Gavin Newsom, governor of California, announced this past weekend that the state has acquired 15,000+ hotel rooms for homeless people during the pandemic as part of the “Project Roomkey” initiative. Homeless people are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 as they do not have access to places to quarantine themselves and often suffer from chronic health conditions. … 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
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/
Forbes recently published an article about how it may be possible for debt collectors to seize a person’s stimulus check if they owe money for private student loans, credit cards, and/or medical bills. While the CARES Act protects against collection against most federal and state debt, it unfortunately does not protect against the collection of … Read more
A British man climbed the height of Mount Everest at home. He was planning on going to Nepal as part of the TENZING Everest Challenge to visit sustainability projects but it was canceled due to COVID-19, so he decided to attempt it from home while raising money for the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund which provides … Read more
Along with many protests around the country about the stay-at-home orders, this article covers some protests in Virginia. https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-coronavirus-republicans-reopening-virginia-20200417-dca7xzj2sjhcjmpfcktsdkmh7e-story.html
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200419060100017 The government has issued an easing on social distancing from April 20th to May 5th. (As such, the gym in my apartment complex reopened today). However, concerns are also rising that the easing of social distancing may once again spread the disease.
In an article written in The Lancet, the authors ponder the timeline from which wearing masks in public to the general population was not recommended to it now being recommended for everyone. The authors discuss the various benefits to mass masking, drawing similarities to the concept of herd immunity. The authors would like to emphasize … Read more
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/
https://www.france24.com/en/20200418-sanctions-hit-iran-gambles-on-partial-covid-19-lockdown-exit The dilemma between containing the virus and saving the economy is at play globally, but perhaps the issue is more urgent for countries with weaker economies like Iran. The article summarizes the current condition of Iran battling with the pandemic. Iran’s economy which was already beleaguered by U.S. sanctions is under further pressure due … Read more
