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As the nation remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, a more insidious crisis is taking root as households are unable to pay their energy bills, risking serious health consequences and increasing debt, while federal and state governments fail to adequately protect vulnerable families. Before COVID-19, one in three American households were struggling to pay their energy bills. An increase in extreme temperatures – brought on by climate change – combined with rising energy costs forced consumers to make impossible choices between keeping their lights on, purchasing food, or seeking medical care. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated this problem. As individuals lost their jobs at alarming rates, they were also asked, or mandated, to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus. This led to an unexpected increase in residential energy use and corresponding energy bills. In a new nationally representative survey of 2, 381 low-income households, administered in May 2020, we find that the pandemic has deepened energy insecurity.
Coronavirus is creating a crisis of energy insecurity - EHN
A tragedy for Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and those they have on the payroll, but good news for humanity. — Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) May 24, 2020 An Oxford University vaccine trial has only a 50 per cent chance of success because coronavirus is fading so rapidly in Britain, a project co-leader has warned. The warning comes as new data reveals that there are now 224 vaccines in development around the world - almost double the total of just a month ago. Professor Adrian Hill said an upcoming Oxford vaccine trial, involving 10, 000 volunteers, threatened to return "no result" because of low transmission of COVID-19 in the community. The eyes of the nation — and perhaps the world — are firmly on Hill and his team at Oxford University. This week, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced a $US1. 2 billion deal with the United States to produce 400 million doses of an unproven coronavirus vaccine first produced in Hill's small Oxford lab. The British government has agreed to pay for up to 100 million doses, announcing that 30 million might be ready for British citizens as soon as September.
At the start of Tuesday's unhinged presidential debate — as the pandemic continued to rage outside the walls of Case Western University — the American people were offered an anemic vision for promoting and expanding public health. In the shadow of more than 200, 000 deaths from the novel coronavirus, viewers heard pushback on the use of masks, critiques of publicly funded healthcare, and lies about nonexistent plans to mend a broken and inhumane healthcare system. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell presses forward to stack the Supreme Court with another judge who threatens the Affordable Care Act, which would risk kicking 20 million more people off Medicaid. Across the United States, poor and dispossessed people cannot wait for our politicians to act. This week, in states including Kansas, Maine, Alabama, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, people are coming together in "Medicaid Marches" to demand their right to health and healthcare. They know that Black people are dying at twice the rate of white people and that poverty is the highest risk factor for people of all races.
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Air conditioners in Brooklyn Heights. An estimated 65, 000 people visit the emergency room each year due to acute heat illnesses; however, this summer could be comparatively severe. (Credit: Bonnie Natko/flickr)) Our survey results imply that those households that did receive a stimulus check were more likely to be able to pay their energy bill in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, Congress extended federal unemployment insurance for those who lost their jobs because of the pandemic; yet, these benefits are set to expire at the end of July. Finally, the CARES act provided $900 million in additional funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps low-income households pay their energy bills; however, leading energy advocates are calling for billions in additional funding to meet the growing need for assistance through the summer months. State governments and utility commissions also enacted measures to protect residents. As of June 2020, more than half of state governors signed orders to prevent utility shutoffs, though these protections vary greatly.