The greatest predictor of coronavirus deaths appears to be income.
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Unsanitized: Newfound Democratic Leverage on the Relief Bill
Also, baseball on the verge of striking out. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 27, 2020.
The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure
That’s the amount of buybacks U.S. corporations funneled to shareholders during the past decade—rather than invest in technologies for the common good.
COVID Forces Hospitals to Rethink Emergency Treatment Strategies
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, Department of Surgery Chair at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how hospitals have responded to the pandemic.
Unsanitized: Republicans in Disarray this Time
Also, vaccine insider trading. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 25, 2020.
Unsanitized: How the Federal Reserve’s Thumb is on the Bailout Scale
Also, updates on Social Security and debt collectors. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 24, 2020.
Unsanitized: Mitt Romney Wants to Use the Crisis to Cut Your Social Security
A Bowles-Simpson-style process to cut benefits could end up in the Republican economic relief bill. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 23, 2020.
Back to School
Universities that lived by the market model during the boom years face an extinction event as the bubble bursts and their business model pushes them to make perverse decisions about campus opening.
Unsanitized: How the Pandemic Expands Corporate Power
And how we can fight back. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 22, 2020.
Unsanitized: Why Florida Teachers Are Suing the Governor
Also, the worst coronavirus relief idea yet. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 21, 2020.

