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Congress Cautiously Upbeat After Latest Round of COVID Relief Talks “The two sides remain at odds on whether to cut the jobless supplement or provide aid to financially strapped states and localities, how much money to allocate for controlling the virus and for food stamps, and myriad other issues. But they have signaled progress in recent meetings.”
Isaias blasts Mid-Atlantic after slamming ashore in the Carolinas “After crashing ashore near the South Carolina-North Carolina border as a Category 1 hurricane late Monday, Tropical Storm Isaias is set to sweep through the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday and through the Northeast late Tuesday into early Wednesday.”
Virus cases surge in Midwest “The increase is occurring in states with previously low infection rates. Experts also see worrying trends emerging in major Midwest and East Coast cities.”
Trump’s attacks on mail voting prompt alarm over GOP turnout “State and local Republicans across the country fear they are falling dramatically behind in a practice that is expected to be key to voter turnout this year.”
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well. “As countries consider back-to-school strategies for the fall, a coronavirus outbreak at a Jerusalem high school offers a cautionary tale.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: Who's Responsible if a Worker Gets Covid-19 on the Job?Employers are getting sued by workers who got sick after being on the job. Janet Adamy explains the litigation and what it means for reopening businesses.
THE COMMENT
“We must bring the infection rate down to a level where testing results are rapid enough that follow-up tracing can actually identify contacts in time to halt further transmission. Since the virus made landfall we have failed to do so. The level we need to reach is around two Sars-Cov-2 cases a day for each 100,000 population in a region. We’re nowhere near that right now, and the most pressing question ought to be what we have to do to change that. If we don’t have the fortitude and collective will to undertake and sustain the level of shutdown that will be necessary in large parts of the US, as well as the flexibility to react quickly and decisively when and where the virus flares, the number of new cases and deaths could be staggering, far beyond what we have experienced thus far.” - Michael T Osterholm and Mark Olshaker
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