This article discusses how food pantries are having to serve far more people than ever before. Many food pantries are seeing a decrease in volunteers and donations making this pandemic the “perfect storm.”
This article discusses how the medical sector in the United States underwent the largest jobless in a month during the initial coronavirus outbreak because they had to halt non-life threatening procedures. However, hospitals are beginning to resume non-life threatening surgical procedures. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hospitals-aim-to-resume-procedures-postponed-by-coronavirus-11587568784?mod=hp_lead_pos6
Last week there was a no-sail order issued by the CDC for the cruise ship industry. Their reluctant cooperation with the order could impact or influence President Trumps administration/campaign. The article includes an interview with Dr. Marty Cetron DGMQ at the CDC with the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/04/10/cdc-extends-no-sail-order-cruise-ships-new-directive-slamming-industry/
Once the governor of Florida announced that beach governments could make their own decisions regarding when to reopen beaches, a beach in Jacksonville was swarmed with people. This occurred on the same day that Florida announced its highest death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/18/florida-beaches-reopen-coronavirus/
Employees at the Rush University Medical Center say that they are prepared in order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The building in which they work in, was a $654 million dollar project began soon after the 9/11 attacks, opened in 2012 and is outfitted to handle large influxes of pateints in a short window … Read more
This article highlights some of the food waste problems that farmers are facing that could likely be mitigated with better federal government support. As many of their biggest customers, schools, restaurants, and hotels are struggling or closed, this is impacting farmers that are no longer receiving orders but have many crops that are continuing to … Read more
Dana White, the president of the UFC, has rented a private island so that the fights may resume. He states that fighters, who at this time cannot fly into the U.S., can land on this island instead. His motivation for continuing the fights during the pandemic is so that the UFC can provide entertainment for … Read more
COVID-19 Hits CNN https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/04/01/coronavirus-governor-andrew-cuomo-emotional-reaction-chris-cuomo-diagnosis/5104601002/ When I was watching CNN News this past weekend, there were various alerts being released about Anchor Chris Cuomo being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his plans to continue work from home, in the isolation of his basement. I have attached a video below of some of the CNN coverage surrounding his … Read more
An overview of why Amazon and Instacart workers at the Staten Island facility participated in a strike on Monday, March 20. Christian Smalls, the organizer of the strike, claimed that “We’re not asking for much…we’re asking the building to be closed and sanitized, and for us to be paid [during that process]” as a response … Read more
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