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Jul 28 2020
Fact Check
Can you get the coronavirus twice?
Can you get the coronavirus twice?
Scientists don’t know for sure yet, but they believe it’s unlikely.
Health experts think people who had COVID-19 will have some immunity against a repeat infection. But they don’t know how much protection or how long it would last.
There have been reports of people testing positive for the virus weeks after they were believed to have
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 30 2020
News
Herman Cain Dies from Coronavirus
Herman Cain, a former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, has died at 74 after contracting the coronavirus and battling the infection for nearly a month, his staff announced Thursday.
“Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away,” wrote Dan Calabrese, who edits Cain’s website. “We all prayed so hard every day. We knew the time would come when
National Review (News)Jul 15 2020
News
Battle brewing on coronavirus relief oversight
A lack of oversight for more than $2 trillion in COVID-19 spending approved by Congress is creating uncertainty about whether relief programs are working as planned, adding a new layer of complications to the next coronavirus package.
The three independent oversight panels set up by Congress in the bipartisan CARES Act almost four months ago have all encountered serious obstacles —
The HillJul 08 2020
News
US surpasses 3 million coronavirus infections
The United States surpassed 3 million coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a grim milestone as the virus surges in more than half of all states, and a predicted waning of infections this summer never occurred.
Data from the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center showed the U.S. had 3,009,611 cases at midday on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the U.S. set a record with 60,000
The HillJul 06 2020
News
What Would It Mean If the Coronavirus Is Airborne?
COVID-19 is known to be transmitted mainly by respiratory droplets. This is the reasoning behind physical distancing, since it’s hard for those droplets to travel more than a few feet. But scientists are debating whether very small droplets—small enough to float through the air—are common enough and infectious enough to be a serious risk.
The nature of a brand-new virus is that messages
LifehackerJun 23 2020
Opinion
America Is Too Broken to Fight the Coronavirus
No other developed country is doing so badly.
Graphs of the coronavirus curves in Britain, Canada, Germany and Italy look like mountains, with steep climbs up and then back down. The one for America shows a fast climb up to a plateau. For a while, the number of new cases in the U.S. was at least slowly declining. Now, according to The Times, it’s up a terrifying 22 percent over the last
Michelle GoldbergJul 16 2020
News
Florida's coronavirus outbreak is getting worse
Between the lines: Deaths lag several weeks behind new cases, and cases are skyrocketing.
The state on Sunday announced more than 15,000 new cases, shattering the single-day case records in New York and California. Florida now has more confirmed cases, adjusted for population, than New York ever had — although New York's true caseload was almost certainly multiple times higher than its
AxiosJun 30 2020
News
Can the developing world endure the coronavirus?
When the coronavirus first began spreading from China to the rest of the world, public health experts issued dire warnings about the toll the virus would take on poor countries. The United Nations predicted in early April that as many as 3.3 million people in Africa may die from COVID-19. Philanthropist Melinda Gates warned of “bodies out on the street” on the continent. Similarly dire
Yahoo! The 360Mar 26 2024
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DeSantis-petitioned COVID grand jury asks for more time to complete investigation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The statewide grand jury impaneled over a year ago to investigate the COVID-19 vaccines, and other aspects of the coronavirus pandemic such as government responses and policies, has requested a six-month extension to continue its investigation. According to a filing on Monday with the Supreme Court of Florida, the 22nd Statewide Grand Jury would have originally run a course
Florida's VoiceMay 22 2020
Analysis
Is America too libertarian to deal with the coronavirus?
Why widespread testing in the country may not work.
America’s public health experts are working hard to map out a plan to combat the coronavirus in America. And there are indeed many proposals — from academic centers, from think tanks, and from the government.
While the plans differ, nearly all of them rely on some combination of surveillance, mass testing, isolation, and contact
Vox