@ wrote:

THIS IS BAD. The US posts 130,989 new #coronavirus cases—a record high. 61,964 people are currently hospitalized with #COVID19 *another record*.

The death toll was 1,347—this will soon soar, as it takes weeks for people to die from #COVID.

WE NEED A NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.

@shoptastic wrote:

Halloween
Pre-Election Rallies
In-Person Voting
Colder Weather
...Thanksgiving coming up

Have created a frightening case count situation in the U.S.

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@ wrote:

THIS IS BAD. The US posts 130,989 new #coronavirus cases—a record high. 61,964 people are currently hospitalized with #COVID19 *another record*.

The death toll was 1,347—this will soon soar, as it takes weeks for people to die from #COVID.

WE NEED A NATIONAL MASK MANDATE.

-Dena Grayson, MD, Ph.D.

@Shop-et-al wrote:

In addition to that, we need assurance that clean hands are contacting clean masks and vice versa.

@KathyG wrote:

I learned that last Saturday both Hubby and I were in a room with someone who eventually tested positive for COVID.

@ wrote:

Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, said a nationwide lockdown would help bring the virus under control in the U.S.

He said the government could borrow enough money to pay for a package that would cover lost income for individuals and governments during a shutdown.

“We could really watch ourselves cruising into the vaccine availability in the first and second quarter of next year while bringing back the economy long before that,” he said.

@shoptastic wrote:

@KathyG wrote:

I learned that last Saturday both Hubby and I were in a room with someone who eventually tested positive for COVID.

Will pray you guys are okay!!

@walesmaven wrote:

KathyG,
Where are you located, please?

Be well.

@Shop-et-al wrote:

Today, I was thinking in a covid-preventive way about next year and then found myself in my druthers. If I could cherry pick my gigs, I would choose...... or at least consider.....

- tasks that do not freak out my back. a frozen back makes everything take longer, which means less money and pleasure for a given time frame.

But will any gigs be available, anywhere, next year?

@ wrote:

. . .Stevens saw a post on Facebook about teaching Chinese kids English via websites like VIPKid, which pairs English-speaking teachers with Chinese students for 25-minute classes. Teachers pick time slots at their convenience and the company provides the lesson plans. The typical pay for each class is $7 to $8.50, she says.

She signed up and started teaching within a week.

Now, five years later, Stevens is a tutor for both VIPKid and GoGoKid. She also interviews and trains new teachers for the platforms, consults, and runs a YouTube channel about her teaching endeavors. That combo effort helps her pull in $5,000 per month.

@ wrote:

Google says it knows best times to visit places like coffee shops, pharmacies, grocery stores, restaurants and parks if you want to avoid crowds.

The data is pulled from Google Maps, which can already show you how busy a place is before you visit. It’s pretty general and will vary depending on where you live and the store or restaurant you’re planning to visit. But, here’s when Google says is the best time to visit certain places if you don’t want to be around a lot of other people:

@annelehman wrote:

Hello,all! Does anyone know anything about the PUA benefit - what is going on now? Esp. in VA? TY, Night Owl at 2:25 pm, ready to do a 5 Guys shop, with a shake.

@shoptastic wrote:

@annelehman wrote:

Hello,all! Does anyone know anything about the PUA benefit - what is going on now? Esp. in VA? TY, Night Owl at 2:25 pm, ready to do a 5 Guys shop, with a shake.

PUA is for those who don't qualify for "regular" state unemployment insurance. It covers gig workers/independent contractors/self-employed, such as shoppers.

If you're wondering whether it is still available, I believe so - UNTIL Dec. 31, 2020. ALL COVID-related benefits expire on that date, unless there is an extension.

So, the key date is: December 31st.

@ wrote:

Without a deal, federal funding will lapse for two key unemployment programs on Dec. 26 because of deadlines written into the CARES Act in March: The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, which extended unemployment benefits to gig workers and freelancers who don’t normally qualify, and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, which provides an extra 13 weeks of UI to those who have exhausted their state’s benefits.

@Susan L. wrote:

If it's like the benefit that $600 weekly benefit that expired in July, it could be that there is an expiration date of Dec 31, but to meet that deadline the effective last date is Dec 26.

In July the $600 expired on the 31st, but to meet that deadline certification had to be wrapped up the week before. People then got their $600 payment the following week, usually on their regular day--as long as the state did it by July 31st.

Maybe.

@walesmaven wrote:

The last reporting week of UI ends 12/26; benefits for that week, as usual, will be paid the following week, as I understand it.

@shoptastic wrote:

eviction vs. mortgage foreclosure moratoriums are also separate:
December 31, 2020 is when eviction moratoriums expire. Thus, January 1, 2020 is when evictions can be filed. Without an extension on the ban, some estimate up to 6 million Americans could be evicted in January.

March 2021 (end), on the other hand, is when mortgage foreclosure moratoriums expire, as you're given one full year (which would be from March 2020 when COVID began) to meet your obligations. That's when foreclosures can begin.

@ wrote:

U.S. SHATTERS ITS HIGHEST DAILY DEATH TOLL FROM #COVID19—3,054 souls lost.

Worse: we had 209,822 new #coronavirus cases and *another record* 106,688 hospitalizations—meaning that the daily death toll will soar even higher.