Category: current events
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jhu update #14
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 4:52 am: There were 1,611,981 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 96,783 deaths. In the U.S. there were 466,299 confirmed cases, twenty-nine percent of the world’s total and 33,861 more than this time yesterday. 16,686 Americans have died from COVID-19, seventeen percent of the world’s… Read.
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jhu update #13
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:03 am: There were 1,490,790 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 88,982 deaths. In the U.S. there were 432,438 confirmed cases, twenty-nine percent of the world’s total and 32,509 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 14,808 deaths from COVID-19, seventeen percent of… Read.
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jhu update #12
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 6:04 am: There were 1,446,557 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 83,149 deaths. In the U.S. there were 399,929 confirmed cases, twenty-eight percent of the world’s total and 31,480 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 12,911 deaths from COVID-19, sixteen percent of… Read.
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jhu update #11
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:07 am: There were 1,359,398 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 75,945 deaths. In the U.S. there were 368,449 confirmed cases, twenty-seven percent of the world’s total and 30,803 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 10,993 deaths from COVID-19, fourteen percent of… Read.
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Trumpoem #9
tremendous strides have been made I think the vaccines we’ll have a report of that but the vaccines working together with other countries we’re also working with other countries many other countries and we all want everyone else to be first we’re very happy but we are very far down the line on vaccines we’ll… Read.
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jhu update 10
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 4:50 am: There were 1,280,046 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 69,789 deaths. In the U.S. there were 337,646 confirmed cases, twenty-six percent of the world’s total and 25,401 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 9,648 deaths from COVID-19, fourteen percent of… Read.
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more snake oil
Trump, selling a new kind of snake oil at tonight’s press briefing: The other thing that we bought a tremendous amount of is the hydroxychloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, which I think, as you know, it’s a great malaria drug; it’s worked unbelievably; it’s a powerful drug on malaria and there are signs that it works on this,… Read.
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snake oil
Trump, selling snake oil at yesterday’s press briefing: Last Saturday the FDA also gave emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine and, the hydroxychloroquine is a, I hope it’s going to be a very important answer; we’re having some very good things happening with it, and we’re going to be distributing it through the strategic national stockpile; it’s… Read.
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the end
This is how the conclusion of Trump’s prepared remarks for yesterday’s press briefing were scripted: I want to thank the American people most of all for the selfless sacrifices that they are making for our nation, and I want to encourage everyone to keep following our guidelines on slowing the spread. Sustaining this war effort… Read.
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jhu update 9
From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 6:26 am: There were 1,216,422 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 65,711 deaths. In the U.S. there were 312,245 confirmed cases, twenty-six percent of the world’s total and 33,787 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 8,503 deaths from COVID-19, thirteen percent of… Read.
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