coronavirus
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1,971 Americans Die of Covid-19 on Thursday as U.S. Sets Record For Daily Cases
The U.S. reported 1,971 deaths from covid-19 on Thursday, the highest death toll since May, according to the Covid Tracking Project. The country also recorded over 182,000 new cases and more than 80,000 Americans are currently hospitalised, both grim new records for the U.S. during the pandemic. Public health experts warn it’s going to get…
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Tyson Managers Allegedly Made Cash Bets on How Many Workers Would Get Covid-19
Managers and supervisors at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, allegedly forced employees to work in unsafe conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and even took cash bets on how many workers would get sick from covid-19, according to new filings in a lawsuit brought against Tyson by the son of a worker…
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Let’s All Get Cautiously Excited About This Vaccine News
On Wednesday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced even more encouraging results from its now-completed covid-19 vaccine trial. The experimental vaccine appears to be 95% effective at preventing illness overall and seems nearly as effective in people over the age of 65, a key population. Despite the very promising findings, though, there’s still a long road…
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Trump’s Favourite Covid Adviser: We’re Really Not Doing Enough to Collaborate With the Virus
The Trump administration’s pseudoscience advocate on the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Scott Atlas, is urging the population of Michigan to, uh, stage some sort of rebellion in solidarity with the novel coronavirus.