Kaiser: COVID-19 round-up: https://khn.org/latest-morning-briefing/ . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-07-30-2020-11596098538 .
Fauci recommendations on how to protect yourself now: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/dr-fauci-says-you-must-keep-doing-these-5-things-to-stay-healthy-during-the-pandemic .
Latest on relief package debate: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/510083-stimulus-checks-debate-now-focuses-on-size-eligibility . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-spar-on-unemployment-aid-coronavirus-package-11596134183 .
US/Sanofi $2.1 billion vaccine deal: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/31/897701128/u-s-reaches-2-1-billion-deal-with-sanofi-and-glaxosmithkline-for-coronavirus-vac .
WSJ: Re-infection risk poorly understood: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-07-30-2020-11596098538 .
Survey of leading vaccines, development strategy, and status: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker-how-they-work-latest-developments-cvd/ .
Diversity gaps in vaccine testing: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/29/896840051/diversity-in-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-demanded-from-drug-companies . Diversity problems in medication development: https://gizmodo.com/asthma-inhalers-fail-minority-children-due-to-a-lack-of-1823804976 .
AAMC roadmap to control virus: https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2020-07/aamc-covid-19-way-forward-road-map.pdf .
Cooling center risks: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/temperatures-rise-coronavirus-cases-experts-eye-impact-air/story?id=72091473 .
Children spread virus: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/children-staff-georgia-overnight-camp-test-positive-coronavirus-cdc-says-n1235503 . Lack of masks considered cause of outbreak.
WSJ: US schools’ re-opening plans: https://www.wsj.com/articles/reopening-schools-try-to-decide-when-they-should-close-again-due-to-coronavirus-cases-11596101401 .
WSJ: NYC school closure triggers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyc-lays-out-triggers-for-school-closures-due-to-coronavirus-11596154242 .
South Florida newspaper pleads for statewide mask mandate: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-desantis-masks-20200729-klyb3eypgfcyhpsb3ezmxx4fkm-story.html .
Vanity Fair: Why there’s no nationwide COVID-19 testing coordination: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air . More: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-scrapped-jared-kushner-covid-174006052.html .
WSJ: COVID-19 workplace liability lawsuits: https://www.wsj.com/articles/families-file-first-wave-of-covid-19-lawsuits-against-companies-over-worker-deaths-11596137454 .
More details on the US’s economic decline in the second quarter: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economy-suffers-titanic-329-plunge-in-2nd-quarter-gdp-shows-and-points-to-drawn-out-recovery-2020-07-30 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-economy-gdp-report-second-quarter-coronavirus-11596061406 .
Unemployment by race: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2020/07/02/june-jobs-report-shows-uneven-recovery-black-unemployment-still-tops-15-percent/#4ac11fbec97f . The EPI chart is particularly informative on unemployment differences between gender and race.
Jet Blue safety measures: https://www.jetblue.com/safety . One airline that is blocking middle seats (through 9/8).
WSJ: Tyson established chief medical officer to monitor COVID-19: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tyson-foods-creates-chief-medical-officer-position-as-part-of-covid-19-monitoring-program-11596110542 .
Trump encourages plasma donation: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/509849-trump-urges-recovered-covid-19-patients-to-donate-plasma .
WSJ: Election delay rejected by both parties: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-floats-election-delay-but-only-congress-can-change-the-date-11596120196 .
A limited commitment to the truth: https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-07-30/pompeo-reacts-to-trumps-proposal-to-delay-november-election . It is not credible that Pompeo, a lawyer and former congressman, would not know that an election delay is exclusively within Congress’ power.
WSJ: German economy suffers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-economy-suffers-biggest-contraction-on-record-but-green-shoots-emerge-11596101866 .
WSJ: Mexican economy suffers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-economy-suffers-record-drop-in-second-quarter-11596108557 .
WSJ: Budweiser brewer writes down South Africa business: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tyson-foods-creates-chief-medical-officer-position-as-part-of-covid-19-monitoring-program-11596110542 .
WSJ: Middle East tightens virus rules: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ahead-of-eid-celebrations-middle-east-braces-for-another-coronavirus-spike-11596120243 .
Hong Kong delays elections by a year, citing COVID-19: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53563090 .
Cyberattack on Michigan bar exam: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/07/28/michigan-bar-exam-crashes-online-company-cites-cyberattack/5527628002/ . Given that these are timed exams administered at the same time for applicants, this must have been terrifying for affected exam takers in the nation’s first online bar exam.
Microsoft to acquire TikTok?: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/microsoft-and-tiktok-doesn-t-have-to-make-strategic-sense-if-the-deal-is-simply-too-good-to-pass-up/ar-BB17qD0w?ocid=msedgdhp .
WSJ: Buildings redesigned to counter airborne viruses: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-buildings-will-look-like-after-the-covid-crisis-11596040879 .
Bad news on the end-of-the-world front: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzn5a/theoretical-physicists-say-90-chance-of-societal-collapse-within-several-decades . Given that the model is deterministic, it would be very interesting to know which of the parameters are most sensitive to improvement. However, as the article indicates, deforestation is a huge problem in the need to recapture carbon emissions, as shown in the NASA video sent on July 28 on the lungs of the Earth.
DHS tracked journalists in Portland: https://www.businessinsider.com/dhs-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-covering-protests-report-2020-7 .
Coke and booze: https://www.foodandwine.com/news/topo-chico-hard-seltzer .