Ford and General Electric to make 50,000 ventilators
Ford and General Electric have partnered up to create 50,000 ventilators in the next 100 days and will then build 30,000 a month if demand continues to rise. They are going to use a new FDA approved design that will not require electricity to run. The companies have said they will keep their factory workers safe during production.
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Facebook takes down Trump’s post about the immunity of kids and coronavirus
Facebook took down a video President Trump posted to his account Wednesday, citing its rules against false claims about the coronavirus. The post in question was a video clip from a Fox News segment from Wednesday morning in which the president makes the unsubstantiated claim that children are “almost immune” to COVID-19
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Aarogya Setu, India’s contact tracing app reaches 100 million users in 41 days
Indian Prime Minister Modi asked citizens to download the country's contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu in April and the app became the fastest ever app to reach 50 million users in just two weeks. Now, Aarogya Setu has crossed 100 million users in just 41 days of its launch. Aarogya Setu, which means healthcare bridge in Hindi, also delivers updates on India’s testing efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus contact-tracing apps under development, but Michigan isn't joining the effort
The Michigan health department said its contact tracing plan, for now, will rely mostly on dogged investigations and phone calls to alert people that may have been infected by the coronavirus, not high-tech apps that are being developed.
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Facebook Pulls Down 'Interested in Pseudoscience' Ad Category With Over 78 Million Users
The pseudoscience category is an especially bad look for Facebook, which has long failed in its efforts to prevent its platform from becoming a vehicle for conspiracy theories and has claimed to be cracking down on advertisers seeking to profit off of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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