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Despite the worldwide COVID pandemic – many US stocks are doing surprisingly well. Stocks have rebounded powerfully since the Covid bear market, giving newfound hope and confidence that the economy will eventually recover from this worldwide health crisis. The US elections that took place on November 3rd 2020 shook things up again with some major indexes falling, but by and large, the US stock market seems to be on the up. There does seem to be a huge disconnect between the economy and the stock

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‘Contact tracing’ has become somewhat of a buzzword due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Contact tracing is done by local health departments when infectious diseases are reported like COVID -19. While some may simply ignore a call from a number that they don’t recognize, this could be downright dangerous if the call was from someone in Public Health Services informing you that you may have been exposed to COVID-19. What do contact tracers do? Contact tracers work at remote contact virtual call cen

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The Coronavirus pandemic has left many wondering how and when they will be able to safely travel and visit friends and family that live overseas. Although some domestic airlines are operating again, safety and social distancing are a valid concern and may prove to be quite difficult to implement in busy airport terminals and oftentimes tightly packed commercial planes with small seats and little legroom, to say the least. Many believe that technology like biometrics might become the new normal

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How are you faring during coronavirus lockdown? Are you thriving or just surviving? Happy or sad? Anxious or unconcerned? Or maybe your feelings are somewhere in the middle. Your answers to these questions could have a lot to do with your personality type. How? Well, do you gain energy from being around others and thrive on outside stimuli, or are you the opposite? Someone who needs time alone to recoup after a night out with lots of people. As the old saying goes, “Go big or go home.” Well, do