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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S. — New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54. But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people. — American adults of all ages …
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Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sen. Ron Johnson is telling people to keep coronavirus in perspective — Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin raised some eyebrows last week when he was quoted in The New York Times suggesting the media was devoting too little attention to the high rate of survival among people with coronavirus.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
GOP Senator Upbeat Coronavirus May Kill ‘No More Than 3.4 Percent of Our Population’ — “Right now, all people are hearing about are the deaths,” Republican Senator Ron Johnson told the New York Times last week. “I'm sure the deaths are horrific, but the flip side of this is the vast majority …
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
Thousands flock to Florida beaches, ignoring coronavirus concerns — Thousands of people in Florida are seemingly ignoring social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak. Despite warnings from public health experts, photos and videos show beaches across the state packed with spring breakers.
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Florida governor refuses to shut down beaches amid spread of coronavirus
Florida governor refuses to shut down beaches amid spread of coronavirus
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Tracey McManus / Tampa Bay Times:
Clearwater Beach will shut down for 2 weeks starting Monday
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden — More than 80 career national security professionals have signed an open letter of support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that President Trump …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Presidential race now leans toward the Democrats
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate passes House's coronavirus aid bill, sending it to Trump — The Senate passed the House's coronavirus aid package on Wednesday, sending it to President Trump, who is expected to sign it. — Senators voted 90-8 on the bill that passed the House in a middle-of-the-night Saturday vote …
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USA Today:
Trump invokes wartime authority of Defense Production Act to address coronavirus crisis - live updates
Trump invokes wartime authority of Defense Production Act to address coronavirus crisis - live updates
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Associated Press:
Trump wages Twitter fights in midst of virus crisis
Trump wages Twitter fights in midst of virus crisis
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Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
McConnell won't let Senate vote remotely amid coronavirus fears
McConnell won't let Senate vote remotely amid coronavirus fears
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Washington Post:
White House coronavirus plan aims to send $2,000 to many Americans, includes $300 billion for small businesses — Talks remain fluid, but discussions with Congress are intensifying as virus fallout worsens — White House officials are working with congressional Republicans …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is first congressman to announce testing positive for coronavirus — Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., on Wednesday became the first member of Congress to announce that he has tested positive for coronavirus, saying he had been stricken with a fever and headache this weekend.
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Focus on the Incompetence — The “Chinese Virus” is a test. Don't fail the test. — Staff writer at The Atlantic — Tests for COVID-19 are not yet widely available in this country, but a test for gullibility is now available on Twitter in the form of Donald Trump's feed.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
At press briefing, Trump and aides asked four times whether ‘Chinese virus’ is racist
At press briefing, Trump and aides asked four times whether ‘Chinese virus’ is racist
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's coronavirus propaganda campaign is putting lives at risk — The Chinese authorities are engaged in a full-scale effort to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic. Some in the West might be tempted to dismiss the significance of Beijing's propaganda efforts. But they shouldn't.
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Michael Auslin / Real Clear Politics:
Beijing Fears COVID-19 Is Turning Point for China, Globalization
Beijing Fears COVID-19 Is Turning Point for China, Globalization
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Emily Kopp / Roll Call:
CDC suggests nurses use bandanas, scarves during face mask shortage — CDC acknowledges recommendations are out of step with U.S. standards of care — As the national shortage of face masks becomes severe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nurses can use bandanas and scarves …
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Courtney Connley / CNBC:
How women could be uniquely impacted by the coronavirus
Yun Li / CNBC:
NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after positive coronavirus tests — The New York Stock Exchange said starting March 23, it will temporarily close its historic trading floor and move fully to electronic trading. — The move came after two people tested positive …
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Washington Post:
ICE to stop most immigration enforcement inside U.S., will focus on criminals during coronavirus outbreak — U.S. immigration authorities will temporarily halt enforcement across the United States, except for its efforts to deport foreign nationals who have committed crimes or who pose a threat to public safety.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This is the biggest blunder in presidential history
This is the biggest blunder in presidential history
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Reuters:
Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus — SEOUL - In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul's busy train station.
Washington Post:
Campaign signals Sanders may be open to exit — Bernie Sanders signaled Wednesday that he was open to ending his presidential run after another round of landslide losses to Joe Biden, and new signs emerged of communication between the two camps as some Democrats hoped for a swift end to a bruising primary.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Bernie Sanders suspends his 2020 campaign Facebook ads
Bernie Sanders suspends his 2020 campaign Facebook ads
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DW.COM:
Iran faces catastrophic death toll from coronavirus — Beyond China and Italy, Iran has been hardest hit by COVID-19 — but it could get a whole lot worse, thanks to a lack of international aid, government mismanagement and nobody knowing quite who's in charge.
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK presses US to ease Iran sanctions to help fight coronavirus
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
This Is the Only Way to End the Coronavirus Financial Panic — Bailouts of companies or industries just cause division. The answer: a government “bridge loan” to everyone. — The Covid-19 crisis will take time to be solved by science. The economic crisis can be solved right now.
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
US Air Force Flew Half a Million Coronavirus Test Swabs From Italy to Tennessee — Similar missions to distribute COVID-19 test kits are expected in coming days. — UPDATE 2:30 PM: This story has been updated to include comments from Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman and Air Force Brig …
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration's official …
Wall Street Journal:
How Washington Failed to Build a Robust Coronavirus Testing System — Government decisions that limited testing for the pathogen blinded the U.S. to the outbreak's scale. Here's how it happened. — When cases of the new coronavirus began emerging several weeks ago in California …
George Conway / Washington Post:
There is no new Trump — If you think you've been hearing a different President Trump this week — more accepting of the reality of the coronavirus pandemic — don't be fooled. The new Trump is the same as the old Trump. He can't help it. He's incapable of taking responsibility …
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Washington Post:
This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world — Chuck Pierce's son was concerned, like a lot of other people looking out on a world of ransacked grocery stores and canceled sports seasons and eerie lines of people standing six feet apart from one another.
CBS Baltimore:
Baltimore Mayor Begs Residents To Stop Shooting Each Other So Hospital Beds Can Be Used For Coronavirus Patients — BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents to put down their guns and heed orders to stay home after multiple people were shot Tuesday night amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Leaked McDonalds recording shows the company is fighting against parts of Trump's coronavirus bill that would give workers paid sick leave — McDonald's is lobbying the Trump administration to make changes to a bill that would require some employers to provide paid sick leave amid the coronavirus outbreak …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Here Are the 8 Senators Who Voted Against the Coronavirus Relief Package on Wednesday — Presented without comment: the eight senators who voted against the coronavirus relief package on Wednesday. — Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Jim Inhofe (R-OK); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump ban on fetal tissue research blocks coronavirus treatment effort — A senior scientist at a government biomedical research laboratory has been thwarted in his efforts to conduct experiments on possible treatments for the new coronavirus because of the Trump administration's restrictions on research with human fetal tissue.
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Associated Press:
California preparing for worst case scenarios — In readying the National Guard for action, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office emphasized that it's for duties routinely performed during natural disasters and other emergencies. But Newsom grimly added that “we have the ability to do martial law ... if we feel the necessity.”
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Yun Li / CNBC:
‘Hell is coming’ — Bill Ackman has dire warning for Trump, CEOs if drastic measures aren't taken now — Bill Ackman's plea to Trump to save US from the coronavirus's economic destruction — Bill Ackman urged President Donald Trump to shut down the country for 30 days to contain …
ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test — A federal crackdown on professors' undisclosed outside activities is achieving what China has long struggled to do: spur Chinese scientists to return home. In this crisis, it's costing the U.S. intellectual firepower.