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In late February, Biogen held a medical conference in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Business Insider, contact tracing revealed 100 cases of COVID-19 were directly linked to the event. And a new report finds that those cases, in turn, may have led to 300,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus. By studying and tracing the genetic code of the virus, scientists determined up to 300,000 cases could be attributed to the conferences through November 1. COVID-19 cases linked to the Biogen conference were found in 29 states. 29% of the cases with the genetic marker from the conference were found in the state of Florida. Cases were also found in Indiana and North Carolina.
It's generally thought that once the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, front-line healthcare workers and nursing home residents will be first in line. But according to Gizmodo, bank tellers may get to skip the line--past them, and past the over-65's and those with underlying conditions. The industry trade group American Bankers Association has asked federal health authorities to designate consumer-facing bank employees as 'essential workers.' Such a designation would give them vaccine prioritization once the Federal Food and Drug Administration grants emergency-use authorization. To date, the U.S. has seen nearly 15 million COVID-19 cases and 280,000 deaths--the most in the world. The CDC predicts 19,500 new deaths will be reported during the week of Christmas, and that another 300,000 COVID-19 cases will be added in December.
According to Business Insider, Southwest Airlines is trying to stay afloat during the pandemic by adjusting their routes. They recently announced that they will serve nine new leisure routes to cities across the country, with a focus on Florida, Colorado, and California. The sharp drop in business customers has forced Southwest to serve airports it has historically avoided and operate seasonal services, to places like Miami; Palm Springs, California; and Montrose, Colorado, just in time for ski season. Palm Springs is also a popular destination for social distancing. Alaska Airlines has also recently added new routes to the desert location as well. The country largest low-cost airline will also expand their service in Chicago and Houston. The airline recently asked employees to take a pay cut to avoid furloughs, for the first time in their near 50-year history.
The novel coronavirus pandemic is hitting the American workforce hard, but a new report reveals it's disproportionally affecting women. Business Insider reports the nonprofit newsroom The 19th says four times as many women as men left the workforce in September. According to Business Insider, the report said roughly 865,000 US women reported in September that they were no longer employed, compared to 216,000 men. The retail and hospitality industries are primarily made up of women, have been hit particularly hard by the terrible economic effects of the pandemic. Of the near 900,000 women who left the workforce in September, over 320,000 of them were Latina women. Almost 60,000 were Black women.
People line up in their cars at drive-through coronavirus testing site, next to another walk-in testing area in Miami, Florida, as cases surge in the US southern and western states. IMAGES
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