June 25, 2020

Securing the social contract through accountability, trust and inclusion.

Leaders who cannot resist using the Covid-19 pandemic to push their own agendas should at least realize they can do so in ways that help their people as much as possible and that advance science rather than ignore it.

In a recent <a href='https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/23/most-americans-say-they-regularly-wore-a-mask-in-stores-in-the-past-month-fewer-see-others-doing-it/'>Pew survey of American adults</a>, 65% said they wore a mask all or most of the time when inside of stores or businesses. However, only 44% said they thought that all or most of the people in their community wore a mask.

The president is focused on reopening the economy, while many of his aides see the latest surge of coronavirus cases as media fearmongering.

'People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public' are exempt from the rule, according to the county website.

The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.

Millions of people in the United States went to the doctor in March with influenza-like symptoms. Many may have had COVID-19, a study suggests.

Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando outline new macroeconomic pandemic scenarios.

The U.S. jobs market started recovering relatively soon after tanking in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, but only modestly, according to two papers to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on June 25. 

People voluntarily spent considerably more time at home in response to the threat of COVID-19, even before state and local governments issued stay-at-home orders, according to a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity conference on June 25.

This outbreak of COVID-19 adds to the list of animals that can contract the disease. And, in this instance, the minks seem to have passed the virus on to humans.

Tight quarters, strained hygiene practices and guards moving to and from their community put prisons at risk of becoming coronavirus hotbeds.

CDC statistics suggest that pregnant women aren't any more likely to die of COVID-19 than other groups, but they are more likely to become extremely sick.