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By DAVID BEGNAUD CBS NEWS July 9, 2020, 7:03 PM
California, Florida and Texas report highest daily coronavirus death tolls
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/corona...th-tolls-california-florida-texas-2020-07-09/
Last Updated Jul 10, 2020 12:13 AM EDT
The coronavirus crisis nationwide is not only deepening, it is growing more deadly. The country's three biggest states ? California, Florida and Texas ? are reporting their largest single-day death tolls since the pandemic began. There are now 41 states that are reporting increases in average new cases compared to two weeks ago.
In California, 149 deaths were reported on Wednesday, the highest single-day number since the pandemic began. "For those that just think, now people are getting it, no one's dying, that is very misleading," Governor Gavin Newsom said at his briefing Thursday.
The country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he believes the country's hardest-hit states should consider pausing plans to reopen. More than 3 million cases of coronavirus have been infected by the virus across the country, and nearly 133,000 people have died nationwide.
In Florida, Walt Disney World reopened Thursday to guests who have season passes as the county where Disney is located has seen a 130% increase in coronavirus infections in the last 14 days.
Disney is opening up the park to the general public on Saturday. Loyal annual pass holders got first dibs, but the magic won't quite be the same. As visitors and employees enter, temperatures will be checked, and guests are required to wear masks and social distance.
Dr. Terry Adirim, a physician and dean at Florida Atlantic University, was concerned to see the theme park reopen. "I think it's like pouring gasoline on a fire," Adirim told CBS News. "I don't think it's going to help us drive down our case rates. I think it's going to do the opposite."
Governor Ron DeSantis said residents should take precautions. "There is no need to be panicked and there is no need to be fearful," he said.
In Arizona, where about 1 in every 4 tests now comes up positive, lines to get screened stretch for blocks and supplies are running out. Testing sites are overrun in Phoenix, with long lines begin before sunrise. The number of people getting tested is overwhelming the labs that process the tests, leading to delays in getting results.
"If you're going to do contact tracing and the test comes back in five to seven days, you might as well not do contact tracing because it's already too late," Fauci said on Wednesday.
"I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process," he said. "Looking at what did not work well and try to mitigate that."
Texas also reported a new high with 98 deaths on Wednesday as new cases continue to soar throughout the state.
Strike force nurses who worked the virus surge in New York for months are now in Texas. Across the state, case numbers continue to climb at an alarming rate of nearly 10,000 cases a day and doctors are begging for help.
Texas has more than 220,000 reported cases, and the Latino community has been hit the hardest, accounting for nearly 29% of deaths in the state.
Emergency room nurses like Jessica Montemayor and Sandy Ramirez worry their community isn't taking this seriously. Everybody always wants to be together," Ramirez told CBS News. "They think, 'It's just my family, I'm not going to get anything from them."
The nation's effort to flatten the curve is an uphill battle. There is an upward climb of COVID-19 cases nationwide, a stark contrast to New York's downward trend and the gap continues to widen.
Still, officials in New York are not taking any chances. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said he is banning all large gatherings through the end of September. The balance between reopening and health and public safety is delicate.
The misery caused by the virus is only being amplified by its economic impact. Another 1.3 million Americans filed for unemployment in the past week.
Meanwhile, Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, backed off the idea that his agency would change its guidelines for reopening schools after Vice President Mike Pence suggested it would.
Mireya Villarreal and Justin Carissimo contributed reporting.
California, Florida and Texas report highest daily coronavirus death tolls
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/corona...th-tolls-california-florida-texas-2020-07-09/
Last Updated Jul 10, 2020 12:13 AM EDT
The coronavirus crisis nationwide is not only deepening, it is growing more deadly. The country's three biggest states ? California, Florida and Texas ? are reporting their largest single-day death tolls since the pandemic began. There are now 41 states that are reporting increases in average new cases compared to two weeks ago.
In California, 149 deaths were reported on Wednesday, the highest single-day number since the pandemic began. "For those that just think, now people are getting it, no one's dying, that is very misleading," Governor Gavin Newsom said at his briefing Thursday.
The country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he believes the country's hardest-hit states should consider pausing plans to reopen. More than 3 million cases of coronavirus have been infected by the virus across the country, and nearly 133,000 people have died nationwide.
In Florida, Walt Disney World reopened Thursday to guests who have season passes as the county where Disney is located has seen a 130% increase in coronavirus infections in the last 14 days.
Disney is opening up the park to the general public on Saturday. Loyal annual pass holders got first dibs, but the magic won't quite be the same. As visitors and employees enter, temperatures will be checked, and guests are required to wear masks and social distance.
Dr. Terry Adirim, a physician and dean at Florida Atlantic University, was concerned to see the theme park reopen. "I think it's like pouring gasoline on a fire," Adirim told CBS News. "I don't think it's going to help us drive down our case rates. I think it's going to do the opposite."
Governor Ron DeSantis said residents should take precautions. "There is no need to be panicked and there is no need to be fearful," he said.
In Arizona, where about 1 in every 4 tests now comes up positive, lines to get screened stretch for blocks and supplies are running out. Testing sites are overrun in Phoenix, with long lines begin before sunrise. The number of people getting tested is overwhelming the labs that process the tests, leading to delays in getting results.
"If you're going to do contact tracing and the test comes back in five to seven days, you might as well not do contact tracing because it's already too late," Fauci said on Wednesday.
"I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process," he said. "Looking at what did not work well and try to mitigate that."
Texas also reported a new high with 98 deaths on Wednesday as new cases continue to soar throughout the state.
Strike force nurses who worked the virus surge in New York for months are now in Texas. Across the state, case numbers continue to climb at an alarming rate of nearly 10,000 cases a day and doctors are begging for help.
Texas has more than 220,000 reported cases, and the Latino community has been hit the hardest, accounting for nearly 29% of deaths in the state.
Emergency room nurses like Jessica Montemayor and Sandy Ramirez worry their community isn't taking this seriously. Everybody always wants to be together," Ramirez told CBS News. "They think, 'It's just my family, I'm not going to get anything from them."
The nation's effort to flatten the curve is an uphill battle. There is an upward climb of COVID-19 cases nationwide, a stark contrast to New York's downward trend and the gap continues to widen.
Still, officials in New York are not taking any chances. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said he is banning all large gatherings through the end of September. The balance between reopening and health and public safety is delicate.
The misery caused by the virus is only being amplified by its economic impact. Another 1.3 million Americans filed for unemployment in the past week.
Meanwhile, Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, backed off the idea that his agency would change its guidelines for reopening schools after Vice President Mike Pence suggested it would.
Mireya Villarreal and Justin Carissimo contributed reporting.
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13 states now report coronavirus testing issues, in echo of early troubles
Months after start of pandemic, shortage of equipment, lengthy turnaround times.
BySoo Rin Kim,Olivia Rubin, andAli Dukakis
July 10, 2020, 4:02 AM
17 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/13-states-now-report-coronavirus-testing-issues-echo/story?id=71698974
Months after start of pandemic, shortage of equipment, lengthy turnaround times.
BySoo Rin Kim,Olivia Rubin, andAli Dukakis
July 10, 2020, 4:02 AM
17 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/13-states-now-report-coronavirus-testing-issues-echo/story?id=71698974
Now that we are months into this fiasco, can anyone tell me what the Trump Admin's plan is for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic?
We've cycled through the following with little success:
-It's a hoax
-It's all under control
-It'll disappear when it gets warm out
-It's Obama's fault
-It's China's fault
-It's the government's call on when to shut down
-We need to shut everything down
-It's the states' responsibility to make the call on when to shutdown
-We need to open everything back up
-Don't need to wear masks
-Need to wear masks
This is a complete shit show. But, Trump rates his response 10 out of 10. So, there's that.
"I take no responibility at all." -Donald J Trump
We've cycled through the following with little success:
-It's a hoax
-It's all under control
-It'll disappear when it gets warm out
-It's Obama's fault
-It's China's fault
-It's the government's call on when to shut down
-We need to shut everything down
-It's the states' responsibility to make the call on when to shutdown
-We need to open everything back up
-Don't need to wear masks
-Need to wear masks
This is a complete shit show. But, Trump rates his response 10 out of 10. So, there's that.
"I take no responibility at all." -Donald J Trump
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..this is what happens when voters think a narcissistic Game Show Host is the person to lead the entire free world.......Nice going....Elect his ass again and you deserve it.
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WHO says countries may have to return to "total lockdown," after cases double worldwide in 6 weeks
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-cases-double-six-weeks-world-health-organization-lockdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-cases-double-six-weeks-world-health-organization-lockdown/
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Virus surge visible across Texas: 'The tsunami is here'
Texas has surpassed 10,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
July 10, 2020, 7:15 PM
4 min read
AUSTIN, Texas -- Urgent calls for field hospitals. Cars lined up for hours at drive-thru testing centers. Bars boarded up and grocery stores enforcing masks.
Texas today resembles the state in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Except now, the outbreak is far worse.
Records for COVID-19-related deaths and hospitalizations are set almost daily and Texas, the state that embarked on one of America?s fastest reopenings, is in retreat. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who on Friday extended a statewide disaster order first issued in March, is now telling the public to brace for what?s ahead.
?Things will get worse,? Abbott told Lubbock television station KLBK. ?The worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in people testing positive.?
On Friday, Texas surpassed 10,000 hospitalized patients for the first time, capping a week of grim markers that also saw the state exceed 10,000 new cases in a single day. And it has been the deadliest week of the pandemic in Texas, with 95 new deaths reported Friday.
?Several months ago, I warned of a potential tsunami if we did not take this more seriously,? said Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez, the top official in one of the largest counties on the Texas-Mexico border. Since Monday, at least 31 people there have died due to COVID-19 ? more than in Houston or San Antonio.
?The tsunami is here,? he said.
The crush of patients at border hospitals is one alarming new sight in Texas. In rural Starr County, which has one hospital and no intensive care unit, County Judge Eloy Vera said Friday that doctors were down to two ventilators and that the local health director was calling around the country looking for places to send their most severe virus patients. ?There aren't any hospitals in Texas that would take them, so he was looking at maybe sending them to New York. It's bad,? Vera said.
He said the county is also seeking a refrigerated trailer to store the dead because the local funeral home already had seven or eight bodies waiting to be processed ? more than it could handle at one time.
The escalating crisis led members of Texas' congressional delegation to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for a field hospital in the Rio Grande Valley as soon as possible. Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas also signed the letter, writing there was ?no indication that case counts will level out soon.?
?Our healthcare providers remain wholly overwhelmed,? the letter says.
During the early weeks of the pandemic, overflow medical shelters were quickly set up in Dallas and Houston, but they closed in April without ever housing a single patient. Abbott announced at the end of that month that Texas would begin reopening after just a few weeks of stay-at-home orders. Mayors in Texas' big cities and health experts winced at the speed, saying it was too soon.
Bars reopened in May, but were ordered shuttered again a month later as Texas cases began climbing again. Abbott on Friday urged the public, again, to wear masks and warned of another shutdown if the spread isn't stopped.
?The next step would have to be a lockdown," Abbott said. "The last thing I want to do, the last thing anybody in Texas wants to do is see another lockdown.?
A resurgence of long lines for virus tests in Texas has also been accompanied by delays in getting results. Veronica Seever, co-owner of Leaf Landscaping Supply in Austin, said she and her family received their COVID-19 test results Tuesday after a 14-day wait.
Seever went with her husband and 16-year-old son to get tested at an urgent care clinic east of Austin after two of their employees tested positive. She said all three of them had to miss eight days of work during their 14-day self-isolation period, with no results in sight.
?That was a big frustration for us,? Seever said. ?We are trying to be socially responsible and make sure we are not out in public or at work spreading, but when it takes that long to get a test, people are missing work that don?t necessarily need to be missing work.?
Associated Press reporter Acacia Coronado contributed to this report
Texas has surpassed 10,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
July 10, 2020, 7:15 PM
4 min read
AUSTIN, Texas -- Urgent calls for field hospitals. Cars lined up for hours at drive-thru testing centers. Bars boarded up and grocery stores enforcing masks.
Texas today resembles the state in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Except now, the outbreak is far worse.
Records for COVID-19-related deaths and hospitalizations are set almost daily and Texas, the state that embarked on one of America?s fastest reopenings, is in retreat. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who on Friday extended a statewide disaster order first issued in March, is now telling the public to brace for what?s ahead.
?Things will get worse,? Abbott told Lubbock television station KLBK. ?The worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in people testing positive.?
On Friday, Texas surpassed 10,000 hospitalized patients for the first time, capping a week of grim markers that also saw the state exceed 10,000 new cases in a single day. And it has been the deadliest week of the pandemic in Texas, with 95 new deaths reported Friday.
?Several months ago, I warned of a potential tsunami if we did not take this more seriously,? said Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez, the top official in one of the largest counties on the Texas-Mexico border. Since Monday, at least 31 people there have died due to COVID-19 ? more than in Houston or San Antonio.
?The tsunami is here,? he said.
The crush of patients at border hospitals is one alarming new sight in Texas. In rural Starr County, which has one hospital and no intensive care unit, County Judge Eloy Vera said Friday that doctors were down to two ventilators and that the local health director was calling around the country looking for places to send their most severe virus patients. ?There aren't any hospitals in Texas that would take them, so he was looking at maybe sending them to New York. It's bad,? Vera said.
He said the county is also seeking a refrigerated trailer to store the dead because the local funeral home already had seven or eight bodies waiting to be processed ? more than it could handle at one time.
The escalating crisis led members of Texas' congressional delegation to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for a field hospital in the Rio Grande Valley as soon as possible. Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas also signed the letter, writing there was ?no indication that case counts will level out soon.?
?Our healthcare providers remain wholly overwhelmed,? the letter says.
During the early weeks of the pandemic, overflow medical shelters were quickly set up in Dallas and Houston, but they closed in April without ever housing a single patient. Abbott announced at the end of that month that Texas would begin reopening after just a few weeks of stay-at-home orders. Mayors in Texas' big cities and health experts winced at the speed, saying it was too soon.
Bars reopened in May, but were ordered shuttered again a month later as Texas cases began climbing again. Abbott on Friday urged the public, again, to wear masks and warned of another shutdown if the spread isn't stopped.
?The next step would have to be a lockdown," Abbott said. "The last thing I want to do, the last thing anybody in Texas wants to do is see another lockdown.?
A resurgence of long lines for virus tests in Texas has also been accompanied by delays in getting results. Veronica Seever, co-owner of Leaf Landscaping Supply in Austin, said she and her family received their COVID-19 test results Tuesday after a 14-day wait.
Seever went with her husband and 16-year-old son to get tested at an urgent care clinic east of Austin after two of their employees tested positive. She said all three of them had to miss eight days of work during their 14-day self-isolation period, with no results in sight.
?That was a big frustration for us,? Seever said. ?We are trying to be socially responsible and make sure we are not out in public or at work spreading, but when it takes that long to get a test, people are missing work that don?t necessarily need to be missing work.?
Associated Press reporter Acacia Coronado contributed to this report
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US posts over 68K new virus cases, setting record for third straight day
BY MARTY JOHNSON - 07/11/20 08:00 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/5...ew-coronavirus-cases-setting-record-for-third
The U.S. on Friday reported more than 68,000 new COVID-19 cases, breaking the country's record for the daily number of new cases for the third consecutive day as the growing pandemic tightens its grip on the country.
Friday's total was a significant rise from Thursday's record mark of 59,886, according to The New York Times' tally, though it also underscores the massive jump in new cases over the past two weeks. Friday's record of 68,100 represents an 84 percent increase over the last 16 days, the Times found.
Several states set new records for the number of new cases on Friday, including Georgia, Utah, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa and Ohio.
Georgia, the first state to begin reopening its economy amid the pandemic, recorded 4,904 cases on Friday, smashing its previous record of 2,886 on July 2.
Atlanta officials have signaled that the city could be shifting back to "Phase 1" guidelines, which largely direct people to stay at home. The city's mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms (D), tested positive for COVID-19 this week, though she says she is asymptomatic. She made wearing a masks while in public a requirement for city residents on Wednesday.
Texas reported 9,923 new cases on Friday after seeing nearly 11,000 cases on Thursday, a record. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has re-shuttered bars and mandated that all Texans wear masks while out in public, but he warned Friday that more restrictions could be coming, predicting that "things will get worse."
"This was a very tough decision for me to make,? Abbott said in a TV interview, explaining the mask requirement. ?I made clear that I made this tough decision for one reason: It was our last best effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. If we do not slow the spread of COVID-19 ? the next step would have to be a lockdown.?
Florida, which has become one of the main epicenters in the world for the pandemic, nearly broke its record for daily cases that it set on July 4, reporting 11,433 new cases on Friday. Despite the surge in cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has said that he will not shut the state down again.
"We're open. We know who we need to protect Most of the folks in those younger demographics, although we want them to be mindful of what's going on, are just simply much much less at risk than the folks who are in those older age groups," he said late last month.
BY MARTY JOHNSON - 07/11/20 08:00 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/5...ew-coronavirus-cases-setting-record-for-third
The U.S. on Friday reported more than 68,000 new COVID-19 cases, breaking the country's record for the daily number of new cases for the third consecutive day as the growing pandemic tightens its grip on the country.
Friday's total was a significant rise from Thursday's record mark of 59,886, according to The New York Times' tally, though it also underscores the massive jump in new cases over the past two weeks. Friday's record of 68,100 represents an 84 percent increase over the last 16 days, the Times found.
Several states set new records for the number of new cases on Friday, including Georgia, Utah, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa and Ohio.
Georgia, the first state to begin reopening its economy amid the pandemic, recorded 4,904 cases on Friday, smashing its previous record of 2,886 on July 2.
Atlanta officials have signaled that the city could be shifting back to "Phase 1" guidelines, which largely direct people to stay at home. The city's mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms (D), tested positive for COVID-19 this week, though she says she is asymptomatic. She made wearing a masks while in public a requirement for city residents on Wednesday.
Texas reported 9,923 new cases on Friday after seeing nearly 11,000 cases on Thursday, a record. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has re-shuttered bars and mandated that all Texans wear masks while out in public, but he warned Friday that more restrictions could be coming, predicting that "things will get worse."
"This was a very tough decision for me to make,? Abbott said in a TV interview, explaining the mask requirement. ?I made clear that I made this tough decision for one reason: It was our last best effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. If we do not slow the spread of COVID-19 ? the next step would have to be a lockdown.?
Florida, which has become one of the main epicenters in the world for the pandemic, nearly broke its record for daily cases that it set on July 4, reporting 11,433 new cases on Friday. Despite the surge in cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has said that he will not shut the state down again.
"We're open. We know who we need to protect Most of the folks in those younger demographics, although we want them to be mindful of what's going on, are just simply much much less at risk than the folks who are in those older age groups," he said late last month.
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Rift grows between Trump, health experts amid coronavirus surge
Dr. Fauci said he hasn't seen Trump in person since June 2.
ByLibby Cathey
July 11, 2020, 9:53 AM
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rif...id=clicksource_4380645_4_three_posts_card_hed
But while the Trump White House this week said the world is looking to the U.S. as the leader in the ongoing pandemic, Fauci has asserted the opposite.
"As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don't think you can say we're doing great," Fauci said. "I mean, we're just not."
Dr. Fauci said he hasn't seen Trump in person since June 2.
ByLibby Cathey
July 11, 2020, 9:53 AM
15 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rif...id=clicksource_4380645_4_three_posts_card_hed
But while the Trump White House this week said the world is looking to the U.S. as the leader in the ongoing pandemic, Fauci has asserted the opposite.
"As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don't think you can say we're doing great," Fauci said. "I mean, we're just not."
There's a choice for you. When it comes to the pandemic, who will you believe, Trump or Fauci?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkU1ob_lHCw
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Fauci sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic
YASMEEN ABUTALEB, JOSH DAWSEY AND LAURIE MCGINLEY
The Washington Post
JUL 11, 2020 6:32 PM
https://liber.post-gazette.com/news...p-blunt-talk-on-pandemic/stories/202007110044
WASHINGTON ? For months, Anthony Fauci has played a lead role in America?s coronavirus pandemic, as a diminutive, Brooklyn-accented narrator who has assessed the risk and issued increasingly blunt warnings as the nation?s response has gone badly awry.
But as the Trump administration has strayed further from the advice of many scientists and public health experts, the White House has moved to sideline Dr. Fauci, scuttled some of his planned TV appearances and largely kept him out of the Oval Office for more than a month even as coronavirus infections surge in large swaths of the country.
In recent days, the 79-year-old scientist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has found himself directly in the president?s crosshairs. During a Fox News interview Thursday with Sean Hannity, Mr. Trump said Dr, Fauci ?is a nice man, but he?s made a lot of mistakes.? And in an interview last week with Greta Van Susteren, when asked about Dr. Fauci?s assessment that the country was not in a good place, Trump said flatly: ?I disagree with him.?
Dr. Fauci no longer briefs Mr. Trump and is ?never in the Oval [Office] anymore,? said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Dr. Fauci last spoke to the president during the first week of June, according to a person with knowledge of Mr. Trump?s calendar.
For some administration officials, such developments have been an early sign their job was on the line. But Mr. Trump cannot directly fire Dr. Fauci, a career civil servant with more than 50 years in government service who enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress. In any case, the president has no plans to get rid of him, said the official.
As for Dr. Fauci himself, although he is frustrated by the turmoil and the state of the outbreak, friends say he has no plans to abandon his post, which includes a crucial role in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and treatments.
Dr. Fauci has found other ways to get his message out, from online Facebook chats to podcasts and print media interviews. And in recent days, with coronavirus cases slamming hospitals in the South and West, he has been frankly critical of the U.S. response ? and implicitly, of the president.
?As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don?t think you can say we?re doing great. I mean, we?re just not,? Dr. Fauci said in a podcast interview with FiveThirtyEight last week.
Dr. Fauci did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this story.
A White House official released a statement saying that, ?Several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things,? and attaching a lengthy list of the scientist?s comments from early in the outbreak. Those included his early doubt that people with no symptoms could play a significant role in spreading the virus ? a notion based on earlier outbreaks that the novel coronavirus would turn on its head. They also point to public reassurances Fauci made in late February, around the time of the first U.S. case of community transmission, that ?at this moment, there is no need to change anything that you?re doing on a day-by-day basis.?
Dr. Fauci?s supporters acknowledge those early mistakes, attributing them to the challenges posed by a new, largely unknown pathogen. They agree he downplayed the possibility of the virus spreading from person to person in January and early February even as it quietly seeded itself in communities on the East and West coasts. And, like several other public health officials, he initially said the public shouldn?t wear masks, but now strongly recommends it, especially when individuals can?t maintain distances of at least 6 feet from other people.
Dr. Fauci has said he was worried early in the outbreak about a shortage of masks and wanted to reserve them for health care workers. And he has said from the start that scientists? knowledge of a brand new virus would evolve and recommendations could change based on new information.
YASMEEN ABUTALEB, JOSH DAWSEY AND LAURIE MCGINLEY
The Washington Post
JUL 11, 2020 6:32 PM
https://liber.post-gazette.com/news...p-blunt-talk-on-pandemic/stories/202007110044
WASHINGTON ? For months, Anthony Fauci has played a lead role in America?s coronavirus pandemic, as a diminutive, Brooklyn-accented narrator who has assessed the risk and issued increasingly blunt warnings as the nation?s response has gone badly awry.
But as the Trump administration has strayed further from the advice of many scientists and public health experts, the White House has moved to sideline Dr. Fauci, scuttled some of his planned TV appearances and largely kept him out of the Oval Office for more than a month even as coronavirus infections surge in large swaths of the country.
In recent days, the 79-year-old scientist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has found himself directly in the president?s crosshairs. During a Fox News interview Thursday with Sean Hannity, Mr. Trump said Dr, Fauci ?is a nice man, but he?s made a lot of mistakes.? And in an interview last week with Greta Van Susteren, when asked about Dr. Fauci?s assessment that the country was not in a good place, Trump said flatly: ?I disagree with him.?
Dr. Fauci no longer briefs Mr. Trump and is ?never in the Oval [Office] anymore,? said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Dr. Fauci last spoke to the president during the first week of June, according to a person with knowledge of Mr. Trump?s calendar.
For some administration officials, such developments have been an early sign their job was on the line. But Mr. Trump cannot directly fire Dr. Fauci, a career civil servant with more than 50 years in government service who enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress. In any case, the president has no plans to get rid of him, said the official.
As for Dr. Fauci himself, although he is frustrated by the turmoil and the state of the outbreak, friends say he has no plans to abandon his post, which includes a crucial role in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and treatments.
Dr. Fauci has found other ways to get his message out, from online Facebook chats to podcasts and print media interviews. And in recent days, with coronavirus cases slamming hospitals in the South and West, he has been frankly critical of the U.S. response ? and implicitly, of the president.
?As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don?t think you can say we?re doing great. I mean, we?re just not,? Dr. Fauci said in a podcast interview with FiveThirtyEight last week.
Dr. Fauci did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this story.
A White House official released a statement saying that, ?Several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things,? and attaching a lengthy list of the scientist?s comments from early in the outbreak. Those included his early doubt that people with no symptoms could play a significant role in spreading the virus ? a notion based on earlier outbreaks that the novel coronavirus would turn on its head. They also point to public reassurances Fauci made in late February, around the time of the first U.S. case of community transmission, that ?at this moment, there is no need to change anything that you?re doing on a day-by-day basis.?
Dr. Fauci?s supporters acknowledge those early mistakes, attributing them to the challenges posed by a new, largely unknown pathogen. They agree he downplayed the possibility of the virus spreading from person to person in January and early February even as it quietly seeded itself in communities on the East and West coasts. And, like several other public health officials, he initially said the public shouldn?t wear masks, but now strongly recommends it, especially when individuals can?t maintain distances of at least 6 feet from other people.
Dr. Fauci has said he was worried early in the outbreak about a shortage of masks and wanted to reserve them for health care workers. And he has said from the start that scientists? knowledge of a brand new virus would evolve and recommendations could change based on new information.
Way to easy to happen here,especially in an election year. Too many chiefs for all us injuns.
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Prognosis
Florida Cases Break U.S. Record; No Deaths in NYC: Virus Update
Bloomberg News
July 12, 2020, 3:36 PM EDT Updated on July 12, 2020, 7:04 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...th-africa-surge-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus
U.S. virus cases rose to 3.27 million with almost 56,000 new infections, less than the one-week average daily increase. Even so, Florida broke the daily record for all U.S. states with more than 15,000 new cases.
Florida?s count exceeded peaks of almost 12,000 daily cases in New York, California and Texas. New York City, the early U.S. epicenter of the virus, reported no deaths for the first time in four months.
U.S. schools need to plan for reopening, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said, and ?the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall.? South Africa introduced a curfew and a booze ban after virus rules went unheeded.
Tracking COVID-19
219,441
New cases reported worldwide, July 11
567,957
Total deaths reported worldwide
61,352 in U.S.
Most new cases today
-6%
Change in MSCI World Index of global stocks since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
-1.088
Change in U.S. treasury bond yield since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
4.4%
Global GDP Tracker (annualized), June
Florida Cases Break U.S. Record; No Deaths in NYC: Virus Update
Bloomberg News
July 12, 2020, 3:36 PM EDT Updated on July 12, 2020, 7:04 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...th-africa-surge-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus
U.S. virus cases rose to 3.27 million with almost 56,000 new infections, less than the one-week average daily increase. Even so, Florida broke the daily record for all U.S. states with more than 15,000 new cases.
Florida?s count exceeded peaks of almost 12,000 daily cases in New York, California and Texas. New York City, the early U.S. epicenter of the virus, reported no deaths for the first time in four months.
U.S. schools need to plan for reopening, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said, and ?the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall.? South Africa introduced a curfew and a booze ban after virus rules went unheeded.
Tracking COVID-19
219,441
New cases reported worldwide, July 11
567,957
Total deaths reported worldwide
61,352 in U.S.
Most new cases today
-6%
Change in MSCI World Index of global stocks since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
-1.088
Change in U.S. treasury bond yield since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
4.4%
Global GDP Tracker (annualized), June
I guess not "ALL LIVES MATTER" after all for these folks. Especially children. The MAGAt death cult never ceases to amaze.
Peace!
Peace!
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?Everyone is lying?: Trump questions public health experts on Twitter
The president retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery.
By QUINT FORGEY
07/13/2020 08:56 AM EDT
President Donald Trump on Monday shared a handful of social media posts questioning the expertise of his own public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, and suggesting their scientific counsel was intended to thwart his political standing ahead of November?s general election.
In a burst of early morning online activity, Trump retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery ? who had stints hosting ?Wheel of Fortune? and ?Love Connection? ? which lamented the spread of the ?most outrageous lies? regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
?Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it's all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I'm sick of it,? Woolery wrote in a tweet shared by the president.
In another post Trump retweeted, Woolery claimed there exists ?so much evidence, yes scientific evidence, that schools should open this fall. It's worldwide and it's overwhelming. BUT NO.?
Trump also retweeted a message from Mark Young, Woolery?s co-host on his ?Blunt Force Truth? podcast, which asked: ?So based on Dr. Fauci and the Democrats, I will need an ID card to go shopping but not to vote??
As the United States has posted peak numbers of daily Covid-19 infections in the past few weeks, the president?s relationship with Fauci, the nation?s top infectious disease expert, plummeted to a new nadir over the weekend.
The White House reportedly told various media outlets Saturday and Sunday that ?several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things,? and furnished a lengthy list of statements the widely respected immunologist made in the early days of the outbreak.
The type of smear effort launched by the Trump administration against one of its most public-facing, trusted members is traditionally reserved for political rivals, and came after the president expressed public dissatisfaction with Fauci in recent interviews.
Addressing the recent friction between Fauci and administration officials, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany emphasized Monday that the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases accounts for just ?one viewpoint? that he considers the pandemic only through the lens of a ?public health standpoint.?
?Dr. Fauci?s one member of a team. But rest assured, his viewpoint is represented, and the information gets to the president through? the White House coronavirus task force, McEnany told ?Fox & Friends.?
Trump similarly targeted Fauci?s colleague, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, in a tweet last week that accused the public health agency?s guidelines for reopening schools of being ?very tough & expensive.?
The president?s push to return students to classrooms in the fall represents the latest front in his pressure campaign for a broad-based economic reopening, in spite of surging Covid-19 caseloads.
The president retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery.
By QUINT FORGEY
07/13/2020 08:56 AM EDT
President Donald Trump on Monday shared a handful of social media posts questioning the expertise of his own public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, and suggesting their scientific counsel was intended to thwart his political standing ahead of November?s general election.
In a burst of early morning online activity, Trump retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery ? who had stints hosting ?Wheel of Fortune? and ?Love Connection? ? which lamented the spread of the ?most outrageous lies? regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
?Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it's all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I'm sick of it,? Woolery wrote in a tweet shared by the president.
In another post Trump retweeted, Woolery claimed there exists ?so much evidence, yes scientific evidence, that schools should open this fall. It's worldwide and it's overwhelming. BUT NO.?
Trump also retweeted a message from Mark Young, Woolery?s co-host on his ?Blunt Force Truth? podcast, which asked: ?So based on Dr. Fauci and the Democrats, I will need an ID card to go shopping but not to vote??
As the United States has posted peak numbers of daily Covid-19 infections in the past few weeks, the president?s relationship with Fauci, the nation?s top infectious disease expert, plummeted to a new nadir over the weekend.
The White House reportedly told various media outlets Saturday and Sunday that ?several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things,? and furnished a lengthy list of statements the widely respected immunologist made in the early days of the outbreak.
The type of smear effort launched by the Trump administration against one of its most public-facing, trusted members is traditionally reserved for political rivals, and came after the president expressed public dissatisfaction with Fauci in recent interviews.
Addressing the recent friction between Fauci and administration officials, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany emphasized Monday that the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases accounts for just ?one viewpoint? that he considers the pandemic only through the lens of a ?public health standpoint.?
?Dr. Fauci?s one member of a team. But rest assured, his viewpoint is represented, and the information gets to the president through? the White House coronavirus task force, McEnany told ?Fox & Friends.?
Trump similarly targeted Fauci?s colleague, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, in a tweet last week that accused the public health agency?s guidelines for reopening schools of being ?very tough & expensive.?
The president?s push to return students to classrooms in the fall represents the latest front in his pressure campaign for a broad-based economic reopening, in spite of surging Covid-19 caseloads.
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State records continue to fall for new cases, hospitalizations
Florida has set the record for the largest 1-day increase in cases in any state.
ByJon Haworth ,Matt Zarrell, andMeredith Deliso
July 12, 2020, 10:09 PM
13 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavir...gn-slams-trump-politicizing/story?id=71738629
Florida has set the record for the largest 1-day increase in cases in any state.
ByJon Haworth ,Matt Zarrell, andMeredith Deliso
July 12, 2020, 10:09 PM
13 min read
https://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavir...gn-slams-trump-politicizing/story?id=71738629
Glad to see these game show hosts have each other?s back.
Everyone?s lying but Trump!!! [emoji23]
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