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The Pandemic May Be With Us for the Long Haul. How Do We Adapt?
It's obvious that there will be no quick fix in the chaotic new world we’ve been plunged into.
Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID
McEnany was in defiance of CDC guidelines urging quarantine for individuals exposed to others who have the disease.
GOP COVID Patients Receive Care They’d Deny Others. Time for Medicare for All.
Under the for-profit health care system, the vast majority of Americans are in no position to simply go to the hospital.
Latest COVID Antibodies Study Shows Herd Immunity Strategy Is “Highly Unethical”
With less than 10 percent of U.S. adults carrying antibodies, researchers also found herd immunity to be “unachievable.”
Researchers Say Trump Is the “Largest Single Component” of COVID Misinformation
From hydroxychloroquine to sunlight, Trump has promoted many false whoppers about how to treat the virus.
India Hits 6 Million COVID Cases as Modi Government Represses Dissent
Fears of mass unemployment and food shortages outweigh discussion on the pandemic.
White House Overrules “No-Sail Ban” Despite Cruise Ships Being Hotbeds of COVID
The CDC noted last month that lifting the ban would result in “substantial unnecessary risk” to a number of individuals.
Meatpacking Plants Deny Workers Comp to Thousands Who Contracted COVID-19
Out of 930 workers compensation claims made by workers in Minnesota alone, none have been approved so far.
White House Pressured CDC to Produce Data Backing Trump’s Push to Reopen Schools
One former White House aide said the administration was “exchanging votes for lives” in pressuring the CDC.
CDC Director Overheard Saying Everything Trump’s COVID Adviser Says “Is False”
The adviser, Scott Atlas, has been pushing the White House to adopt a “herd immunity” approach to the COVID pandemic.