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Last Updated:October 15, 2020

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How to Ship a Vaccine at –80°C, and Other Obstacles in the Covid Fight (NY Times) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Developing an effective vaccine is the first step. Then comes the question of how to deliver hundreds of millions of doses that may need to be kept at arctic temperatures.
While no vaccine has yet been approved by health officials in the United States, preparations for a mass-vaccination campaign are gearing up. The U.S. military and a federal contractor are expected to play a role in coordinating the distribution.
UPS said it was constructing a so-called freezer farm in Louisville, Ky., the company’s largest hub, where it can store millions of doses at subzero temperatures.

‘It’s irreparable’: Parents worry children face permanent health issues due to COVID-19 delays (CTV News) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Global Response

Before the pandemic began, more than 100,000 children in Ontario were on a waitlist for mental health and rehabilitation services, but once hospitals began restricting non-essential operations, more than 30,000 pediatric appointments had to be cancelled, according to the Children’s Health Coalition, a collection of children’s hospitals and medical organizations in Ontario.
At the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa, more than half of its pediatric surgeries were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, and doctors believe it could take up to two and a half years to catch up.
The Children’s Health Coalition is calling on the provincial government to make a $375-million investment in children’s health care to help alleviate the wait times and offer the treatment children desperately need.

The boom in household waste and what our garbage tells us about the COVID economy (CBC) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Economic Impact

According to RBC’s COVID Consumer Spending Tracker, Canadians are spending more on home improvements, electronics and groceries.
Online marketplaces have emerged as a critical part of consumer habits in the COVID-19 economy, and early data from the City of Toronto suggests consumers are throwing more cardboard boxes into their blue bins as a result.

Why corporate well-being initiatives need to get personal (strategy+business) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Leadership

In a recent PwC survey, CEOs reported plans for their companies to become more digital and flexible — and more employee focused.
For example, 78 percent of CEOs said they believe the shift toward remote collaboration will endure, and 61 percent said they believe that low-density workplaces are here to stay.
24 percent of the CEO Panel Survey respondents reported that they provided additional financial support to employees during the pandemic.

The Uncertain Future of Corporate HQs (HBR) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Global Response, Leadership

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen tens of millions of Americans engage in a gigantic experiment in working from home — one that looks to be more permanent than anyone might have imagined.
The question of where to locate corporate facilities has been increasing in strategic importance for a long time.
Figuring out who will work from home and who will require actual office space, which offices to prune and which to keep, how they will be configured and shared, and precisely where they should be sited — in talent-laden superstar cities, in more cost-effective second- or third-tier metros, in downtown urban centers, suburbs or rural regions — requires more strategic thought, analysis, and planning than ever.

Movie theater popcorn sales have tanked, prompting American popcorn farmers to find new markets (Washington Post) Published on: September 18, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Microwave popcorn has boomed in the pandemic. Movie theater popcorn has tanked.
But the farmers who service movie theaters and other group events are different, with different customer bases and sales strategies. They do not have machinery for microwave retail packaging.

In pandemic investing, Robinhood is the real winner (Cardify) Published on: September 17, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Compared to 2019, people invested more in 2020 based on net investment levels, with major spikes during the height of the pandemic (March to May 2020), suggesting people “bought the dip” when markets took a hit.
During the pandemic, Robinhood was the clear winner amongst investment platforms, surging from one percent market share to 43% based on number of users. It also has the youngest user base, with 81% of its users under the age of 35.
All platforms saw net investment spikes in the early days of the pandemic, but it was not enough to maintain their market share – eventually, every platform lost some market share to Robinhood.

Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity? (BMJ) Published on: September 17, 2020 | Category: Global Response

It seemed a truth universally acknowledged that the human population had no pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2, but is that actually the case?
At least six studies have reported T cell reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 in 20% to 50% of people with no known exposure to the virus
Though these studies are small and do not yet provide precise estimates of pre-existing immunological responses to SARS-CoV-2, they are hard to dismiss, with several being published in Cell and Nature.

The virus and America’s resort towns (The Economist) Published on: September 17, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Nationwide, the effect of covid-19 on economic inequality will remain unclear for some time.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans were three times likelier to be infected and five times likelier to be hospitalized than whites.
Office workers with university degrees were largely spared the unemployment that low-paid service-sector workers endured.

America’s Offices Sit Half-Empty Six Months Into the Covid-19 Pandemic (WSJ) Published on: September 17, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact, Global Response

Data from Brivo, a company that provides access-control systems for workplaces, shows that “unlocks” at offices—when someone uses their credentials to enter an office—in late August were down 51% from the end of February.
In Miami, which is dependent on tourism, employee visits to retail stores were at 92% of their pre-pandemic occupancy during the last week in August; in San Francisco, they were at 43%.
While more offices are reopening this fall, many businesses expect workers will work remotely at least part-time for the foreseeable future, suggesting that it could be years before offices return to pre-Covid-19 occupancy levels.

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