Category «Food and Nutrition»

On site dining and drinking increases risk of COVID

Fisher KA, Tenforde MW, Feldstein LR, et al. Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1258–1264. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6936a5external icon – “Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from 11 U.S. health care …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

The State of the American Restaurant, City by City

New York City, San Francisco, Honolulu are still down over 80% from a year ago in terms of “seated diners.” Then there is the “LN-shaped” recovery in Pittsburgh. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET – “Six months into the Pandemic, restaurants that haven’t given up yet are still in survival mode. In many places, dining outside has been …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition

Why stores need to pay more attention to the air we breathe

CNN – “During the coronavirus pandemic, supermarkets and retail stores have added a variety of safety features. Workers have been required to mask up and, more recently, most customers too. But most have yet to tackle what could be another important safety measure — changes to the systems that keep the stores hot and cold, …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care

In These Neighborhoods, the Jobless Rate May Top 30 Percent

The New York Times: “The economic damage from the coronavirus is most visible in areas like Midtown Manhattan, where lunch spots have closed, businesses have gone dark and once-crowded sidewalks have emptied. But some of the worst economic pain lies in other neighborhoods, in the places where workers who’ve endured the broadest job losses live. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Poverty

Coronavirus Brings American Decline Out in the Open

Bloomberg Opinion – Noah Smith: Without fixes for infrastructure, education, health care and government, the U.S. will resemble a developing nation in a few decades. “The U.S.’s decline started with little things that people got used to. Americans drove past empty construction sites and didn’t even think about why the workers weren’t working, then wondered …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Housing, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine, Transportation

How the Pandemic Defeated America

The Atlantic – A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. “…Despite ample warning, the U.S. squandered every possible opportunity to control the coronavirus. And despite its considerable advantages—immense resources, biomedical might, scientific expertise—it floundered. While countries as different as South Korea, Thailand, Iceland, Slovakia, and Australia acted decisively to bend …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media, Transportation

KFF Health Tracking Poll – July 2020

Coronavirus: Reopening, Schools, And The Government Response – Key Findings – July 27, 2020: Amid a surging coronavirus pandemic and record numbers of new cases in many states, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds most U.S. adults feel the worst effects of the pandemic are yet to come, and seven in ten (including four …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Health Care, Poverty

FarmMatch

FarmMatch – “Trusted by 37,596 food eaters. Buy top-tated food From Small farms and buying clubs. We’ll help you find the food you love.” [Please support the local farmers in your area. They have always been there for us – we can support them now by shopping at farmers markets, joining CSAs and sharing information …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition

A New Role for Little Free Libraries

Book Riot: “…during this pandemic, we are listening a little more attentively, more diligently, perhaps even more sincerely, at the issues that affect our communities. For many, this attention brings painful reminders or a new understanding of the many injustices surrounding us, which can be debilitating. But paying attention has also prompted people to take …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition, Libraries

What’s reopened and what’s still restricted in 16 cities around the world

Washington Post: “There was no common strategy when the pandemic hit. The same is true around the world for plans to climb back from shutdowns. The priorities and pace are different on how to reopen businesses, schools, restaurants and everything else hit by restrictions to battle the spread of covid-19. Some countries have adopted a …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Transportation