The @nytimes sued the CDC for records and found that Black and Latino people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in a widespread way that spans the country, throughout counties in urban, suburban and rural areas, across all age groups. https://t.co/IhiKscubXT
— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) July 5, 2020
NEW: Florida surpassed 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Sunday after recording 10,059 new cases in 24 hours, the third highest one-day tally on record in the state https://t.co/nYrcS7opcI
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 5, 2020
Trump tweeted LIBERATE MICHIGAN on April 17, in support of armed thugs demanding an end to lockdown. Gov. Whitmer defied him. How's it going? pic.twitter.com/otjG9OdPoV
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 5, 2020
Florida on Saturday set another daily record for new coronavirus infections, reporting 11,458 confirmed cases. Only New York has tallied more cases in a single day, with 11,571 on April 15. https://t.co/unCuwO31rr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
This is what happens when your plan is to “hope” that a deadly pandemic will “just disappear.” pic.twitter.com/RkytKxFsvr
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) July 4, 2020
There were 50,203 new coronavirus cases reported nationwide Wednesday, a single-day record. Health officials are urging Americans to limit their July Fourth weekend festivities to avoid clusters of outbreaks. https://t.co/jDLbZXWBXo
— CNN (@CNN) July 2, 2020
The U.S. reported more than 50,600 additional coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the largest single-day increase since the beginning of the outbreak. https://t.co/yoN2aqQnVL pic.twitter.com/EWEvH5MAiV
— CNBC (@CNBC) July 2, 2020
Also worth noting that minutes released from the June Fed mtg (from June 9th & 10th), indicated “extraordinary” economic uncertainty & a great sense of concern about a “substantial likelihood” of additional waves of outbreaks…causing extended economic weakness. https://t.co/RYNGzR2We0
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) July 2, 2020
New project from me and @LaurenLeatherby showing how the geography of the coronavirus has shifted over the course of the pandemic https://t.co/9BQ9Jrrcku pic.twitter.com/tpAW2WbBjL
— Charlie Smart (@charlie_smart_) July 2, 2020
The hard truth is that it didn’t have to be this bad, but Donald Trump ignored the warnings and refused to take action. He failed our nation. https://t.co/AcY62E8L2L
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 5, 2020
The Foursquare Recovery Index is available for anyone interested in visitation changes week over week and pre-COVID, in every state, county and category.
— Foursquare (@Foursquare) July 1, 2020
Covid19 numbers in Trump’s USA are inspiring fear – & astonishment – around the world. EU won’t allow Americans in. For 1st time in living memory, Canada has kept its US border closed. & the Mexican state of Sonora announced closure of the border w Arizona https://t.co/Vcwftb5aIP
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) July 4, 2020
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 4, 2020
Experts: We're not ready to reopen
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 3, 2020
GOP: Reopen! Reopen! No masks!
Reality: Here's your second wave
GOP: Muzzle the experts! They've been wrong about everything! pic.twitter.com/yZlRFgPyl9
When you point out how Covid-19 has surged in states with GOP governors who followed Trump's lead, you hear a lot of "What about CA". And the state did screw up. But adjusting for pop, not in the top 10 pic.twitter.com/aE3Gmc7oXo
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) July 3, 2020
New daily coronavirus cases are rising in 41 places in the U.S., an NPR analysis shows.
— NPR (@NPR) July 3, 2020
Here's how much cases are up compared to 2 weeks ago:
📈 Idaho: +430%
📈 Florida: +226%
📈 Nevada: +189%
📈 Texas: +161%
📈 Georgia: +146%https://t.co/fDkWKclB7y
FL/GA/TX/AZ, the four mega states where GOP governors most conspicuously followed Trump's cues to open early & widely, & who emphatically blocked D mayors from restricting or regulating that reopening even as caseloads grew, today reported 24,829 new cases. The Sunbelt is burning
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 2, 2020
Sad! 