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Midwestern Governors, Including Wisconsin’s Governor, Form Coalition on Economy During Pandemic

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So, there's now a West Coast group of states, a Northeast group of states, and a Midwestern group of states coordinating on COVID-19 response. Here's what that looks like on a map: https://t.co/bmbTimJbps pic.twitter.com/9XKWEQhJUk — Mark Miller (@markdmiller2) April 16, 2020                      

Coronavirus, Public Health, Trump

Distracted

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Trump says his own impeachment “distracted” him from the #Coronavirus response. Let’s be clear: He was never distracted. He just didn’t care. (Note well: The loss of life is already far greater than the number cited in the video.)

Coronavirus, Trump

Sacrifice

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The President will stop at nothing to protect himself and himself only. By discounting those American seniors who have served and protected our nation countless times during moments of national crisis, the President is deeming them unworthy.

Coronavirus, Public Health, Trump

Warnings to the White House

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Inside the Trump administration’s coronavirus response — and missed opportunities to contain COVID-19 before it was too late. Correspondent Martin Smith speaks with global health experts about warnings to the White House that went unheeded, including a health policy expert who said his 2019 study pointing to the threat of a pandemic was met with…

Coronavirus, Depravity, Mendacity, Trump

The Dead Enders

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Those who have committed to Trump, and remain committed, will not yield now. Even his failures during a pandemic will not shake their resolve. On the contrary, they’ll say anything, and perhaps do anything, in support of their prior commitment. One should not be shocked by this — Hobbes was right, at least regarding the…

Coronavirus, Elections, Irony, Public Health, Speaker Vos, WISGOP

Speaker Vos – wearing personal protective equipment – insists it’s ‘incredibly safe to go out’

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These Journal Times videos of Speaker Robin Vos in WI defending holding an election today are pretty remarkable. "You are incredibly safe to go out," he says.https://t.co/sbmEcW6AL1 pic.twitter.com/xdOYP40BPe — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 7, 2020              

Bad Ideas, Coronavirus, Politics, Public Health, Religion, Scott Fitzgerald, Speaker Vos

If Vos & Fitzgerald Read More, and Spoke Less

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So Speaker Vos and Senate Majority Leader Fitzgerald want Gov. Evers to allow an exception to the Safer at Home order for Easter Sunday services. (They’ve also included Passover in their request, but they’re either too ignorant or too dishonest to concede that Passover is commemorated traditionally in a home setting. It’s obviously a certain…

Animals, Coronavirus, Public Health, Science/Nature

Prudent Human Changes Concerning Exotic Animals

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Karin Brulliard reports The next pandemic is already coming, unless humans change how we interact with wildlife, scientists say: The new coronavirus, which has traversed the globe to infect more than 1 million people, began like so many pandemics and outbreaks before: inside an animal. The virus’s original host was almost certainly a bat, scientists…

Coronavirus, Medicine, Public Health, Television

Dr. Rishi Desai Delivers the Truth to Fox News Viewers

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The best part of this is the awkward silence from the @foxnews host after Dr. Desai speaks the truth. pic.twitter.com/TqtEumFuLy — Steve Hall (@being_steve) April 2, 2020 Ed Mazza reports that A doctor’s no-holds-barred analysis of coronavirus testing shortcomings is going viral – not just because of his blunt talk but because of where he made…