June 09, 2020
Mass Decarceration, COVID-19, and Justice in America
COVID-19 and the horrific murders of George Floyd and other black Americans have amplified the desperate need for the US justice system to be radically reimagined.
SSIR
Chicago Tackles COVID-19 Disparities In Hard-Hit Black And Latino Neighborhoods
The mayor calls the coronavirus a public health 'red alarm.' She has deployed a Racial Equity Rapid Response Team to fight the disease in black and Latinx neighborhoods.
NPR
Modelers Suggest Pandemic Lockdowns Saved Millions From Dying Of COVID-19
Researchers cast a backward look to see what might have happened during the first months of the coronavirus crisis without any preventive measures.
NPR
Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study
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Reuters
COVID-19 Infections And Deaths Are Higher Among Those With Intellectual Disabilities
There's growing evidence of high rates of death from COVID-19 for a population that doesn't get a lot of attention: people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
NPR
Half of Californians live in areas with worrying resurgence of coronavirus
Reuters
After COVID-19, green investment must deliver jobs to get political traction
Analysis of past recoveries shows a low-carbon reboot matters more for climate than does the brief emissions crash.
Nature
Moscow's lockdown ends as coronavirus cases in Russia pass 485,000
Reuters
Can a Vaccine for Covid-19 Be Developed in Record Time?
A discussion moderated by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
New York Times
The Coronavirus Has Become Terrorists’ Combat Weapon of Choice
National Interest
CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman resigns after offensive George Floyd and coronavirus tweets
Fitness program lost key partnerships, endorsements and the business of hundreds of affiliated gyms around the world after Glassman tweets
The Guardian
More masks than jellyfish': Environmental groups worry about coronavirus waste in oceans
USA Today
Voting machines and coronavirus force long lines on Georgia voters
AJC
Animals and coronavirus, help for African labs and a short flu season
The latest science news, in brief.
Nature
WHO walks back comments on asymptomatic coronavirus spread, says much is still unknown
The WHO scrambled to clarify its comments that transmission of the coronavirus by people who never developed symptoms is 'very rare.'
CNBC
Connecting the world to combat coronavirus
WHO initiatives to motivate and mobilize people to Be Ready to beat COVID-19, and to support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
WHO
Special Report: COVID deepens the other opioid crisis - a shortage of hospital painkillers
Reuters
Why protesters want to defund the police after George Floyd's death
Inside the debate over defunding police across the country in light of the George Flood protests.
ABC
Intelligence bulletin warning of protest-related violence makes little mention of 'antifa'
New intel bulletin points to white supremacists and other would-be domestic terrorists, not 'antifa,' as the main problem lurking behind potentially lethal violence.
ABC
Protesters, Councilmember Sawant pour into City Hall Tuesday night; ACLU sues Seattle for ‘unnecessary violence’
Seattle Times
We are still in a pandemic': In some states, summer months may not provide a hoped-for lull
The virus 'does what it's supposed to do — find a host and replicate,' one expert said.
NBC
Coronavirus: Satellite traffic images may suggest virus hit Wuhan earlier
A surge in hospital traffic may indicate the virus hit China earlier than reported, a study suggests.
BBC
After Elon Musk re-opened Tesla’s factory in defiance of lockdown, workers test positive for COVID-19
The Hill
WHO Creates 'Confusion' About Asymptomatic Spread. Here's What We Know
That's the word some doctors used for a World Health Organization statement. At issue: 1) How many people are infected with COVID-19 but show no symptoms? and 2) Can asymptomatic people infect others?
NPR
Dr. Anthony Fauci says coronavirus turned ‘out to be my worst nightmare’ and it ‘isn’t over’
Dr. Anthony Fauci says Covid-19 turned out to be his 'worst nightmare' come to life as the coronavirus continues to rapidly spread across the globe.
CNBC
She Does, He Doesn’t: The Gender Divide in Mask-Wearing
Why do so many men seem to go mask-less even while their female partners are wearing one?
Vogue
Crime experts share how public can help police identify COVID-19 mask-wearing suspects
WSAV