Новости за 15.04.2020

Supporters of President Donald Trump are getting antsy about stay-at-home orders — and they’re encouraging one another to openly rebel against strict measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The Daily Beast reports that Trump supporters are sparking a “protest movement” against social distancing restrictions aimed at forcing governors to reopen their economies […]

People infected with the new coronavirus may start spreading the virus several days before they have any noticeable symptoms, according to a new modelling study published Wednesday. The study comes as nations have broadened restrictions aimed at curbing the epidemic, amid concerns over patients who may be infectious despite not showing signs of ill health. […]

In a video posted online by Nashville Scene and first reported by Scoop: Nashville on Sunday, Metro Nashville Police Department Captain Jason Reinbold can be seen stepping out of his house and cursing at a nanny and her family for stopping near his property while on a bike ride. As Nashville Scene reports, “He appears angry […]

It seems like only yesterday that everyone was lamenting the lack of COVID-19 tests and vital medical equipment, and now we are supposedly ready to “reopen the country.” That’s because it was only yesterday — and it will be the same tomorrow. There are still not enough tests and not enough medical equipment. But because the worst hotspots, including New […]

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams recently touted her qualifications for vice president. In an interview with Elle, Abrams explained that she would be “an excellent runningmate” for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “Yes. I would be honored,” Abrams said. “I would be an excellent running mate. I have the capacity to attract voters […]

Longtime observers — as well as friends — of Mike Pence are expressing shock and dismay that the vice president stood by silently on Monday when Donald Trump claimed that, as president, he has “total authority” to do as he pleases, saying the president’s bold assertion goes against everything Pence has always professed to believe. […]

President Donald Trump this week ordered a freeze on funding to the World Health Organization over its supposed deference to the Chinese government. However, Trump-appointed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield told “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday that he still wants to work with the WHO despite the president cutting off its […]

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to fly millions of masks and gloves from China to his state on charter jets — and wanted to keep the plan secret so the Trump administration won’t seize the shipments and divert them to the federal stockpile, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “The Governor has clearly outlined the challenges this administration […]

A gold-plated tax giveaway infected the coronavirus relief bill that Donald Trump signed into law on March 27, Congressional Democrats complained loudly last month. The Democrats got it wrong. The plating turns out to be pure platinum. Almost 82% of the tax savings will go to the Trump-Kushner family and 43,000 of their fellow millionaire […]

When the Supreme Court inserted itself last week into the rulemaking of a Wisconsin election mere hours before voting was to begin, it ratcheted up the national and partisan stakes of the contest. Many, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, accused the conservative majority on the court of risking “massive disenfranchisement” by requiring all mail-in ballots […]

Monday, April 13 was the deadline that a bipartisan group of eight senators set for an explanation of President Donald Trump’s firing of Michael Atkinson, who served as inspector general for the United States’ intelligence community. That deadline has passed, and journalist Jenna McLaughlin — in an article published in Yahoo News — explains that as of […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz faced a midnight deadline on Wednesday to form a unity government or risk prolonging the country’s unprecedented political crisis. The right-wing premier Netanyahu and centrist Gantz, Israel’s former army chief, have gone head-to-head in three stalemate elections over the past year. Following the most recent […]

A lone bell will ring out from what remains of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Wednesday, the sole event planned to mark a year since a massive blaze nearly destroyed one of the world’s most revered monuments. Reconstruction of the medieval cathedral has been halted, with France under lockdown over the deadly coronavirus outbreak. […]

Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday uncorked a scientifically illiterate rant about the coronavirus in which she blamed the World Health Organization for not having the situation better under control. “This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks!” Conway said during an interview on “Fox & Friends.” “And so you would think the people in […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast, employees at the major news networks are becoming vocal in their opposition over having to carry Donald Trump’s daily press conferences that are light on details about how the government is dealing with the coronavirus epidemic and long on invective and blame-shifting by the president. Based upon […]

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has just endorsed Joe Biden for President. The former Democratic presidential candidate who was an early frontrunner will make a formal endorsement on Wednesday, but has just released a video in which she says, “I’m proud to endorse Joe Biden as president of the United States.” “Empathy matters. And, in this […]

The claims for CBD’s alleged healing powers have been so exaggerated that it’s no surprise that a CBD maker was recently warned by the New York attorney general for claiming that the molecule can fight COVID-19. There are no credible animal or human studies showing CBD has any effect on SARS-CoV-2 or the course of […]

Congress has approved billions of dollars of checks for Americans hard hit by the biggest round of layoffs in U.S. history. But millions of Americans will have to wait months for that money — and millions more may never get the money at all. That’s because the rescue legislation left it to the IRS, an […]

Editor’s note: The question everyone in the world wants answered is how far the new coronavirus will spread and when the pandemic will begin to ebb. To know that, epidemiologists, public health authorities and policymakers rely on models. Models are not meant to predict the future perfectly – yet they’re still useful. Biomedical mathematician Lester […]

Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses that police are charged with enforcing as a routine part of their job. There are about 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, with close to 800,000 police officers. To date most appear to be exercising judgment […]

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea We are both biotechnology researchers and are currently seeking to repurpose an existing medical manufacturing platform to quickly develop a vaccine candidate for COVID-19. This process is used for the treatment of blood products such as plasma, platelets and whole blood […]

A team of robot-designing girls in Afghanistan is trying to build a low-cost medical ventilator from car parts, as health authorities look to boost critical-care capabilities for coronavirus patients in the impoverished country. If the teenagers succeed and can get government approval for their prototype, they say it could be replicated for as little as […]

Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway uncorked a bizarre rant against the World Health Organization on Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said he was freezing funding to the group. In defending the president’s controversial move, Conway blamed the group for not being more on the ball when it came to handling the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning, former Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) pummeled Donald Trump for forcing the Treasury to hold up sending out the desperately-needed $1200 stimulus checks to taxpayers so his name could be printed on the memo line. According to the former lawmaker, Trump’s self-promoting maneuver is going to infuriate exactly […]

This week, President Donald Trump is being called out for asserting that his “authority” is “total” when it comes to deciding whether or not governors in individual states should lift restrictions they have ordered in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming was seemingly thinking of Trump on Monday night when she quoted […]