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Ron Feldman
April 1, 2020
After test kits ran out within minutes of opening, motorists queue up to wait for more than two hours for a COVID-19 test at a Stride Community Health

Just as in the financial crisis, only testing can save us

Then, it was stress tests to determine which banks were healthy and which weren't. Now, we need to know who has this virus.
Matt Klein and Jeffrey Hayden
April 1, 2020
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spoke at a press conference to discuss the state response to COVID-19. ] GLEN STUBBE •

Senators wanting to relax stay-at-home orders: What are you talking about?

They offer no evidence that the stay-at-home orders are too strict — just their gut feelings.
Multiple Authors
April 1, 2020
Deb Hulbert, second from left, director of employee assistance program and employee occupational health and safety spoke during a meeting of Allina's

Leaders of health care organizations: Hospital preparedness depends on Minnesotans staying home

The measures taken by the governor are buying us valuable time.
Doug and Jean Wilhide
April 1, 2020
People for and opposed to the Minneapolis school district's restructuring plan (CDD) gathered at the school board meeting . The vote is scheduled for

History repeats with Minneapolis schools plan

Effort to radically reshape the district sounds much like what we heard 40 years ago — and too many things about it just don't make sense.
Jon Jensen
April 1, 2020
An ambulance arrived at Hennepin County Medical Center Tuesday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Bachman's Floral, Home & Ga

National Guard adjutant general: Fellow Minnesotans, join the fight against COVID-19

It is essential to unite behind those responding to this crisis with the same passion shown to those of us in the armed forces.
Editorial, San Diego Union-Tribune
March 31, 2020

How to maintain democracy despite the pandemic

Here are four key steps to ensure voting, governing continue.
Nora Wise
March 31, 2020
FILE -- Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton leads an online Fellowship hour with parishioners using the Zoom videoconferencing app, from her office at Saugatu

Distance learning: I'm a teacher, not a techie

But I'm going to try, and at least I'll be learning something along the way, with terrific tech support.
Andrea Cuene, Lance Bagstad and Sue VanHooser
March 31, 2020
In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, photo, Andrea Royce, standing at center, homeschools her children Rowan, from left, 6, Lucy, 1, and Parker, 4, with

With distance learning: Be kind, be patient, be understanding

Educators, parents and students are facing change all at once and doing their best. We're all in this together.
Dan Savaloja
March 31, 2020
Durante semanas, los 3.5 millones de camioneros en EEUU han sido vitales para mantener en vilo la economía del país en medio de la crisis po

Offer a thankful wave to America's truckers

These drivers are the living links to nearly everything our hospitals, families, farmers and businesses need in a time of distancing.
Clara Ferreira Marques
March 31, 2020
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, a desert locust sits on a maize plant at a farm in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya. A supercomp

Global food supply is the next virus headache

Logistical disruptions are inevitable. Nation-level hoarding is a concern, but isn't the norm for now.
Elissa Slotkin
March 31, 2020
Registered nurse Lindsay Stewart showed the proper way to don PPE in the intensive care unit of Bethesda hospital, which has been converted into a COV

Five ways the federal government can help health care professionals get critical gear

It starts with naming a single federal emergency medical supply czar.
Sabreen Akhter
March 31, 2020
A designated area for patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York on Monday, March 23, 2020. Test kits

Your hospital shift is done. You ditch your contaminated scrubs on your porch.

An emergency physician's story.
Editorial
March 30, 2020

Watching calories as the coronavirus spreads

Winners and losers in this shutdown are being unnecessarily and arbitrarily determined.
Jim Abeler, John Hoffman and Scott Jensen
March 30, 2020
In this Monday, March 23, 2020, photo, mannequins in the window of Hubert White are seen at night with deserted streets during the coronavirus outbrea

More thoughtful lockdown rules could spare us loss and suffering

Winners and losers in this shutdown are being unnecessarily and arbitrarily determined.
FROM THE ECONOMIST
March 30, 2020

Suddenly, the era of big government is back. But is it back 'for good'?

The greatest crisis worries: freedom, surveillance.
John Lennes
March 28, 2020
Coronavirus response: When can the pieces come back together?

Coronavirus response: When can the pieces come back together?

When can the pieces come back together?We need a more surgical approach to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mike Meyers
March 28, 2020
Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, has divested his holding in Cadre, a real estate investment venture that sought to profit from Opportunity

'Opportunity Zones': Tellingly problematic, especially in bailout times

The 'opportunity' that's a problem. Trump's 'Opportunity Zones' show the dangers of corporate welfare in the new bailout bill.
Nicholas Kristof and Stuart A. Thompson
March 27, 2020
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens to President Donald Trump speak about the coronavirus du

Returning to normal is too dangerous to contemplate

It's clear premature re-openings could be a historic mistake resulting in an explosion of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
John Kass, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
March 27, 2020
Mark Williams in "Father Brown." (BBC/IMDb/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1594124

Effects of the outbreak: Bread but no circus?

Not sure I can make it without sports and without discussion about sports. (If you're above that, well, bully for you.)
Editorial
March 27, 2020

Coronavirus has ignited another outbreak: xenophobia

Chinese-Americans are feeling the impact in daily life.
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