By Andrew Bogan | The Wall Street Journal The Covid-19 shutdowns have been based on the premise that the disease would kill more than two million Americans absent drastic actions to slow its spread. That model assumed case fatality rates—the share of infected people who die from the disease—of 1% to 3%. The World Health Organization’s estimated case-fatality rate […]
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Trump ramps up pressure on Pelosi over stalemate on small business program: ‘Come back to Washington’
By Adam Shaw | Fox News President Trump on Friday ramped up the pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging her to “get back to Washington” and solve the stalemate in Congress over a $250 billion request to top-up a small-business loan program as part of the response to the coronavirus crisis. “An incompetent political hack! Come back to Washington & […]
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Top coronavirus model significantly lowers total estimates of US deaths in new projection
By Adam Shaw | Fox News A key coronavirus model has lowered its estimate of total U.S. deaths in its latest projection of how many will die due to the contagious virus. The revision will likely fuel criticism from skeptics that initial projections were overblown, and one that government leaders may use to say that efforts to combat the spread […]
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Coronavirus antibody testing finds Bay Area infections may be 85 times higher than reported: researchers
By Alexandria Hein | Fox News A team of researchers in California found that the number of coronaviruses cases in one county may actually be up to 85 times higher than the what health officials have tallied, and say their data may help better estimate the virus’ true fatality rate. Earlier this month, Stanford University-led researchers tested 3,330 adults and children in Santa […]
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Elon Musk, CNN spar over ventilator story; Musk surprised network ‘still exists’
By Brian Flood | Fox News Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mocked CNN on Thursday, saying he’s surprised the liberal network still exists after it reported he did not supply ventilators to hospitals treating coronavirus patients — a claim the billionaire disputed in a series of tweets “Three weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he had obtained more than 1,000 […]
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MSNBC host suggests Biden form ‘shadow government’ to counter Trump on coronavirus
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News The U.S. presidential election is still seven months away but an MSNBC host is already suggesting that Democrat Joe Biden set up a “shadow government” against the Trump administration amid the coronavirus outbreak. Stephanie Ruhle pitched the idea Wednesday during an interview with Jim Messina, who served as deputy chief of staff of operations under former President Barack Obama. Messina […]
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Sources believe coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab as part of China’s efforts to compete with US
By Bret Baier, Gregg Re | Fox News EXCLUSIVE: There is increasing confidence that COVID-19 likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bioweapon, but as part of China’s effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on the details […]
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Over 50,000 Coronavirus Patients in the U.S. Have Recovered From Infection
By Soo Kim More than 50,000 people have now recovered from the novel coronavirus in the U.S., according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. remains the epicenter of the outbreak, with more than 610,000 confirmed cases, including over 26,000 deaths, to date. Cases continue to emerge and the official figure for […]
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Drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest coronavirus lockdown measures
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Hundreds of cars, trucks and SUVs descended on Michigan’s state capital Wednesday afternoon as part of a noisy protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s social-distancing restrictions that critics say have gone too far. Dubbed “Operation Gridlock” and organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, the protest did just that – creating bumper-to-bumper traffic throughout […]
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Trump announces US will halt funding to World Health Organization over coronavirus response
By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump announced at the White House coronavirus news briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday that the United States will immediately halt all funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), saying it had put “political correctness over lifesaving measures.” Also at the briefing, the president said plans to ease the national economic shutdown were being […]
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Coronavirus inmate release leaves LA in ‘uncharted territory,’ sheriff says about potential surge in crime
By Travis Fedschun | Fox News Thousands of non-violent inmates have been released from jails in Los Angeles County to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but the county sheriff said Monday he’s now concerned about a potential future spike in crime. Since the middle of March, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been reducing the inmate population and cutting down on the number of people booked […]
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Coronavirus stay-at-home orders stir protests nationwide amid fears of economic collapse
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News At least 15,000 cars and trucks are expected to descend on Michigan’s state capital on Wednesday to protest what they’re calling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tyrannical new guidelines to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. The so-called “drive-by” demonstration – in order to maintain social distancing […]
