Political Perspectives

Corona Coronavirus Live Updates: Nations Proceed With Reopenings, as Global Cases Pass 6 Million https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/world/coronavirus-news.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Inequities Amplified By COVID-19: Opportunities For Medicaid To Address Health Disparities | Health Affairs https://tinyurl.com/hlthaffinequities Structural Discrimination In COVID-19 Workplace Protections | Health Affairs https://tinyurl.com/hlthaffstructcovid Politics Tear gas and burning cars in US cities as unrest continues and governors in several states call in National Guard troops https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-george-floyd-protests-minneapolis-20200530-tqnyq3fqobcfxp47gkcxditzvu-story.html Trump threatens White House protesters with 'vicious dogs and most ominous weapons' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-twitter-george-floyd-death-protests-white-house-dogs-guns-a9540216.html B...

Corona CDC chief defends failure to spot early coronavirus spread in U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/29/cdc-chief-defends-failure-spot-early-coronavirus-spread-us/ Politics Live updates: Trump terminates U.S. relationship with WHO, claiming it misled world about coronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/29/coronavirus-live-updates-us/ With ‘shooting’ tweet, Trump inflames rather than soothes tensions amid Minneapolis unrest https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-shooting-tweet-trump-inflames-rather-than-soothes-tensions-amid-minneapolis-unrest/2020/05/29/71f1a474-a1be-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html Former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death as protests continue nationwide https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/former-minneapolis-police-officer-charged-in-george-floyds-death-as-protests-continue-nationwide/2020/05/29/d20b76e6-a1cd-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html Opinion | Trump is right th...

Corona Researchers ponder why covid-19 appears deadlier in the U.S. and Europe than in Asia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/researchers-ponder-why-covid-appears-more-deadly-in-the-us-and-europe-than-in-asia/2020/05/26/81889d06-8a9f-11ea-9759-6d20ba0f2c0e_story.html Administration initially dispensed scarce covid-19 drug to some hospitals that didn’t need it  https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/28/remdesivir-coronavirus-trump/ White House and CDC remove coronavirus warnings about choirs in faith guidance https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/white-house-and-cdc-remove-coronavirus-warnings-about-choirs-in-faith-guidance/2020/05/28/5d9c526e-a117-11ea-9590-1858a893bd59_story.html Maternal Health Providers Adapt in the Age of COVID-19 https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/05/29/pregnant-marylanders-seek-obstetric-care-through-telehealth/ via @marylandmatters Politics Analysis | Trump retweets a video saying ‘the only good Democrat is a dead ...

Corona Maternity Care, Interrupted http://features.commonwealthfund.org/maternity-care-interrupted?utm_source=alert Coronavirus may never go away, even with a vaccine https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/27/coronavirus-endemic/ States are reopening, but many require travelers to self-quarantine. Here's where https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2020/05/25/coronavirus-travel-restrictions-us-states-quarantine-requirements/5256975002/n   via @usatoday Politics The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal condemned President Trump’s attacks against MSNBC host Joe Scarborough as "a presidential smear." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wall-street-journal-editorial-scarborough-smear_n_5ecde297c5b6ed2bae79225e?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004   via @HuffPostPol A review of Trump’s many unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/26/review-trumps-many-unsubstantiated-allegations-voter...

Corona Biden’s plan to fight Corona Virus https://t.co/xjxsDn2qCD?amp=1 Politics A review of Trump’s many unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/26/review-trumps-many-unsubstantiated-allegations-voter-fraud/ Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact check for the first time https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/26/trump-twitter-label-fact-check/ Trump’s mockery of wearing masks divides Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-mockery-of-wearing-masks-divides-republicans/2020/05/26/2c2bdc02-9f61-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html Trump doubles down on conspiracy theory about woman’s death, ignoring grieving widower’s plea for peace https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-doubles-down-on-conspiracy-theory-about-womans-death-ignoring-grieving-widowers-plea-for-peace/2020/05/26/4989940e-9f63-11ea-9590-1858a893bd59_story.html Trump wants to know ‘within a week’ whether North Carolin...

Corona Inside San Francisco's Ambitious Plan to Bring Universal Coronavirus Testing to An Entire U.S. City https://time.com/5841111/san-francisco-universal-coronavirus-testing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=20200525&xid=newsletter-brief What Can the U.S. Learn from Innovative Strategies Used in Other Countries to Respond to COVID-19? https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/what-can-us-learn-innovative-strategies-used-other-countries-respond-covid-19#.XsvkPRuYP2g.twitter How Remdesivir Moved From Back Shelf to Best Hope for Treating COVID-19 https://time.com/5840207/coronavirus-treatment-remdesivir/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=20200526&xid=newsletter-brief Hong Kong Restaurants Are Going to Great Lengths to Protect Diners From Coronavirus. Here’s What They Could Teach the U.S. https://time.com/5838636/restaurants-coronavirus-safety-hong-kong/?utm_s...

Corona We Need to Take Action to Address the Mental Health Crisis in This Pandemic https://time.com/5839553/un-action-mental-health-crisis/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=20200524&xid=newsletter-brief A deadly ‘checkerboard’: Covid-19’s new surge across rural America https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/24/coronavirus-rural-america-outbreaks/?arc404=true Administration leaves testing responsibility to states in report to Congress https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-administration-vows-in-new-report-to-distribute-100-million-swabs-to-states-by-years-end/2020/05/24/9c02d240-9d06-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html A deadly ‘checkerboard’: Covid-19’s new surge across rural America https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/24/coronavirus-rural-america-outbreaks/?arc404=true On the front lines of the pandemic, grocery workers are in the dark about risks https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigation...