Topic: COVID-19
Work From Home: Adjustments Still to Come?
The history of industrial transformation suggests more gradual change
The Dollar Store Fix for Vaccination Deserts
Pharmacies aren’t everywhere — adding dollar stores could reduce average distance to vaccination by 62%
The Case for Field Experiments in Behavioral Research
Nudges already proven to work in the real-world increased uptake of COVID-19 boosters; nudges based on lab findings and expert insights, not so much
Texting Our Way Closer to Herd Immunity
A simple message with a behavioral nudge boosts vaccination rate
Should the U.S. Aim for a Zero-COVID-19 Policy?
Tolerating a low level of transmission just might be the better strategy
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Politicians and Labor Love Reshoring; Investor Reaction Is Mixed
Stock prices dip around some announcements of return of jobs
Pencils Ready — You May Begin
The value of schmoozing, $3.4 trillion gone missing, the mystery of momentum investing, and more
Options Market Signals Scope of Federal Reserve Interventions
Traders see an implicit promise beyond specific asset purchases
More Staffers: More COVID-19 Exposures and More Nursing Home Deaths
Reliance on part-timers raises headcounts and dangers to patients
Medicare Ratings Didn’t Predict Nursing Homes’ Initial COVID-19 Vulnerability
Rate of spread in the surrounding community was a bigger indicator of risk
Medical Debt in Collection Estimated at $140 Billion
Poorer residents of states refusing to expand Medicaid hit hardest
Link Between Unvaccinated Staff and Nursing Home Deaths
Higher morbidity found where fewer staffers are vaccinated against COVID-19
Israel and COVID-19: Political Dissension But a Unified National Plan
Varying ideologies contributed to early spread in small nation
In COVID-19, Should the Logistics Tail Have Wagged the Vaccine Dog?
Balancing vaccine efficacy against need to quickly inoculate more people