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Nearly 1 in 3 Americans traveled to work in recent weeks, a
Washington Post-Ipsos poll found — and most of them are worried about
the virus following them home. More than one-third of
those going to work said they or someone in their household had a
serious chronic illness, and roughly the same amount said they had
probably been exposed to covid-19 on the job. And as with so many
other effects of the pandemic, the stress is falling unequally on
nonwhites. “Like
gambling with dice,” a 58-year-old prison worker in Virginia said in
our story on the poll.
And yet, more and more Americans are going back to work — often
under widely disparate rules as governors unilaterally roll back
quarantine measures. States don't even agree on what
temperature constitutes a fever. A
worker sent home with a 99.5-degree temperature in Delaware would be
allowed to work in Texas, Georgia, Ohio or Pennsylvania, The Post
reported.
The federal government has offered little guidance.
After weeks of delay, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
on Thursday issued a
scant six pages of recommendations to guide schools and businesses on
when and whether to reopen after the White House declined to
publish much more detailed CDC recommendations prepared last month.
It is the latest sign of the increasing
tension between the White House and the world-renowned public health
agency.
A new study suggests that lifting quarantines quickly could
lead to a huge viral surge. Researchers from several
American universities looked at about 1 million confirmed coronavirus
cases in March and April, and estimated that areas without
shelter-in-place orders had potentially 10 times more virus spread — or
35 times more in areas with no social distancing guidelines at all.
Ever wondered how researchers predict how the virus will
spread over time? We
have a new tool that lets you play epidemiologist and make your own
models to understand how the pros do it.
So far, covid-19 appears to be a disease of the relatively
rich, spreading predominantly in developed countries such as the
United States. But
experts think the pandemic's chaos will devastate the world's poor,
even if the virus spares them. The World Food program estimates
the number of people facing acute hunger will double this year to 265
million. A U.N. study says more than a half billion people could
become impoverished. And already, nearly half the global workforce
has lost their jobs.
Other
important news:
Retail sales plunged
16.4 percent as the U.S. economy shut down in April, with
clothing stores facing especially devastating losses.
The pandemic could permanently change urban life, as
small businesses in high-rent cities such as Washington are wiped
out.
House Democrats moved toward passage of a $3 trillion tax cut and
spending bill Friday, but
the White House and Republicans promised to block it. The chamber
is also poised
to adopt historic changes that would allow remote voting during
the pandemic.
President Trump announced Friday that an
Army general and the former head of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline will
lead his Operation Warp Speed program to manufacture a vaccine
for the virus by January — a timeline many experts doubt is possible.
The Post's Fact Checker broke down four
coronavirus-themed ads from Trump's and Joe Biden's presidential
campaigns.
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Where
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Your questions, answered
“If I go to a hair salon or a gym where everyone is wearing
masks and proper social distancing is being observed as well as
recommended sanitation between clients and classes, just how safe am
I?” — Jennifer P. in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Tens of millions of Americans live in states that are beginning to
reopen their economies — often before health experts believe is wise.
But just because you can legally go out on the town doesn't
necessarily mean it's safe to do so.
The
Washington Post asked three public health experts what sort of
activities they would feel comfortable doing right now. All
three said they would only begin to leave home more often if covid-19
cases were steadily declining in their communities,
which is not the case in many areas trying to reopen.
Even then, they'd be cautious about where they go. “All
three said yes” to a trip to the salon, we reported, “but only if
they and the barber or hair stylist wear a mask.”
The experts recommend doing as much as possible to reduce your
time in the shop — so no perms or dye jobs, probably. You might even
ask for a haircut outdoors, where the virus is less likely to spread.
As for going to the gym, the University of Maryland School of
Public Health Dean Boris Lushniak said he’d
be probably keep exercising outdoors for now. An
enclosed room full of heavy-breathing treadmillers would be an ideal
environment for the virus to spread.
Check out the article for more advice, such
as whether it's safe to visit a beach, a mall or a place of worship.
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Today’s top reads
Find more stories, analysis and op-eds about the outbreak on
our coronavirus
page, including:
- Apple and Google are
building a virus-tracking system. Health officials say it will
be practically useless.
- One of the world's
oldest and best-known medical journals blasted Trump’s
‘inconsistent and incoherent’ coronavirus response and concluded
he should be replaced.
- The six do’s and
don’ts of Zoom happy hours.
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The covid-19 divide is a class divide.
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