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… and welcome to another day of coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, and the politics surrounding it, in the United States. I always start with the basic numbers, from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland:
- US cases: 1,157,875
- Deaths in the United States: 67,677
- New York Cases: 316,415
- Deaths in New York: 24,708
New York is the access point, other states are badly affected: New Jersey (7,871) and Michigan (4,053) and Massachusetts (4,004) have had the next highest number of deaths.
Over the weekend, Donald Trump led his country through the crisis mainly because of Retweeting conspiracy theories and tweeting complaints before the staging on Sunday night a Fox News town hall who saw more of the latter.
Fox News organized the event at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, prompting the 45th President to complain that the press had treated him worse than the 16th, who, he recalls, guided the Union through a horrible civil war. , managed to legislate slavery out of existence and was shot dead on a trip to the theater.
Among other things, Trump stepped up efforts in more than half of the states to reopen their economies despite warnings from public health experts that it may be too soon to do so safely; said there would be no more stimulus aid for struggling states without a payroll tax cut, a controversial move to say the least; and said he had “saved hundreds of thousands of lives” before projecting a final death toll of around 100,000, above his previous estimate of 65,000 (see figure 67,677 above).
Previously, White House task force member Dr. Deborah Birx told Fox News on Sunday: “Our projections have always been between 100,000 and 240,000 lost American lives, and that is with full mitigation and we learning from each other on how to distance ourselves socially. “
Trump also said “We may have to put out a fireWhen asked if he was concerned about a coronavirus resurgence in the fall.
And he said that the administration would present evidence of his claim the virus originated from a Chinese laboratory “in the right moment”. Obviously, the right time was not ABC’s Sunday talk show earlier, where Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the claim and said he had seen evidence, but of course provided none.
Vice President Mike Pence later admitted his mistake in without wearing a mask While visiting the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota last week, a rather rare step in this administration.
Anyway, that Lincoln quote. I am a Lincolnhead, so please indulge me. But it is quite something:
They always said Lincoln: No one was treated worse than Lincoln. I think they treat me worse.
Harold Holzer page.
Here are more readings as the day progresses: Bryan Armen Graham on what Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said about the anti-blockade protests Trump has supported. It’s a striking headline …
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