Today's Headlines: A tsunami-like economic hit
4 years, 9 months ago

Today's Headlines: A tsunami-like economic hit

LA Times  

Amid a rising death toll and infections from the coronavirus in the U.S., the number of unemployment benefit claims keeps skyrocketing. Health authorities on the East Coast say there’s been an alarming rise in cases in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington — though in New York, the state with the most fatalities, there are signs that stay-at-home orders are slowing the coronavirus’ spread. And check out our new podcast “Coronavirus in California: Stories From the Front Lines”: — Q&A: Answering teens’ questions about coronavirus, school closures, grades and college. — “It’s the grittier side of renewable fuel,” but cow poop could be a promising energy source. OPINION — Fossil fuels and nativism: Trump is using coronavirus to push through his draconian agenda, The Times’ editorial board writes.

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Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans

CNN  

CNN — This week was more of a normal week for news – something we haven’t had in a long time. The fact that the coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, is no longer a top news story is where we begin this week’s statistical journey. Americans may be losing interest in Russian invasion of Ukraine Unlike the coronavirus …

It’s ‘premature’ and ‘unrealistic’ to think COVID-19 will end soon, WHO warns
3 years, 10 months ago

It’s ‘premature’ and ‘unrealistic’ to think COVID-19 will end soon, WHO warns

LA Times  

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the COVID-19 pandemic will be over by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. WHO’s director-general, meanwhile, said it was “regrettable” that younger and healthier adults in some rich countries …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fiction in his goodbye to Washington
3 years, 11 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fiction in his goodbye to Washington

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In his final remarks as president, Donald Trump tried to take credit for accomplishments of his predecessor and even those to come under President Joe Biden. to defend the truth and defeat the lies.” A look at some of Trump’s statements to well-wishers at Joint Base Andrews en route to Florida on Wednesday and in his videotaped address …

‘Shameful': US virus deaths top 400K as Trump leaves office
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Shameful': US virus deaths top 400K as Trump leaves office

Associated Press  

As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. “This is just one step on an ominous path of fatalities,” said Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and one of many public health experts who contend the Trump administration’s …

VIRUS TODAY: Global death toll for COVID-19 surpasses 2M
3 years, 11 months ago

VIRUS TODAY: Global death toll for COVID-19 surpasses 2M

The Independent  

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VIRUS TODAY: Little appetite for lockdowns as deaths soar
3 years, 11 months ago

VIRUS TODAY: Little appetite for lockdowns as deaths soar

The Independent  

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VIRUS TODAY: Make-or-break in California, Midwest reprieve
4 years ago

VIRUS TODAY: Make-or-break in California, Midwest reprieve

The Independent  

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Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late
4 years ago

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late

LA Times  

A patient is rushed to intensive care to be intubated and placed on a ventilator at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. https://t.co/b8ZdEGIzyJ — Caitlin Rivers, PhD January 5, 2020 “If you cry wolf too often, people will never pay attention,” said epidemiologist Mark Wilson of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “I wouldn’t criticize people …

Trump did well in counties with high coronavirus death tolls, according to polling data
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump did well in counties with high coronavirus death tolls, according to polling data

The Independent  

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U.S. Sets Record For Cases Amid Election Battle Over Virus
4 years, 2 months ago

U.S. Sets Record For Cases Amid Election Battle Over Virus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The United States set another record for daily confirmed coronavirus cases as states around the country posted all-time highs, underscoring the vexing issue that confronts the winner of the presidential race. In the 86 days until then, 100,000 more Americans will likely die from the virus if the nation doesn’t shift course, said Dr. Robert Murphy, executive …

Donald Trump Did Shockingly Well In Counties With High COVID-19 Death Rates
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump Did Shockingly Well In Counties With High COVID-19 Death Rates

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Despite President Donald Trump’s brazen negligence in handling the coronavirus, the president actually performed better this year than he did in 2016 in counties with high COVID-19 death rates, according to an internal analysis from Reuters. “The president has spent months minimizing the virus and the pain of the loved ones of the more than 230,000 Americans …

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election

The Quint  

Trump, who recently contracted and then recovered from COVID himself, has been roundly criticised for his handling of the pandemic, not just by his opponents but also voters, a majority of whom say that he handled the crisis poorly, according to AFP. Biden has cited Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus as the primary reason for him not being worthy of …

New coronavirus surge in the US: What you need to know
4 years, 2 months ago

New coronavirus surge in the US: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Several states report spike in hospitalisations and jumps in new cases, raising concerns of a ‘third wave’. “Things are starting to move in a concerning direction,” Justin Lessler, associate professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Al Jazeera. Learn more: https://t.co/1nMYQAjpSq pic.twitter.com/iObgUYrTeE — CDC October 21, 2020 Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at Johns Hopkins …

Erin Burnett Dismantles One Of Donald Trump’s Most Repeated Lies About COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Erin Burnett Dismantles One Of Donald Trump’s Most Repeated Lies About COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Erin Burnett on Friday debunked one of President Donald Trump’s most repeated and dangerous lies about the coronavirus pandemic — that the United States is “rounding the turn” on the public health crisis. Trump has publicly claimed “for months and months and months” that the outbreak is almost over, noted the host of CNN’s “Outfront.” But Burnett …

Viral surge, fiscal fight may sway US voters more than data
4 years, 3 months ago

Viral surge, fiscal fight may sway US voters more than data

Live Mint  

A surge in COVID-19 cases in a number of U.S. states and roller-coaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov. 3 election. Overall, likely voters continue to say they have more confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to create jobs …

Donald Trump Still Doesn't Care If You Die From The Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Still Doesn't Care If You Die From The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. Even before Trump became one of the more than 7.4 million Americans who have caught the coronavirus, he made clear he really didn’t care at all about what people were going through. Of the 13 hours Trump spent talking …

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld: Trump Got The Coronavirus For America
4 years, 3 months ago

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld: Trump Got The Coronavirus For America

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In one of the more mystifying reactions to President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld suggested Friday that the president didn’t protect himself from the disease because “he didn’t want America to hide from the virus.” Gutfeld’s comments came as the White House announced Trump was being transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical …

‘Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

Associated Press  

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis. “It is completely unfathomable that we’ve reached this point,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins University public …

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response

CNN  

CNN — New chaos at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over revised guidance on the spread of Covid-19 is a fresh sign of mixed messaging that long plagued the White House’s failed pandemic response. The move came less than a week after Trump publicly rebuked the agency’s director Dr. Robert Redfield, who voiced a timetable for all …

Analysis: US to hit 200K dead; Trump sees no need for regret
4 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: US to hit 200K dead; Trump sees no need for regret

The Independent  

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US Coronavirus: Nation averaging more than 900 deaths a day
4 years, 4 months ago

US Coronavirus: Nation averaging more than 900 deaths a day

CNN  

CNN — New coronavirus cases are down across the US about 12% on average over the last seven days compared to the previous week, but the nation is still averaging more than 900 deaths a day. “It helped a lot of people make the decision to get out.” Looking ahead, Nungesser said that the pandemic will also complicate relief efforts, …

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences
4 years, 4 months ago

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences

CNN  

CNN — The United States needs to get control of Covid-19 and carefully reopen the country, or the consequences could be devastating, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “It is now obvious to everyone that Covid-19 is not going away over the next five months,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said in a news release Thursday. “You can’t …

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences
4 years, 4 months ago

US coronavirus: Dr. Fauci says rushing reopening could have devastating consequences

CNN  

CNN — The United States needs to get control of Covid-19 and carefully reopen the country, or the consequences could be devastating, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “It is now obvious to everyone that Covid-19 is not going away over the next five months,” Kansas City Health Department Director Dr. Rex Archer said in a news release Thursday. “You can’t …

Fact check: Trump litters briefing with false, unsubstantiated claims on voter fraud, Covid response and Beirut explosion
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact check: Trump litters briefing with false, unsubstantiated claims on voter fraud, Covid response and Beirut explosion

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s Tuesday coronavirus briefing featured more Trump dishonesty about the pandemic, another repeated false claim about voter fraud and a sensational but uncorroborated claim about the deadly explosion in Beirut. Three Defense Department officials, who requested anonymity so they could speak freely, told CNN that as of Tuesday night there was no indication that the …

Trump on Covid death toll: ‘It is what it is’
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump on Covid death toll: ‘It is what it is’

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump said the United States’ staggering death toll from coronavirus “is what it is” in a new interview, again giving his administration credit for its response despite ongoing surges in new cases and a human toll that far outpaces that of any other nation. “It’s surely a relevant statistic to say if the US has …

EU approves landmark coronavirus recovery fund while U.S. draws new battle lines
4 years, 5 months ago

EU approves landmark coronavirus recovery fund while U.S. draws new battle lines

LA Times  

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday. European leaders overcame some enormous political differences to agree Tuesday on a coronavirus-recovery package — a struggle that coincides with a reignited U.S. political battle over how to repair the virus-battered …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s alternate reality on COVID-19 threat
4 years, 5 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s alternate reality on COVID-19 threat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the COVID-19 threat. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who was coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force at the time and announced the travel restrictions, said Trump made the decision in late January after accepting the “uniform recommendation of the …

3 Million Cases: Coronavirus Continues To Surge Across U.S.
4 years, 6 months ago

3 Million Cases: Coronavirus Continues To Surge Across U.S.

NPR  

3 Million Cases: Coronavirus Continues To Surge Across U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Steven Senne/AP Steven Senne/AP The U.S. has reported more than 3 million coronavirus cases as of Wednesday morning, with all but a handful of states struggling to control outbreaks of COVID-19. Nine U.S. states — New York, California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, Arizona and …

U.S.: Growing rate of disaffection
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S.: Growing rate of disaffection

The Hindu  

THE COVID-19 pandemic seems never-ending in the United States, where a burst of cases from Florida to California threatens to send the numbers of infected well over the three million mark. Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is the point person for the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S., said that he …

World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come
4 years, 6 months ago

World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come

Associated Press  

ROME — The world surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones Sunday -- 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases -- and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, meanwhile, defended the fact that President Donald …

June 26, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 6 months ago

June 26, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

During the first White House coronavirus task force briefing in two months, Vice President Mike Pence described an alternate reality to what is really happening in American cities across the country with respect to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a couple of health experts. “We’re seeing a massive resurgence in our metropolitan areas across the southwestern part of the United …

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now

CNN  

CNN — On January 22, President Donald Trump did an interview with CNBC from Davos, Switzerland, where he was asked, for the first time, about the coronavirus in America. “It’s going away,” Trump said of the coronavirus during a speech to a conservative students group in Arizona on Wednesday. A week ago, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, …

Trump’s solution for the coronavirus? Don’t talk about it
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s solution for the coronavirus? Don’t talk about it

LA Times  

President Trump drew a few laughs and hollers of approval Thursday when he railed against “the plague coming in from China” to supporters packed into a Dallas church. The coronavirus, “or whatever you want to call it,” as he told the crowd, is now just another throw-away line in Trump’s political patter, meant to jab a foreign adversary and energize …

U.S. Passes 2 Million Coronavirus Cases
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Passes 2 Million Coronavirus Cases

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. passed 2 million on Thursday. And as states begin the process of reopening, they’re President Donald Trump, who has dismissed the seriousness of the global pandemic and let the botched U.S. response, scheduled his first campaign rally since the pandemic. “Starting up again soon, maybe next week!” On …

Donald Trump Is Acting Like The Coronavirus Is Gone. It Isn’t.
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump Is Acting Like The Coronavirus Is Gone. It Isn’t.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Wednesday, the number of U.S. coronavirus cases leapt past 2 million, according to a New York Times database, with outbreaks growing in 21 states and more than a dozen states seeing record surges. His government’s response to the coronavirus, the ballooning economic crisis, and the waves of protests against police violence have sent Trump’s overall approval …

Novel coronavirus: US deaths to surpass 100,000 by June 1, CDC director says
4 years, 7 months ago

Novel coronavirus: US deaths to surpass 100,000 by June 1, CDC director says

CNN  

CNN — The number of coronavirus deaths could surpass 100,000 by June 1, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Despite the CDC’s prediction, the number of new coronavirus cases reported each day is going down in more than half of US states, according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. Five regions …

Trump: Fauci remarks on risks to reopening economy unacceptable
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump: Fauci remarks on risks to reopening economy unacceptable

Al Jazeera  

Anthony Fauci, the US’s top infectious disease expert, said prematurely lifting lockdowns could lead to new outbreaks. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a warning given by top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci this week about the dangers of reopening the economy too quickly was unacceptable. “To me, it’s not an acceptable answer,” Trump told reporters at the …

Coronavirus: Fauci to warn on risk of opening US economy too soon
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Fauci to warn on risk of opening US economy too soon

Al Jazeera  

Top expert will tell Senate that reopening economy too soon may result in ‘needless suffering and death’, report says. A senior health official set to testify before the US Senate will warn legislators about the risks of reopening the economy too soon, saying it could lead to “needless suffering and death”, according to the New York Times. Monday’s report about …

Coronavirus is still ravaging the US. Donald Trump's campaign ads would make you think otherwise
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus is still ravaging the US. Donald Trump's campaign ads would make you think otherwise

ABC  

From the moment Donald Trump first trod the world stage as President, it was clear he had no desire to unite or lead the global world order. Trump administration hid CDC guidelines for re-opening Over the past few weeks, America's top disease investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working tirelessly on an important document. The …

Trump pushes economy reopening, says coronavirus could kill 100,000
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump pushes economy reopening, says coronavirus could kill 100,000

Live Mint  

Pushing to reopen the economy, President Donald Trump insists that states can gradually lift lockdowns and still protect people from the coronavirus pandemic, even as he's also suggesting US deaths could reach 100,000. “Look, we’re going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people,” Trump said. This should have been stopped in China.” But he struck a note of …

Timeline: Tracking Trump’s rising coronavirus death toll estimates
4 years, 8 months ago

Timeline: Tracking Trump’s rising coronavirus death toll estimates

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s coronavirus death toll estimate keeps rising. It’s difficult even for experts to predict the death toll from a pandemic; statistical models produce new forecasts as new information comes in. Here’s a timeline of Trump’s death toll estimates since April 10 – and the real death toll as of the end of each day he …

US coronavirus: Influential model projects 135,000 deaths in US, nearly double its last estimate
4 years, 8 months ago

US coronavirus: Influential model projects 135,000 deaths in US, nearly double its last estimate

CNN  

CNN — An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House is now forecasting that 134,000 people will die of Covid-19 in the United States, nearly double its previous prediction. “When you tell people, ‘Hey, you can go to bars, you can get your nails done, you can go to a restaurant,’ those numbers are going to go up.” …

Chris Christie pushes to reopen country despite dire Covid-19 projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’
4 years, 8 months ago

Chris Christie pushes to reopen country despite dire Covid-19 projections: ‘There are going to be deaths’

CNN  

CNN — Former New Jersey Gov. “Of course, everybody wants to save every life they can – but the question is, towards what end, ultimately?” Christie, a Republican tapped to lead President Donald Trump’s presidential transition team in 2016, told CNN’s Dana Bash on The Daily DC Podcast. “Are there ways that we can… thread the middle here to allow …

Trump again shifts estimated US coronavirus death toll
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump again shifts estimated US coronavirus death toll

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the US coronavirus death toll could reach 80,000 to 90,000, a considerable upward shift from his previous estimates last month. “Our projections have always been between 100-240,000 American lives lost and that’s with full mitigation and us learning from each other of how to social distance,” Birx told Chris Wallace on “Fox …

Trump plans on 'sacrificing others' with new coronavirus strategy, former Bush aide warns
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump plans on 'sacrificing others' with new coronavirus strategy, former Bush aide warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Fum, who was credited with coining the “axis …

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is

CNN  

CNN — Three months in – after a million infections, nearly 60,000 US deaths and a potential economic depression – it’s still unclear whether President Donald Trump grasps the gravity of the coronavirus crisis. “Many very good experts, very good people too, said this would never affect the United States,” Trump told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Tuesday. For the record, …

Trump ‘not happy with China’ as US coronavirus death toll surges
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump ‘not happy with China’ as US coronavirus death toll surges

Al Jazeera  

US president says Beijing could have stopped the virus from becoming a pandemic and says will conduct an investigation. “We’re doing very serious investigations … We are not happy with China,” Trump said during a White House news conference. It could have been stopped quickly, and it wouldn’t have spread all over the world.” Trump’s criticism was the latest from …

US response to virus splinters into acrimony and uncertainty
4 years, 8 months ago

US response to virus splinters into acrimony and uncertainty

Live Mint  

Six weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the spreading new coronavirus, the United States is deeply divided over the correct economic and health response. Restaurant chains Shake Shack and Ruth's Chris are among the companies returning multi-million dollar loans received under the lending program, despite explicit wording that let chain restaurant and hotel corporations borrow …

US was attacked, says Trump as coronavirus death toll exceeds 47,000; over 8 lakh Americans remain infected
4 years, 8 months ago

US was attacked, says Trump as coronavirus death toll exceeds 47,000; over 8 lakh Americans remain infected

India TV News  

Struggling to restore normalcy in the US where Covid-19 has claimed the lives of more than 47,000 people and infected over 8,52,000, President Donald Trump has said that the country was "attacked". Nobody has ever seen anything like this, 1917 was the last time," Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference on Wednesday. Trump said that his …

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