COVID changed everything. From consumption patterns to communication standards, the idea that changes resulting from the events of 2020 and 2021 would disappear as soon as a vaccine was developed has been proven drastically shortsighted. For example, with the U.S.’s great post-pandemic reopening now well...
The continued presence of COVID-19 is disrupting what could’ve been a summer of renewed confidence in going out, a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) says. This comes as there’s been a decrease in deaths and more acute illness — as opposed to the...
Small business owners are not happy about a new proposal in Congress to redirect unspent money from COVID-19 programs to give $10 billion for various services like vaccines and therapeutics, a report Monday (April 18) from The Wall Street Journal said. The report said part...
Bank of America will bring its U.S. workers, vaccinated or not, back to the office by June 1, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 5). The employees will have some flexibility to work from home but will be “strongly encouraged” to collaborate in person, the reports said....
There could be a rise in COVID-19 cases in the U.S., though according to Dr. Anthony Fauci it’s not likely to prompt a renewal of broad restrictions, Bloomberg wrote Sunday (March 20). White House chief medical adviser said the country “likely will see an uptick...
Inflation in the U.S. and a new wave of COVID-19 infections elsewhere in the world are likely to slow people’s transition out of the house and back to pre-pandemic pastimes. In that case, the pandemic nesting trend will continue to pay dividends well into 2022....
Amazon and Walmart customers are likely to face delays due to COVID restrictions in some of China’s major manufacturing hubs, according to an industry trade group, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March 15). The location of half of China’s online retail exporters in Shenzhen was recently placed...
We’ve been here before, circa March 2020, where lockdowns in one part of the world wind up having negative ripple effects in the rest of the world. To be specific, ports cities under pandemic lockdown in China will strain last-mile efforts down the line to...
Two California lawmakers are targeting what they called disinformation about COVID-19, rejecting criticism that their proposed legislation might curb free speech. Sen. Richard Pan and Assemblymember Evan Low introduced separate measures to stop the spread of misinformation about the pandemic and protect public health, the...
