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SFGATE: Trump raises estimated US deaths, says it's safe to reopen

Trump raises estimated US deaths, says it's safe to reopen Published on May 04, 2020 at 06:15AM by Felicia Sonmez, Meryl Kornfield and Katie Mettler, The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday sought to reassure Americans that it is safe for states to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, offering support to protesters who have railed against the lockdowns across the country. "I really believe that you can go to parks, you can go to beaches . . . [if] you stay away a certain amount," Trump said during a Fox News Channel town hall at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Trump said it's possible to "satisfy both" anti-lockdown protesters and those who are afraid to resume public life. He noted that Americans have been wearing face masks and social distancing in recent weeks and said "you're going to have to do that for a while," even as states reopen their economies. He scaled up the estimate he has used for the number
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SFGATE: Okla. city backs off mask mandate after people threaten workers

Okla. city backs off mask mandate after people threaten workers Published on May 04, 2020 at 03:55AM by Hannah Knowles and Marisa Iati, The Washington Post Some officials are backing off requirements that people wear masks inside businesses as cities, counties and states - left to devise their own guidelines - run into limits on their ability to maintain public health precautions with stay-home orders easing during the coronavirus pandemic. The issue pushed a small Oklahoma city into the national spotlight this weekend, after leaders withdrew a mandate to don masks inside stores and restaurants, citing threats of violence and physical abuse directed at employees. The mayor of Stillwater apologized to businesses for putting them in a dangerous position after some people responded virulently to the new rules. "We don't have the kind of police force that can go out and try to deal with every single one of the people who may not be willing to wear the masks," Mayor Will J
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Australian student, meat plant workers among new virus cases

Australia reported 26 new cases of the coronavirus, including a seven-year-old boy, across three states on Monday in the biggest daily jump in two weeks. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3c1ndf8
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million, although rate slowing

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from peaks reached last month, a Reuters tally shows. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3c09PIf
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Covid-19’s Race and Class Warfare

By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2SAgbq2
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How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms)

By BY BEN SMITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2W2ktZr
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Emergency physician on opening the US amid COVID-19 outbreak

Emergency physician on opening the US amid COVID-19 outbreak Emergency Physician Dr. Sudip Bose joins Jon Scott to discuss opening the U.S amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former US ambassador to China on US, China relations

Former US ambassador to China on US, China relations Fmr. U.S. Senator and Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to China, Max Baucus, joins Jon Scott to discuss the COVID-19 impact on U.S. and China relations.
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Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on tonight's town hall, COVID-19 tests

Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on tonight's town hall, COVID-19 tests Fox News personalities Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum join Jon Scott to discuss being tested for COVID-19 prior to hosting tonight's Town Hall with President Trump.
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SFGATE: '60 Minutes' correspondent says coronavirus put her in hospital

'60 Minutes' correspondent says coronavirus put her in hospital Published on May 04, 2020 at 05:02AM by By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl said Sunday that she's finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week. Stahl said she was “really scared” after fighting pneumonia caused by the coronavirus for two weeks at home before going to the hospital. “One of the rules of journalism is ‘don’t become part of the story,'” Stahl said at the end of Sunday's broadcast. “But instead of covering the pandemic, I was one of the more-than-one-million Americans who did become part of it.” Stahl, 78, is the dean of correspondents at television's best-known newsmagazine. She joined “60 Minutes” in March 1991, and before that was moderator of the Sunday talk show “Face the Nation” and a Washington correspondent. She landed the first television interview with Donald Trump af
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Australian student, meat plant workers among new virus cases as curbs ease

A school in the Australian city of Sydney was closed on Monday after a student tested positive for the coronavirus, while a testing blitz in neighbouring Victoria state returned 22 new cases, the biggest daily jump in weeks. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YvWZxs
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Brazil's Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally amid alarm over handling of coronavirus

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain's increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Wm6IUn
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