NYT chart shows all causes of death in NYC over past 20 years, then coronavirus spike
“[D]eaths over the last month dwarf what would be expected from seasonal variations, and look more like a mass casualty event.” ...
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Black and Latino New Yorkers are dying of coronavirus at twice the rate of whites
Preliminary data released today on the coronavirus outbreak in New York City shows that black and Latino people in the city are dying at twice the rate of white people who contract the virus.
“Officials revealed that disparity on Wednesday as they announced that 779 more people in the state had died of the virus, the ...
New York’s ‘system for managing our dead’ overwhelmed, says NYC councilman
Morgue space overload. ...
‘CANCEL THE RENT’ projected on NYC skyscraper by The Illuminator
'CANCEL THE RENT' 'SEND MORE VENTILATORS' 'STOP ICE RAIDS'
NYC-based political projection collective 'The Illuminator' staged a large-scale public projection in Manhattan on Saturday night to make several demands on local, state, and federal governments during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Here are images of the socially distant protest in light, which was projected from an apartment.
FDA now allows treatment of life-threatening COVID-19 cases using blood from patients who have recovered
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its rules around use of experimental treatments for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to include use of ‘convalescent plasma,’ in cases where the patient’s life is seriously or immediately threatened. This isn’t an approval of the procedure as a certified treatment, but rather an emergency clearance that ...
NY now has ~8,000 cases of Coronavirus, about half of all cases in the US
The number of coronavirus cases in New York sharply increased to nearly 8,000 cases on Friday, a result of increased testing and the continuing uncontrolled spread of the virus that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19.
This is 10 times higher than what was reported earlier in the week.
New York now has half of all coronavirus ...
NYSE will temporarily close its trading floor and move to electronic trading only
The New York Stock Exchange will close its trading floor on Monday, March 23 and fully move to electronic trading, the exchange’s operator Intercontinental Exchange announced today. The actual physical locations that will close are the NYSE equities trading floor in New York, the NYSE American Options trading floor in New York and the NYSE ...
Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019?
Five years ago, it was hard to come by any numbers for annual VC investment in Africa. These days the challenge is choosing which number to follow. That’s the case for three venture funding studies for Africa that turned up varied results. The numbers and variance Investment stats released by media outlet Disrupt Africa, data-base ...
Trump to NY: Stop lawsuits against me if you want Global Entry, then he made ‘The Godfather’ joke
*** is even going on anymore.
Today, impeached president Donald John Trump did another bad thing right out in the open.
On Twitter, he said New York “must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment” if state residents want the ability to apply for 'Global Entry' status with the Department of Homeland Security. The program, which ...
Reset Button is approaching student debt from a new angle
Student loan debt in the U.S. totals $1.5 trillion, and more than 44 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt. According to research by Jason Iuliano, Villanova law professor, a million student loan debtors have filed for bankruptcy in the past five years. However, 99.9 percent of them did not include their student loan debt ...