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Video at link. My notes follow. A chart of the CFR on the US. Now at 4.24%. Thought that ramping testing would have driven percentage down. Damage more widespread than thought. Destroys lungs, but damages kidneys, hearts and elsewhere. Heart inflamation, acute kidney disease, neurological malfunction, blood clots, intestinal damage, and liver problems. Half of people hospitalized have blood or protein in the urine, indicating early damage to the kidneys. 14-30% of intensive care patients in NY and Wuhan have lost kidney function and require dialysis. Losing sense of smell and taste is often an early indicator that you have...

President Trump threatened on Wednesday to take the unprecedented step of adjourning Congress with his executive powers so he can make recess appointments of stalled nominees. Speaking at the daily White House coronavirus task force briefing, Mr. Trump said his administration has been hamstrung by a lack of personnel because Senate Democrats have held up nominees. He criticized the Senate and House for holding “phony” pro forma sessions, instead of adjourning, which prevents him from making recess appointments.

I went in search of outsiders who were thriving in communities where acceptance is hard to come by. It turns out, we might all learn from their approach to life.About a week into working from home because of the coronavirus, I found myself surprised by how much I was enjoying quarantine. I woke up on the first weekend to a day full of reading, Netflix, and most refreshingly, not having to interact with a soul. The high point of the day was when my boyfriend went for a bike ride, so I could sink even more fully into my aloneness....

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Meet Pizza Rat’s way cuter cousin. An adorable buck-toothed groundhog was captured on camera casually munching on a slice while peeking into a Philadelphia woman’s home through a sliding glass door. The ravenous rodent is shown chomping on the stolen snack next to a backyard barbecue as he gazes into Kristin Chalela Bagnell’s house in footage she posted on Facebook. “It’s not just the people that like Philly pizza,” Bagnell quipped in the caption of the video.

Watch this healthy squirrel gobble up some tasty avocado.

President Trump on Wednesday questioned Mayor Bill de Blasio’s revised coronavirus death toll — a day after New York City revised how it tracks fatalities by adding more than 3,700 victims who died of apparent coronavirus symptoms and were never tested. “I see this morning where New York added 3,000 [sic] deaths because they died. Rather than [a] heart attack, they say heart attack caused by this,” he said during the daily briefing of the Coronavirus Task Force, referring to COVID-19. Responding to a question about the staggering US death toll, which topped 27,000 Wednesday, the president suggested that the...

China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests with very low explosive power despite Beijing’s assertions that it is strictly adhering to an international accord banning all nuclear tests, according to a new arms-control report to be made public by the State Department.The coming report doesn’t present proof that China is violating its promise to uphold the agreement, but it cites an array of activities that “raise concerns” that Beijing might not be complying with the “zero-yield” nuclear-weapons testing ban.The concerns stem from the high tempo of activity at China’s Lop Nur test site, extensive excavations at the site, and Beijing’s...

Geoffrey Michael Fraiche, 41, and Laura Ann Webb-Fraiche, 38, face several chargesDeputies in Florida said two doctors stole a campaign flag supporting President Donald Trump from their neighbor’s property. Geoffrey Michael Fraiche, 41, and Laura Ann Webb-Fraiche, 38, allegedly took the flag on April 7 while their two children were with them, news outlets reported. A Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s report said they used a ladder to pull it down. Both Fraiche and Webb-Fraiche are gynecologists working in different Pensacola hospitals, WKRG-TV reported. They were charged with several crimes, including trespassing and larceny, and released from the county jail.

Few players in Packers history, if not NFL history, have left a list of achievements and milestones as long and as illustrious as Willie Davis. Davis, 85, died today, in a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital. His wife, Carol, said her husband had been hospitalized for about a month with kidney failure and passed away peacefully. "The Green Bay Packers Family was saddened today to learn about the passing of Willie Davis," said Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy. "One of the great defensive players of his era, Willie was a significant contributor to the Packers' five NFL championship teams during the 1960s.

We are moving forward with a new process that will immediately cancel the debt of the 27 countries facing debt distress. Additionally, all 76 of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) countries will receive full debt cancellation. All developing countries categorized either as Middle Income Countries or Low Income Countries who face high debt vulnerabilities will see a full cancellation of debt. In total, this new process will apply to 111 countries. These countries will receive full cancellation of all debts as they wrestle with the COVID-19 Pandemic. ​ The Board noted that this relief should help mitigate disruptions...

EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 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 of early actions by China's government and seen relevant materials tell Fox News. This may be the "costliest government coverup of all time," one of the sources said. The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human, and that "patient zero" worked at the laboratory, then went into the population...

Hello FR, Some of you may know through my posts of our total loss of our Spring Fair season. It is looking like our Summer season will now be a bust. Now instead of crying about it, while mowing down one of our pastures, (because our tractor broke and we can't afford for Randy to come and take care of the fields), I had an idea. The idea would incorporate multi-media to create a virtual store at the Fair. Now I have no money, but I do have an existing website that still needs to be brought up to snuff....

Denmark is opening its schools for children age 11 and younger. Whatever happens – good or bad – this should be a lesson for the rest of the world. Denmark is opening its schools for children age 11 and younger.The BBC just reported:Coronavirus: Denmark lets young children return to schoolChildren up to the age of 11 are returning to nurseries and schools across DenmarkWhatever happens – good or bad – this should be a lesson for the rest of the world.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Midway through his daily update in Frankfort on Wednesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear acknowledged the commotion just outside his briefing room, a group of protesters demanding the state re-open its economy. “Everybody should be able to express their opinions,” he said about the protesters, who were clearly audible during the WAVE 3 News broadcast of Beshear’s news conference. “They believe we should open the economy. It would absolutely kill people. We know we’re not to that point. My job isn’t to make the popular decision, but the right decision.” Among the chants heard: “Abortion is not...

Following President Trump’s lead, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday created a task force to plan for the “resurgence and reopening of Florida" from the coronavirus shutdown. DeSantis also made a major shuffle in leadership by sidelining the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity head Ken Lawson and putting Management Services chief Jonathan Satter in charge of the state’s beleaguered unemployment compensation system. The governor also notably distanced himself from Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees’ comments Monday that social distancing could last as long as a year or more until there was a vaccine. Trump, who is eager to “reopen” the country...

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A group of more than 90 House and Senate Democrats are demanding President Trump’s administration halt all border wall construction at the United States-Mexico border during the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

California’s $75 million Disaster Relief Fund will support undocumented Californians impacted by COVID-19 who are ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits and disaster relief, including the CARES Act, due to their immigration status. Approximately 150,000 undocumented adult Californians will receive a one-time cash benefit of $500 per adult with a cap of $1,000 per household to deal with the specific needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals can apply for support beginning next month. The state’s Disaster Relief Fund will be dispersed through a community-based model of regional nonprofits with expertise and experience serving undocumented communities. In addition to the $75...

The case of Duorijie, an old farmer from the rural county of Haiyan in China’s north-western Qinghai Province, can be considered nothing short of a miracle. Stabbed in the head in 1994, during a violent mugging, Duorijie had reportedly been living with a long knife blade stuck in his brain ever since. Lucky to have survived the attack, the farmer had been experiencing all kinds of troublesome symptoms because of the knife blade in his brain, like lost vision in his right eye and chronic headaches. Duorijie initially sought medical assistance in 2012, when his headaches became too hard to...