2020 will be a year of reckoning for the world’s food systems. In just months, COVID-19 shut down half the globe. Images of panic buying, empty grocery shelves and miles-long queues at food banks have suddenly reminded us how important food systems are in our lives and how imbalanced they have become.
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How The Pandemic Could Force A Generation Of Mothers Out Of The Workforce
Child care just isn’t as available as it was before the pandemic. Data provided to FiveThirtyEight by the job-search website Indeed shows that child-care services have been much slower to hire again (a useful proxy for re-opening) than other areas of the economy:
The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has sickened more than 16.5 million people across six continents. It is raging in countries that never contained the virus. It is resurging in many of the ones that did. If there was ever a time when this coronavirus could be contained, it has probably passed. One outcome is now looking almost certain: This virus is never going away.
Coronavirus Survivors: Here's What Recovery May Look Like
Hundreds of thousands of seriously ill coronavirus patients who survive and leave the hospital are facing a new and difficult challenge: recovery. Many are struggling to overcome a range of troubling residual symptoms, and some problems may persist for months, years or even the rest of their lives.
Cybercrime’s COVID-19 surge—and what we can do about it
Covid-19 has forever transformed the way we run our businesses. Digital transformation is accelerating, priorities are shifting, and working from home will be the new normal. As we continue to navigate this new world, we must also think differently about how to mitigate the risks of cyberattacks—attacks which are surging amidst the current crisis and the related spike in remote work.
How tech companies are reopening offices: Google, Salesforce, and more
Tech companies are rethinking their business post COVID19. Some have already opened their doors to employees with limitations and others have told employees they can work from home till end of this fiscal year. Learn how these companies are thinking about the future.
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
Architects are predicting the future of design will be influenced by coronavirus after the pandemic forced people to stay inside for months. The open-concept look that defines modernism may be replaced by a more defensive style marked by barriers and walls.
Coronavirus: why it's dangerous to blindly 'follow the science' when there's no consensus yet
In the face of the virus emergency, research standards have been relaxed to encourage faster publication and mistakes become inevitable. This is risky. Ultimately, if expert advice on the pandemic turns out to be wrong, it will have dire consequences for how reliable scientific evidence is treated in other policy areas, such as climate change.
Swamped mental health and addiction services appeal for Covid bailout – POLITICO
Mental health and addiction treatment centers and counselors have been overwhelmed with work during the coronavirus pandemic and economic crash. But many are struggling to stay afloat amid confusion and delays over the federal bailout for the health care industry.
The future of dining: shorter menus, pricier food, less service
There will be many changes to dining out, like shorter menus, and servers wearing masks and surgical gloves.We don't know how this will effect the industry, we know that many resturants who have closed will never come back.