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Civil rights advocates have been warning for months that the coronavirus crisis could aid recruiting for the most extreme white-supremacist and neo-Nazi groups — those actively rooting for society’s collapse. “Honestly, it’s a dream come true for any and every hate group, snake oil salesman and everything in between,” Tijana Cvjetićanin, a fact-checker, tells Politico.
Reuters reports that even though United, Delta and American claim to have policies about wearing masks at check in and while onboard planes, the policy becomes more lenient once passengers are seated. News on the airline industry reports on layered safety measures including temperature checks and a COVID blood test on Emirates flights, as well.
Panthera originally agreed to provide 10 million N95 masks to FEMA by May 1, but the contract was canceled on May 12 “on the grounds of nondelivery.” Amid surging demand and shortages, the federal government placed more than $110 million in mask orders at high prices with unproven vendors, The Wall Street Journal reported last month.
The United States is currently testing more people per capita than South Korea, but that's because South Korea tested so many people to start with that it was able to rein in its outbreak. Meanwhile, the HHS testing czar Brett Giroir predicted that the U.S. would be able to test up to 50 million people per month by the fall.
Even though remdesivir has been shown to cut hospitalization stays for COVID patients, scientists acknowledged it wasn't a knock-out punch to the virus. Now researchers are hoping they can find an even more effective treatment by combining drugs. Meanwhile, Gilead has signed deals with other companies to try to ramp up its production to meet the surging demand for remdesivir.
The alleged hacks raise the prospect among some officials that the aggression could be viewed by the Trump administration as a direct attack on U.S. public health and tantamount to an act of war. In other news, The Hill explores where four top vaccine contenders stand, research into the promise of old vaccines and experts call for global COVID-19 unit.
Those who fear the country is reopening too quickly warn that a new spike in cases could possibly overwhelm hospitals once again, triggering a sell-off in markets and forcing new lockdown orders that could tip the economy from a short but deep recession into a depression. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve says that businesses need more help to weather the current storm.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went big with the latest relief packag -- even though it's already been deemed "dead on arrival" by Senate Republican leaders. “There are those who said, ‘Let’s just pause,’” Pelosi said. “Hunger doesn’t take a pause. Rent doesn’t take a pause. Bills don’t take a pause.” But not everyone in the party is happy with the bill--there's already been hints of dissent among the Democrats' left flank.
Rick Bright, an ousted HHS official, says he was targeted because he spoke out against President Donald Trump's push to use malaria drugs to treat COVID patients. But others in the agency say that some of Bright's own staff spent months raising concerns about his leadership, including a complaint filed by a person in Bright’s office last summer.
President Donald Trump made vague allegations to "Obamagate," which he says is so explosive it makes "Watergate look small time." The president also suggested that a talk-show host he has clashed with committed murder. The distraction tactics have proven successful with his base in the past. Meanwhile, Republican voters have undergone a shift on their stances about reopening, giving Trump and others cover to push for states to lift restrictions.
While other colleges and universities are weighing the decision about whether to bring students back, California State University said there was too much risk involved with reopening in the fall. California’s other four-year university system, the University of California, with nearly 300,000 students on 10 campuses, has not announced whether its fall classes will be held online yet.
A look at the data shows that in many places where state restrictions have been lifted, Americans are rushing out of their homes. But in others, there are many who are staying put. Meanwhile, new clusters around the world offer a grim snapshot of what America can expect as it relaxes social distancing measures. And The Associated Press offers a glimpse inside the CDC's shelved guidance to help states reopen.
“There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control, which, in fact, paradoxically, will set you back," Dr. Anthony Fauci warned senators on Tuesday. It was the first real chance for lawmakers to grill the public health officials overseeing the federal response to the outbreak. Despite high tensions, the hearing only rarely devolved into partisan anger so common during in-person hearings in recent years. The questions touched on testing failures, contact tracing, plans for schools to reopen and vaccines, among other things.
The differences between the models most commonly used to try to forecast virus fatalities are starting to narrow, with most agreeing that the U.S. will be hit by an additional 31,000 to 42,000 deaths through mid-June. But those figures rely on the current state of affairs, which is about to be upended as states lift social distancing restrictions.
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Republicans and hospital lobbyists are pushing to shield hospitals from what they say could be a barrage of lawsuits. But Democrats contend that widespread protections would hurt patients who actually should be compensated for negligent care. “I think this parade of lawsuits that the majority leader envisions is really an imaginary boogeyman,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Meanwhile, hospitals are expected to lose billions because of delayed procedures and surgeries.
Federal agencies investigating purveyors of personal protective equipment have found many counterfeit or altered products that include COVID-19 tests, masks, sanitizers and treatments. Officials warn the public to also be on the look out for scams to buy products that don't exist or for so-called miracle cures that do not work.
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