This article covers the current theories on the role of children in this pandemic in transmitting the virus and to their infection rate. In the initial onset of coronavirus, the elderly population was hit the hardest while many younger people under 18 were asymptomatic or only had mild symptoms. In particular, the cases of deaths … Read more
Revolutionario Tacos handed out 800 tacos to residents of Skid Row, an area of LA densely populated with a lot of low-income housing and single-room occupancy units as well as a large population of homeless people. Susan Park, a co-founder of the business alongside Chef Zadi, also started a mutual-aid fund and has been confronted … Read more
Some may be wondering why flights are still operating now when so little travel is occurring. This is because airlines still have flights going out with few passengers on them, purely because they don’t have smaller airlines available and the flight for those few is critical. Airlines had tried to ground flights in March and … Read more
“Five reasons the stock market is soaring as the economy is floundering: from buoyant tech stocks to high earnings hopes to fear of missing out” https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/why-is-the-stock-market-rallying-when-the-economy-is-so-bad-11588974327
This NY Times article examines whether or not virtual education is the future, or just a convenient adaptation. Some education policy analysts are criticizing the “passive, teacher-centered modes of teaching” rather than the virtual platforms. Critics are even stating that online education may be the way to better prepare college students for the future. Overall, … Read more
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-coronavirus-vaccine-takes-so-long_l_5ea868fbc5b66a3cfefa2a36?ncid=APPLENEWS00001 A vaccine in 12-18 months may not be realistic but is hopeful. First, the particular type of vaccine that may work best is determined. Then, there are human clinical trials. There is a lot of safety testing. Then, larger effects are observed such as side effects and at which dosages they come up. Then, … Read more
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-earth-pollution-noise/609316/ For seismologists who study seismic signals from the Earth’s interior, it seems that the effects of quarantine have made them easier to listen to. A reduction in particulate matter in the atmosphere (less severe air pollution) may have saved the lives of young children and elderly adults. A drop in carbon dioxide won’t make … Read more
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/health/tuberculosis-deaths-lockdown-scli-intl/index.html Coronavirus may be interfering with the progress in the ability for tuberculosis to become eradicated.
