‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland Read more about how California’s agricultural sector is struggling to survive during the current economic crisis, and what the implications might be. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/everyone-tested-positive-covid-devastates-100005164.html
Here is an account by one young family that, because of economic and corona virus concerns, moved from urban California to rural Maine to live with the author’s parents. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/relocated-central-california-tiny-coastal-130200430.html
Please see the below link at the New York Times for the most recent COVID-19 state reports: int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/states-report-virus-response-july-26/e241189157b34378/full.pdf
The collapse of the “Almost Everything Bubble,” which was catalyzed by NOT created by SARS-CoV-2, is increasing the the rate of hunger across the US. Food production, processing and distribution systems have all been severely impacted and will not be able to recover in the near term. — Read on www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hunger-rate-amid-coronavirus-higher-than-during-great-depression-feeding-america-ceo-113427115.html
Money isn’t distributed equally enough in America anymore, and it’s getting worse, faster. Those living on minimum wage are earning 38% less, adjusted for inflation, compared to their counterparts 50 years ago. What gives? — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/america-we-have-a-problem-115714416.html
Cool new business idea from Japan: smart masks that do the communicating for you when you can’t. — Read on www.yahoo.com/entertainment/japanese-startup-creates-connected-face-094546599.html
Three clothing makers built their own particle-testing lab to design a better homemade surgical mask. Source: Homemade mask: Using hydro knit shop towel filters better, designers find – Business Insider
Even with a robust government response to the novel coronavirus, many people will be in peril. And the United States is anything but prepared. Source: The U.S. Isn’t Ready for What’s About to Happen – The Atlantic
This one thing is very doable and very powerful, as brain research has shown. — Read on www.inc.com/scott-mautz/harvard-mit-study-says-doing-1-simple-thing-is-almost-magical-for-your-childs-brain-development-success.html
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation. It is not yet known how contagious or deadly it is. — Read on apnews.com/b2810cebad305f66112a0c68be0f8c9a