At least 43 states are beginning to reopen their economies and new modeling is projecting that there could be 134,000 coronavirus related deaths by August. The models coming from the University of Washington took into account rising testing, contact tracing, and rising temperatures, but said that the premature relaxation of social distancing would likely cause more cases of COVID-19 and more deaths. Alice Miranda Ollstein, healthcare reporter at Politico, joins us for more.




Next, researchers at 3 universities have received a federal research grant to create a contact tracing mobile app for students that could track a person’s real-time location and symptoms and would calculate a type of social credit score that determines your COVID-19 risk and also a risk score for locations. Tami Abdollah, senior reporter at Dot LA, joins us for how some universities hope to keep students safe.




Finally, since coronavirus has shut everything down and no playbook for running a completely digital political campaign, candidates have had to operate a little more like influencers and hope to go viral. Zoom and Instagram Live streams are now for policy discussions. Twitter and Facebook are the new rally stages to build a following. Makena Kelly, policy reporter at the Verge, joins us for how campaigns have had to adapt.

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