdles Await https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/business/china-eu-investment-deal.html?smid=tw-share         


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