#5SmartReads - August 5, 2020

On fibroids, Lebanon, and a shocking voting statistic

The Gig Economy Compromised Our Immune System (Bloomberg Opinion)

“What does the devastation wrought by Covid-19 tell us about the underlying pathologies of our own culture and time? It’s hard to escape one common factor in multiple outbreaks. Again and again, clusters of infection have been associated with those whose work is low-paid, insecure and contingent.”

If I were running for President, one of my biggest platforms would be to develop federal protections for gig economy workers and a public-private partnership to get the companies hiring these workers en masse on board to fund said protections.

I strongly felt this way pre-COVID. I feel even more strongly about it today.