Will Saletan
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Acting Navy Secretary blasts USS Roosevelt captain as ‘too naive or too stupid’ in leaked speech to ship’s crew
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly reportedly made an unhinged speech to the crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, in which he lashed out at former Capt. Brett E. Crozier and told sailors to stop complaining and do their jobs
Dr. Fauci was correct -- more importantly, he was humble.
In certain political circles, it has apparently become important to knock Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Will Saletan
Good @TPCarney piece on Trump vs. Fauci. Trump said the virus was "totally under control." Fauci said "the ultimate scope and effect of this outbreak is unclear ... as the situation is rapidly evolving."
One man acknowledged uncertainty. The other didn't.
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What Dr. Fauci wants you to know about face masks and staying home as virus spreads
As COVID-19 spreads across the country, there has been some debate over the need for government stay-at-home orders, whether Americans should be wearing masks in public and how the coronavirus spreads. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of...
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When did they know? See this Fauci interview.
1) In "early January," "it became very clear" the virus "was being transmitted from human to human."
2) In "early to mid-January," morbidity/mortality data made it "clear to me" this was worse than SARS/MERS.
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Houston hasn’t reported a surge of coronavirus cases. But its hospitals tell a different story.
A jump in hospital admissions suggests that most coronavirus cases have gone undetected in America's fourth biggest city.
Ending Covid
It will take some time, but rest assured: a coronavirus vaccine is coming, and it will work.
U.S. 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two...
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IL Gov. Pritzker on Trump blaming states for not preparing: "We now know that intelligence sources and all the best advice ... was given in January and early February to the president and the White House, and they seem not to have acted at all upon it." cnn.it/2UZ3J3q pic.twitter.com/wmeflpba4l
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Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation," April 5, 2020
The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, April 5, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
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Trump promises the economy will have a "tremendous bounce" once we go back to work.
Nope, says @ScottGottliebMD. "We're not going to see a V-shaped recovery or a quick snapback." Unless we work a lot faster on drugs, "this is going to be an 80% economy." cbsn.ws/2UHCVWu pic.twitter.com/wFm2aDLQj6
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Transcript: Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation," April 5, 2020
The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci that aired Sunday, April 5, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
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And here's Fauci's answer on @FaceTheNation. cbsn.ws/2V4nab1 pic.twitter.com/4U75T0p0uU
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Surgeon General Jerome Adams on US response to COVID-19 crisis
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Wallace: "How much did that cost us ... that one or two months that we lost?"
Bill Gates: "Countries like Taiwan ... saw the problem and [got] community-wide testing done very well. ... so they won't either have the disease burden or the economic effect."
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Little Rock loses out on ventilator purchase; task force talks surge plan
Little Rock's major hospitals have a collective "surge plan" and any child care operation the Little Rock School District develops for hospital workers would be staffed only with district employees who volunteer were among the topics discussed at...
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That's @AsaHutchinson, speaking on @MeetThePress. Here's the underlying story from Arkansas
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Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury
As the virus continues to spread throughout the nation, an analysis of cellphone data shows that those in the wealthiest areas have been able to reduce their movements more than those in the poorest areas.
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Evidence of a class divide in risk: Cell-phone data show people in the top 10% of incomes "have limited their movement more" than the bottom 10% in the same metro areas.
Also: NYC stats indicate the virus "is hitting low-income neighborhoods the hardest."
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Georgians return to beaches, spurring concerns over Kemp’s order
The mayor of Tybee Island said she is “devastated” by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent shelter-in-place order that reopened several of the state’s most popular beaches.
Thousands of applicants, zero loans: Trump's small businesses lending program is a failure to launch
One day after the launch of a $350B loan program designed to rescue millions of small businesses, technical glitches continue to cripple the process.
A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low
The pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 91,000 people infected. But the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to those in many neighboring countries.
430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced
There were 1,300 direct flights to 17 cities before President Trump’s travel restrictions. Since then, nearly 40,000 Americans and other authorized travelers have made the trip, some this past week and many with spotty screening.
Trump fires intelligence community inspector general who defied him on Ukraine
The president informed Congress of the move in a Friday-evening letter to the House and Senate intelligence committees.
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@Yamiche Trump to Karen McDougal, on why he wouldn't wear a condom: "I don't like these things." cnn.it/2JEPDPj pic.twitter.com/TthL5OQLG0
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