Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Bill
President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus bill Friday afternoon. The bill was passed unanimously in the Senate and with overwhelming bipartisan support in the House. It will provide aid to workers, small businesses, and corporations hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns. The bill comes as the US has […]
HanesBrands And Other Companies To Make Masks Needed To Combat COVID-19
During a press conference on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump announced the HanesBrands clothing company would be retrofitting factories to make masks for medical officials combating COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019). “By way of example, Hanes … is retrofitting manufacturing capabilities in large sections of the plants to produce masks and they’re in the process right […]
Four Senators Sold Stocks Before Market Crashes After Private Coronavirus Briefing
Four Senators are accused of selling individual stocks in companies that plummeted during the recent market crash caused by COVID-19. The Senators received a private briefing on January 24 about the novel coronavirus, prior to the sales taking place. The four Senators are Richard Burr (RNC), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Kelly Loeffler […]
Trump’s Lies Erode Trust As Coronavirus Crisis Grows
Trump’s Presidency has been built on lies from the beginning. In his first 1,000 days in office, Trump made a whopping 13,435 false or misleading statements. The Washington Post has been obsessively tracking the President’s lies, counting over 16,000 as of January 2020. The President’s most repeated lie is also his biggest strong suit—the economy. […]
Coronavirus Takes Centers Stage At Dem Debate
At Sunday’s debate between the top Democratic Presidential contenders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders, the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, took center stage. For the first time this primary season, the debate was conducted without an audience (a mostly welcome change). The CDC has recommended that gatherings over 50 be cancelled, […]
WHO Calls COVID-19 A Pandemic, Individual Measures That Can Keep You Safe
During the Wednesday COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) daily press conference conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus announced COVID-19 is now officially recognized as a pandemic, upgrading severity from the previous distinction of an epidemic. According to the United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an epidemic […]
Joe Biden Sweeps Big Tuesday States, Becomes Prohibitive Nominee
On “Big Tuesday”, with a total of 352 delegates available, former Vice President Joe Biden had a great night. Biden beat out Democratic rival Senator Bernie Sanders in four out of the six contests, with Washington still being too close to call. Although some delegates are still to be allotted, he ended the night with […]
Joe Biden Makes Super Tuesday Comeback
In the biggest comeback this campaign season, Former Vice President Joe Biden turned his Presidential bid around last night with a remarkably strong Super Tuesday showing. Going into the 15 contests in 14 states and one U. S. territory, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was favored to come out ahead. Although votes in some places […]
Addressing Misinformation And Stigma Of COVID-19
With the recent release of the Joint Mission report, the World Health Organization (WHO) attempted to combat various misinformation spreading on the internet regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019). Many of the false claims made focus on the origin of the virus, with some bad actors claiming the virus was created in a lab to infect the […]
WHO-China Joint Mission COVID-19 Report Details
Late last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as misinformation regarding COVID-19 continued to spread throughout social media, leading to stigma being associated to Asian members of the population in various parts of the world. The report lists the main objectives of the joint […]