Wed. 04/15 - A Realistic Look At This Summer... And Next

A surge of new official deaths in New York and some unusual categorization in Chile further highlights the vagaries of counting Covid. A look at New Jersey shows how even at this late date, simple testing is proving problematic. Businesses are looking to fill the testing gap. It turns out Americans are actually pretty good at social distancing. And a look at the phenomenon of social distancing shaming.

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WHO graph of new cases and deaths (Chris Anderson, Twitter) Chile Counts Those Who Died of Coronavirus as Recovered Because They're 'No Longer Contagious,' Health Minister Says (Newsweek) More NYers have died per capita than in Italy (Warren Bass, Twitter) 3 Vans, 6 Coolers, a Plane, a Storm and 2 Labs: A Nasal Swab’s Journey (NY Times) Whirlpool, Amazon, other businesses are working on plans to get their employees back on the job. (Washington Post)  Scalable Testing for Coronavirus (Amazon) Stay Home During Outbreak: Americans Stick to Social Distancing (Bloomberg) Social-Distancing Rules—and Those That Flout Them—Spur Online Shaming (Wall Street Journal) Our Pandemic Summer (The Atlantic)

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