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September

Debate continues over how vaccines will be distributed once they actually become available. In terms of timing, the CDC predicts the vaccine will be available by the end of October, while Fauci says the end of the year. Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris says she won’t trust any vaccine that comes out before the election.

Election preparation is a major concern, and many policymakers and advocates are seeking to increase mail-in voting. Mark Zuckerberg donates $300 million to election-related causes.

The Trump administration institutes a controversial eviction moratorium to prevent people from losing their housing due to pandemic economic conditions.

More reports reveal devastation social and economic costs of the pandemic, from increasing divorce rates to a ‘loneliness epidemic’ to small business closures.

Schools are starting back up and some are still remote, and some are requiring even very young children to wear masks in classrooms. While it’s broadly acknowledged children are at very low risk from COVID-19 complications, experts in the media and government deem them to be possible asymptotic disease vectors.

College students, if their schools are in-person, face harsh lockdown, quarantine restrictions, and regular COVID testing on campus.

Mask and social distancing orders proliferate, along with instances of people being punished for disobeying them. Legacy media sources strongly support mask wearing and coercive measures to get people to comply.

Key Dates and Stories:

  • September 1: Zuckerberg, Chan to donate $300 million for U.S. elections to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
  • September 2: What to know about the Trump administration's temporary eviction halt and who's covered
  • September 5: Harris says she wouldn’t trust Trump on any vaccine released before election
  • September 10: Inside Twitter’s Response to the Covid-19 Crisis
  • September 11: Covid-19: Fauci says US life won’t return to normal until deep into 2021
  • September 11: Even children with no symptoms can spread Covid-19, CDC report shows
  • September 14: Bill Gates: ‘The next big question’ is how to distribute coronavirus vaccines to people in need
  • September 16: Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties’ other than slavery in US history
  • September 17: Yelp data shows 60% of small businesses that closed during the pandemic have now shut their doors permanently and 97,966 firms in total have closed for good - with restaurants and bars among the hardest hit
  • September 20: Vote-by-mail meltdowns in 2020?
  • September 21: Sesame Street video helps kids with autism learn to wear a mask
  • September 22: The Fall Surge Is Here
  • September 23: Dr. Fauci's 'Schooling' Of Rand Paul Draws Cheers From Medical Community
  • September 23: Time's 100 Most Influential People list features Dr. Anthony Fauci, Black Lives Matter founders
  • September 29: Coronavirus changed the 2020 money race — and helped Biden erase Trump’s massive cash advantage

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