Quote of the day
“Even though they may report into local governments, this is a statewide issue. This is not only one locality or two or three across the state, isolated, that are dealing with it.”
South Dakota state Rep. Sue Peterson, R-Sioux Falls, who says the trauma first responders experience doesn’t have anything to do with the government entity that hires them
South Dakota legislators to study first responders’ mental health and resources
Lawmakers in South Dakota plan to study mental health issues experienced by first responders after they defeated a bill earlier this year to include post-traumatic stress disorder in workers’ compensation for first responders. The committee will include legislators, first responders and mental health professionals. Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Canada: Thousands of workers’ comp claims filed as result of pandemic
Workers’ compensation boards across Canada have received thousands of claims from employees who say they contracted COVID-19 on the job, underscoring how the pandemic has become a new workplace hazard for many Canadians. Nurses, orderlies and other healthcare employees, especially those at long-term care homes have filed the largest number of claims, followed by municipal workers, ag workers and firemen. The Province
Long Island: How to replace local revenue lost to COVID-19
The three-month shutdown of public and private sectors has left the Long Island economy in disarray. Nassau County’s 2020 projected deficit was recently revised upwards another $100 million to a stunning $384 million. Adam Haber, The Island
Satellite data suggests coronavirus hit China earlier than reported
Auto traffic surges around major hospitals in Wuhan, China show coronavirus may have been spreading through central China long before the outbreak was first reported, according to a new Harvard Medical School study. “Something was happening in October,” according to the chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and director of the medical center’s Computational Epidemiology Lab. ABC News