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.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-outbreak-computer-algorithm-artificial-intelligence/ A Canadian company, BlueDot, developed an algorithm that tracks infectious outbreaks around the world, tracks flights, and calculates cities with the highest risk of its population contracting disease. This technology was developed following the SARS outbreak in order to prepare, track, and prevent the next infectious disease, thus assigning this new science’s name: outbreak … Read more
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/04/20/so-you-never-really-were-pro-life-were-you/ This is a relevant and almost literary opinion piece coming from a Pastor, yet the piece is not necessarily promotional of religion. Instead, the author highlights the hypocrisy behind anti-stay-at-home protesters with signs reading “My Body, My Choice”. Not only are these protestors appropriating the pro-choice movement’s campaign, but they are also hypocritically denying … Read more
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-orders-coronavirus/index.html Republican governors from various state governments are refusing to follow expert Dr. Fauci’s urges to implement stay-at-home directives. These governors are risking the health and wellbeing of their citizens seemingly out of loyalty to Trump. They are waiting for a nationwide directive that Trump does not seem to be making anytime soon. Instead, Trump … Read more
https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/03/24/cleaners-are-on-the-front-lines-of-the-covid-19-crisis-but-many-work-with-little-protection-for-less-than-minimum-wage-and-theyre-scared.html For years now it has become evident that the federal minimum wage is not a livable wage. Now, during a crisis like Covid-19, this fact has become even more alarming and evident than ever before. Minimum wage workers can barely meet their basic needs on a minimum wage salary, let alone work towards a … Read more
https://news.yale.edu/2020/03/27/covid-19-spreads-yale-and-hospital-prepare As Connecticut becomes a hot spot state for the coronavirus, Yale and nearby medical institutions are doing their part to provide much needed space for the influx of patients. Even Yale nursing faculty, students, and staff have volunteered to help with the surge in Covid-19 cases. Furthermore, hospital employees are even giving their own … Read more
