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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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Associated Press:
Virus screenings jam US airports; ‘atrocious,’ a flyer says
Virus screenings jam US airports; ‘atrocious,’ a flyer says
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Fauci: 'If it looks like you're overreacting you're probably doing the right thing' — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it was better to err on the side of caution in coronavirus mitigation, even if the steps taken appear to be an overreaction.
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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CNN:
Joe Biden: The virus lays bare the shortcomings of the Trump administration — Biden lambasts Trump over coronavirus response — Former Vice President Joe Biden is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. Watch Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders in their first one-on-one debate Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
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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.
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.
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.
Washington Post:
Without guidance from the top, Americans have been left to figure out their own coronavirus solutions — They prayed and turned to neighbors. They listened to public health experts on television. They listened to their gut. — As the country lurched toward its first collective counteroffensive …
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
'It's Totally Ad Hoc': Why America's Virus Response Looks Like a Patchwork — For centuries, the United States has resisted a centralized public health policy. This week, as protective measures against the coronavirus varied county to county, Americans saw the cost.
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.
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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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 …