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A Santa Clara County health official said Monday that her department will likely be dealing with the new coronavirus “for a very, very long time,” and at some point, everyone will probably be infected. Dr. Sarah Cody, the director of the county’s health department, said that the state’s shelter-in-place order will “slow things down” and enable health officials to spread out those who are severely ill who require hospitalizations, SFGate.com reported. “I just have to keep reminding myself that this is a marathon and we have to keep ourselves nourished somehow, and we have to keep our energy good.” Cody’s...

Police in Massachusetts are searching for a woman who they say sprayed a Walmart employee in the eyes with Lysol disinfectant. Leicester police said in a Facebook post-Monday that the unidentified woman sprayed the worker after being informed there was a limit on the number of cans she could buy... They say EMS also responded to the scene to treat the worker.

President Trump held another Coronavirus task force briefing on Monday. As usual, the hack reporters would rather argue with President Trump than ask pertinent questions about the ongoing pandemic. Trump wasn’t having any of it on Monday. President Trump set ABC’s Jon Karl straight after he started an argument over an HHS IG report on the medical supply shortage. Jon Karl tried to leave out the fact that Trump’s HHS inspector general previously served in the Obama Admin. “See, there’s a typical fake news deal…you’re a third rate reporter and what you just said is a disgrace… you will never...

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SEATTLE - A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. - a projection designed to help officials plan for the worst, including having enough hospital staff, beds and ventilators. The only problem with this bit of relatively good news? It’s almost certainly wrong. All models are wrong. Some are just less wrong than others - and those are the ones that public health officials rely on. Welcome to the grimace-and-bear-it world of modeling. “The key thing is that you want...

The number of people hospitalized across the United States as a result of the novel coronavirus illness (COVID-19) is reportedly only a fraction of what some health experts projected a few days ago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended getting a haircut over the weekend even though barbers and stylists were shut down under the state’s stay-at-home order, saying she’s the face of the city and the woman who cut her hair wore a mask. Asked about photos on social media showing her with a stylist, Lightfoot acknowledged getting a haircut, then said the public cares more about other issues. “I think what really people want to talk about is, we’re talking about people dying here. A reporter asked the mayor about one of her “stay home, save lives” public service announcements where Lightfoot admonishes...

Major League Baseball and its players’ union are reportedly considering a highly complex and unorthodox plan to be able to restart the sport as early as next month — which would involve radical changes to the game and could end up sequestering players and coaches for the entire season if the coronavirus outbreak stretches throughout the summer. According to ESPN, the league’s unusual proposal for jump-starting the 2020 season next month has gained the blessing of high-ranking public health officials. But to comply with online social distancing guidelines and anticipated lockdowns in many states where teams play, MLB would attempt...

Major League Baseball (MLB) could hold the entirety of the 2020 season at the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium in Phoenix, Ariz., without any fans attending if officials go through with a plan that has reportedly been discussed by top league officials and members of the MLB players' union. The Associated Press reported that the two groups are in talks about potential plans for the 2020 season, which is supposed to be already underway but has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak that has swept across the U.S. and around the world. One of the plans being discussed involved teams meeting...

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Catholic business owner and landlord Mario Salerno allows his 200 residents to live rent-free for the entire month of April, citing his faith and concern for their well-being. New York state has been hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals are overrun with patients being treated by the virus and many residents within the five boroughs are being laid off or losing their jobs altogether. This news led one landlord to do something about it, crediting his Catholic faith for his decision. After hearing some of his tenants were worried about being able to pay rent over notices of layoffs...

WASHINGTON - Wisconsin's controversial election is back on for Tuesday, and voters will get no extension on the deadline to return absentee ballots despite the coronavirus crisis, thanks to two top courts that sided with Republicans on Monday. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, issued an executive order Monday afternoon postponing the election to June 9, citing the public health risk. But the state Supreme Court hours later overturned the governor, siding with the Republican-controlled Legislature, which had challenged his order. Later in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wisconsin Republicans on a separate issue, voting...

Few venture into the streets of Sao Paulo these days, but Erik Thiago says he will not stop working as a bike delivery man until he gets sick or the government forces him inside. As others in this city of 12 million stay home to slow the coronavirus outbreak, the 22-year-old rides an hour from his favela in the southern outskirts to deliver groceries, medicine and whatever else residents of upscale neighborhoods request. Without a face mask and with just a small bottle of hand sanitizer to use between deliveries, he knows he is especially exposed. Still, he wants to...

As the Israeli ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer said: " It is true that in every generation they rise up against us...But it is a rare thing- a very rare thing- a president like President Trump and an administration like the Trump administration- it doesn't happen every generation. It may happen once in many, many generations." If President Trump had only banned travel from China thus stopping the Angel of Death- Dayenu If President Trump had only moved the US embassy to Jerusalem- Dayenu If President Trump had only recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan- Dayenu If President Trump...

Interesting YouTube video. This is an hour-long YouTube video from "Serpentza", a popular host on the platform. The video starts out with a short clip from back around the end of January. It was in fact, a video I discussed with someone here on FR at the time. It was rather controversial. It shows a Chinese woman, buying a bunch of facemasks, from a home depot, I believe. She is with her husband, who is American. This is the follow-up, to the original video. Apparently that video set off people both in America, and in China. (here, repeating Serpentsa's plea,...

This story first appeared in 1600 Daily, the White House’s evening newsletter. Subscribe now to get breaking news from President Trump before anyone else. When the world has faced trying times, Americans have never failed to rise to the occasion. The Coronavirus pandemic is and will be no exception.🎬 Sparing no expense to win this fight“We have the best doctors, the best military leaders, and the best logistics professionals anywhere in the world,” President Trump said yesterday. “And we’re orchestrating a massive federal response unlike anything our country has ever seen or done.”Here’s what just part of that response looks...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including title IV of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (Public Law 114-90), it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1. Policy. Space Policy Directive-1 of December 11, 2017 (Reinvigorating America’s Human Space Exploration Program), provides that commercial partners will participate in an “innovative and sustainable program” headed by the United States to “lead the return of humans to the Moon for long-term exploration and utilization, followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.” Successful long-term exploration and...

The comic spoke with Norm Macdonald Sunday night for the latter’s “Quarantined With Norm Macdonald,” a YouTube talk show, and naturally, the conversation turned towards the coronavirus pandemic. “I think they’re just trying to get rid of all my generation,” Barr’s meandering thesis begins. “The boomer ladies that, you know, that inherited their, you know, are widows. They inherited the money so they got to go wherever the money is and figure out a way to get it from people.” “That would be a good thriller,” Macdonald responds.

Hurricane Police arrested a 67-year-old handyman Friday morning after he deposited a check accidentally written for $21,000 into his account. According to a police statement written by Hurricane Police Officer Darren Richmond, the case began as an investigation involving a theft of $21,000. After hiring a handyman service to complete a concrete job in her yard, the victim stated that the man, identified by her as Berklee Holm of Parowan, bid a price of $4,200 to complete the job, and that he said he would need $2,100 at the time to purchase materials, according to the statement. The woman who...