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Record government and corporate debt risks ‘tipping point’ after pandemic passes

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Coronavirus live news: Europe fatalities approach 100,000 as China reports no daily deaths

theguardian.com - In Afghanistan, the health ministry has warned that difficult days are yet to come in the war-torn country as the number of confirmed cases reached 993, triggered by an increase of infections in the …

US governors feel heat to reopen from protesters, president

apnews.com - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Stores in Texas can soon begin selling merchandise with curbside service, and hospitals can resume nonessential surgeries. In Florida, people are returning to a few beaches and p…

U.S. sent millions of face masks to China early this year, ignoring pandemic warning signs

washingtonpost.com - In January and February, the United States shipped millions of masks to China from companies such as 3M. (Justin Chin/Bloomberg) By Juliet Eilperin, close Juliet Eilperin Reporter covering domestic p…

What we can learn from the "second wave" of coronavirus cases in Asia

vox.com - Right now, if you fly to Hong Kong, you’ll have to turn over your saliva. That is, if you’re already a resident. If not, you can’t come in at all. The saliva, of course, is for a coronavirus test, on…

C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say

nytimes.com - Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the C.D.C., and other health experts have long suggested that contamination in the labs might have been the culprit. But even as several officials at the F.D.A…

Shocking new numbers reveal how much Trump’s dithering worsened the coronavirus crisis

salon.com - Thousands continue to die each day in the United States from COVID-19, and there's no sign yet that the virus will fully retreat anytime soon. But new analysis from two epidemiologists published in t…

The lost month: Trump says he took ‘strong action’ in February to stop coronavirus. Here’s the full picture.

cnn.com - February 2: CDC expanded enhanced entry screening to eight major airports across the nation. The White House said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded airport screenings, but the h…

Louisiana pastor asks followers to send their stimulus checks to churches instead of buying food

rawstory.com - … then let us make a small request. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Raw Story…

Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic

news.yahoo.com - New York (AFP) - American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can…

This Is How A Group Linked To Betsy DeVos Is Organizing Protests To End Social Distancing, Now With Trump's Support

buzzfeednews.com - A Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that, despite the president calling for the liberation of states, the tweets did not violate its rules. "The use of ‘liberate’ in the Tweets you referenced i…

Spanish virus lockdown prolonged as toll tops 20,000

news.yahoo.com - Madrid (AFP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced the nationwide coronavirus lockdown would be extended two weeks to May 9, hours after the official death toll passed 20,000. …

Without More Tests, America Can’t Reopen

theatlantic.com - Even as Donald Trump has delineated his plan to relax social distancing, the United States remains very much in the dark about who has the coronavirus and who does not. We have a shortage of COVID-19…

“Silent Carriers” Are Helping Spread The Coronavirus. Here’s What We Know About Them.

buzzfeednews.com - It’s tough to quantify the number of asymptomatic people, because they’re unlikely to seek testing on their own. But the coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship gave researchers a un…

Opinion | ‘Woe Is You,’ White People Keep Telling Us

nytimes.com - Today the Northside is about half black, a quarter Hmong and a quarter everything else. It’s a neighborhood challenged by low wealth and some violence, but we’re not defined by that. The Northside is…

Lower death rate estimates for coronavirus provide glimmer of hope - STAT

statnews.com - In a rare piece of good news about Covid-19, a team of infectious disease experts calculates that the fatality rate in people who have symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus is about 1…

#FloridaMorons trends after people flock to reopened Florida beaches

washingtonpost.com - Beachgoers flock to the seaside in Jacksonville, Fla., on April 17. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced Thursday that Duval County's beaches would open at 5 p.m. but only for restricted hours an…

If Trump Thinks It’s Safe for His Followers to Gather at Protests, Why Doesn’t He Attend One?

theintercept.com - From a very safe distance on Friday, Donald Trump urged his supporters to risk infection with the deadly coronavirus by attending in-person protests to “liberate” Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia fr…

Why Trump’s Threat to Adjourn Congress Is Dubious

nytimes.com - By a majority vote, Senate Republicans could first change the chamber’s rules to allow proposals to adjourn for lengthy periods to receive up-or-down votes, and then they could force approval for a r…

Seoul’s Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing

newyorker.com - On the morning of March 23rd, I arrived at the Mapo District Office, a staid government building in northwestern Seoul, where I was greeted by Song In-su, the fifty-three-year-old deputy of the publi…

Studying Fascist Propaganda by Day, Watching Trump’s Coronavirus Updates by Night

newyorker.com - In 2018, Jason Stanley, a philosophy professor at Yale, published “How Fascism Works.” Although it was a slim volume, it ranged broadly, citing experimental psychology, legal theory, and neo-Nazi blo…

Sorry Hospitals, Trump’s Border Wall Is Getting Another Half-Billion Dollars

vanityfair.com - A politically connected construction firm received $569 million this week to build 17 miles of the border wall that President Donald Trump made a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign—when Mexico was supp…

The Wire Forever: Creator David Simon on a New Quarantine Obsession

vanityfair.com - Did the world get better? You’re absolutely right to say we seem to be struggling with a lot of the same things and not making much progress. I didn’t anticipate the complete collapse of mainstream m…

Joe Biden’s Plans for Latin America Fall Short

theintercept.com - Photo illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images With Bernie Sanders’s exit from the presidential race, Joe Biden has become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. The almost-octogenar…

What Happens When The Pandemic Ends? - DollarCollapse.com

dollarcollapse.com - Let’s assume that by the end of this year a combination of social distancing and some new and effective treatments convert covid-19 from existential threat to chronic nuisance and the economy starts …

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News digest brought to you by the Doomstead Diner.

Record government and corporate debt risks ‘tipping point’ after pandemic passes

Coronavirus live news: Europe fatalities approach 100,000 as China reports no daily deaths

US governors feel heat to reopen from protesters, president

U.S. sent millions of face masks to China early this year, ignoring pandemic warning signs

What we can learn from the "second wave" of coronavirus cases in Asia

C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say

Shocking new numbers reveal how much Trump’s dithering worsened the coronavirus crisis

The lost month: Trump says he took ‘strong action’ in February to stop coronavirus. Here’s the full picture.

Louisiana pastor asks followers to send their stimulus checks to churches instead of buying food

Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic

This Is How A Group Linked To Betsy DeVos Is Organizing Protests To End Social Distancing, Now With Trump's Support

Spanish virus lockdown prolonged as toll tops 20,000

Without More Tests, America Can’t Reopen

“Silent Carriers” Are Helping Spread The Coronavirus. Here’s What We Know About Them.

Opinion | ‘Woe Is You,’ White People Keep Telling Us

Lower death rate estimates for coronavirus provide glimmer of hope - STAT

#FloridaMorons trends after people flock to reopened Florida beaches

If Trump Thinks It’s Safe for His Followers to Gather at Protests, Why Doesn’t He Attend One?

Why Trump’s Threat to Adjourn Congress Is Dubious

Seoul’s Radical Experiment in Digital Contact Tracing

Studying Fascist Propaganda by Day, Watching Trump’s Coronavirus Updates by Night

Sorry Hospitals, Trump’s Border Wall Is Getting Another Half-Billion Dollars

The Wire Forever: Creator David Simon on a New Quarantine Obsession

Joe Biden’s Plans for Latin America Fall Short

What Happens When The Pandemic Ends? - DollarCollapse.com

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