I just published "I wonder if I needed…" link.medium.com/MoZ6bIbqy5 #covid19

What CEO Bob Chapman did to avoid layoffs: • Suspended exec bonuses/401k match • Cut travel/discretionary spending • Voluntary early retirement program • Cut his own salary from $875K to $10.5K • Employees asked to take 4 weeks unpaid time off read.medium.com/lN6XLBX

We analyzed data from Earnest Research, which tracks and analyzes credit card and debit card purchases of nearly 6 million people in the U.S. Cash transactions aren't included, but the data provides a strong snapshot of the economic impact of the coronavirus.

Harvard researchers say people around the world might need to practice some level of social distancing intermittently through 2022 trib.al/RPBxETh

COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in our county. The threat posed by this virus is very real. The sacrifices we’re making to help flatten the curve are working, but there's still a long road ahead. Now is not the time to let up.

Getting a “payment status not available” error when you’re trying to learn the status of your IRS coronavirus stimulus check? Try this one weird trick that really works: Enter your street address in all caps. latimes.com/business/story…

NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countries UK had 43,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 22,000 reported Covid deaths at the time Free to read: ft.com/coronavirus-la…

The Spanish flu taught us a big lesson: shutdowns need to last about 12 weeks to save lives trib.al/b9r2gX7

When you wear a mask you are saying I respect my neighbors. When you wear a mask you are saying I respect nurses and doctors. When you wear a mask you are saying I respect other people.

Meet the 24-year-old founder of Sharing Excess that is getting good food to the people that need it most during the #coronavirus pandemic

If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice.” And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black man’s freedom to live.

“In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?”

This is the white woman of the year. #Riots2020 #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER

8th and I-35 Austin texas. A few minutes ago. Full firing line of police just cleared the highways #breaking #austin #riots2020 #PoliceBrutality #GeorgeFloydprotest #GeorgeFlyod

My friend just sent this to me from AUSTIN .. THEY ARE A NOT A FUCKING JOKE . Teeth knocked out . Fracture jaw .

The U.S. could see half a million fewer births next year. It'll have repercussions long after the pandemic is over trib.al/9FCiV7T

Many families are facing a difficult choice: Should children attend if schools reopen their classrooms and risk being exposed to the coronavirus? New estimates show that large parts of the U.S. would likely see infected students if classrooms opened now. nyti.ms/39Om8a3

2020 in a single remarkable photo - by Noah Berger in California

All speculation is a hindrance to understanding