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Amy Goldman Koss, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Richard Levitan, Nicholas Caputo, Roberto Cosentini and Jorge Cabrera
We treated older coronavirus patients. Here's how to save more of them.
Requiring pulse oximetry checks once or twice a day in nursing homes would be a big step.
Richard Howey
Calculating cost of life, lockdown is worth it
A group of scientists found that, even measured by the coldblooded "economic" value of life, social distancing is well worth the cost.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Ahmaud Arbery's death was familiar to black America
Georgia man was unarmed and didn't provoke his attackers.
Quinn Reabe Nystrom
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MerriLea Kyllo
A one-size-fits-all plan doesn't work in Minnesota
Right now, we're treating all counties the same, regardless of how many cases are confirmed. A rating system could help.
Jay Young
Voting by mail will leave some behind
Black voters, those with disabilities and first-time voters could be at a disadvantage. Some degree of in-person voting must be preserved.
Chris Jones
A literal lockdown might beat COVID, but our society isn't built to do that
Collectively, we can't stop doing what we do.
Rebalancing the rights of all students in campus sex assault cases
With one caveat, new federal rules provide fairer treatment.
Daniel Taylor
Faye Flam
If you must reopen your states, at least collect good data on how it turns out
Those states should regularly test random samples of the population to help us understand how the disease spreads.
Erica Hillyer
Discrimination against people with disabilities must end
An organ transplant anti-discrimination bill has been introduced, which would give everyone a shot at life.
Tracking COVID-19 is a tech and privacy challenge in England
National Health Service app isn't likely to be widely used if public is wary.
Carolyn Tedesco
My child has special learning needs, and distance learning is helping
Online schooling seems to be the solution.
Derek A. Gunderson
Don Samuels
Mind you, I'm not complaining
But conservatives went from labeling liberals as whiners to turning it into their own cardinal virtue.
National service: Assemble a force for the work that lies ahead
It's an essential building block for contact tracing, among other needs.
Dick Schwartz
Sharrona Pearl
We just can't grow accustomed to these masks
It's time to face the facts. Seeing others' faces is what helps us trust others and make connections. The masks prevent that.
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