covid-19
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A Coronavirus Cotillion: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID-19
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, affectionately called McEnemyOfTheState, has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the most recent White House positives to at least 16, and all of whom have either been at the White House—which is now looking a lot like a Coronavirus Cotillion—or circled Trump’s orbit. “After testing negative consistently, including every day…
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The Walter Reed Coronavirus Parade: Trump’s Lying and Recklessness Has Turned Us All Into Conspiracy Theorists
President Trump is a liar. Everyone in his administration aids in his lying. Because of this, America has no idea when the president of people who found his coronavirus diagnosis to be a sad moment was actually diagnosed, nor do we have any idea whether the president even has COVID-19. We don’t know if he’s…
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Reports: Cam Newton Has Tested Positive for COVID-19, Won't Play With the Patriots in Week 4 Game Against the Chiefs
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is reported to have tested positive for coronavirus, and as a result will not play in the game between the team and the Kansas City Chiefs planned for this week. The Patriots announced on Saturday that one of their players had tested positive for COVID-19 and had immediately entered…
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Rona in the White House: Trump Hospitalized With COVID-19 Symptoms Amid Indications Rose Garden Ceremony Was Superspreader Event [Updated]
Since news broke on Friday that President Trump and his first lady Melania have tested positive for COVID-19, the situation with the president seems to have rapidly developed—or at least the administration’s public acknowledgment of the reality of coronavirus. On Friday night, the White House announced that Trump has been hospitalized at the Walter Reed…
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White People Have Recovered 60 Percent of the Jobs They Lost During This Recession. For Black Folks, That Number Is Far Lower
Earlier this year, protests to “open the economy” saw disproportionate amounts of white people flocking to the streets, many of them sans masks, to push back against measures local and state governments had taken to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, as parts of the economy have opened up in recent months, data…
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Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Integral Member of Judiciary Committee Considering New Supreme Court Justice, Tests Positive for COVID-19
On Friday, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee considering the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and added that he’d be quarantining for 10 days. Ten days? I thought the requisite number of quarantining days was two weeks or…
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NFL Expands COVID-19 Protocols After 2 More Players Test Positive for Coronavirus
As the NFL attempts to curtail its first coronavirus outbreak, it has expanded the COVID-19 protocols it already had in place. ESPN reports that two more Tenessee Titans players have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing their team total to a combined 13 players and team personnel who have tested positive this week. In response…
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If You're Happy President Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19, You're Just as Bad as He Is
Regardless of my feelings about his politics, Donald Trump is a human first. A husband. A father. An uncle. An American. And today I am deeply saddened by the news that both he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19. Yes, he is an abhorrent person who has said and done terrible things.…
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President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19, Trump Showing Minor Symptoms
As America woke to prepare themselves for the end of the work week, the news came fast and furious: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania had contracted COVID-19. Trump made the announcement around 1 a.m. ET on Twitter, adding that he and the first lady would begin quarantining immediately. Trump ended his tweet noting…
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Coronavirus Vaccine Won't Be Ready Until at Least Spring, Moderna CEO Says
At a health conference on Wednesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company’s coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready until spring of next year. CBS News reports that Bancel added Moderna won’t seek emergency authorization for the vaccine to be used by healthcare workers and at-risk individuals until Nov. 25, at the earliest. The company won’t…