Forbes - The Playoffs

Plus: American popularity plummets globally

It’s almost playoff season for Major League Baseball, and the organization is working hard to ensure that players can stay as safe as possible while still vying for the World Series. Playoff games will be played at neutral sites in “bubbles,” and players will be tested daily. The precautions that the MLB is taking are starkly different to the college sports approach, which has seemed to take a more casual attitude towards the virus. Today, the Louisiana State University football coach told reporters that nearly all of the players on his roster have contracted Covid-19, though there are only three or four that are still symptomatic or in quarantine. Some colleges are trying to crack down on these sorts of relaxed attitudes by expelling students for violating Covid-19 rules, but it remains to be seen if this will be an effective tactic. 

BUSINESS

Goldman Sachs says that optimism about a Covid-19 vaccine should propel stocks up to record highs by the end of the year. 

Cybersecurity startup Medigate has raised $30 million to help hospitals prevent security breaches during the pandemic. 

Would paying people to take a Covid-19 vaccine make more folks likely to get vaccinated? Some economists say yes.

SCIENCE & HEALTH

New research shows that viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 don’t have long-lasting immunity. What does this mean for Covid-19?

Wildfires raging on the West Coast have people’s lungs battling both smoke and Covid-19. 

A new survey finds that the Covid-19 pandemic is preventing some people from getting tuberculosis treatment, setting the international TB response back. 

This study shows that the protocols that four summer camps used to stay open during the pandemic worked. Contributor Nina Shapiro says that these steps could help schools as well. 

ON THE UPSIDE

How To Survive: Dr. Edith Eger, a Holocaust survivor and psychologist, gives tips on how to keep going when everything seems terrible.