Category: coronavirus
Senator on Evidence Coronavirus Came from a Lab in China: I Want To See It
While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insists that there is evidence to support the discredited theory that the novel coronavirus actually originated in a biolab in Wuhan, China, a key senator is demanding to see that evidence.
Gov Cuomo: ‘Reopening More Difficult than the Closedown’
While he conceded that remaining shutdown will become untenable, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) said that the process of reopening more difficult than that of the closedown.
Whitmer on Reopening the State of Michigan: ‘We Have to Keep Listening to the Epidemiologists…Not Tweets’
Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D) said that her decision to begin to lift the stay-at-home orders and lockdown conditions on the basis of public health professionals and not politics and angry tweets.
Stepping on Bush’s Graceful Words, Trump Proves Himself Incapable of Unity
While Trump of course misses his point, the rest of us ought to very much heed President Bush's wisdom.
Dr. Birx: Michigan Protesters in Big Crowds and Not Wearing Masks Are ‘Devastatingly Worrisome’
While Donald Trump has been encouraging the protesters in Michigan, his White House coronavirus response coordinator is aghast at the potential for those protesters to eventually sicken others.
Biden on Blacks Disproportionately Dying of COVID-19: ‘Institutional Racism at the Root of this Injustice’
Institutional racism is at the root of why African Americans are many more times more likely to catch, and die from, COVID-19, according to Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Joe Biden Defends Gretchen Whitmer, She’s Doing ‘One Heck of a Job’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defended Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D), who has been the subject of fierce conservative protests against the state stay-at-home and lockdown orders she's issued in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
N.C. Governor: I’m ‘Really Concerned’ About How Quickly Georgia’s Reopening
North Carolina Gov Roy Cooper (D) is expressing worry about the speed at which his neighbor to the southwest is reopening their economy in the face of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
With Republicans Extorting Vulnerable Americans To Work Amidst COVID-19, Democrats Must Intervene
The choice such politicians as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is forcing countless American workers to make is this: Go to work and risk infection--and perhaps death--or stay at home and potentially starve. It's up to Democrats to fight back.
Romney Calls out U.S. Handling of Coronavirus: ‘Not a Great Moment in American Leadership’
The United States has not distinguished itself so far with its leadership in the international community with its response to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, according to Sen Mitt Romney (R-Utah). However, the nation could well redeem itself in the coming phases of the pandemic, particularly as it relates to the development of medications and vaccines to combat the virus, he added.
