“While almost three in four white voters said they did not know someone who died of the virus, 48 percent of black voters, and 52 percent of Latino voters, said they did.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/ The “perilously stretched thin healthcare system” and the “worst COVID-19 outbreak” refer to what is happening in the United States. It is predicted that a vaccine will take 18-24 months, and once restrictions relax, life as people know it cannot return, and “this is about the next two years.” It is not a question … Read more
McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Giulia. “A 100-year-old WWII veteran died of Covid-19. His twin brother died 100 years earlier in the flu pandemic.” CNN. April 23, 2020.
The first human trial of a vaccine has begun in Europe. There is some information about possible symptoms of the vaccine, how it may be predicted to show effectiveness, how a vaccine works. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52394485
Earlier this week, Denmark became the first country in Europe to begin to lift its restrictions regarding the pandemic. After being the first country in Europe to shut down and close borders, and with their decreasing number of Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that students will return to school. Younger students, through fifth … Read more
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On Monday night, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the country, which had been on lockdown since March 17, would likely begin to re-open on May 11. Schools would be amongst the first to re-open; other establishments such as restaurants and bars could remain closed until mid-July. Roe, David and van der Made, Jan. “French … Read more
Since Sanders dropping out of the race, Biden has clinched the Democratic nomination and has recently gotten the endorsements of Obama, Sanders and Warren as the Democratic Party rallies behind him. As part of his efforts to present himself as a different type of leader to Trump, he released his own plan to reopen the … Read more
Attached below is a link to an article that FOX News published on 4/16/20 that alleges that Covid-19 began in a lab in Wuhan, China. This allegation, without hard evidence, is a dangerous prerogative that FOX should approach with great caution, if at all. It is very possible that this story is simply “click bait” … Read more
