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Cheryl Benard / Washington Post:
Landing at Dulles Airport, I encountered a case study in how to spread a pandemic — Cheryl Benard is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation and has written about health systems in post-conflict environments. — Like thousands of Americans and Europeans scrambling …
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Coronavirus screening causes massive bottlenecks at U.S. airports — Airports around the country were thrown into chaos Saturday night as workers scrambled to roll out the Trump administration's hastily arranged health screenings for travelers returning from Europe.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Screening Causes 7-Hour Waits in Crowded Lines at U.S. Airports — As the federal government rushed to implement President Trump's restrictions on travel from Europe, chaos ensued at some of America's biggest airports. — CHICAGO — There were cryptic and confusing announcements in midair.
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Reuters:
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine — BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine.
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Trump offers ‘large sums’ for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine — German government tries to fight off aggressive takeover bid by US, say reports — The Trump administration has offered a German medical company “large sums of money” for exclusive access to a Covid-19 vaccine, German media have reported.
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Thomas Colson / Business Insider:
President Trump tried to poach German scientists working on a cure for coronavirus and offered cash so the vaccine would be exclusive to the USA — President Donald Trump tried to poach German scientists working on a cure for the coronavirus so he could secure exclusive rights to a potential vaccine for the US only.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Sixty percent believe worst is yet to come for the U.S. in coronavirus pandemic — Public attitudes about the coronavirus response are split along partisan lines in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — WASHINGTON — A majority of American voters say they're worried that someone …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Fauci: Americans are ‘going to have to hunker down significantly more’ to fight coronavirus — “I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticized for over-reacting,” Fauci said. — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Biden leads Sanders by 2-to-1 margin among Democratic primary voters in new poll
Biden leads Sanders by 2-to-1 margin among Democratic primary voters in new poll
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Despite forecasting economic slowdown, Mnuchin says coronavirus won't cause recession — The treasury secretary appears on ABC's “This Week.” — Despite forecasting an economic slowdown, the president's top economic adviser said on ABC's “This Week” that he did not think the novel coronavirus pandemic would cause a recession.
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Dr. Fauci confident in federal government's response to coronavirus pandemic
Dr. Fauci confident in federal government's response to coronavirus pandemic
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Andrew M. Cuomo / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus — The time is growing short and fewer options are available. Using federal troops to help create hospital beds is one we should try. — Mr. Cuomo is the governor of New York. — Dear Mr. President,
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Harry Stevens / Washington Post:
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” — After the first case of covid-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was announced in the United States, reports of further infections trickled in slowly. Two months later, that trickle has turned into a steady current.
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Michael Donnelly:
COVID-19: New York Will Be The Next Italy, But Doesn't Have to Be — Analysis strongly suggests that the NYC metro area has 5-10 days to quarantine the city or face dramatically overwhelmed hospitals, extremely high death rates, and a ruined economy. — The outlook for NYC and COVID-19 is bleak.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders bets on Biden debate implosion — Virtually the entire Democratic presidential primary has been predicated on one underlying assumption: the eventual collapse of Joe Biden. — More than a dozen of his erstwhile opponents bet their campaigns on it, and he's proven them all wrong.
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Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
New York Officials Tell UN Coronavirus Has Spread Throughout City — Briefers from the mayor's office say no specific measures are planned to protect diplomats. — New York City officials advised the U.N. diplomatic community on Saturday that the coronavirus has spread widely through …
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David Boroff / The US Sun:
LOCK HIM UP Coronavirus patient under 24/7 armed guard after REFUSING to self-isolate — A CORONAVIRUS patient in Kentucky has been placed under armed guard after refusing to self-isolate. — Gov. Andy Beshear said the state had to make the unusual move to protect others nearby.
Berenice Bautista / Associated Press:
Mexico holds big music festival despite coronavirus concerns — MEXICO CITY (AP) — While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino …
Dan Kois / Slate:
America Is a Sham — Policy changes in reaction to the coronavirus reveal how absurd so many of our rules are to begin with. — Maybe it will be the hand sanitizer that finally exposes the sham. — The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that due to the coronavirus outbreak …
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CNSNews:
Trump Declares National Day of Prayer for Americans Affected by Coronavirus and National Response Efforts — (CNSNews.com) - President Donald Trump on Saturday declared Sunday, March 15, a “National Day of Prayer for All Americans Affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic and for our National Response Efforts.”
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP, Fox News have waged war on science. With coronavirus, will their aging fans pay the price? — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in many ways a poster child for today's Republican Party. A businessman whose company was accused of shady practices (sound familiar?), he ran for the top job …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Called America's Bluff — On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy sailed into Tokyo Bay with two steamships and two sailing vessels under his command. He landed a squadron of heavily armed sailors and marines; he moved one of the ships ostentatiously up the harbor, so that more people could see it.
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Axios:
Netanyahu rival Gantz to receive mandate for forming Israeli government — The leader of Israel's Blue and White party Benny Gantz has won recommendations from 61 members of the Knesset, paving the way for him to receive the mandate from President Reuven Rivlin to form a new government after Israel's third elections.
New York Times:
The Companies Putting Profits Ahead of Public Health — As the coronavirus spreads, the public interest requires employers to abandon their longstanding resistance to paid sick leave. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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