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Mar 21 2020
Opinion
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Political
The last time we faced an economic crisis anywhere near as severe as the one we are about to encounter was in 2008, when the global banking system began to collapse under the weight of its own excesses.
When the US government’s decision to allow Lehman Brothers to fail sent financial markets into freefall, world leaders realized it was time to step up. At first, they provided trillions
JacobinJan 30 2020
Fact Check
Q&A on the Wuhan Coronavirus
An outbreak of viral pneumonia that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 has now sickened thousands, and led to more than 100 deaths.
Although much is still unknown, scientists have made rapid progress in understanding the culprit, a new virus in the coronavirus family, which temporarily goes by the name 2019 novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV.
As the
FactCheck.orgFeb 03 2020
News
What's happening with the coronavirus
11 people in the U.S. have now been diagnosed with coronavirus after health officials confirmed three more cases in California on Sunday — including the second person-to-person transmission recorded in the United States.
The state of play: 2019-nCoV has killed more than 360 people and infected more than 17,000 people in mainland China, and around 200 in 26 other countries and regions.
AxiosMar 25 2024
Perspectives Blog
When Voters Don’t Want Anyone to Be President
From the CenterThere was a time in American politics in which voters chose their candidates based on whom they held in the highest regard, weighing their options and making their selection based on which of their alternatives they held in higher regard and would perform more effectively in office. That era no longer exists.
We now live in an era of negative partisanship, in which
Dan SchnurJul 01 2021
Analysis
The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happened repeatedly in the past? Or did the virus accidentally escape from a nearby lab?
The default answer for most scientists has been that the virus,
FactCheck.orgJun 16 2023
Fact Check
Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
Scientists have been studying coronaviruses, a family of viruses that infect animals and humans, for decades — the first was identified in chickens in the 1930s. In 1968, after the first human coronavirus was identified in 1965, virologists grouped them and named them coronaviruses for their crown-like surface, which also resembles the outermost layer of the sun called the corona (corona is
FactCheck.orgMar 12 2024
News
President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination
President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country.
Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia. That pushed
Associated PressMar 04 2021
News
Is a spring coronavirus surge inevitable?
For the first time in months, there are reasons for optimism about the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. The numbers of infections and deaths have dropped substantially from their peaks in the winter months. More than 50 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far, and the vaccination rate is expected to increase. All this encouraging news has
Yahoo! The 360Dec 07 2022
News
Congress moves to end military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate
Congress is poised to force the Pentagon to end the military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate under compromise legislation to authorize funding for the Defense Department, a major capitulation for Democrats who championed the policy despite sharp controversy in the ranks over its implementation.
The abrupt termination of the requirement, which became Pentagon policy in August 2021, came
Washington PostDec 02 2020
News
Should the coronavirus vaccine be mandatory?
Promising results from clinical trials of three coronavirus vaccines have brought new hope for ending the pandemic. But a vaccine, or a combination of vaccines, will not be effective if people refuse to take it.
Experts estimate that at least 60 percent of Americans will need to be vaccinated to stop the virus from spreading to the rest of the population. The question of how to achieve
Yahoo! The 360