Friday, May 29, 2020

Economics and Coronavirus related links 052920


Care Package

20 Seconds or More ft. Doug E. Fresh, Artie Green & Gerry Gunn

Former Pres George W. Bush releases COVID-19 video

The Center for Constitutional Rights Stands with the People Against the Corporate-Dominated Coronavirus Relief Package: The CARES Act Reaffirms a Deadly and Unjust Status Quo

Reich at Home: Why Trump’s Plan to Open the Economy will be Lethal

Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model

The world came together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. was conspicuously absent.

The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO

Trump officials ignored coronavirus warnings, ousted scientist says in complaint

SEE IT: Kentucky woman cuts hole in mask to make it ‘easier to breathe’

EXCLUSIVE: Father-of-two, 31, survives coronavirus, 30 days on a ventilator, double pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and two strokes to walk out of hospital in time for son's second birthday

Cruise Ships Set Sail Knowing the Deadly Risk to Passengers and Crew: A Wall Street Journal investigation found scores of cruise ships that began voyages in early March ferried Covid-19 to the U.S. and ports of call world-wide

Advice For Dealing With Uncertainty, From People Who've Been There

Here's How The Small Business Loan Program Went Wrong In Just 4 Weeks

Quarantining With The Wife And Mistress: A Hemingway Story

The Economic Stimulus Can Seriously Affect Your Retirement Funds

Plandemic Part 1 (Dr. Judy Mikovits) [I am skeptical of this – see below]

Viral coronavirus conspiracy video that "could lead to imminent harm" yanked from Facebook and YouTube

#Plandemic Rebuttal

A Doctor Reacts To “Plandemic"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeg9DDrjMs

A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence

Doctor shares the health advice he gives to every COVID-19 patient: "Many patients are surprised, but I think because they feel how vulnerable they are, they’re listening," he says.

US and UK cybersecurity agencies reveal ‘large-scale’ password spraying campaigns: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cyber agency joined with the United Kingdom’s top cybersecurity agency May 5 to unveil malicious campaigns targeting the health care industry as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic.

Black scientists hope to begin testing antiviral drug for coronavirus in two weeks: Meharry Medical College President James Hildreth has been advocating for advanced or pre-emptive screening in black neighborhoods for weeks.

More children hospitalized in New York City with rare condition that may be linked to COVID-19

My Dead Relative Received a Stimulus Check. Can We Keep It?  IRS tells widows, widowers, heirs to return payments sent to deceased

Staff & Leadership of CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)

A Guide to Staying Safe as States Reopen: Can I eat at a restaurant? Can I go shopping? Can I hug my friends again? Experts weigh in.

We're Not Ready for More Pandemics Brewing in Livestock: To veterinary immunologist warns that global food security and human health are on the line as population grows with novel, persistent diseases           

Look for Opportunities in Pandemic Shutdown

Are Republicans Still Bragging About Making the NC Unemployment Compensation Program Worst in US?

Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model

The Leadership Hoax

Has Mexico Dropped the Ball on COVID-19? Or Are They Getting Things Extremely Right?

Sanchez: The disproportionate death toll of COVID-19 is an indictment

The Post-Pandemic Economy

Capitalism Has Failed in Fighting Coronavirus: We must not suffer such a dangerous and unnecessary social breakdown again.

Let the Large Cruise Lines Sink

Free Fall

Will Trump try to "reopen the economy" by force — even if thousands more die?  Trump and his allies have made a dark calculation — "reopening" at any price is his only path to re-election

Robert B. Reich: Billionaires’ coronavirus charity reflects fear of expanded social safety net

Health Over Wealth

I Take Hydroxychloroquine. Please Don't Hoard It. To prevent hoarding and protect public health, we need to move towards universal care and lower-cost drugs.

Cities and Rural Areas Aren’t Prepared for Onrush of COVID-19 Patients

Healing in the Years of Pestilence

Health vs. Whose Economy?

Rethinking ‘Shelter in Place’ for Those Who Have No Shelter

Trump Kneecapped World Health Organization amid Pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to Wipe out Guinea Worm

WWE’s Reckless Approach to Covid-19: The matches may be scripted, but there is nothing fake about the coronavirus risks that now come with being part of Vince McMahon’s traveling circus.

Meet the African-American Doctor Who Tests the Homeless for COVID-19. He was Handcuffed by Miami Police

Schultz: A new normal

Inspiration during a Quarantine

An Epicurean Guide to Living More Pleasantly in Times of Coronavirus

Healthy Humanism and Ethical Wellness

Humanism’s Vulnerable Human

An Ethical Culture Perspective on COVID-19

On COVID-19 and Pandemics: A Secular Stoic Perspective

There’s Really Only One Way to Reopen the Economy: The way forward in the coronavirus crisis keeps getting framed as a false choice between saving lives or the economy.

US could be in for 'a bad fall and a bad winter' if it's unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus, Fauci warns

No Testing, No Treatment, No Herd Immunity, No Easy Way Out: We need to start preparing for a darker reality.

3 Coronavirus Facts Americans Must Know Before Returning To Work, School

The misleading rhetoric on blue states needing to be ‘bailed out’ by the federal government

Mitch McConnell is gaslighting Democrats (again): He is framing necessary stimulus measures as concessions. Democrats should call his bluff.

I warned of Trump’s attack on science. But I never predicted the horror that lay ahead: My own dire prophecies failed to adequately predict the future and today I see him as someone far more terrifying

Trump Thinks His Job Is Brainstorming Miracle Coronavirus Cures

Will Sweden’s social distancing-lite work? Epidemiologists are themselves deeply divided on how to handle coronavirus

Devastating Opinion Piece in Irish Times: US has lost its leadership, is object of pity not envy

US stays away as world leaders agree action on Covid-19 vaccine

A 'shocking' two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home: "They're not working; they're not traveling," Cuomo said. "... They were predominantly at home."

Controversial idea to speed coronavirus vaccine gains ground

Pfizer begins human trials of potential coronavirus vaccine

Moderna says phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial could start early summer

“Human challenge trials,” where healthy volunteers would be exposed to Covid-19, explained: Advocates say human trials could speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

The US needs more urgency on developing a coronavirus vaccine: Regulatory approval of challenge tests and money for redundant manufacturing would help.

Psychologist: 'Each person is suffering in their own way'. Angela Duckworth, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, tells Ali Velshi and Dr. Zeke Emanuel that stress and anxiety related to COVID-19 are normal, but they are much worse "if you feel you are in it by yourself.”

Depression, Anxiety, PTSD May Plague Many COVID-19 Survivors

Coronavirus: Eight things that have kept us going in lockdown

NHS agrees deal for manufacture of PPE gowns in Scotland

How COVID-19 Can Spread in a Community

Miles-long lines for food in South Africa: Thousands of people queued on Wednesday (April 29) for food parcels amid the lockdown in the South African city of Centurion.

Trump Muzzles Dr. Fauci & Fox News Goes All-In on Reopening | The Common Good with Robert Reich

Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone

An Amazon warehouse worker in New York has died of COVID-19: Amazon confirmed the death to The Verge

Amazon worker dies of coronavirus in Illinois: It marks the fourth COVID-19-linked death of an Amazon worker

Amazon executive says he quit over worker "whistleblower" firings

Coronavirus: US deaths spike as fatalities spread outside NY — as it happened

OHIO GOVERNMENT INVITES EMPLOYERS TO SECRETLY REPORT “WORK REFUSAL” DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

It’s too early to go back: workers fear for their health and finances as states rush to reopen

Donald Trump's Death March

Bipartisanship Won’t Save Us: Politicians and pundits are always lamenting the division in Washington. Well, Congress came together to address the coronavirus crisis—and failed.

Why Do Democrats Keep Embracing George W. Bush? Holding Bush up as a paragon of civic virtue underscores the party’s failures to present a real alternative.

Mass Unemployment Amid the Pandemic Is an Indictment of Capitalism

Trump’s Plan for Reopening the Economy Will Be Lethal

THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2020: How it Could All Unfold… And five steps you need to take right now to protect your family and your wealth

JIM RICKARDS: THIS IS NOT A RECESSION. IT'S A DEPRESSION. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED GOLD AND CASH...

17 Things We Don’t Know—And Shouldn’t Pretend To Know—About COVID-19

If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says: There’s compelling evidence that Japan, Hong Kong, and other East Asian locales are doing it right and we should really, truly mask up—fast.

FDA Approves First At-Home Saliva Collection Test for Coronavirus: Emergency authorization granted to pioneering Rutgers lab and collaborators

COVID-19 is hitting some patients with obesity particularly hard: Emerging data show BMI plays a role in who needs intensive care and who survives

The coronavirus is particularly unkind to those who are obese
How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed

What are 'COVID toes'? Doctors discover symptom of coronavirus mostly seen in kids

Doctors try to untangle why they're seeing 'unprecedented' blood clotting among Covid-19 patients

Blood thinners may help patients with severe Covid-19 infections, study finds

Consensus Is Emerging That Children Are Less Vulnerable to Coronavirus: Finding could help authorities world-wide as they consider next steps in reopening economies

Coronavirus can linger in air of crowded or unventilated spaces for hours, study finds: Research carried out by University of Wuhan scientists shows much higher presence of airborne virus particles in non-ventilated areas

Remdesivir Affirms the American Way: Gilead Sciences failed for years to prove its efficacy, but patent law and markets helped it to persevere.

The Coronavirus Is Showing Members of the Professional Class That the Government Doesn’t Work for Them Either

How the face mask became the world's most coveted commodity: The global scramble for this vital item has exposed the harsh realities of international politics and the limits of the free market. By

COVID-19 is now believed to attack kids, kidneys, hearts, and nerves, not just lungs

Naomi Klein on How Healthcare Industry & Silicon Valley Plan to Profit from Coronavirus Crisis

The Screen New Deal: Under cover of mass death, Andrew Cuomo calls in the billionaires to build a high-tech dystopia

Coronavirus: US billionaires add $282bn to their wealth in just 23 days as millions lose jobs.  Eight of the richest people in the US have added more than $1bn each to their wealth since the start of 2020

Coronavirus: 72 people in Wisconsin test positive after attending 'large gathering' as state sees stay at home protests.  Hundreds of people attended demonstration, many of them not wearing masks

Black light experiment shows how quickly a virus like Covid-19 can spread at a restaurant

1 million New Yorkers could be evicted under COVID without city assistance: Report. Right now renters can't be evicted, but they still have to pay rent.

Leaked data suggests China may have 640,000 coronavirus cases, not 80,000

China hid severity of the virus so it could hoard supplies, intelligence documents show

Coronavirus vaccine: Macaque monkey trial offers hope

In Conversation: Thomas Piketty The scholar of inequality warned us that our economic systems couldn’t withstand a global catastrophe.

London coronavirus: Hundreds gather in Hyde Park in mass protest against lockdown. Some of those in attendance can be seen holding placards and banners

Under cover of coronavirus, the world's bad guys are wreaking havoc: The pandemic has allowed strongmen and tyrants to get away with murder and mayhem while we look the other way

Texas COVID-19 cases rise, governor's office says more testing being done: The deaths are also steadily increasing.

Trump superfan shows symptoms of COVID-19 after getting kicked out of grocery for refusing to wear mask

Fourth USDA Inspector Dies Amid Meat Plant Virus Outbreaks

“Can Democracy Survive the Pandemic?”: Election Hangs in the Balance as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting

Democrats Can Make These Demands To Bring Trump To His knees

Rare neon-blue waves attract crowds to California beaches, despite stay-at-home orders

Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World

Health Canada approves first clinical trial for possible coronavirus vaccine

A coming bio revolution is poised to change the world

WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE NEWEST STIMULUS BILL? WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER STIMULUS CHECK AND EVERYTHING TO KNOW

HEROES Act Tax Provisions Cost Whopping $883 Billion; Second $1,200 Stimulus Checks Account For Almost Half

Biologist: Avoid these places to protect against Covid-19

The French Connection: Trump Family Trusts Are Invested in Hydroxychloroquine Maker

I Could Have Shopped All Night - Covid-19 version of I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady

Seasons of Love (EPIC cover) - ft. over 70 Musical Theatre professionals from across South East Asia

What is the ACE2 receptor, how is it connected to coronavirus and why might it be key to treating COVID-19? The experts explain

Vaccine experts say Moderna didn’t produce data critical to assessing Covid-19 vaccine

COVID 19 in 2020 : the unseen effects of a pandemic : Episode 7

A Tale of Two Pandemics with Robert Reich

Let's talk about what getting lost can teach us....

Harvard Doctor: As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is “Achilles Heel” for U.S.

SARS neutralizing antibody suggests COVID-19 therapy

Let's talk about keys and masks....

Florida's scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data

Fire safety considerations for hand sanitizer

Scientists found out the real distance coronavirus can spread in air

How the Pandemic Divides Us: Physical distance protects us from COVID-19, but it also gives rise to some of the ugliest human tendencies.

The COVID-19 Nursing-Home Crisis Was Not an Inevitability

Four concepts to assess your personal risk as the U.S. reopens

Read the CDC Guidance on How to Reopen U.S. Economy That Was 'Shelved' By White House Officials

Doctor Slams Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories With Hilarious Facebook Post

Inside One of New York’s Deadliest Zip Codes | Coronavirus News

Large study finds hydroxychloroquine Covid-19 treatments linked to greater risk of death and heart arrhythmia

Dr. Anthony Fauci says staying closed for too long could cause ‘irreparable damage’

Movie from 2003 - Chloroquine - Dead Zone - Plague

Sean Penn Helps Bring More COVID-19 Testing To Chicago

Before you go to the pool, beach or lake this summer, read this

NC tops 1,000 new coronavirus cases for first time, as testing soars

Vacationers pour into Maine for holiday weekend during pandemic

Lifting the lid on coronavirus flatulence

COVID-19 May be much more contagious than we thought

Coronavirus may be increasing risk of stroke – doctors on the frontline witness new pattern

Preparing for a Pandemic - From the May 2006 Issue of the Harvard Business Review

The rich are making out like drug dealers in this pandemic — and Trump’s GOP is the main culprit

Bernie Sanders Says It Is 'Nauseating' to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as 'Heroes' While Refusing to Pay Them More: "I personally get really sick and tired of turning on the TV and seeing these companies run these ads, 'Thank you heroes and heroines, but of course we're not going to pay you any more money.'"

Twitter Bots Drove the Push to 'Reopen America,' Study Finds

Rebelling against sanity

Donald Trump has no plan: Thousands are dying each week, the economy is cratering, and the president is at a total loss

How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal: Column: Here comes the 'dumb reopening'

Crowds pack venues in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, ignoring social distancing

High school pool party spurs cluster of positive cases amid ‘second peak,’ Arkansas governor says

On the front lines of the pandemic, grocery workers are in the dark about risks

Rats are getting aggressive hunting for food amid restaurant closures, CDC warns

The government has spent decades studying what a life is worth. It hasn’t made a difference in the covid-19 crisis.  The U.S. government often studies the trade-off between cost and safety. But the White House has failed to release any analysis of the pandemic, which could offer clues to what’s ahead.

Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?

Death counts become the rhythm of the pandemic in the absence of national mourning: Johns Hopkins’s coronavirus dashboard is recording 4 billion hits a day in what for many has become a search for meaning

The nutrition crisis of covid-19 will be even worse than the disease itself

Explainer: what do we now know about Covid-19 – and can you get it twice?

Second stylist at same Missouri hair salon tests positive, nearly 140 exposed to coronavirus
City officials have offered to test everyone potentially exposed at the Great Clips in Springfield, Missouri.

More than 100 million people in China face new lockdown as second wave of COVID-19 cases emerge

The World’s 25 Richest Billionaires Have Gained Nearly $255 Billion In Just Two Months

How Russia's Coronavirus Outbreak Became One of the World's Worst

The coronavirus infodemic

Why New York is ‘Grand Central Corona’

The GOP Death Cult Comes for Your Parents: It’s not just the MAGA crew. Americans have long been sacrificing their elders at the altar of expedience, until the virus made that exchange too obvious to keep ignoring.

'Harvesting' is a terrible word – but it's what has happened in Britain's care homes: Epidemiologists use the term to describe tragic excess deaths – but for Covid-19 it seems to be the de facto government policy

You Can’t Reopen The Economy Without Child Care: As coronavirus lockdowns ease up, parents must choose between child care and work. Policymakers don’t get it.

The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care: There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.

As Companies Reopen, Employees Scramble to Find Child Care: Coronavirus lockdowns have closed thousands of day-care facilities temporarily or permanently, leaving parents searching for solutions

Poll: Two-Thirds Expect Return To Normal Will Take 6 Months Or More (57% are concerned about a second coronavirus wave)

Should your kids go back to school? These studies suggest not

COVID-19 in children

Workers Are No Longer Heroes, Kroger Concludes

Pork Chops vs. People: Battling Coronavirus in an Iowa Meat Plant.  After President Trump’s executive order, meat plants are reopening. Can they do so without endangering their low-wage workers and their communities?

Paul Krugman: How many will die for the Dow?

Laurie Garrett On COVID-19 Timeline: ‘Three Years Is My Best Case Scenario’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

Swiss Scientists Have Recreated the Coronavirus in a Lab: A synthetic virus could help develop drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests but could also be used as a bioweapon

Penn Wharton model predicts more than 5 million will get coronavirus, nearly 300,000 deaths by end of July, if states fully reopen: report

Bots Are Likely Responsible For Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Tweets, Say Researchers: Many of them are promoting fake cures, spreading conspiracy theories and pushing to “re-open America.”

Nothing Irritates a Masked Walker Like an Unmasked Runner: Stir-crazy Americans heading outside during coronavirus lockdowns eye one another warily; ‘give me some distance here’

More COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions to Be Eased in New Zealand 

New Zealand eliminates COVID-19

U.S. coronavirus deaths top 100,000: For weeks, the epicenter was New York City, where hospitals were overwhelmed with patients who sometimes had to wait for a bed.

Up to 80% of COVID-19 Infections Are Asymptomatic, a New Case Report Says

Dozens of companies that received multimillion-dollar coronavirus bailouts paid no taxes last year
https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-us-taxpayers-virus-relief-went-to-firms-that-avoided-us-tax-2020-5?fbclid=IwAR2JwlN5doHUhYUXHe-M74THzP92V3xM8Bq9fUpHL2bMorDJlrZBxT5yPyo

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