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As the Corona Virus claims more American lives, and the rate of infection rises, the question of health and equity is rapidly becoming a major issue in underserved communities. Who has access to testing, and when will they have access?

COVID-19 continues to upend normal life and put stress on individuals, families, communities and businesses, alike. While much of the world’s population exercises social distancing or experiences total lockdown to protect one’s physical health, the resulting feelings of isolation may exacerbate two other growing health problems – loneliness in the elderly, and the ongoing, global mental health crisis.

Insurers pay billions of dollars each year to cover losses caused by severe weather but, unfortunately, sometimes those payments end up in the pockets of unscrupulous contractors. Those contractors follow the path of damage caused by severe storms around the country soliciting business door-to-door. Dr. Tanya Brown-Giammanco, Managing Director of Research at IBHS joins me to talk about common roofing scams and the fight to stop the criminals who commit them.

The Wounded Warrior project has made a $10 million commitment to help meet the immediate needs of warriors who are in financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, Retired Lieutenant General Mike Linnington the CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project is going to tell us how they’re helping these veterans and their families.

As millions set up shop / school at home, learn how to become “Good Stewards” of your home network; Tech expert Sarah Evans gives her best bandwidth savings tips!

The new number one Netflix docuseries ‘Tiger King” is full of eccentric stories and characters, however the criminal histories from the underworld of wild and exotic animal exhibitors are far more broad-reaching and serious. The legal team at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is leading the charge against colourful, criminal, captive wildlife exploiters in the United States. Jeff Kerr General Counsel to PETA.

Throughout the national emergency, Vietnam War veteran  and American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford has continued to lead the nation’s largest veterans’ organisation as many American Legion posts closed their homes and postponed events due to coronavirus concerns. Commander Oxford tells us how they are supporting national, community recovery efforts throughout  the Coronavirus Epidemic.

COVID-19 is affecting communities around the world. To support communities, IBM is offering a Watson-based virtual agent dubbed “Watson Assistant for Citizens” to government agencies, healthcare and academic institutions free of charge for at least 90 days so they can provide their citizens/constituents with answers to their questions about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. My guest is  Toby Cappello, Vice President in IBM’s Data and A.I. business.

Over the last decade, the circular economy movement has offered a powerful way for companies to enable greater production and consumption with fewer negative environmental impacts.