WSJ: US round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-08-05-2020-11596615261 . Some news on Brazil, Columbia in last two paragraphs.
UW model projects 300,000 US COVID-19 deaths by December: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/08/06/900000671/300-000-deaths-by-december-9-takeaways-of-the-newest-covid-19-projections . Wearing masks could cut death toll by 66,000.
WSJ: Rationing vaccine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/early-coronavirus-vaccine-supplies-likely-wont-be-enough-for-everyone-at-high-risk-11596706202 .
WSJ: Drug makers signal vaccine prices: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-makers-signal-prices-11596648639 .
WSJ: US dependent on China for drug supplies: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-u-s-ceded-control-of-drug-supplies-to-china-11596634936 . Possibly not the best time to be involved in a trade war.
WSJ: CVS says test delays abating: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-raises-full-year-expectations-benefits-from-insurance-business-11596627041 . Unfortunately, the article contains no detail on what the turn-around time of test results was or is. CVS predicts that within a week, test results will be delivered in 3 to 4 days.
Ohio governor tests positive, then negative for coronavirus: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/06/899798411/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus .
Height is a risk factor for COVID-19: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/people-above-this-height-double-their-risk-for-covid-19-infection .
WSJ: Latest on relief package negotiations: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-schumer-trade-shots-on-pace-of-coronavirus-aid-talks-11596647758 . More: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-08-05/virus-aid-where-things-stand-in-high-level-washington-talks?src=usn_nl_coronavirus .
COVID-19 and kids: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-children-doctors-see-link-between-virus-neurological-side-n1235501 .
WSJ: Chicago schools move to online re-opening: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-schools-among-few-top-10-districts-reopening-schools-for-in-person-learning-11596635317 .
Mississippi school district sends 116 students home to quarantine 10 days after re-opening: https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-school-reopen-mississippi-outbreak-20200806-4xc4vq3mcjcj7ocmaxxgcr7npe-story.html
WSJ: Florida’s elder-care facilities face increasing risk: https://www.wsj.com/articles/floridas-elder-care-facilities-buckle-as-virus-deaths-climb-11596628812 .
WSJ: California bungles re-opening: https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-bungles-its-fight-against-covid-11596649971 .
LA to shut off water and power to “party houses”: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53680761 .
Worker deaths at JBS Greeley plant: https://www.cpr.org/2020/07/08/jbs-meatpacking-plant-and-greeley-nursing-home-report-new-coronavirus-outbreaks/ . An eighth worker has just died. CPR stands for Colorado Public Radio, an unfortunate acronym for this story. The plant has been in the news since coming under federal pressure to re-open.
WSJ: 1.2 million file for unemployment last week: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-report-unemployment-benefit-claims-coronavirus-08-06-2020-11596675422 .
WSJ: Growth in developing countries weakens: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-may-keep-developing-countries-from-catching-up-to-rich-ones-11596625207 .
WSJ: Airline pricing methods in tatters: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-has-upended-everything-airlines-know-about-pricing-11596632998 . Many problems for models when the past does not predict the future.
WSJ: NY Times revenue model transitions to digital subscribers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-posts-lower-profit-revenue-on-ad-declines-11596633514 . I read these stats differently than the WSJ writer.
Germany: “Day of Freedom”: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-protests-coronavirus/a-54456654 .