AvatarBruce Roach Organizing for Sanders in New York when the city’s on lockdown and you can’t leave your apartment The Washington Post - Chelsea JanesAt one point, he thanked everyone for being there and reassured them that, yes, the campaign would continue to contact New York voters. At another, he apologized for having set up a call that competed
AvatarBruce RoachTechnology Don’t Believe the COVID-19 Models The Atlantic - Zeynep TufekciEditor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The Trump administration has just released the model for the trajectory of the
AvatarBruce RoachLiberal View Army warned Trump administration on Feb. 3 that up to 150,000 Americans could die from COVID-19 Raw Story - Travis Gettys The U.S. Army warned two months ago that up to 150,000 Americans could die in a coronavirus outbreak, but that’s now within the range of President …
AvatarBruce RoachScience Europe's hospitals running out of ICU meds for COVID-19 Associated Press - APLONDON (AP) — Nine leading European university hospitals are warning they will run out of essential medicines needed for COVID-19 patients in intensive care in less than two weeks as they are increasingly
AvatarBruce RoachNews Fact check: Trump again misleads on ventilator shortages and coronavirus timeline at off-topic briefing CNN - By Daniel Dale, Marshall Cohen, Tara SubramaniamWashington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made another series of false, misleading or dubious claims at a Wednesday coronavirus briefing that began with an off-topic discussion of his administration's
AvatarBruce RoachU.S. Politics Trump administration won't reopen ACA enrollment for uninsured amid outbreak Axios - Rebecca Falconer The Trump administration has decided not to reopen enrollment to uninsured Americans for the Affordable Care Act's Healthcare.gov marketplaces, an …
AvatarBruce Roach The coronavirus outbreak is part of the climate change crisis Al JazeeraTherefore, climate action should be central to our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The speed and scope of the coronavirus outbreak have taken world governments by surprise and left the stock market
AvatarBruce Roach Ohio spends less per capita on public health than nearly every other state dispatch.com - Max Filby Just three states, Arizona, Nevada and Missouri, spend less on public health per resident than Ohio, according to one study. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine …
AvatarBruce RoachLiberty University Jerry Falwell Jr. vs. the Coronavirus slate.com - Mary Harris Liberty University reopens and some staff are afraid to speak out.
AvatarBruce RoachConservative View A Mayor Unfit For A Pandemic redstate.com - Joe Cunningham The Boston Globe released an editorial three days ago titled “A President Unfit For A Pandemic,” claiming that Donald Trump had “blood on his hands” …
AvatarBruce RoachChina China Hits Back at Report That It Hid Coronavirus Numbers TIME - BloombergChina rejected the American intelligence community’s conclusion that Beijing concealed the extent of the coronavirus epidemic, and accused the U.S. of seeking to shift the blame for its own handling of
AvatarBruce RoachWorld Economic Forum Coronavirus and capitalism: How will the virus change the way the world works? weforum.org - Mariana Mazzucato • Economist Mariana Mazzucato believes that the COVID-19 pandemic will shine light onto societal and economic systems all across the world, exposing …
AvatarBruce RoachFossil Fuels 'Moving to Rob Us Blind in Broad Daylight'? Trump to Hold In-Person Meeting With Big Oil CEOs to Discuss Coronavirus Relief commondreams.org "Right now money is needed for people's health, direct relief, and making sure we have a resilient future—not bolstering the fossil fuel …
AvatarBruce RoachPolitics Our Dunning-Kruger president: Trump's arrogance and ignorance are killing people Salon - Chauncey DeVegaPresident Donald Trump reacts as he looks at the front page of a newspaper with a headline that reads "Trump acquitted" at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Thursday,
AvatarBruce RoachRussia Why Russia’s Coronavirus Fate Is Complicated OZY - Ozy As the COVID-19 pandemic continued its deadly global march last month, Russia drew skepticism over its low infection numbers. It was the same old …
AvatarBruce RoachPolitics Trump Administration to Couple: Ditch Adopted Daughter or Risk Exile The Daily Beast - Erin Banco Earlier this month when the World Health Organization dubbed the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, State Department officials gave Robin Gallite and …
AvatarBruce RoachNews Coronavirus-infected New York nurse finds hospital transformed as a patient Reuters - By Joel Schectman(Reuters) - When the coronavirus struck Sylvia LeRoy, she turned to the hospital she knew best - Brooklyn's Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center - where she has worked for seven years as a labor
AvatarBruce RoachNews Anger as Japanese Prime Minister offers two cloth masks per family while refusing to declare coronavirus emergency CNN - By Emiko Jozuka and Junko Ogura, CNNTokyo (CNN) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing a public backlash after he said the government would distribute two reusable cloth face masks per household amid growing concern over medical
AvatarBruce RoachNews Why is New Orleans' coronavirus death rate seven times New York's? Obesity is a factor Reuters - By Brad Brooks(Reuters) - The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate much higher than in New York City. Doctors, public health officials
AvatarBruce Roach Is this a joke? Trump predicts two bad weeks and a "burst of light": Press falls at his feet Salon - Dan FroomkinThis article was co-produced with Press Watch, a new website that monitors and critiques American political coverage. Please consider supporting Press Watch by making a donation. During a rambling two-hour
AvatarBruce RoachCoronavirus (Covid-19) Was I wrong about coronavirus? Even the world's best scientists can't tell me The Guardian - Simon JenkinsI was wrong. Or I think I was. I heard Boris Johnson on 3 March leap into war mode and publish 28 pages of emergency plans, should coronavirus take hold in Britain. There were reports that “half a million
AvatarBruce RoachJoe Exotic Tiger King director says Joe Exotic is ‘categorically’ a racist independent.co.uk - Annie Lord After a clip emerged of Joe Exotic complaining that he cannot say the N-word because he’s white, Tiger King director Rebecca Chaiklin has said, “Yes. …
AvatarBruce RoachPolitics What the Data Tell Us About Impeachment as Virus Distraction realclearpolitics.com - Kalev Leetaru Mitch McConnell suggested this week that the U.S. government’s delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic could be traced back, in part, to the …
AvatarBruce RoachU.S. Politics The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South The Atlantic - Vann R. Newkirk IIMore young people in the South seem to be dying from COVID-19. Why? Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. In a matter
AvatarBruce RoachNews I fled New York with my wife, kids and dog – just as my ancestors fled the 1918 pandemic The Guardian - Bryan MealerAs we flee New York and abandon our work and seemingly important plans, I know that I am but a speck of dust beneath a deadly settling fog The 1918 influenza pandemic killed my great-grandmother Julia
AvatarBruce Roach Saudi wants cooperation to bolster oil, blames Russia for turmoil - Gulf source Reuters India - By Rania El GamalDUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia supports cooperation between oil producers to stabilize the oil market but Russia's opposition to a proposal last month to deepen oil supply cuts has caused market turmoil,
AvatarBruce RoachU.S. Politics Fact-checking President Trump’s marathon news conference The Washington Post - Glenn KesslerThere were no tests for the novel coronavirus, which only emerged in China late in 2019, so tests had to be developed specifically by countries starting in January. Trump appears to be referring to a in
AvatarBruce RoachU.S. Politics WH Correspondents' Assoc. ousts OANN after reporter violates social distancing rules Axios - Ursula Perano The White House Correspondents Association on Wednesday voted to remove One America News Network from the press briefing rotation after one of the …
AvatarBruce Roach Seth Meyers Exposes Hannity’s Huge Coronavirus ‘Hoax’ Lie The Daily Beast - Matt Wilstein Nobody in the media got a pass from Seth Meyers on Wednesday night. In his latest home edition of “A Closer Look,” the Late Night host broke down all …
