This article discusses how, despite the blow to Europe’s largest economy, the contagion risks associated with having 6 million attendees (2 million from outside Germany) in the city for the two-week fall festival were too great. While Germany’s extensive testing
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The ruling Saturday by the federal district court judge puts in place a Temporary Restraining Order against the state’s emergency rules limiting mass gatherings. According to the court, because the state’s executive order (a) was not neutral toward religion, in
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This evaluation by the Eviction Lab & Columbia Law Professor Emily Benfer rates Indiana policy just above a 1/2 star out of a possible 5 star rating for the state’s pandemic-related executive, legislative, and judicial actions addressing eviction and housing.
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This press release describes the economy reopening framework agreed upon by the bipartisan group of governors from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The governors indicate that the economy will not open all at once. Furthermore, they also
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This article reports on a recent Boston city council meeting at which councilors urged local hospitals and health authorities that may be forced to allocate scarce critical care resources to consider the impact of systemic racism on the prevalence of
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The updated Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan outlines the steps needed to transition to and maintain a steady-state of low-level to no Coronavirus transmission, the best possible available outcome given the lack of immunity or a vaccine at this time.
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In a press release and presentation issued today, California Governor Newsom outlined a data- and science-driven framework that will guide their review of the state’s stay-at-home and other COVID-19-related policies. The state of California has announced their “Roadmap to Modify
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This emergency ordinance will devote $180 million toward ensuring protection for a vulnerable population, slow the spread of the virus in the city, and send needed funding to an industry whose business and workforce has been decimated over the past
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This Executive Order signed yesterday by the Rhode Island Governor will require, beginning Saturday, that employees of all still-open be provided cloth masks at the business’ expense and wear such masks at work. The order also requires all customers entering
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This article evaluates potential strategies for allocation of scarce PPE to health care providers from an ethical perspective and recommends a range of approaches to be adapted to the circumstances of a particular hospital. Many ethical frameworks focus on the
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