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Dr. Anthony Fauci, by not ruling out further COVID-19 restrictions over the disease's latest variant, is "misinterpreting the data," Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday on Newsmax. "If you look at the data right now, we have the lowest amount of people getting infected each day," the Kentucky Republican said on Newsmax's "National Report." "If you look at the data, we have the lowest amount of people in the intensive care unit. If you look at the data, we have the lowest amount of people dying since the pandemic began. So really, what we're seeing is the waning ebb of the...

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) railed against him chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci for warning about a return of restrictions due to a new strain of COVID-19. Paul said Fauci was “flat-out wrong” to push for more restrictions. He called Fauci a “menace” who “hasn’t been right really about anything since the start” of the coronavirus pandemic. “[I]f you believe in Dr. Fauci, what you should do immediately is go get stickers and make sure they are on the floor, everywhere you go, and a yardstick so you know you are...

President Trump in Thursday's debate responded to Democratic nominee Joe Biden's call for plexiglass at restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic by saying plexiglass is "not the answer." During a portion of the debate focused on the pandemic, Biden said restaurants will need to have plexiglass dividers, among other resources, "so people cannot infect one another." The president countered, "When you talk about plexiglass, these are restaurants that are dying." "These are businesses with no money," Trump said. "Putting a plexiglass is unbelievably expensive and it's not the answer. I mean, are you gonna sit there in a cubicle wrapped around...

President Joe Biden visited a Virginia elementary school on Monday, where masked students sat behind plexiglass framed desks to protect them from the coronavirus. The president and first lady visited Yorktown Elementary School to highlight students returning safely to in-person learning.

More than 223,000 people have died from coronavirus. Trump still doesn’t have a plan. We need a real leader in the White House who will listen to the scientists & protect Americans—that’s @JoeBiden. https://t.co/cNdq3U4TTq— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 23, 2020

Touted as a simple but effective shield against coronavirus infections, transparent screens have sprung up at supermarket tills and pharmacies across Germany. For plexiglass manufacturer Claus Müller, business has never been better — but no one is celebrating. The Plexiglas Riesner processing plant in Wiesbaden is abuzz with activity as owner Müller and his workers race to get out the next batch of orders, cutting and bending acrylic sheets to size while the phone rings off the hook. It’s the busiest time in the small company’s 114-year history, with requests coming in faster than the supply chain can handle. […]...

BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - The New York Giants apparently have changed their mind about Plaxico Burress. ESPN on Thursday is reporting the Giants have signed the premier wide receiver remaining on the open market to a six-year contract worth $25 million. According to the report, the deal includes $8.25 million in guaranteed bonuses. The signing would come a week after Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi announced in a statement posted on the club's website that the franchise was ending its pursuit of Burress and going in a different direction. Burress, 27, spent his first five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers,...