Pandemic

I’ve Seen Cardiac Signs in Children That I’d Only Read About in Books

Have you been laid off or furloughed? Are you a frontline worker dealing with new stresses or irresponsible management? Is working (or not working) from home starting to take a psychological toll? Submit a story using this Google form or send me an email with the subject line “My Covid Story” and provide as much detail…

Tech News Avery Ellis May 14

Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

In a jaw-dropping move on Wednesday, the conservative-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the entirety of the emergency shutdown order Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ administration ordered to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. Evers’ order imposed restrictions on operations of non-essential businesses, imposed social distancing requirements on those that remained open, as well as asked Wisconsinites…

Health Tom McKay May 13

19 Dead After Iranian Navy Accidentally Hits Own Ship During Training Exercise

Iran’s military accidentally hit one of its own ships with a missile during a training exercise on Sunday, according to a new report from Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency. At least 19 people were killed and 15 were wounded, according to several reports early Monday, a substantial revision from earlier official reports that claimed only…

Tech News Matt Novak May 11

UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

The government of the United Kingdom has sparked a strong backlash from many in the scientific community by redacting large portions of a Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies report advising ministers on the coronavirus pandemic, the Guardian reported Friday. Members of the SPI-B, the SAGE group that produced the report, told the Guardian that the…

Health Tom McKay May 8

The U.S. Government Has Abandoned Meatpacking Workers

Though the covid-19 pandemic has affected all walks of life, it’s hit some people in the U.S. much harder than others. That especially includes those working in the meatpacking and processing industry, with factories becoming the epicenters of massive outbreaks across the U.S. But these outbreaks are only the latest sign of a government that…

Health Ed Cara May 8

Lyft, Like Uber, Will Also Now Require Drivers and Passengers Wear Face Coverings

Lyft, which has somehow spent the last few months of the coronavirus pandemic merely suggesting passengers and drivers wear face coverings, said on Thursday that it will soon make it a requirement. Per CNN, the app will request that both parties agree to a “personal health certification” within a few weeks. Said update will inform…

Transportation Tom McKay May 7

What to Know About That New Paper Claiming the Coronavirus Is Becoming More Contagious

A preliminary scientific paper on covid-19—detailed by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday—is sure to unnerve people. It argues that the world is now dealing with a mutated, more contagious form of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 than the version that originated in China. But scientists we spoke with are skeptical of the paper’s conclusions.…

Health Ed Cara May 5

CDC Predicts Daily Coronavirus Deaths to Nearly Double by June as Trump Pushes U.S. to Reopen

The second wave of covid-19 in the U.S. is likely right around the corner, newly leaked projections from the Trump administration predict. By June 1, the country could see 3,000 deaths a day—a new high—along with hundreds of thousands of new cases. The estimates come as parts of the country have already begun to reopen…

Health Ed Cara May 4

Latest Coronavirus Science: Pinning Down the True Fatality Rate

Every day brings new scientific insights into covid-19 and the coronavirus that causes it. Here are some of the latest studies and developments, including research into the virus’s fatality rate and impacts on children. How extreme social distancing slowed China’s outbreak Most countries have implemented social distancing to keep covid-19 at bay, since there are…

Health Ed Cara May 1

NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives

The New York City Police Department arrested a conspiracy theorist who issued death threats against former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and allegedly traveled to the city carrying over a dozen knives, the Daily Beast reported. The suspect also live-streamed her own arrest on Facebook. New York state has strict laws…

Crime Tom McKay Apr 30

‘My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of “Normal”‘

This is Sick Days, a series documenting how jobs are changing during the coronavirus pandemic, as told by workers themselves. This week, we hear from an audio engineer, a hotel manager, and more. If you’d like to submit a story, use this Google form and provide as much detail as you’re comfortable with; read this post…

Tech News Avery Ellis Apr 30

Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any

Appearing in the president’s Twitter mentions has, incredibly, finally paid off for somebody: a random Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer named Yaron Oren-Pines who scored a $69.1 million contract with the state of New York after he tweeted at Trump, “We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and noninvasive. Have someone call me URGENT.” Per BuzzFeed News,…

Health Tom McKay Apr 29

Just Look At This Jerk

Vice President Mike Pence is the White House official who chairs the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force. On Tuesday, he tromped around the Mayo Clinic without wearing a mask, in clear violation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and the clinic’s rules. Per CNN, the Rochester, Minnesota-based clinic has had the mandatory mask…

Health Tom McKay Apr 28

What Hapandemics in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas

Vegas, what the fuck you doing? On Wednesday, Las Vegas’s cartoon caricature of a casino town mayor Carolyn Goodman appeared on CNN with host Anderson Cooper to justify her call to re-open the city’s businesses to hundreds of thousands of tourists during the coronavirus pandemic. The result was humiliating. To say this did not go…

Health Tom McKay Apr 22

CDC Director Says a Second Wave of Coronavirus This Winter Could Be ‘More Difficult’

The healthcare system in the U.S. has buckled under the current coronavirus pandemic, with overloaded hospitals struggling to keep up. But should a second wave of the outbreak occur simultaneously during the coming flu season, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield says, things could get even worse. Speaking with the Washington Post…

Tech News Catie Keck Apr 22

Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic to Distract From Trump’s Failures

The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit against China in U.S. federal court on Tuesday, claiming the Chinese government caused the global coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit is unlikely to succeed and is most likely a political stunt by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General to distract from the U.S. federal government’s abysmal response to the global health…

Politics Matt Novak Apr 22

Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out If the Coronavirus Is Airborne?

Scientists are debating a key aspect of the coronavirus that causes covid-19: whether the virus lingers in the air for long enough and in a great enough quantity for airborne transmission to be a common source of infection. It seems like a simple enough question, but it’s actually posing quite a challenge to researchers. The…

Health Ed Cara Apr 21

GOP Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: Many Businesses Can Reopen Soon, Whether Local Officials Like It or Not

The state of Georgia is moving ahead with a plan to re-open businesses shut down during the coronavirus pandemic as soon as this Friday, April 24, Republican Governor Brian Kemp announced on Monday. Kemp said that fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, hair and nail salons, and massage therapists may open their doors…

Health Tom McKay Apr 20

Major European Players Push for Coronavirus-Tracking App Platform

Several preeminent states in the European Union are backing Bluetooth-based, contact-tracing technology to help map the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak via smartphone apps, Reuters reported this week. This news comes courtesy of German tech entrepreneur Chris Boos, a major coordinator behind the project dubbed the Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT) initiative. Seven countries—Austria,…

Health Alyse Stanley Apr 18

Jump in U.S. Covid-19 Death Tally Expected as CDC Changes Counting Practices

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed how it will officially count the number of people sickened and killed by covid-19 in the U.S. This week, the agency announced it will start including in its tally both confirmed and probable cases and deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. The decision was made on…

Health Ed Cara Apr 16

I’ve Seen Cardiac Signs in Children That I’d Only Read About in Books

Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

19 Dead After Iranian Navy Accidentally Hits Own Ship During Training Exercise

UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

The U.S. Government Has Abandoned Meatpacking Workers

Lyft, Like Uber, Will Also Now Require Drivers and Passengers Wear Face Coverings

What to Know About That New Paper Claiming the Coronavirus Is Becoming More Contagious

CDC Predicts Daily Coronavirus Deaths to Nearly Double by June as Trump Pushes U.S. to Reopen

Latest Coronavirus Science: Pinning Down the True Fatality Rate

NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives

‘My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of “Normal”‘

Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any

Just Look At This Jerk

What Hapandemics in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas

CDC Director Says a Second Wave of Coronavirus This Winter Could Be ‘More Difficult’

Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic to Distract From Trump’s Failures

Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out If the Coronavirus Is Airborne?

GOP Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: Many Businesses Can Reopen Soon, Whether Local Officials Like It or Not

Major European Players Push for Coronavirus-Tracking App Platform

Jump in U.S. Covid-19 Death Tally Expected as CDC Changes Counting Practices

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