by Dean Paxton | Apr 30, 2020 | News, News Briefs
Current status in the US: USA Eric Trump promotes “quarantine wine” on the same day that his dad spares visas for vineyard workersBay Area food banks get a coronavirus surprise: 35,000 Wagyu steaks worth $2 millionKentucky Gov Andy Beshear denounced a...
by Dean Paxton | Apr 27, 2020 | News, News Briefs
‘No Evidence’ Yet That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Are Immune, WHO Says (NPR)Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported. Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries (Financial Times)U.S....
by Dean Paxton | Apr 21, 2020 | News, News Briefs
28,000 missing deaths: Tracking the true death toll of the coronavirus crisis. (New York Times)The Trump administration doesn’t have a plan to cover coronavirus treatment for the uninsured two weeks after pledging to have a plan. (Politico)The malaria drug widely...
by Dean Paxton | Apr 17, 2020 | News Briefs
Trump says he’s “Opening Up America Again.” He’s going to go for “Beautufully Low” numbered states firstA protest movement is taking hold targeting states that have extended social-distancing rules, closed schools, and restricted...
by Dean Paxton | Apr 16, 2020 | News Briefs
Trump cut off U.S. funding to the World Health Organization in response to the agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have not been treated properly” Bill gates says “That’s as bad as it sounds”The Democrats are calling it illegalThe CDC...