It's about to get even worse
It's about to get even worse
Erica Pandey, author of @Work
The weather is getting colder and the days are getting shorter — accelerating the economic and psychological damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
The big picture: During the summer, businesses took advantage of outdoor dining, exercise and shopping, and families and friends safely gathered outside and at a distance. As the season changes, much of what made the last several months bearable will vanish.
Businesses that have made it this far could start closing in droves.
Those that have stayed open in big metros have done so by seating patrons outside. And although many cities are extending outdoor dining permits into the fall and winter, restaurateurs doubt customers will want to sit outside in the cold or the rain — unless they spend big on outdoor heaters.
Many other businesses — from yoga studios to music schools — have been conducting classes outside all summer. Their customers may disappear in the winter, too.
Washington's failure to deliver relief in the form of a stimulus package is hammering the economy.
And the lack of stimulus money and unemployment insurance is pushing Americans to tighten their wallets — a troubling sign for the economy's health.
"The expiration of enhanced unemployment insurance benefits pulled $667 billion in purchasing power out of the economy in August alone," per the Economic Policy Institute.
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https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-economic-impact-winter-3025c181-2035-4a44-9f74-5b56926e624e.html
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And all-virtual school districts are being pressured to fully re-open in person classes.
Add in the flu & omg... 
Shelby County Schools (Memphis region) is all virtual, however, teachers are required to teach online from their classrooms. (Genius, right? 
)
They just reported a cluster within the district.
Seniors at one district near me is doing hybrid with online only option, were required to be on site for up to 3 days for ACT test.
Incredibly poor planning & management of this event. On the main day, all hybrid students went virtual, so an enormous building had only 400-500 students. All teachers & support staff were required to be in the building.
Why then were kids CRAMMED together, 20+ to a room? With multiple staff in each room. ZERO enforcement of mask mandate. Students with no masks & staff with masks under noses / chins.
I keep asking myself why do they want people sick, dead, or debilitated for life with organ damage? (This is a super red area.)
So ridiculous & sad!
Stay safe! 
because all around is in flames and it's only a matter of time. 
We are using a color coded map based on one Harvard came up with. If the map is green in your county, schools open and - just as important as life itself - there's high school football games. GOP Governor Justice has monkeyed with the input criteria so mucn that there is little resemblance now to the Harvard map. Want to make the map look better? Change the thresholds. University clusters making a county look bad? Count each university as one COVID case, whether they have one or 10,000 cases.
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/justice-takes-offense-at-claims-state-is-manipulating-covid-19-risk-maps/article_3040710f-4bbc-569b-bfdd-9bbb42dcc7b3.html
