Don't forget to put on your porch lights with green light bulbs each evening to honor those who have been lost to COVID-19, as per Gov. Andy Beshear's suggestion. Visit
www.talklou.com for your COVID-19 answers in our archive of past updates. Find the Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky on Facebook, and Linked In. Twitter: @talklou
Join TALK today!
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) assumes high levels of social distancing in its model and says that the country's peak happened on April 15. Penn Medicine's CHIME Model, on the other hand, which incorporates lower compliance,
predicts the apex for admitted COVID-19 patients, accounting for new arrivals and discharges, is still well beyond May. --Taken from
Business Insider, May 1, 2020
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Find Ask an Expert special Facebook live events each Friday and Monday at 10 AM from One Southern Indiana.
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Do you have a quick question that needs to be answered or a new idea that you’d like to kick around with a friendly ear? The Louisville SBDC staff is ready to help and to make it easy to contact one or all of us, we’ve set up the new
COACH CONNECT
page where you can find contact information and even schedule a video chat at a time that fits your schedule.
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Important Resources
For Patients: Clinical Trials coming on COVID-19
Youth looking for work must be 16-21 years of age as of June 1, 2020 and a resident of Louisville.
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Paycheck Protection Program Loans Available to the Self-Employed
The self-employed are eligible to apply for a PPP loan as an independent contractor or self-employed individual who has been or will be harmed by the pandemic if all of the following are true:
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You were in operation on February 15, 2020,
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Your primary place of residence is the United States,
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You filed or will file a Form 1040 Schedule C for 2019 showing self-employment income.
NOTE: The SBA to issue additional guidance for those individuals with self-employment income who were not in operation in 2019 but were in operation on February 15, 2020.
Congress recently approved an additional $310 billion in funding to restore the PPP Program, which had run out of money.
Voting Absentee Ballot in Elections Upcoming for Louisville Residents--June 23rd
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Indiana Back On Track has Five Stages
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Beginning this past Monday nearly all of Indiana moved to stage 2 including Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties.
The IN Critical Industries Hotline
continues to be available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to respond to business and industry questions about whether a business is considered essential. The center may be reached
by calling 877-820-0890
or by emailing
covidresponse@iedc.in.gov
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On May 3rd, University of Louisville
President Bendapudi made the following announcements
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The University of Louisville will have regular campus operations for the Fall semester.
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This entails students living on campus, learning on campus and online, and faculty and staff working together to advance our mission of teaching, and research, and service.
Aug. 17 begins the Fall semester.
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This newsletter is prepared by Dawn Yankeelov, Executive Director, Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky and President of Aspectx. To submit an item for consideration, send to: dawny@talklou.com
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Tech & Health News You Can Use
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Many of our KY craft distilleries are selling hand sanitizer to businesses and the public. This not only helps with public safety during this pandemic, it’s also a vital stream of revenue to these small, local companies at a time when their tourism centers and tasting rooms are closed.
If you or your business are in need of hand sanitizer, please see
the list of distilleries that have it for sale. You can also submit orders through:
www.kyhandsanitizer.com. Please note that distilleries are reserving donations to hospitals, first responders, police, fire and other emergency and frontline workers during this crisis.
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TALK's 4th Annual Cybersecurity Summit will be held from 8:30 AM to 4 :30 PM on
Friday, June 12th, with networking in Zoom and Facebook Live
on our TALK Page. Stay tuned for more details. This is designed for tech and C-Suite professionals, but all are welcome as
this is a free event. Hourly talks on different subjects related to cyber policy, cyber hygiene, and related topics of incident response planning, and government support mechanisms when there is a cyber attack. Sponsorship from Verizon Wireless and others.
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