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The novel coronavirus is surging in several Midwestern states that had not previously seen high infection rates while average daily deaths remained elevated Monday in Southern and Western states hit with a resurgence of the disease after lifting some restrictions earlier this summer.
Missouri, Montana and Oklahoma are among those witnessing the largest percentage surge of infections over the past week, while, adjusted for population, the number of new cases in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama still outpaced all other states, according to a Washington Post analysis of health data.
Experts also see worrying trends emerging in major East Coast and Midwest cities, and they anticipate major outbreaks in college towns as classes resume in August.
Trump also said the United States is doing much better dealing with the virus than most other countries — a claim inconsistent with the facts — and accused the news media of trying to make him and the country look “as bad as possible.”
At least 4.6 million coronavirus cases and 151,000 fatalities have been reported in the United States since February.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that “a number of coronavirus vaccines are now in Phase 3 clinical trials, and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.”
He cautioned, however, that “of course there are concerns that we may not have a vaccine that may work,” or that its protection would be short term.
Getting a coronavirus vaccine in record time is hard. Distributing it to tens of millions may be equally daunting.
Top executives at Disney, Microsoft, Mastercard and IBM were among more than 100 business leaders who called on Congress to provide emergency relief for small businesses facing economic calamity.
In a letter sent to congressional leaders of both parties Monday, the executives issued a dire warning of mass closures triggered by the coronavirus, as companies report declining revenue and face the prospect of shutting down yet again to contain the outbreak.
The business leaders predict another wave of permanent business closures by Labor Day if the government does not provide aid.
Trump continued to insist that hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the coronavirus even as leading health officials in his administration have concluded otherwise. The president suggested that opposition to its effectiveness is because he supports it, as opposed to based on science.
“Hydroxy has tremendous support, but politically it’s toxic because I supported it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “If I would have said, ‘Do not use hydroxychloroquine under any circumstances,’ they would have come out and they would have said, ‘It’s a great, it’s a great thing.’ ”
He recounted taking the anti-malaria drug in May after it was announced that a couple of White House staffers had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“I mean, I had no problem. I had no problem whatsoever. And importantly, I didn’t test positive,” Trump said.
Pressed by a reporter about the differing opinions of leading health experts, including Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease official, Trump stood his ground.
“I don’t agree with Fauci on everything,” Trump said.
In several recent interviews, Fauci has dismissed hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, calling it ineffective.
Trump also feuded publicly with the other leading official face of the U.S. government response. Trump on Monday tweeted criticism of Deborah Birx, the physician overseeing the White House’s coronavirus efforts, a day after she warned that the United States is entering a “new phase” of the pandemic.
Trump tweeted that after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized Birx for being “too positive” about his handling of the pandemic, the doctor “took the bait & hit us.” He appeared to be referring to Birx on Sunday telling CNN that increasing outbreaks in both rural and urban areas are “different from March and April” and “extraordinarily widespread.”
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This is what happens when you get overconfident & relax your security restrictions.
The novel coronavirus is surging in several Midwestern states that had not previously seen high infection rates while average daily deaths remained elevated Monday in Southern and Western states hit with a resurgence of the disease after lifting some restrictions earlier this summer.
Missouri, Montana and Oklahoma are among those witnessing the largest percentage surge of infections over the past week, while, adjusted for population, the number of new cases in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama still outpaced all other states, according to a Washington Post analysis of health data.
Experts also see worrying trends emerging in major East Coast and Midwest cities, and they anticipate major outbreaks in college towns as classes resume in August.
Trump also said the United States is doing much better dealing with the virus than most other countries — a claim inconsistent with the facts — and accused the news media of trying to make him and the country look “as bad as possible.”
At least 4.6 million coronavirus cases and 151,000 fatalities have been reported in the United States since February.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that “a number of coronavirus vaccines are now in Phase 3 clinical trials, and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.”
He cautioned, however, that “of course there are concerns that we may not have a vaccine that may work,” or that its protection would be short term.
Getting a coronavirus vaccine in record time is hard. Distributing it to tens of millions may be equally daunting.
Top executives at Disney, Microsoft, Mastercard and IBM were among more than 100 business leaders who called on Congress to provide emergency relief for small businesses facing economic calamity.
In a letter sent to congressional leaders of both parties Monday, the executives issued a dire warning of mass closures triggered by the coronavirus, as companies report declining revenue and face the prospect of shutting down yet again to contain the outbreak.
The business leaders predict another wave of permanent business closures by Labor Day if the government does not provide aid.
Trump continued to insist that hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the coronavirus even as leading health officials in his administration have concluded otherwise. The president suggested that opposition to its effectiveness is because he supports it, as opposed to based on science.
“Hydroxy has tremendous support, but politically it’s toxic because I supported it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “If I would have said, ‘Do not use hydroxychloroquine under any circumstances,’ they would have come out and they would have said, ‘It’s a great, it’s a great thing.’ ”
He recounted taking the anti-malaria drug in May after it was announced that a couple of White House staffers had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“I mean, I had no problem. I had no problem whatsoever. And importantly, I didn’t test positive,” Trump said.
Pressed by a reporter about the differing opinions of leading health experts, including Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease official, Trump stood his ground.
“I don’t agree with Fauci on everything,” Trump said.
In several recent interviews, Fauci has dismissed hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, calling it ineffective.
Trump also feuded publicly with the other leading official face of the U.S. government response. Trump on Monday tweeted criticism of Deborah Birx, the physician overseeing the White House’s coronavirus efforts, a day after she warned that the United States is entering a “new phase” of the pandemic.
Trump tweeted that after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized Birx for being “too positive” about his handling of the pandemic, the doctor “took the bait & hit us.” He appeared to be referring to Birx on Sunday telling CNN that increasing outbreaks in both rural and urban areas are “different from March and April” and “extraordinarily widespread.”
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This is what happens when you get overconfident & relax your security restrictions.
