The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has become America’s go-to web resource for finding peak, then vanishing COVID-19. Are they right? An insightful interview with Alex Engler, a data scientist from Georgetown and the Brookings Institute.

The IHME, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has become the de facto website for modeling peak COVID-19. Wes describes the limitations in this modeling and how the onus is on the citizens and business owners of Georgia to get this first phase of re-opening right. The world is watching. Caller questions include “how are we going to manage our way out of this massive US debt, and how to hedge against inflation?”

What's it going to take to re-open the economy and stay open? This Monday, April 20th, Governor Kemp announced that certain businesses can start reopening as early as Friday. On this special, we covered Kemp's announcement to 'start the re-start' and hear from business owners in Atlanta. Jake Guyette, GM from Le Colonial (lecolonialatlanta.com) and Christian Favalli, managing partner of La Grotta Ristorante (lagrottaatlanta.com) discuss the step they'll take to make customers feel safe.

Many of us are experiencing interruptions while we sleep whether that's due to these uncertain times, stress, anxiety, too much screen time, or behavioral habits. In this interview, Dr. Melissa Milanak debunks the most common myths on sleep, tips for better rest, why we may be having trouble falling asleep, how to take control of our sleeping patterns and more.

This episode of MM discusses the economic importance of each day the US economy waits to reopen. Wes simplifies the three phase reopening plan from the White House and how that could be implemented on the ground in the state of Georgia.

In these trying times, every day matters for our health and for the health of our economy. Wes speaks with Don Rissmiller about the current runway the economy faces with the Great Economic Pause and the CARES Act stimulus package. They discuss when we realistically need to begin the re-start of the nation to avoid facing even greater economic pain.

Mauro Gillen is a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who actually developed a new course on pandemics. I had the chance to speak with him this week to discuss the realization that we HAVE what we need to defeat this pandemic but can’t effectively distribute it yet, as there are all sorts of bottlenecks in the system. The good news is that America always figures out a way to solve these issues. We ended the show today answering your CARES Act questions that were sent into my team this week.

I think we can all learn a great deal from Professor Mauro Guillen who developed a new course on pandemics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. COVID-19 came so fast and the world HC system, government, and especially our own psyche just wasn’t prepared.

So as you listen to Mauro Gillen from Wharton U Penn, the realization that we HAVE what we need to defeat this pandemic but can’t effectively distribute it yet is the bad news, as there are all sorts of bottlenecks in the system. The good news, is that America always figures out a way.

You can find Mauro Gillen on twitter @MauroFGuillen and me @wesmoss365.

This episode of MM also answers multiple caller questions about the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for 1099 contractors and solo-entrepreneurs.

Tom Sullivan, the vice president of small business for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joins Wes on this Money Matters Special Interview. Sullivan helped to actually write the small business relief included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In this interview, Wes and Tom dig into the decision making process with how the Payment Protection Program was structured, and how small businesses can utilize this legislation during these trying times.