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SARS-COV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019 (International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents) Published on: May 3, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Covid-19 was already spreading in France in late December 2019, a month before the official first cases in the country.
Early community spreading changes our knowledge of covid-19 epidemic.
This new case changes our understanding of the epidemic and modeling studies should adjust to this new data.

Profits and Pride at Stake, the Race for a Vaccine Intensifies (NY Times) Published on: May 3, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact, Global Response

Governments, companies and academic labs are accelerating their efforts amid geopolitical crosscurrents, questions about safety and the challenges of producing enough doses for billions of people.
Seven of the roughly 90 projects being pursued by governments, pharmaceutical makers, biotech innovators and academic laboratories have reached the stage of clinical trials.
The intensity of the global research effort is such that governments and companies are building production lines before they have anything to produce.

Reimagining Business After Coronavirus: How One Cleveland Restaurant’s Choices Ripple Through the Economy (WSJ) Published on: May 2, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Economic Impact

After coronavirus, he is fundamentally rethinking his business to have any chance of saving it in a post-lockdown world.
“This isn’t a restart. This is a startup,” said Mr. Bebenroth. “The model has changed so much,” he added. “It is a new company.”
Among the questions the 42-year-old chef is grappling with: Is the pandemic the end of passed-around hors d’oeuvres? What to do with a farm full of fancy purple asparagus?

As weather improves, questions about outdoor COVID-19 transmission risks grow (CBC) Published on: May 2, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Economic Impact

Please, go outside, says B.C.’s top doctor. Don’t go where everybody else is going, says Ontario’s.
Research about the likelihood of outdoor transmission of the new coronavirus is virtually non-existent.
While evidence about outdoor transmission of the virus is lacking, research “has consistently shown that transmission is strongly dependent on being in close proximity to a sick person for some period of time,” says the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, a Vancouver-based team of researchers funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Life after lockdown: welcome to the empty-chair economy (FT) Published on: May 2, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Spain will be open for business on Monday. But, by appointment only.
“It’s as if we are doctors or dentists,” says Maximino Sordo, who runs a shop in central Madrid with no bookings yet for next week. “But we are a hardware store.”
Instead, the next few months are going to feel like an empty-chair economy, with new shift patterns at factories, half-full buses and trains, staggered opening hours and unusually roomy restaurants.

The Coronavirus Is Rewriting Our Imaginations (The New Yorker) Published on: May 2, 2020 | Category: Leadership

What felt impossible has become thinkable. The spring of 2020 is suggestive of how much, and how quickly, we can change as a civilization.
We’re getting a different sense of our place in history. We know we’re entering a new world, a new era. We seem to be learning our way into a new structure of feeling.
It’s not that the coronavirus is a dress rehearsal—it’s too deadly for that. But it is the first of many calamities that will likely unfold throughout this century. Now, when they come, we’ll be familiar with how they feel.

Wary Workers Are Trying to Keep a Canadian Beef Plant Shut (Bloomberg) Published on: May 1, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business

The union representing employees at a major Canadian beef plant that’s been hit by the coronavirus is trying to keep the facility shut to protect workers.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 401 has sought a stop work order and filed an unfair labor practice complaint to try and stop Cargill Inc. from reopening its High River beef plant in Alberta on May 4, the union said Friday in a statement.
Nearly half of the plant’s 2,000 workers have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the union, which says the facility should remain closed until the company can ensure the safety of workers.

Coronavirus Prompts Biggest U.S. Manufacturing Pullback Since Last Recession (WSJ) Published on: May 1, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

The Institute for Supply Management said Friday its manufacturing index fell to 41.5% from 49.1% in March.
A subindex for manufacturing production fell to 27.5 in April, the lowest reading in records going back to January 1948.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported that construction spending rose 0.9% in March from the previous month thanks to a 2.3% jump in residential construction.

The week business waved goodbye to the V-shape recovery (FT) Published on: May 1, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Remember the V-shaped recovery? Not long ago, it was the economic consensus: a short sharp shock from the pandemic followed by a rebound in the third quarter.
But Norwegian Air Shuttle warned this week it expected to stay in “hibernation” for the next 12 months and would only resume normal operations in 2022.
McDonald’s acknowledged as much this week, with chief executive Christopher Kempczinski noting that “we’re not seeing a V-shaped recovery in China”.

More than 120 Atlanta restaurants refuse to open despite Georgia Gov Kemp lifting stay-at-home orders (The Hill) Published on: May 1, 2020 | Category: Global Response

More than 120 restaurants in Atlanta are refusing to open their dining rooms to patrons until they believe it’s safe, despite Georgia’s decision to allow restaurants and other businesses to start reopening this week amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Chefs and restaurant owners have come together to pushback against the state law allowing restaurant dining rooms to reopen with some restrictions, forming the “#GAHospitalityTogether” initiative.

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