Sunday, October 11, 2020

Coronavirus News (266)

NYC positive rate highest since June

Top Companies 2019: Where the U.S. wants to work now

LinkedIn Top Startups 2020: The 10 Indian companies on the rise

How Oregonians Survived the Fires  


‘It’s Not in My Head’: They Survived the Coronavirus, but They Never Got Well With seven million known cases of the coronavirus across the country, more people are suffering from symptoms that go on and on.

The Rise of Remote Work Can Be Unexpectedly Liberating What if you are better off without the office? ........  What if a more disconnected work force leads to changes that could make employees happier and companies more compassionate? .......... We’re now seeing the cracks, as employers and employees start to voice their concerns about the long-term, isolating impact of remote work. ........... “It’s hard to reproduce the magic,” he told me. “People don’t want to spend any more time connecting over video chat than they have to.”  ......... an unexpected liberation, encouraging workers to look beyond the workplace to build friendships and identity. ........... Why not try something entirely new, like going for a walk in the middle of the day, or participating in social activism or a protest during typical work hours, as millions of Americans have done this summer? ......... I know I split my day differently now, sometimes having lunch with my husband and kids at noon, or starting work much earlier or later depending on what I need to get done that day. 

IRS: Claim Your $1,200 Stimulus Check By November 21

Vladimir Putin Thinks He Can Get Away With Anything Why has the poisoning of Alexei Navalny been met with Western silence?

At Climate Week, America’s Cascading Disasters Dominate This year’s events come amid a climate reckoning in the world’s richest country. Here are the takeaways. ..... When asked recently about the links between global warming and the fires racing across California, President Trump said, “I don’t think science knows,” even though scientists say the connection is inextricable.  The Democratic candidate, Joseph R. Biden Jr., responded by calling him a “climate arsonist.”  ..... around half of all the planet-warming gases produced between 1990 (when the first United Nations climate report was published) and 2015 (when the Paris climate accord was reached) came from the world’s richest 10 percent. ......... Mr. Trump rejects climate science, has pulled the United States out of the Paris accord, an international agreement designed to slow down temperature rise and avert the worst climate impacts, and rolled back a series of environmental regulations. His challenger, Mr. Biden, has promised to bring the United States back into the Paris Agreement and proposed to invest $2 trillion to address climate change by, among other things, spurring the development of clean energy infrastructure.  


What We Know About Coronavirus Cases on Campus




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