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Coronavirus digest: Germany sets new daily record in COVID infections | News | DW | 20.11.2020

Germany has recorded 23,648 positive coronavirus tests over the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 260. Despite a downward trend, India has crossed the 9 million case mark. Source: Coronavirus digest: Germany sets new daily record in COVID infections | News | DW | 20.11.2020

These Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead. | Kaiser Health News

Sonia’s death is far from unusual. Despite evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that adults 65 and older are at a higher risk from COVID-19, KHN and The Guardian have found that 338 front-line workers in that age group continued to work and likely died of complications from the virus after exposure on the job. Some were in their 80s — oftentimes physicians or registered nurses who cherished decades-long relationships with their patients and didn’t see retirement as an option. The aging workers had a variety of motivations for risking their lives during the pandemic. Some felt pressured by employers to compensate for staffing shortages as the virus swept through departments. Others felt a higher sense of duty to their profession. Now their families are left to grapple with the same question: Would their loved one still be alive if he or she had stayed home?

Source: These Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead. | Kaiser Health News

How to Defeat Disinformation – — Just Sayin’

By Nina Jankowicz November 19, 2020 An Agenda for the Biden Administration By  November 19, 2020 A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami, Florida, November 2020Marco Bello / Reuters The 2016 U.S. presidential election propelled the threat of disinformation to the forefront of public debate. Americans were shocked by Russian attempts to influence voters […]

How to Defeat Disinformation – — Just Sayin’