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‘I have never felt so helpless’: Front-line workers confront loss (Washington Post) Published on: June 7, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Doctors, nurses and first responders grapple with the enormity of what they’ve witnessed during the pandemic’s first wave.
They second-guess their decisions, experience panic attacks, worry constantly about their patients, their families and themselves, and feel tremendous anxiety about how and when this might end.
Worried that the coronavirus might leave a whole generation of health-care workers with post-traumatic stress disorder, many hospitals and ambulance companies have brought in grief counselors via Zoom and started weekly mediation sessions, prayer circles and other support services.

What dining will look like when Toronto restaurants are allowed to reopen (CP24) Published on: June 6, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business

The City of Toronto has released guidelines for restaurants that provide the clearest picture so far of how dining will look once the province allows establishments to reopen for dine-in service.
Even when restaurants reopen, the document says, staff and customers should still maintain six feet (two metres) of distance at all times.
Seating and tables need to be rearranged so that there is at least six feet of distance from edge to edge and no more than six customers should be seated at each table.

‘I don’t know if that counts as a job’: Fewer hours, less pay and more anxiety greet returning workers (Washington Post) Published on: June 6, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

As millions of Americans return to work amid the worst economic crisis in a generation, they’re unexpectedly discovering their old positions are far more burdensome than they used to be.
And their job security — despite President Trump’s recent proclamations about an economy on the mend — remains anything but guaranteed.
At the same time, though, Bunker said there was a higher-than-expected spike in part-time employment, one of a few indicators that “suggests there has not been a full return to work” for some people.

Will the end of lockdown prompt the sale of the century? (FT) Published on: June 6, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Shoppers in Florida’s Tampa Bay area this week had plenty of bargains to choose from as retailers seemingly tried to outdo each other with promotions.
Airlines, hotels and restaurants are also offering special deals to woo consumers — millions of whom remain reluctant to leave their homes, never mind embark on a spending splurge during a global recession.
“Consumers are not buying, and therefore businesses have no pricing power,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

US to Allow Chinese Passenger Carriers 2 Flights per Week as Beijing Announces Easing of Covid-19 Curbs (News18) Published on: June 6, 2020 | Category: Global Response

The United States will permit Chinese passenger air carriers to operate two flights per week after Beijing said it would ease coronavirus-related restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers, the US Transportation Department said on Friday.
The notice added that the department is “troubled by China’s continued unilateral dictation of the terms of the US-China scheduled passenger air transportation market without respect for the rights of US carriers.”

WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance (Guardian) Published on: June 5, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Over-60s should use medical-grade masks and all others three-layer fabric ones, health body says.
All others should wear a three-layer fabric mask: absorbent cotton closest to the face, followed by a polypropylene layer and then a synthetic layer that is fluid-resistant, the WHO said.
The WHO said people should be advised to wear masks not only on buses and trains but also wherever physical distancing may be hard – in grocery stores, at work, at social gatherings, at mass gatherings and in closed settings, including schools, churches, mosques and other places of worship.

The unluckiest generation in U.S. history (Washington Post) Published on: June 5, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. history.
Millennials will bear these economic scars the rest of their lives, in the form of lower earnings, lower wealth and delayed milestones, such as homeownership.
Things improved in May, but the improvement just means we’re back to December 2000 levels of employment.
For millennials who came of age then, it’s as if all the plodding expansions and job recoveries of their namesake epoch evaporated in weeks.

Where Employment Improved—and Where It Didn’t (WSJ) Published on: June 5, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Among goods-producing industries, manufacturing showed strong gains. In the services category, jobs in food services and drinking places rose by 1.4 million, accounting for about half of the gain in total nonfarm employment.
On the other hand, government payrolls continued to shrink as steep declines in revenue forced cities and states to lay off workers.
Construction registered the strongest improvement among goods-producing industries with an increase of 464,000 jobs, or almost half the number lost in April.
Despite the coronavirus shutdowns, house prices continued to rise, and some real-estate brokers and economists say they see signs that demand for new homes has started to rise in recent weeks.

Singapore plans wearable virus-tracing device for all (Reuters) Published on: June 5, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Singapore plans to give a wearable device that will identify people who had interacted with carriers of coronavirus to each of its 5.7 million residents, in what could become one of the most comprehensive contact-tracing efforts globally.
Testing of the small devices, which can be worn on the end of a lanyard or carried in a handbag, follows limited take-up of an earlier smartphone-based system and has further fuelled privacy concerns about contact tracing technology.
The government did not specify whether carrying the device would be mandatory.

To Solve Big Problems, Look for Small Wins (HBR) Published on: June 5, 2020 | Category: Leadership

It is tempting, during a crisis as severe as the Covid-19 pandemic, for leaders to respond to big problems with bold moves — a radical strategy to reinvent a struggling business, a long-term shift to virtual teams and long-distance collaboration.
I’d argue that even if we do face a “next normal,” the best way for leaders to move forward isn’t by making sweeping changes but rather by embracing a gradual, improvisational, quietly persistent approach to change that Karl E. Weick, the organizational theorist and distinguished professor at the University of Michigan, famously called “small wins.”
“The massive scale on which social problems are conceived often precludes innovation action,” he warned. “People often define social problems in ways that overwhelm their ability to do anything about them.”

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