Burdened by unexpected expenses as revenues shrink because of the pandemic, Connecticut towns say they need federal help.
April 29, 2020 @ 6:46 pm
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Coronavirus hospitalizations continue to decline in Connecticut
Continued decline in the number of hospitalized, but fatalities rose by 79 — bringing the death toll to 2,168.
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CT Latinos suffer high COVID-19 infection rates as their jobs force public interaction
Connecticut Latinos are paying a steep price during the pandemic, including suffering high levels of stress.
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Connecticut residents avoid hospital ERs during pandemic, even for serious problems
Hospital officials worry that people who are experiencing symptoms of heart attacks and strokes are not seeking emergency medical care.
Posted inSteady Habits
PODCAST: Three lessons for governing after the pandemic
Congressman Jim Himes says the coronavirus pandemic offers some lessons on how to mitigate future public health and economic crises.
Posted inGovernment, Health
Coronavirus is increasing substance use – and decreasing treatment availability, providers say
Fewer beds and greater expenses are kneecapping addiction treatment facilities just as the need is about to rise.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Correcting misinformation on Connecticut’s Bottle Bill during the COVID-19 pandemic
Some people have been using the coronavirus health emergency as an opportunity to push misinformation and sow confusion in service of profit during this time of public crisis. The plastics industry has pursued rollbacks of single-use plastics bans based on unsound science. Big oil has demanded bailouts. And opponents of Connecticut’s bottle bill have claimed that bottle redemption programs are unsafe.
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Connecticut municipalities should consider ways to help save their small businesses
The trifecta of extended compulsory closing of businesses, the removal of trillions of dollars of cash from circulation, and a near-zero federal funds rate has rearranged the economic landscape of states, cities, and towns across America in a way that is likely to disrupt and slow recovery efforts after the social effects of the pandemic have passed.
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COVID-19 and the underbrush theory. Why Smokey Bear is the problem
The definitive COVID-19 history awaits good data on overall death rates, which will eventually reveal whether the moving average death rate for the 2015-2025 period shows a significant increase around the COVID-19 years (2019-20), within what should otherwise be a gradually rising trend in death-rate in most countries as their populations continue to age.* The “Underbrush Theory,” helps to explain what has happened.