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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 82 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

Our main story, dogs may hold a key to unraveling some of the mysteries about the virus.

The reason lies in their noses.

But first, here's what happened today.

For the first time in months, the most important story in the U.S.

is not the vicious spread of COVID-19 through the population.

Instead, days of protests have rocked the country and some cities around the world in response to the death of George Floyd.

Floyd's is the latest in a series of killings of black men and women at the hands of police.

While the protests have been mostly peaceful, some participants have broken store windows and set buildings and cars on fire.

The police in many cities have also acted with force, driving vehicles into crowds, firing rubber

bullets at protesters, and arresting journalists.

The virus may not have been the spark for the protests, but it has helped create the conditions

that have made them so volatile. Unemployment has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression.

The disease caused by the virus has killed over 100,000 and disproportionately affected the

black community.

And as the country limps toward reopening, fears about getting sick and economic insecurity hang in the air.

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