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On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, we compare our work from home experiences, ...and much more.

Podcast COVID-19 Update

• "No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO
  • Nearly All Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19 Had Chronic Health Issues, Study Finds
• French workers use 'right to walk out' as defence against coronavirus
• Portable 'cold plasma' wand prototype could destroy germs in seconds
• Bill Gates’s vision for life beyond the coronavirus
• MS, TSLA, FB report positive earnings despite pandemics and lock downs.
• Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic
• Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is helping hospitals remotely treat coronavirus patients
• YouTube to Host Free Virtual Film Festival With 20 Partners Including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance
  • As Hollywood Maps Out Its Return, New On-Set Protocols Take Center Stage

Audible Book of the Week

• Heroes by Stephen Fry
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Music Break: School's Out by Alice Cooper

Hot Topic: Distance Learning

• "I just can't do this." Harried parents forgo home school
  • Addressing California students’ loss of learning shapes plan to reopen schools

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same
• How I'm Handling Online Teaching

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