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The Technology 202: Posts promoting unproven drugs highlight limits of social networks’ coronavirus fight
with Tonya Riley Welcome to The Technology 202, our guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Posts selling unproven drug therapies to treat the novel coronavirus continued to surface on social networks over the last week, despite the companies’ promises to promote public health and crack down on misleading information. On Facebook, one account …
KFF Health Tracking Poll – Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
Key Findings: The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll conducted April 15-20th finds about half the public (51%) now saying that when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., “the worst is yet to come.” This is down 23 percentage points from the share who said the same (74%) in the Early April KFF …
Coronavirus UK: Police break social distancing to applaud NHS
Police officers and firemen have been slammed on social media for breaking social distancing rules outside an Essex hospital last week. The large crowd of emergency workers and members of the public crammed together outside Southend Hospital last Thursday to applaud the NHS at 8pm. Officers were in touching distance of each other, ignoring the …
The Technology 202: Coronavirus could change how social networks approach public health
with Tonya Riley YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. (Reed Saxon/AP) Ctrl + N The coronavirus is transforming how social networks approach public health, and some of those changes will persist even after the pandemic is over. YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki told CNN that the virus has been “an acceleration of our digital lives.” It’s also …
Scottish Parliament to return from recess using technology and social distancing
Chamber business will be conducted online, with in person meetings of a maximum 79 MSPs taking place once a week. Committees will also switch to using video link, subject to a vote on Tuesday. The Scottish Parliament will return from recess on Tuesday with MSPs using a combination of technology and social distancing to carry …
Big Businesses Get This Social Security Tax Break — But You Don’t
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has already been huge, and has the potential to get even larger in the months and years to come. Lawmakers in Washington have scurried to find ways to try to cushion the blow for the American public, with legislation that will send one-time $1,200 stimulus checks to most …
The Technology 202: Apple is now helping officials track how well coronavirus social distancing works
with Tonya Riley A worker with an iPhone. (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg News) Ctrl + N Apple is the latest tech company to tap its troves of consumer data to help public officials fight the coronavirus. The company yesterday unveiled a new tool that pulls data from its Maps service to help officials measure how effective social …
Local funeral home using technology during social distancing
BALLSTON LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS 10) — During the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Cuomo has ordered only immediate family members to be present at wakes and funerals. To help people feel comforted by extended friends and family, Kathleen Sanvidge and her co-workers at Townley and Wheeler Funeral Home came up with an idea— a carport called Unity …
86-year-old woman dies after being shoved over breaking social distancing rules
An 86-year-old woman died after another hospital patient allegedly shoved her for breaking social distancing rules while she was disoriented, police said Thursday. Janie Marshall, who has dementia, wandered the emergency room at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn on March 28 and grabbed another patient’s IV to regain her balance, The New …
Coronavirus Peaks By State: How Social Distancing Measures Are Helping : Shots
As COVID-19 surges in places throughout the country, Americans are left to wonder, “When will my state hit its worst point?” A widely cited model offers some predictions. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s COVID-19 projections were cited in recent White House briefings and take into account how the pandemic is playing out in …
