The Senate is set to resume its session Monday.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/senate-wont-be-able-to-test-all-senators-for-coronavirus-says-congress-physician-dr-brian-monahan
Daily Archives: May 1, 2020
Schumer seeks investigation of Trump donor Bennett after PPP payout – Business Insider
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer asked the SBA to investigate hotelier Monty Bennett. Bennett, a Trump donor, won the most money from the PPP.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/schumer-seeks-investigation-of-trump-donor-bennett-after-ppp-payout-2020-5
The Guardian view on Trump and Covid-19: Americans suffer. Will he? | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian
Editorial: The US death toll could get much worse thanks to a president concerned about re-election rather than the welfare of citizens
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/01/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-covid-19-americans-suffer-will-he
A Manhattan Nursing Home Reported 13 Coronavirus Deaths To The State. The Real Number Was Closer To 100 – Gothamist
At least 98 residents at the Isabella Center in Washington Heights have died since the start of the pandemic.
— Read on gothamist.com/news/manhattan-nursing-home-reported-13-coronavirus-deaths-state-real-number-was-closer-100
How Profit and Incompetence Delayed N95 Masks While… — ProPublica
Federal agencies have hired contractors with no experience to find respirators and masks, fueling a black market filled with price gouging and multiple…
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/how-profit-and-incompetence-delayed-n95-masks-while-people-died-at-the-va
46,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Outbreak – The New York Times
Far more people have died over the past month than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 14 countries shows.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html
The surprising link between consumer habits and deadly diseases | Ensia
Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.
— Read on ensia.com/features/consumer-habits-pandemic-risk/
A Private Equity Firm Is Blocked From Buying .Org – The New York Times
The deal for the internet domain for nonprofit organizations had set off fierce opposition.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/technology/dot-org-sale.html
Try to Trademark or buy air next? WTF!
Idris Bey, an N.Y.C. Emergency Worker, Dies at 60 – The New York Times
Mr. Bey, who died of the coronavirus, was a popular instructor at the Fire Department’s Emergency Medical academy.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/obituaries/idris-bey-dead-coronavirus.html
RIP
How Remdesivir, New Hope for Covid-19 Patients, Was Resurrected – The New York Times – the “fix” is in?
The drug failed as a treatment for hepatitis and Ebola. With federal funding, scientists trained it on the coronavirus.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/health/coronavirus-remdesivir.html
The fix is in – who gets rich and who thinks he is off the hook for 70,000 deaths?
