From VOX: A detailed timeline of all the ways Trump failed to respond to the coronavirus. The federal coronavirus response shows a president dead set on avoiding responsibility for the pandemic.
This article provides a detailed list of events and actions for the initial months (Nov. 2019-through May 2020) of COVID-19 in the U.S. This should be useful to researchers documenting the disaster.
From the WashPost: Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds.
Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a research study published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders and other restrictions limited the spread of the contagion.
A separate study from epidemiologists at Imperial College London estimated the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European countries, including 500,000 in the United Kingdom, and dropped infection rates by an average of 82 percent, sufficient to drive the contagion well below epidemic levels.
From EM: A Second Wave of Coronavirus Could Mean a Devastating Fall. As the summer approaches and the rate of transmission of the coronavirus begins to move in undulations instead of huge spikes, complacency could trigger a bigger wave as schools open and people move inside.
From InsideClimateNews: Hurricane Season Collides With Coronavirus, as Communities Plan For Dual Emergencies. In Florida, officials fear widespread confusion when stay-at-home policies conflict with evacuation orders, and they worry about coronavirus spreading in shelters.
From HSDL: Heightened Risks When Pandemic and Hurricane Season Overlap. Researchers at RPI studying the ability of coastal communities to respond to disasters say that combined disasters may make community recovery vastly more difficult. What they have found serves as a stark warning to policymakers preparing for hurricane season during a pandemic. One of the main worries is that there will be significant delays in recovery efforts if front-line workers are not kept healthy.
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From the NYTimes: Why Washington’s Streets Have Filled With Troops the Mayor Did Not Want. Because it’s not a state, the District of Columbia is at a disadvantage in any clash with federal authorities.
From Politico: The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents. The motley assortment of police currently occupying Washington, D.C., is a window into the vast, complicated, obscure world of federal law enforcement.
From Vox: Why the coronavirus has taken so many lives in US nursing homes. Three systemic failures that explain the coronovirus’s terrible toll in US nursing homes.
From the NY Times: They Let Us Down’: 5 Takeaways on the C.D.C.’s Coronavirus Response. “Early mistakes in testing, aging data systems, clashes with President Trump and an overly cautious culture shook confidence in the nation’s premier public health agency.”
Brookings plans two volumes, the first of which is available now. it is 105 pages.
Vol.1: Reopening America.
The first volume focuses on the American experience while the second one examines the experiences of other nations and lessons for the United States. Brookings President John Allen’s essay presents an overview of the pandemic and the serious questions it has raised for the world. Our goals in this project are to inform the public conversation about COVID, help business, government, and civic leaders take their next steps, and think about the immediate and longer-term consequences of the virus. We must learn as much as possible about this pandemic in order to address its overall ramifications.
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