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COVID-19 survey: Most US residents oppose rapid reopening of economy
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Across the political divide, a majority of U.S. residents don’t think their states should reopen their economies yet, according to the results of a new national survey gauging public opinion on a wide range of topics related to COVID-19.
Social distancing time frames: How our expectations affect compliance
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In a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, researchers surveyed nearly 900 Italian residents to explore what happens when expectations are shattered about how long social distancing measures, like self-isolation, would last. Participants were less willing to do more self-isolating when told that social distancing time frames would run much longer or shorter than they anticipated.
How journalists investigated carbon monoxide deaths in HUD housing
Source: JournalistsResource.orgDigital divide: Rural broadband in the time of coronavirus
Source: JournalistsResource.orgStarr Gilmartin, 63, lives with her husband in Trenton, Maine. She’s a social worker in this rural town of about 1,500 near Bar Harbor. Gilmartin uses telehealth technology to help psychiatrists evaluate their patients. At Northern Light Acadia Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Bangor about a 35-mile drive from Trenton, she connects by video conference to patients and psychiatrists sometimes based in other parts of the country.
A brief introduction to differential privacy for the 2020 census
Source: JournalistsResource.orgHow journalists can avoid spreading coronavirus misinformation
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Misinformation on social media was bad before the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s only gotten more harmful in the age of social distancing now that lives are on the line and millions of Americans are getting their daily dosage of human interaction and information solely from the virtual world.
The 2020 census will inform the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal funds
Source: JournalistsResource.orgWhen your boss is an algorithm: New research on computers as leaders
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If you work for a boss who has all the emotional intelligence of a computer, consider that someday your boss might actually be a computer. That’s not a dystopic fantasy – for some workers, it’s reality.
Valentine’s Day rituals, consumerism and senior dating
Source: JournalistsResource.orgWant some fresh takes for your Valentine’s Day coverage? Open your heart to the five studies we’ve summarized below. They look at: