Forbes - 100,000 U.S. Deaths

Plus: South Korea spike shows danger of second wave

Today is a somber milestone in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 Americans have officially succumbed to the virus in the past three months. This horrible number makes the question of when we will have a vaccine feel even more urgent. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shared an encouraging idea today: a vaccine could be available as early as November of this year. Not all experts agree with this aggressive timeline, however, which would be the fastest vaccine production in world history. Plus, once a vaccine is actually made there’s another question: who will take it? American distrust in government and science has been heightened during the pandemic, and a new poll shows that just half of Americans would actually get a vaccine against coronavirus if it was available.

Business

The stock market closed high today, with the Dow closing above 25,000 for the first time since March.

Goldman Sachs still forecasts that unemployment will peak in the U.S. at 25% due to Covid-19 and remain high for at least two years.

Boeing is the latest large company to lay off thousands of workers due to the pandemic.

In order to get out of the coronavirus sales slump, Tesla cuts prices on cars in North America & China.

Science & Health

The CDC says that a large number of coronavirus antibody tests are giving false results.

Almost half of Americans have postponed or cancelled their healthcare appointments due to the coronavirus.

A key protein that causes Covid-19 infection may be the reason why adults get more severely sick than children.

Do you have a kid at home bouncing off the walls? Here’s when and how they can safely take that energy out to the field instead.

On the Upside

Gowns4Good: this nonprofit takes graduation gowns and makes them into personal protective equipment for frontline workers.