"There has been so much unnecessary death in this country. It could've been stopped and it could have been stopped short, but somebody a long time ago, it seems, decided not to do it that way. And the whole world is suffering because of it." -- Donald Trump
Wow. A confession.
Deaths:
US: 56,797 (+1384)
World: 211,606 (+4611)
Countdown: 190 days.
Trump suggested Monday that the federal government should not be responsible for bailing out states and cities that are struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic. — Remember, he boasted about wanting to see it all come crashing down. It appears he’s actively trying to make that happen.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell concedes there will probably be money for state and local governments in the next coronavirus relief bill, counter to what he said last week.
Trump downplayed coronavirus despite more than a dozen warnings in daily briefings. Trump received more than a dozen warnings about the coronavirus outbreak in daily briefings in January and February, but continued to downplay the virus' threat and severity.
Trump's Monday coronavirus news conference in the White House Rose Garden was shorter than usual and at least somewhat less acrimonious than many of the briefings he's held over the past month. But Trump still made false and misleading claims, most of them repeats from past briefings. And Vice President Mike Pence accused a reporter of a misunderstanding about testing that Pence's own words had created weeks earlier.
Some physicians are reporting increases of patients in their 30s and 40s with COVID-19-related strokes that result when clots block blood vessels leading to the brain.
Antibody tests can't yet say who's immune to COVID-19, but they can show who's at risk.
Groceries could see meat shortages by end of week amid plant closings.
Trump said he takes no responsibility for the spike in people using disinfectants improperly. -- Of course he does. Because he’s an asshole. Which I really shouldn’t say because assholes are necessary. Trump isn’t.
The head of the Kansas Poison Control Center reported a more than 40 percent increase in cleaning chemical cases. “Including a fellow over the weekend who drank a product because of the advice he’d received" from Trump. -- Trump and Republicans are literally trying to kill you.
New York has to borrow money from the federal government to pay its state unemployment benefits.
Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far. The AG said he was concerned about directives that could be "violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens."
Thousands visit beaches as Southern California experiences heat wave amid coronavirus outbreak. -- Just keeping the virus keeping on.
Texas to lift some virus-linked restrictions, restart business in phases: governor.
Inslee announces partial reopening of outdoor recreation activities. The restrictions lift on May 5.
On Monday, restaurants across Tennessee are allowed to welcome dine-in customers for the first time in nearly a month. That comes a day after the state reported its highest single-day jump in newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Italy, UK explore possible COVID-19 link to child inflammatory disease.
Wuhan is on a slow path back to normality after 76-day coronavirus lockdown.
As stores reopen in Germany after a month-long lockdown, wearing face masks on public transit will be mandatory — with some regions imposing fines on those who don't comply.
New Zealand claims 'elimination' of coronavirus with new cases in single digits. “...that never meant zero but it does mean we know where our cases are coming from."
Harvard will reopen this fall, although remote learning may continue, provost says.
Dr. Birx waves off Trump’s disinfectant comments, says ‘this was a musing’. — Yep, she has no credibility left.
Trump used his latest coronavirus briefing to push a bizarre lie about the national deficit. He wants you to believe the deficit was falling before the coronavirus hit. In fact, it increased each year of his presidency. Trump has a long history of telling lies about everything from Obama’s birth certificate to wind turbines causing cancer. But this particular claim about the national deficit still stands out as whopper, even by his impressive standards.
Republicans may undermine mail-In voting just by running down the clock.
New York state cancels presidential primary over coronavirus risk.
U.S. House committee launches probe of Trump WHO aid cutoff.
Disruption [in education] isn’t just exposing inequities. It’s multiplying them.
With about 20 million barrels of crude oil on board, dozens of tankers are anchored along the California coast — turning into floating storage as the demand for oil plummets.
Former WNBA player Tamara Moore becomes only female head coach in men's college.
“Millions of people every day are throwing away poopy diapers, and they don’t realize how much information is actually contained in each poop.” What if the Secret to Preventing Several Common Diseases Is Hiding in Our Babies’ Poop? There’s one big problem, though: The bacteria has largely disappeared in American babies.
The largest-ever Arctic ozone hole developed this spring. Now, scientists say it's closed.
Pentagon formally releases 3 Navy videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena". The Navy pilots found an oblong object about 40 feet long hovering about 50 feet above the water, and it began a rapid ascent as the pilots approached before quickly flying away. "It accelerated like nothing I've ever seen.” -- Yes, these are cool.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
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