Forbes - Covid-19 Is Here For The Long Haul

Plus: Nearly half of pandemic ICU staff struggling with mental health

The seven days since the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week have been politically fraught -- and they’ve also been the deadliest days of the pandemic. Yesterday the U.S. hit an all-time high of single day deaths: 4,400 deaths from Covid-19. For the past seven days, that number is a shocking 23,463 deaths. Many factors are contributing to this current surge -- confusing lockdown mandates, a slow vaccine rollout, and of course the current political unrest which has led to protests and riots. Another possible reason for the high number of deaths: two new strains of Covid-19 that were just discovered in the U.S., at least one of which seems to be more contagious than “regular” Covid-19.

Business

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has reportedly asked President-elect Joe Biden to consider a large coronavirus stimulus package worth more than $1.3 trillion. 

Private equity giant the Carlyle Group told investors that vaccines likely won’t make Federal Reserve interest rates rise just yet.  

CVS has announced that it plans to vaccinate up to 10,000 nursing homes a week in order to get vaccines to our most vulnerable community members.

Science & Health

Here’s how cancer researchers say the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their work. 

A new study finds that college campuses are superspreading locations of Covid-19. 

Here’s why people who live in nursing homes should be our top Covid-19 priority.

On The Upside

The Next Pandemic: The bad news -- there will likely be another infectious disease pandemic in the future. The good news-- lessons that we’ve learned from Covid-19 can help us prepare.