“The obvious caveat is that when you drop 30 percent and gain 30 percent, you’re still below where you started,” said one analyst. The GDP numbers appear quite remarkable but in the last quarter, the MORE
Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how the President had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, comments that came as more than 40,000 MORE
WORLDOMETER Statistics: As of 10/26/2020 (GMT), America has: 69,841 new cases 521 new deaths 8,962,783 total cases 231,045 total deaths JOHNS HOPKINS DAILY TESTING TRENDS Statistics: America’s current positive test rate is 6.3% and steadily MORE
Stocks pointed sharply lower Monday as new data showed a jump in COVID-19 cases in both the U.S. and Europe. Restrictions tightened across major countries overseas, raising the specter of a further pullback in business MORE
WORLDOMETER Statistics: (4 states still have not reported) As of 10/25/2020 (GMT), America has 60,889 new cases 442 new deaths 8,889,179 total cases (20.5% world’s total) 230,510 total deaths (19.9% world’s total) COVID TRACKING PROJECT MORE
(NBC) Months of mixed messages, political pressure and public gaffes about Covid-19 have caused morale at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to turn “toxic,” said four current and two former CDC staffers, with one saying the election MORE
CDC Statistics: As of 10/24/2020, America has: 83,851 new cases 828 new deaths 472,338 cases in the last 7 days The five states with the most new cases over the last 7 days: Texas (37,508) MORE
WORLDOMETER statistics: As of 10/23/2020 (GMT), the United States: 81,210 new cases. 2,819,508 active cases. 8,746,953 total cases. 903 new deaths. 229,284 total deaths. JOHNS HOPKINS DAILY STATE BY STATE TESTING TRENDS statistics: Nationally, America MORE
Back in March, News Views published detailed, daily updates on the Coronavirus/COVID-19. Beginning today, we’re going back to the original format we originally adopted. I want to thank Ronald McDonnel for his Community Submissions on MORE
Yesterday, 10/21/20, 1226 Americans were confirmed to have died from the Covid donnie virus. This is highest number of daily deaths since July and the first day of over 1,000 deaths since late August. Daily MORE
British scientists said Tuesday they will launch the world’s first human challenge trials for covid-19, in which healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus in hopes of further speeding the drive to a MORE
A federal judge on Sunday formally struck down a Trump administration attempt to end food stamp benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed people, blocking as “arbitrary and capricious” the first of three such planned measures to MORE
For the second time in a week the number of confirmed infections in the USA has exceeded 60,000. On 10/9 60,419 Americans were confirmed to have become infected with the Covid donnie virus. Today, 10/15, MORE
With 33 states reporting a rise in new Covid-19 cases and a nationwide uptick in hospitalizations, officials worry this could be the beginning of the fall surge experts have warned about. In Colorado, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said MORE
A barrage of barbed comments in recent days shows how markedly the calculus of fear has shifted in the GOP. For much of the past four years, Republican politicians were scared above all about incurring MORE
A COVID-19 treatment used by President Trump during his illness was tested using a cell line derived from a human fetus, even though his administration opposes the use of aborted fetuses for scientific purposes. Regeneron’s antibody cocktail, MORE
“Sometimes, I’d be in groups of, for instance, Gold Star families. I met with Gold Star families. I didn’t want to cancel that. But they all came in, and they all talk about their son MORE
The Commission on Presidential Debates has approved plans for plexiglass to be used in Wednesday’s vice presidential debate amid mounting concerns about coronavirus transmission, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Plexiglass is expected MORE
News Views will continue to run a daily Live Blog on how the deadly Coronavirus has affected our leaders, their ability to lead, and our government as a whole. Feel free to post any credible updates and MORE
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This is what Robert Reich has to say on the matter. For about a minute today I found myself feeling sorry for Donald Trump. The poor man is now “battling” Covid-19 (the pugilistic verb is showing MORE
Democratic lawmakers have accused the administration of raiding public health funds to launch a “propaganda” campaign weeks out from the presidential election. They say the money would be better served addressing personal protective equipment shortages MORE
“I’ll be back!“ President Trump said he’s feeling good Saturday and vowed to beat COVID-19 quickly in a video that he posted on Twitter. New York Daily News: The video came as the White House MORE
Now that people on Trump’s staff or have had direct contact with him are getting tested for the deadly Coronavirus, News Views will update you on their results. Feel free to post any credible updates MORE
Amazon has revealed that almost 20,000 of its workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 after months of demands for public disclosure from activists. The US tech company has been one of the biggest corporate winners during MORE