By Stephen Sorace | Fox News The massive army field hospital that hundreds of troops built inside a Seattle convention center last week will be dismantled before treating a single patient. Instead, it will be redeployed to a state facing a more difficult battle against the coronavirus outbreak, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday. Nearly 300 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near […]
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House Republicans call for hearing on coronavirus modeling amid ‘conflicting data’
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for a hearing to review the “modeling platforms” used to project the extent and impact of the coronavirus pandemic, claiming they exhibit “conflicting data” and have led to policies “placing extraordinary burdens” on Americans. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and other lawmakers penned a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairwoman […]
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Homeowners sue over restricted access to Outer Banks second homes due to coronavirus
By Peter Aitken | Fox News Furious homeowners in a popular North Carolina vacation spot have filed a lawsuit against officials for denying them access to their second homes due to coronavirus, claiming their constitutional rights have been infringed. Dare County, NC, where the median house price is $350,000, began to restrict access on March 20 following a State of Emergency declaration. Checkpoints along […]
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CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years
By ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, revealed the total in an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press. Flu experts knew it […]
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Another Reporter Masks Affiliation With Chinese Propaganda During Presidential Briefing
By Petr Svab For the second time, a reporter working for a media controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) failed to disclose this affiliation when prompted by President Donald Trump during his daily press briefing on the CCP virus epidemic. After Trump prompted the reporter, Ching-Yi Chang, to state his question, Trump asked him where he’s from, seemingly inquiring about […]
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Meet the former NYT reporter who is challenging the coronavirus narrative
By Adam Shaw | Fox News As daily life across America is upended by the coronavirus crisis — with mass business closures plunging the economy into freefall — one former New York Times reporter is sounding the alarm about what he believes are flawed models dictating the aggressive strategy. Alex Berenson has been analyzing the data on the crisis on a daily basis for weeks […]
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Pence vows US will ask WHO ‘tough questions’ over how ‘they could have been so wrong’ about coronavirus
By Charles Creitz | Fox News Vice President Mike Pence told “Hannity” Wednesday night that the U.S. will ask “tough questions” of the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic after the global health agency’s director warned President Trump and other world leaders against “politicizing” the outbreak. “This is a president who believes in accountability, and the American […]
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Ilhan Omar faces pushback after defending illegal immigrants as ‘American taxpayers’
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sparked online controversy Wednesday after she attempted to reframe reporting on her desire to direct coronavirus aid to illegal immigrants. “There, fixed it for you,” Omar tweeted alongside an image of a New York Post headline that read: “‘Squad’ members want to make illegal immigrants eligible for coronavirus aid.” The Minnesota congresswoman crossed […]
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Tyranny Versus Free World: Responses to Pandemic Expose Dark Side of Communism
BY BOWEN XIAO The Chinese regime responded to the pandemic by covering up and silencing whistleblowers, then when it was too late to ignore, it enacted brutal, draconian measures on its own citizens—all while propaganda was spread internally through state-run media. The U.S. response meanwhile was humane, spotlighting the contrast between a free society’s handling of a crisis […]
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Dr. William Haseltine: Coronavirus – Beyond flattening the curve, here’s how to end the pandemic
By Dr. William Haseltine | Fox News As America enters what President Trump warns will be its “toughest week,” many are hoping that lockdown measures introduced in cities and communities across the country will lessen the devastation we face. The strict social distancing guidelines are an attempt to flatten the curve, an approach that has been described as America’s best […]
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Key coronavirus model revised downward, predicts 60K deaths in US by August
BY REBECCA KLAR A key forecasting model used by the White House has revised its prediction of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., now estimating a peak of 60,415 by early August. The model created by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington had predicted a peak of 81,766 deaths in an update on Sunday. Public health […]
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Wisconsin voters brave long lines to vote in primary amid coronavirus outbreak; results expected next week
By Gregg Re | Fox News Polls closed Tuesday night in Wisconsin’s presidential primary, which candidate Bernie Sanders has said “may very well prove deadly” — with voters waiting hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations and ignoring federal health recommendations in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Results were not expected Tuesday night. A court ruling appeared to prevent results from being made […]
