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On Tuesday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said there are “probably “hundreds of thousands of people” who have already had COVID-19, didn’t know they had it, and recovered. Cuomo continued to say these New Yorkers “should be tested for antibodies so they could go back to work and keep the economy going.” And now there is a test that will show if a person was already infected by the coronavirus and have developed anti-bodies. This new test could help put Americans back to work sooner rather than later.

(Highlighting mine.) Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is being sued after selling shares in a hotel company while possessing confidential information about the potential impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Alan Jacobson, a shareholder in Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, sued Burr in federal court on Monday, alleging that the senator used private information to motivate a mass liquidation of his assets. It is illegal for senators to use nonpublic information in conducting securities exchanges... “Senator Burr owed a duty to Congress, the United States government, and citizens of the United States, including Plaintiff, not to use material nonpublic information that he learned...

The Rev. Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, refused to take the respirator while in a hospital after finding out the other patient — who was a complete stranger — also needed it, according to the BBC.

If it’s true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified. But there’s little evidence to confirm that premise—and projections of the death toll could plausibly be orders of magnitude too high. If the number of actual infections is much larger than the number of cases—orders of magnitude larger—then the true fatality rate is much lower as well. That’s not only plausible but likely based on what we know so far.

Nevada’s governor on Tuesday night issued an emergency order banning gatherings of more than 10 people in the state indoors or outdoors, a more aggressive move to try to stop the spread of the coronavrius. Sisolak said the order does not apply to private homes or the homeless, but includes places like social clubs, parks, libraries and sports fields. The order comes a week after the governor shut down the famous casinos of Las Vegas and ordered all but essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies to close. The governor’s new order issued Tuesday banning group gatherings does not apply...

President Trump is calling for Republicans and Democrats to unite behind his American independence agenda to defeat the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. During a Tuesday press conference, Trump detailed the “critical” need for American independence in manufacturing, the energy sector, and territorially at the nation’s borders to stop the coronavirus crisis: "We should never be reliant on a foreign country for the means of our own survival. I think we’ve learned a lot. This crisis has underscored just how critical it is to have strong borders and a robust manufacturing sector. For three years, we’ve embarked on a great...

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A covid cure from my missionary friend Pablo Yoder : "He is the Hero!" Dear readers, The world is desperate and so helpless as it confronts this microscopic virus called Coronavirus. No wonder, they don't fear God. So they fear everything else. We fear God, so we don't have to fear everything else. He has it under control. But yes, we are concerned at what is happening to this world. We all would love to come up with answers to save people from so much suffering and even death. A lot of you have probably heard about the testimony of...

Critics of President Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis characterize it as knee-jerk, spur-of-the-moment, and grasping at any straw within reach. In fact, many of the executive actions we have seen in the past few days reflect a new approach to health policy that has been underway almost since the day Donald Trump was sworn into office. These include the ability to be diagnosed and treated without ever leaving your own home; the ability to talk to doctors 24/7 by means of phone, email and Skype; and the ability of the chronically ill to have access to free diagnoses and...

Epidemiologists deal with dry facts and figures, but the subject matter of those facts and figures can be very dramatic: illness and death, and how best to go about minimizing the former and delaying the latter.... ...But during this pandemic epidemiologists have been constantly in the news, and anyone with an “epidemiologist” before or after his or her name is the new authority.... Governments set policy based on their recommendations and those policies are having extreme effects on our lives. It is definitely true that epidemiologists have expertise... that most of us lack, and that we can learn things from...

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimated that 1.5 million new jobless claims were filed last week. The U.S. Labor Department will release a national compilation of claims on Thursday. The highest number of new claims on record is 695,000 filed in the week ended Oct. 2, 1982.

U.S. stocks soared Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average notching its biggest one-day point gain ever and its best percentage gain since 1933, a day after plumbing the lowest levels since 2016, amid growing optimism that Congress will come to an agreement on a fiscal stimulus package aimed at combatting the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic. How did benchmarks perform? The Dow US:DJIA rose 2,112.98 points, or 11.37%, to close at 20,704.91, the S&P 500 index US:SPX advanced 209.93 points, 9.38%, to close at 2,447.33, and the Nasdaq Composite index US:COMP gained 557.18 points, or 8.12%, ending trading...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s governor has signed an emergency order barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for someone who has the coronavirus. Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order Tuesday restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine comes after President Donald Trump touted the medication as a treatment for the virus.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday girded New Yorkers for a long, hard fight against the coronavirus. “I have to be honest about the fact that we do not expect this to go quickly, and I wish we did, but we don’t,” de Blasio said. “But I have to respectfully disagree with (President Donald Trump when he says), as he said earlier today, that he’s not looking at months for this crisis. I have to say, Mr. President, I wish that was the case for New York City, I hope that’s the case for the other...

A brawl erupted in a pharmacy as a woman allegedly caught shop lifting savagely punched a sobbing employee who shoved her into a wall of products. The astonishing incident took place at a Rite Aid store in Detroit, Michigan, and was filmed by an onlooker earlier this month. It comes amid wide-spread stockpiling after the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country, as 1,700 cases and 41 deaths from the killer bug are confirmed in the US alone. In the clip, the employee shoves the woman, sending her flying into a wall of products and crashing to the floor. The...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.-- A wedding held on Staten Island in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has drawn the ire of local church leaders, who on Monday are “reiterating” to priests new guidelines amid a statewide lockdown. “The Archdiocese will be certain to reiterate our guidelines to all of our priests so that they understand what the exact boundaries are regarding what they can and cannot do during this COVID-19 crisis,” said Archdiocese of New York spokesman Joseph Zwilling. A wedding held at Our Lady of Pity R.C. Church in Bulls Head over the weekend was attended by about...

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Senator Bernie Sanders’s (I., Vt.) presidential campaign on Tuesday announced that Sanders would participate in an April debate with former vice president Joe Biden, if it is held. The Democratic National Committee had planned to hold a debate on an unspecified date in April, but the committee has not yet announced a site or broadcaster for the debate. “Senator Sanders is still running for president,” Mike Casca, communications director for the Sanders campaign, told the New York Times. “If there is a debate in April, he plans to be there.” Sanders has refused to drop out of the presidential race...

Fatima, Portugal, Mar 23, 2020 / 02:11 pm (CNA).- On Wednesday, nations from around the world can be consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in a liturgy to be celebrated at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, built in the place where in 1916 and 1917 the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese children. In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Portuguese bishops’ conference announced last week they would reconsecrate Portugal to Christ and Mary on the evening of March 25. Shortly after the announcement, the Spanish bishops’ conference requested...