1.     Florida turtle population may see a boost, thanks to the pandemic.

According to Sea Turtle Conservancy, approximately 90 percent of sea turtle nesting in the U.S. happens on Florida’s beaches. Each year, thousands of sea turtle mothers dig into the sand to lay their eggs, and then return to the sea.

Florida’s nesting season for turtles runs from March through October, the sands are normally filled with humans. However, this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, severely curtailed travel and some beaches had to close their beaches for weeks.

Scientists believe that there have been far more successful turtle nesting this year, due to the fact that people weren’t on the beach to mess with turtles. “We actually did find a significant difference during the beach closures and then after in terms of a successful rate of nesting,” says Justin Perrault, director of research for the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. 

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, also observed approximately 17,000 nests along Juno, Jupiter-Carlin and Tequesta beaches this year. They reported a 62 percent successful nesting rate for turtles during the time the beaches were closed. When the beaches reopened that number dropped to 46 percent.

2.     Wisconsin Football Cancels Due to COVID-19… Again.

The 10^th ranked Wisconsin Badgers will be sidelined again this week as they face an ongoing battles with the coronavirus. 

The Badgers were supposed to play Purdue this Saturday, but said on Tuesday that the game would not go on due to coronavirus being spread throughout the team. Wisconsin reported at least 15 players and 12 staff members have tested positive since October 24^th.

Wisconsin’s athletic director, Barry Alvarex, said, “We have seen a level of improvement in our testing numbers, but not enough to give us confidence to resume normal activities and play our game on Saturday.”

Wisconsin as a state even finds themselves in trouble with the coronavirus as of late. About 245,000 people have tested positive for the virus; more than 2,100 have died, many of them in October.

The Badgers canceled last week against Nebraska, meaning they will have played no more than six regular-season games by the time the Big Ten Conference’s championships matchus is decided.

3.     Many Big-Name Companies Delay Return to the Office

Big name companies like Ford & Microsoft are extending working from home for most of their employees, through next summer.

When employees originally started to work from home, it was only supposed to be a few weeks. Weeks turned into months and months will turn into over a year for some companies. With virus numbers still surging, companies have delayed the return to office dates once again, to the summer of 2021 at the earliest.

Tons of companies are expected to delay their return-to-office dates. 73% of employees fear that being in their workplace could pose a risk to their personal health and safety, in a study conducted by Wakefield Research.