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Apr 8, 2020 48 min

Corona Culture Wars

from Disruption Now Hosted by Rob Richardson

Is the Cornoavrius Crisis showing the economy is not as strong as we thought? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/28/recession-economy-coronavirus/ Jobs aren't being destroyed fast elsewhere like the US. Why is That? In just one week, from March 15 to March 21, 3.3 million workers filed for unemployment insurance. According to some projections, the unemployment rate might rise as high as 30 percent in the second quarter of 2020. Instead of safeguarding employment, America is relying on beefed-up unemployment benefits to shield laid-off workers from economic hardship. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/opinion/coronavirus-economy-saez-zucman.html Racial Data for Corona Testing need? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/30/nation/democratic-lawmakers-including-warren-pressley-call-racial-data-virus-testing/ Does everybody love socialism as long as you don't call it that? https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?acqEntType=wall_standard&arcId=O4D2MV5PXBFCJC7UQ4B67NCWPY&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2020%2F03%2F25%2Fwe-are-all-socialists-now%2F&promo=o1&wp_prop=-1#/offers/promo/o1?acqEntType=wall_standard&arcId=O4D2MV5PXBFCJC7UQ4B67NCWPY&destination=https:%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2F2020%2F03%2F25%2Fwe-are-all-socialists-now%2F&wp_prop=-1 The response by Trump, Biden and the states https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/-president-cuomo-is-new-daydream-for-those-fretting-over-biden Is the Cornoavirus and social distancing beacoimng a new culture war? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/social-distancing-culture/609019/

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The Corona Culture Wars have begun. Depending on who you speak, the Coronavirus is a pandemic threatening the lives of millions or a hoax, overblown by the media to create fear. Facts, science, and information are secondary to political ideology. Will America become stronger following this crisis or descend into chaos and further division?

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