New COVID-19 safety recommendations for airlines issued today by the Department of Transportation are inadequate, Consumer Reports said. Any such guidelines should be mandatory to ensure passengers are protected from coronavirus risks. The DOT issued guidelines for airlines and airports to follow to address safety concerns during the pandemic, but the agency provides too much leeway to industry and is not […]
Posts tagged with "COVID-19"
New Possible Pandemic
By Eamonn Burke As the coronavirus continues to ravage the United States and the entire world, new concerns have sprung up over another virus with roots in China. The flu virus is a newer strain of H1N1, a highly contagious and deadly disease that swept the world in 2009 and became a seasonal illness. This […]
New Possible Pandemic
By Eamonn Burke As the coronavirus continues to ravage the United States and the entire world, new concerns have sprung up over another virus with roots in China. The flu virus is a newer strain of H1N1, a highly contagious and deadly disease that swept the world in 2009 and became a seasonal illness. This […]
Road Trip Hotels
Three hotels around the country are ready to safely host road-tripping guests The Shore Club Wisconsin, The Inn Hotel, and The Penn Stroud have recently joined Choice Hotels International, Inc.’s Ascend Hotel Collection, a global portfolio of resort, boutique and historic hotels. All three hotels are just a few hours’ drive from major U.S. cities and bustling suburbs, making them optimal destinations for guests […]
Puerto Vallarta Reopens
After new standards helped the State of Jalisco to obtain the WTTC ‘Safe Travels’ stamp, Puerto Vallarta reopens with health and safety protocols in place for locals and visitors Last week, Puerto Vallarta’s reopening showed the first visitors renowned tourism intact and comforting health and safety protocols to meet the realities of a world of COVID-19. Since […]
Gates – COVID-19 Vaccine
By Jason Tayer As the Black Lives Matter movement joined the COVID-19 pandemic in serving as two of the world’s most pressing current crises, they have undoubtedly merged in terms of their effects and implications on each other. The core issue driving the BLM movement deals with inequity and disproportionate treatment of black people compared […]
Scooter Braun on Coronavirus
Scooter Braun, manager to Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, among others, sat down with Yahoo Finance’s Andy Serwer to share his thoughts on coronavirus and his position in business. In the newly released interview, taped on May 20, Braun called on top executives to sacrifice some of their wealth, if necessary, to ensure the well-being […]
Texas and California Slow Reopening
By Emmet McGewon On March 27, a shadow, growing for weeks, reached monstrous proportions as Italy reached a grim milestone: 917 people passed away due to the novel coronavirus. The gloom pervaded for many more weeks as Italian streets emptied and hospitals overflowed. On the same day there were 5,906 new cases in the country. […]
The Pandemic is Not Over
Nursing homes and aging care providers have been working for months to protect Illinois’ older adults from the threat of COVID-19. In the face of this virulent virus, they have faced heartbreak, shortages of life-saving tests and supplies, and personal risk to their health and safety. Now older adults are facing a new danger: complacency. […]
Planning a Road Trip?
A survey conducted by Morning Consult commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association(AHLA) found that only 44 percent of Americans are planning overnight vacation or leisure travel in 2020, with high interest in road trips, family events, and long weekends over the summer months. Encouragingly, 68 percent of these expectant travelers say they are […]