USA Now Has The Highest # Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In The World, What’s Next?
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For updated global info & data on COVID-19, please click HERE.
For COVID-19 cases and death counts in USA by state, please click HERE. (USA: 104,837 confirmed cases)
For COVID-19 cases in Florida, please click HERE. (FL: 3198 confirmed cases w/46 deaths)
The United States now, on Friday, March 27, 2020, has the highest umber of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world, surpassing Italy and China, in the video “USA surpasses Italy and China with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world, ABC News“, below:
3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week.Wall Street surged three times this week, most likely as a response to the $2 trillion CARES package passed by congress on Wednesday-Thursday, March 25-26, 2020.
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge across America, Trump took time at his briefing and on Twitter to go after the governors of Michigan and Washington as dire reports pour out of American hospitals, in the video “U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000 As Trump Demands Praise . From Governors, The 11th Hour, MSNBC“, below:
Makeshift morgues. Cases doubling every 72 hours. Death tolls spiking. Economic shutdown. Staggering unemployment. Not enough aid, in the video “NYC Hospitals Turn War Zones, Coronavirus Cases Near 50,000 in Tri-State, NBC New York“, below:
Chris Hayes breaks down the dire need for ventilators in the U.S.: “This is a simple matter of life and death. If we don’t get more ventilators, more people will die.” in the video “Chris Hayes: If There Are Not Sufficient Ventilators, People Will Needlessly Die, All In , MSNBC“, below:
Watch the top news stories and highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show, airing weeknights at 9pm MSNBC, in the video “Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: Marach 26, MSNBC“, below:
General Todd Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General, explains how the corps will be converting existing public building to be used as hospitals in the video above, in preparation of the expected peak of COVID-19 in New York by April, 2020.
Rachel Maddow explains that without a central federal coordinator leading the effort against the spread of the coronavirus, Americans may suffer for lack of medical care even when there are sufficient supplies nationally because the states have been made to compete against each other for medical equipment, in the video “U.S. Lacks A Quarterback In COVID Response As Trump Fails To Lead, Rachel Maddow, MSNBC“, below:
Dr. Fauci describes the complicated timeline of creating a vaccine for a disease like COVID-19, including the different stages of development and the risks that have to be taken into consideration before releasing to the public, in the video “Dr. Fauci Explains The Timeline And Risks Of Creating A COVID-19 Vaccine, MSNBC“, below:
Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci explains to CNN’s Chris Cuomo the reality of crafting a timeline to reopen parts of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the video “Dr. Fauci: You don’t make the timeline, the virus does“, below:
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday afternoon a historic $2 trillion stimulus package as the American public and the US economy fight the devastating spread of Covid-19, in the video “Trump signs historic $2 trillion stimulus bill“, below:
All In with Chris Hayes 3/27/20[FULL] | Chris Hayes MSNBC News, in the video “All In with Chris Hayes 3/27/20[FULL}, Chris Hayes MSNBC News March 27, 2020“, below:
Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York has received 4,000 ventilators from the federal government. But he estimates the state will need 40,000 to fight the coronavirus, “‘This All Comes Down To Ventilators: ‘Gov. Cuomo On The Fight Against Coronavirus, All In, MSNBC“, below:
Former Harvard Medical School professor Dr. William Haseltine discusses the measures China has taken to curb the coronavirus, why he considers Easter too early to re-open the U.S. economy and what he thinks the U.S. should be doing now, in the video “Doctor Recommends Strict Measures To Curb Coronavirus In U.S., Morning Joe, MSNBC“, below:
The Associated Press’ Jonathan Lemire discusses how U.S. governors are learning how to navigate ‘an unpredictable president with a love for cable news and a penchant for retribution.’ in the video “Governors In Need Learn How To Handle The President, Morning Joe, MSNBC“, below:
We are truly living in a polarized pandemic. This is not what America should be. Decisions should be made based on reason and scientific data.
Universal masking, social distancing, and testing are important and had been effective in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Macau.
So, let’s all try to stay home as much as possible! As for individual citizens, please wash your hands often (each time for at least 20 seconds), get tested if and when you can, stop shaking hands, observe social distancing (staying at least 6 feet from others), be sure to get sufficient rest, be well nourished, exercised, drink plenty of hot water and ginger tea, and decrease unnecessary social contacts.
Some of the basics needed in prepping for potential self-quarantine:
- Hand cleanser (soap & water & hand sanitizer)
- Cleaning products: for cleaning household surfaces such as countertops, faucets, door knobs, drawer pulls, light switches, telephone, handles of brooms, mops, etc., for reference list suggested by CDC, click HERE.)
- Laundry detergent
- Food (at least 3 weeks worth of staples: beans, pasta, rice, canned vegetables, frozen food, canned soup, shelf-stable milk, or dehydrated food, etc.)
- Water (be it in bottled water form or activated carbon filter pitcher and/or distiller)
- Face masks
- Prescription meds (talk to your doctor as to how much of your prescription meds need to be stocked)
- Over-the-counter medicine (acetaminophen, ibuprofen, cough medicine, etc.)
- Thermometer
- Robust WiFi
- Video conferencing services
- Entertainment (check out: Netflix’s Pandemic & Amazon’s Contagion)
- Exercise guides or equipment
You may be interested in these podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worldaffairs/id101215657
You may also be interested in these articles/posts below:
- Why Is Social Distancing The Best Strategy Against COVID-19
- Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings Signs Stay-At-Home Order, Starting On Thurs., 11:00 PM
- Senate Unanimously Passed $2 Trillion CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ) Act
- COVID-19 News Update, 3/24/2020: Governors Are In Charge
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- COVID-19 News Update, 3/23/2020
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- Mitt Romney Is Proposing $1,000 UBI Legislation For American Adults During COVID-19 Outbreak
- Mitt Romney Is Proposing $1,000 UBI Legislation For American Adults During COVID-19 Outbreak
- New York Governor Cuomo Holds News Conference On Coronavirus Response
- U.S. Task Force Provides Update On COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Monday, 3/16/2020
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- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Passed The House On Friday
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- Florida Declares Public Health Emergency & All Florida Orange County State Schools Will Be Closed Until March 30
- President Trump Declares National Emergency Due To Global COVID-19 Outbreak
- Bernie Sanders Doubles Down On Medicare For All, In Light Of COVID-19 Or Coronavirus
- Former Vice-President Joe Biden Offers His Roadmap For Coronavirus
- CDC Director Redfield Testifies In Coronavirus Hearing On 3/11/2020
- President Trump Addresses The Nation About COVID-19 & W/Additional Travel Restriction, WHO Declares COVID-19 A Pandemic
- Listen To The Experts, About COVID-19 or Coronavirus
- What’s Been Done & Need To Be Done To Stop The Spread Of COVID-19
- Update On Coronavirus, COVID-19, 3/10/2020
- Italy Extends Nationwide Quarantine & U.S. Dramatic Market Drop
- Stay Informed Of Updated COVID-19 Info, 3/9/2020
- How & What To Prepare For Emergency Food & Supplies
- Alternatives To Handshake
- Global Town Hall: Coronavirus – Facts & Fear & What To Prep For
- U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee Meeting On Containing The COVID-19
- Congress Agrees On $8.3 Billion Funding To Combat COVID-19 Or Coronavirus
- How To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19, Novel Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Is Here In Florida, 2 Confirmed Cases, Gov. DeSantis Lays Out Plan
- First Death In USA Due To COVID-19, In King County, Washington State
- Global Economic Impact Of COVID-19
- Masked Mass Wedding in Philippines
- Thank You, Medecins Sans Frontieres (aka: Doctors Without Borders)
- Difference In Opinion Between Trump Administration & Scientists On COVID-19
- Americans Should Get Ready: It Is Not A Question Of “If” But “When” COVID-19 Will Spread In USA
- Understanding Pandemic Of COVID-19
- Need To Prepare & Prevent Potential Pandemic By Looking Into History
- Update Of COVID-19 Or nCoV-2019, As Of Feb. 19, 2020
- American Evacuees From Wuhan Need Your Help
- China Tries 3,000-Year-Old Traditional Remedy on Virus Patients
- For COVID-19 Coronavirus, How Well Do Thermometer Guns Even Work?
- World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Outbreak An International Emergency
- Wuhan Coronavirus News Update-January 29, 2020
- First American Infected With Wuhan Coronavirus, In Seattle, Washington, Is In Good Condition
- What To Do To Prevent 2019 n-Cov (aka: Wuhan Coronavirus) & Help People in Wuhan
- Update on 2019 nCoV (2019 Coronavirus) Global Impact & How You Can Help Wuhan Hospitals Directly
- Update Of nCoV With Hope In Anti-Viral Drugs
- Latest Update Of nCoV On 2/10/2020
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