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We Still Don’t Know How and Where the Coronavirus Originated

We Still Don’t Know How and Where the Coronavirus Originated

Researchers are racing against time to produce medicines and vaccines against the virus and the COVID-19 disease, but they are still not sure of the origins of the virus, other than it appears to have emerged first in China.
Gov. Whitmer: Reopen Demonstrations ‘Force Us to Stay’ in Shutdown Posture Longer

Gov. Whitmer: Reopen Demonstrations ‘Force Us to Stay’ in Shutdown Posture Longer

The protests against the state stay-at-home orders which have been springing up across the United States over the last couple of weeks will have the perverse effect of forcing governors to maintain the lockdown conditions in place even longer, according to Gov Gretchen Whitmer, who's state of Michigan has been the site of such protests.
NY Gov Calls McConnell’s ‘Go Broke’ Comments on Blue States ‘Dumb’ and ‘Offensive’

NY Gov Calls McConnell’s ‘Go Broke’ Comments on Blue States ‘Dumb’ and ‘Offensive’

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D), one of the strongest advocates of Congress providing state governments financial aid to help deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's idea of allowing blue states to go bankrupt "politically repugnant."
Gov. Cuomo on Reopening Prematurely: I’m Not Caving in to Political Pressure and Watch People Die

Gov. Cuomo on Reopening Prematurely: I’m Not Caving in to Political Pressure and Watch People Die

With several states beginning to reopen despite a continuing COVID-19 pandemic, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) said that he won't be pressured into reopening his state prematurely.
Illinois Governor Blasts Trump for ‘Fomenting Protests’: Some People May Die Because of These Mass Demonstrations

Illinois Governor Blasts Trump for ‘Fomenting Protests’: Some People May Die Because of These Mass Demonstrations

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker fired back against Donald Trump, saying that at a time when he should be uniting Americans, Trump is dividing them.
Kerry: Trump Pushing Reopening Is Playing ‘Russian Roulette’ with American Lives

Kerry: Trump Pushing Reopening Is Playing ‘Russian Roulette’ with American Lives

Donald Trump is acting irresponsibly, putting the lives of the American people in jeopardy by not providing adequate testing for the novel coronavirus, according to former secretary of state John Kerry.
Dr Sanjay Gupta on Reopening Georgia: ‘It’s a Bad Idea’

Dr Sanjay Gupta on Reopening Georgia: ‘It’s a Bad Idea’

Dr Sanjay Gupta, CNN's longtime medical correspondent, is among those voicing concern over Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to begin to begin reopening the state within days.
Facebook Deleting Posts Promoting Lockdown Protests To Combat ‘Harmful Misinformation’

Facebook Deleting Posts Promoting Lockdown Protests To Combat ‘Harmful Misinformation’

Facebook--the social media giant which has been at the center of such wide-ranging scandals as the Russian campaign to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election to the effort to distribute a so-called "deepfake" of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi which made her appear intoxicated--has taken action to remove posts which promote the protests around the United States challenging the lockdown conditions in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to company chief Mark Zuckerberg.
The Midst Of A Pandemic Is No Time To Be Loosening Restrictions, And During These Uncertain Times Americans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Their Food Safety, Schumer Says

The Midst Of A Pandemic Is No Time To Be Loosening Restrictions, And During These Uncertain Times Americans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Their Food Safety, Schumer Says

As the novel coronavirus, and the COVID-19 disease, continues to spread throughout the United States, making New York its epicenter with more than 10,000 deaths, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately clarify its plan to address the lack over oversight and inspection of the American food supply system – to restore peace of mind to millions of consumers.