Breaking: Around 860,000 people filed for first-time jobless benefits last week

[malaise]

from NBC

[Demovictory9]

1. going in the right direction.. down! but still too high. we need that vaccine

[still_one]

3. It is effectively no change from last week

[Demovictory9]

4. :-(

[still_one]

5. just my opinion, which isn't worth very much

[dawg]

6. People are, IMHO, vastly overestimating the benefits of having a vaccine.

A vaccine is likely to be only 70-80% effective (maybe even less), and it will be a long time before enough people are vaccinated to start seeing significnant immunity in the general population. There is even the risk that, if enough people refuse to take the vaccine, we will never reach herd immunity.

Meanwhile, if enough people let their guards down, we could potentially see another spike in infections and deaths, even after the vaccine has been made widely available.

[Beakybird]

2. That seems like a real lot.

[MiniMe]

7. I'm surprised it is this high. It is First Time jobless benefits

First Time. It is September, if they are applying for the first time, how long have they been without a job? I think there are a lot of people who have applied, and are still waiting for benefits.