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July 15, 2020

A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming
A Second Coronavirus Death Sur...
There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not.
The Atlantic
How Taiwan beat the coronavirus
How Taiwan beat the coronaviru...
Taiwan has reported only seven deaths so far from Covid-19. Everything is mostly reopened, and the only signs of Covid-19 are the frequent temperature checks and the expectation to wear masks on the subway. Here's what it did right.
CNBC
Fearing autumn COVID wave, EU urges earlier, broader flu vaccination
Fearing autumn COVID wave, EU ...
Reuters
The long, lonely days of summer
The long, lonely days of summe...
Living this way is exhausting — each of us constantly weighing safety versus freedom.
Tampa Bay Times
Essential, unprotected and Latino
Essential, unprotected and Lat...
LA Times
The international community must guarantee equal global access to a covid-19 vaccine
The international community mu...
Washington Post
Americans on COVID-19 jobless benefits spent more than when working, study shows
Americans on COVID-19 jobless ...
Yahoo
The growing scientific evidence for masks to fight Covid-19, explained
The growing scientific evidenc...
It’s true the evidence for masks was weak before. That’s changed.
Vox
COVID-19 Has Resurrected Single-Use Plastics—Are They Back to Stay?
COVID-19 Has Resurrected Singl...
Studies show that these products are not necessarily safer than reusable alternatives with respect to viral spread
Smithsonian Magazine
How the ‘15-Minute City’ Could Help Post-Pandemic Recovery
How the ‘15-Minute City’ Could...
Bloomberg
The Future Of Work Post-Covid-19
The Future Of Work Post-Covid-...
Covid-19 has turned the future of work in a new direction, becoming virtual and remote, rather than physical and local. The digital transformation of work has finally arrived. But will it last?
Forbes
Fauci: ‘Bizarre’ White House Behavior Only Hurts the President
Fauci: ‘Bizarre’ White House B...
The nation’s top public-health expert tells The Atlantic that he isn’t going anywhere, despite the Trump administration’s newest attempts to undercut him.
The Atlantic
What administration criticism of Fauci says about Trump’s campaign
What administration criticism ...
The coronavirus rages on -- and so does the rhetorical battle over it. Some 137,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and more than 3.5 million are infected. While Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, says the U.S. needs to “call a timeout” to get the virus under control, the Trump administration disagrees. Yamiche Alcindor reports and joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.
PBS
Criticism of Dr. Fauci is misguided. Our understanding of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving
Criticism of Dr. Fauci is misg...
USA Today
Tapper: Attacks on Fauci the ultimate in irresponsibility
Tapper: Attacks on Fauci the u...
CNN
Facebook will launch a new section to debunk coronavirus myths
Facebook will launch a new sec...
A sample screen suggests that Facebook will use the World Health Organization as a trusted source for information about Covid-19, and will include simple statements of fact like 'Hydroxychloroquine hasn't been proven to cure, treat, or prevent it.'
CNBC
McConnell urges use of face masks, has ‘total’ confidence in Fauci
McConnell urges use of face ma...
Mitch McConnell was in Shelbyville on Wednesday, speaking with reporters and thanking frontline health care workers.
Wave 3
Florida hospitals face ICU bed shortage as state passes 300,000 COVID-19 cases
Florida hospitals face ICU bed...
More than 77,000 cases were logged just in the last seven days, according to the Florida Department of Health.
NBC
Moderna Therapeutics’ COVID-19 Vaccine Is Ready for the Final Testing Phase
Moderna Therapeutics’ COVID-19...
The Cambridge company's vaccine triggered an immune response in all 45 subjects in a recent trial.
Boston Magazine
Death From Covid and the Western Gaze
Death From Covid and the Weste...
Reading the Pictures
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
Walmart to require customers t...
The company said the policy will go into effect on Monday to allow time to inform stores and customers.
Politico
Governor Ivey issues statewide mask order for Alabama
Governor Ivey issues statewide...
Wednesday morning, Governor Kay Ivey announced that a statewide mask order will be in place, effective at 5:00 p. m. Thursday July 16, 2020 and ending July 31, 2020. Ivey was joined at the news conference by State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris, as Alabama's COVID-19 cases and deaths surged. When asked about how the order will be enforced Dr. Harris said, 'no one is interested in arresting people. ' Ivey also admitted the order will the difficult to enforce, but said 'the numbers don't lie. '
ABC 3340
My Mask Keeps You Safe—So Why Am I Being Shamed For Wearing It?
My Mask Keeps You Safe—So Why ...
Health
Just what are our 'rights' when it comes to our and others' choices about masks?
Just what are our 'rights' whe...
Demoines Register
Personality traits explain whether you follow or flout coronavirus mask-wearing and social-distancing guidelines
Personality traits explain whe...
Who matches this personality formula?
Marketwatch
‘I can’t afford to turn away business’: view from shops on face mask rules
‘I can’t afford to turn away b...
The Guardian speaks to shop owners about new face mask rules in Scotland and England
The Guardian
The Coronavirus Is Serious, and So Is the Threat to Small Businesses
The Coronavirus Is Serious, an...
Small businesses account for 98 percent of all San Diego companies. Is this fact taken into consideration when shutting down the world’s fifth largest economy?
Voice of San Diego
Mask discourse is the latest stupid episode in our endless coronavirus hell
Mask discourse is the latest s...
If you told me dunking my head in a barrel of hand sanitiser every time I left the house would bring back normality faster, I’d do it, says writer Joel Golby
The Guardian
Black Business Owners Had a Harder Time Getting Federal Aid, a Study Finds
Black Business Owners Had a Ha...
New York Times
How 2 New York Schools Became Models for Coping in a Pandemic
How 2 New York Schools Became ...
New York Times