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  COVID-18 Update: October 23, 2020: Alarm Bells
As the election consumes the nation, more and more signs emerge that COVID-19 has come roaring back worldwide. Will we continue on this path, or will the election force us in a new direction? The choice is yours. ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 22, 2020: Riding the Wave of Events
There's a lot happening, on many different fronts, with no clear standout issue, unless you count the worrying, if predicted, rise in new COVID-19 cases both in the US and worldwide. As the election comes ever closer, expect more bursts ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 21, 2020: The Third Surge
As scientists predicted, the coronavirus has come roaring back. The government remains paralyzed. But there are signs of hope: COVID-19 is less fatal than previously. Vaccines are on the way. And, maybe, a stimulus bill. Don't count on ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 20, 2020: Losing Ground
No major developments today, but around the country -- and the world -- the signs are apparent that the coronavirus is coming roaring back. Now, more than ever, a national policy is needed -- along with a stimulus bill to pay for vaccine ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 19, 2020: "People Are Tired of COVID"
The above statement was made by the president on a phone call to campaign staffers. Well, he's certainly right about that. The coronavirus continues to spread globally and nationally, especially in the US Midwest. What the president was ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 16, 2020: Marking Time
Despite any rosy scenarios, you might hear about, here are the facts: New COVID-19 infections are rising sharply in the US. Europe is struggling against a powerful second wave. And the US government cannot pull it together to provide ...
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COVID-19 Update: October 15, 2020: The Third Peak
It's not getting better, Fewer people are dying from COVID-19, but cases continue to rise, and in many localities, hospitals are filling up. Europe is under siege. But the White House insists otherwise, as an election looms. And the ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 14, 2020: The Second Wave
As the second wave of COVID-19 appears in Europe and the Middle East, people are getting increasingly fed up with their governments' policies. Numbers are growing in the US, too. There are several developments on the vaccine front, but ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 13, 2020: The Campaign Trail
Twenty days out from the presidential election, the nation's attention is riveted on the candidates and on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. This being 2020, both are being shaped by pandemic: COVID-19 is the number-one topic ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 9, 2020: Make Me an Offer
Whiplash yet? It's not surprising. The idea of pandemic stimulus bill has been off and on so many times this week that it's hard to keep up. As we get ready to post this update, it appears on again, with the president making an offer ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 8, 2020: Viral Politics
And around and around we go, as everything about the pandemic is made into a political bargaining chip: the presidential debate, the White House outbreak, the president's illness, and the possibility (or not) of a stimulus bill. There's ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 7. 2020: Unstimulated
A tweetstorm of tornado proportions, from the president, leaves everyone guessing about his next move. The stimulus bill is off; no, it isn't - it is carved up into a series of smaller bills. Do they address the needs of this industry? ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 6, 2020: The White House Hot Spot
The president continues to ignore all medical guidelines, trying to portray himself as having conquered the coronavirus; nothing is said about the damage done to his associates and staff. Meanwhile, nearly everything about the pandemic ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 5, 2020: Weekend at Walter Reed
What a weekend. All the nation's crises converge as the president is hospitalized with COVID-19; his stay at Walter Reed Hospital is punctuated by a series of wildly conflicting reports about the state of his health. Questions abound: ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 2, 2020: The White House Quarantine
Today's title tells all. The pandemic reaches the upper echelon of the government, with consequences that are impossible to predict.
The latest:
The president and the first lady are infected with COVID-19. They go into ...
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COVID-19 Update, October 1, 2020: The Misinformation Game
As the election heats up, the stream of misinformation about COVID-19 continues to come from the one place it shouldn't. Meanwhile, the government continues to interfere in health policy. And negotiations drag on (and on) regarding a ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 30, 2020: Another Day, Another Bill
Well, they're trying again. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has floated another stimulus bill and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promises to take it seriously. We'll see. The bill doesn't contain all of the provisions contained in the ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 29, 2020: The One Million Mark
Today's title points to the latest and grimmest milestone of the pandemic, one made even harder to accept by plentiful evidence of a bungled national response, which has done nothing but erode the faith of the public in crucial ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 28, 2020: The Long March
To put it mildly, the nation's attention was otherwise engaged this weekend, given the nomination to the Supreme Court of Amy Coney Barrett and the revelations about the president's tax returns. Less noticed were new developments that ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 25, 2020: When Life Gives You Lemons
Having past the point of seven million COVID-19 infections, and despite stirrings of another pass at a pandemic relief bill, the US remains mired in confusion and inaction. At the same time, something is happening. People and ...
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