The federal government’s inaction could hamper tech’s response to the pandemic

Illustration by Grayson Blackmon and Alex Castro / The Verge Most days in this column I try to bring you one big story about the intersection of tech and democracy, but reading the news today I find I can’t draw any real lessons for you. Instead I see a few clusters of stories that feel worth reading and thinking about. Let’s take a look.
The big story of the week continues to be the (tentative, premature) plans to begin re-opening society as states manage to flatten the curve of CO