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| Coronavirus US live: Trump signs $2.2tn stimulus bill after invoking Defense Production Act | Coronavirus US live: Trump signs $2.2tn stimulus bill after invoking Defense Production Act |
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| The stimulus package, which gives aid to businesses and taxpayers, received bipartisan support in Congress | The stimulus package, which gives aid to businesses and taxpayers, received bipartisan support in Congress |
| Dr. Fauci Goes Deep: ‘We’re in uncharted waters’ | |
| Authority. Experience. The ability to communicate. | |
| Dr. Anthony Fauci has become a trusted figure for many Americans overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. | |
| Today, at the end of another contentious and partially accurate White House coronavirus briefing reporter asked Fauci to take a step back and address a more philosophical question. In his years of responding to serious epidemics, had he experienced anything like the past month in the United States? | |
| While the HIV/AIDS epidemic was incredibly devastating, the suffering and deaths unfolded more slowly than what people around the world are experiencing now, Fauci said. | |
| “What we’re seeing now, in actual real time, is something that’s unprecedented. This is something we have never seen before, at least in our generation. They’ve seen maybe something like this 100 years ago.” | |
| “We’re really being challenged to not only learn in real time, to be able to respond in a way that’s helpful an effective, we’re also in uncharted waters. That is the thing that I find different...” | |
| “It isn’t as if we have an example of how to do it.” | |
| Los Angeles CCs 200 People on Covid-19 Testing Results Email | |
| It appears the city of Los Angeles inadvertently notified more than 200 people about their Covid-19 results in a mass email that included the names of all recipients, according to LA Times reporter Soumya Karlamangla: | |
| The mass email, which reportedly failed to blind copy the recipients, was informing them of negative results, according to a screenshot posted by Karlamangla, who noted this was a major privacy violation: | |
| The email came from someone listed as a contract specialist for the mayor’s office of public safety, writing on behalf of the health department’s Covid-19 response team. Spokespeople for the mayor’s office did not immediately respond to the Guardian’s request for comment this afternoon. | |
| During briefing, Trump feuds with state governors, makes false claims | During briefing, Trump feuds with state governors, makes false claims |
| Two key moments from Trump’s coronavirus briefing today. | Two key moments from Trump’s coronavirus briefing today. |
| Trump tossed out barbs at state governors he said have been insufficiently gracious to him, and said he advised the vice-president, Mike Pence, just not to return their calls. (But added that Pence called them anyway.) | Trump tossed out barbs at state governors he said have been insufficiently gracious to him, and said he advised the vice-president, Mike Pence, just not to return their calls. (But added that Pence called them anyway.) |
| And asked if his administration’s belated push to manufacture or obtain 100,000 ventilators meant that everyone who needed a ventilator will be able to get one, he lashed out at the reporter asking the question, calling him a “wise guy” and complaining about all the problems he had inherited. | And asked if his administration’s belated push to manufacture or obtain 100,000 ventilators meant that everyone who needed a ventilator will be able to get one, he lashed out at the reporter asking the question, calling him a “wise guy” and complaining about all the problems he had inherited. |
| Fact check: transition to online public school classes was not seamless | Fact check: transition to online public school classes was not seamless |
| Besty DeVos, the education secretary, claimed in the White House briefing today that the transition to online classes had been “seamless”. | Besty DeVos, the education secretary, claimed in the White House briefing today that the transition to online classes had been “seamless”. |
| Fact: around 15% of households with school-age children don’t have internet at home, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of 2015 census data. In addition, 20% of teens told Pew researchers (in a separate survey) that they often or sometimes can’t complete homework assignments because they don’t have reliable access to the internet or a computer. Both reports found that affected students are more likely to be from low-income and minority families. | Fact: around 15% of households with school-age children don’t have internet at home, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of 2015 census data. In addition, 20% of teens told Pew researchers (in a separate survey) that they often or sometimes can’t complete homework assignments because they don’t have reliable access to the internet or a computer. Both reports found that affected students are more likely to be from low-income and minority families. |
| Angela Siefer, the executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, told City Lab: “The kids whose families do have internet connection are going to have at least some learning continuing during this period, and the kids who don’t won’t.” | Angela Siefer, the executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, told City Lab: “The kids whose families do have internet connection are going to have at least some learning continuing during this period, and the kids who don’t won’t.” |
| Panera Bread partnering with the USDA to serve meals to kids | Panera Bread partnering with the USDA to serve meals to kids |
| One of the country’s fast casual food chains announced a partnership with the department of agriculture and a children’s hunger group to serve fresh, healthy meals to kids across Ohio, and eventually across multiple states. | One of the country’s fast casual food chains announced a partnership with the department of agriculture and a children’s hunger group to serve fresh, healthy meals to kids across Ohio, and eventually across multiple states. |
| Fact check: has Trump always taken coronavirus seriously? | Fact check: has Trump always taken coronavirus seriously? |
| Trump today switched from saying that the coronavirus pandemic was unpredictable (see news coverage yesterday), to again claiming he’d always taken it seriously: ‘I was the first one to say to China, when they had the problem, not to come in and that was a long time ago.’ | Trump today switched from saying that the coronavirus pandemic was unpredictable (see news coverage yesterday), to again claiming he’d always taken it seriously: ‘I was the first one to say to China, when they had the problem, not to come in and that was a long time ago.’ |
| In fact, at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat, inaccurately comparing it to the flu and told his supporters that growing worry about the coronavirus was a “hoax.. | In fact, at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat, inaccurately comparing it to the flu and told his supporters that growing worry about the coronavirus was a “hoax.. |
| By the time Trump announced travel restrictions from China on 31 January, most major airlines had already suspended flights, following the lead of several major international carriers that had stopped due to the coronavirus outbreak. | By the time Trump announced travel restrictions from China on 31 January, most major airlines had already suspended flights, following the lead of several major international carriers that had stopped due to the coronavirus outbreak. |
| Advocates for students with disabilities are worried | Advocates for students with disabilities are worried |
| As the education secretary, Besty DeVos, wraps up her briefing, worth reading this important story: | As the education secretary, Besty DeVos, wraps up her briefing, worth reading this important story: |
| The education secretary, Besty DeVos, is now at the podium at the White House briefing giving an update on efforts to support students even as schools are closed. | The education secretary, Besty DeVos, is now at the podium at the White House briefing giving an update on efforts to support students even as schools are closed. |
| She also gave a salute to many teachers and other Americans who were doing inspiring things to keep kids learning and on track. In her list: the heroic volunteering efforts of....Karen Pence, the wife of the vice president, Mike Pence. | She also gave a salute to many teachers and other Americans who were doing inspiring things to keep kids learning and on track. In her list: the heroic volunteering efforts of....Karen Pence, the wife of the vice president, Mike Pence. |
| Fact check: No, there will not be enough ventilators for every American | Fact check: No, there will not be enough ventilators for every American |
| In the White House press conference just now, Trump got testy when a reporter pressed him to answer whether he could say that every American who needed a ventilator would be able to access one. Trump did not answer. Instead, he complained that he had inherited a broken and unprepared country. | In the White House press conference just now, Trump got testy when a reporter pressed him to answer whether he could say that every American who needed a ventilator would be able to access one. Trump did not answer. Instead, he complained that he had inherited a broken and unprepared country. |
| The real answer to the question: no. | The real answer to the question: no. |
| An article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on Wednesday 25 March categorically concluded that the US does not have enough ventilators to treat patients with Covid-19 in the coming months. | An article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on Wednesday 25 March categorically concluded that the US does not have enough ventilators to treat patients with Covid-19 in the coming months. |
| The authors, American public health experts, wrote: | The authors, American public health experts, wrote: |
| Trump says of coronavirus ‘I’m not sure people know what it is’ | Trump says of coronavirus ‘I’m not sure people know what it is’ |
| “You can call it a germ, a flu, a virus, you can call it many things. I’m not sure people know what it is.” | “You can call it a germ, a flu, a virus, you can call it many things. I’m not sure people know what it is.” |
| That’s the extraordinary comment that Trump made about coronavirus, in an off-hand way, as he riffed on his answer to a question about what he would tell American schoolchildren right now. | That’s the extraordinary comment that Trump made about coronavirus, in an off-hand way, as he riffed on his answer to a question about what he would tell American schoolchildren right now. |
| Fact check: people know what it is: coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus called Sars-CoV-2. | Fact check: people know what it is: coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus called Sars-CoV-2. |
| Can you promise that everyone who needs a ventilator get one? a reporter just asked Trump at the White House briefing. | Can you promise that everyone who needs a ventilator get one? a reporter just asked Trump at the White House briefing. |
| “I think we’re in really good shape,” Trump said. “I think we’re in great shape.” | “I think we’re in really good shape,” Trump said. “I think we’re in great shape.” |
| “We’ve distributed vast numbers of ventilators and we’re prepared to do vast numbers.” | “We’ve distributed vast numbers of ventilators and we’re prepared to do vast numbers.” |
| The reporter pressed Trump again: Will everyone who needs a ventilator get one? | The reporter pressed Trump again: Will everyone who needs a ventilator get one? |
| “Don’t be a cutie pie,” Trump told the reporter, repeating, mockingly, “‘Everyone who needs one.’” | “Don’t be a cutie pie,” Trump told the reporter, repeating, mockingly, “‘Everyone who needs one.’” |
| “Nobody’s ever done what we’ve done,” Trump went on. He complained the country “was a mess” when he took over. “It was a broken country in so many ways. We had a bad testing system. We hd a bad stockpiling system.” | “Nobody’s ever done what we’ve done,” Trump went on. He complained the country “was a mess” when he took over. “It was a broken country in so many ways. We had a bad testing system. We hd a bad stockpiling system.” |
| By asking the question about whether every American who needs a ventilator will get one, Trump said, the reporter was “being a wise guy.” | By asking the question about whether every American who needs a ventilator will get one, Trump said, the reporter was “being a wise guy.” |
| Fact check: ‘We have the smartest people in the world’ | Fact check: ‘We have the smartest people in the world’ |
| Reassuring Americans that the coronavirus pandemic is very much under control in the United States, Trump said ‘we [the US] have the smartest people in the world.’ | Reassuring Americans that the coronavirus pandemic is very much under control in the United States, Trump said ‘we [the US] have the smartest people in the world.’ |
| Should you want to fact check that claim: | Should you want to fact check that claim: |
| Research by Vouchercloud quantifies intelligence to include the number of Nobel Prizes each nation has won to represent historic intelligence, the current average IQ and ‘education attainment’ to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation. | Research by Vouchercloud quantifies intelligence to include the number of Nobel Prizes each nation has won to represent historic intelligence, the current average IQ and ‘education attainment’ to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation. |
| According to that study, the US ranks fourth behind Japan, Switzerland and China. | According to that study, the US ranks fourth behind Japan, Switzerland and China. |
| Trump’s message to school kids stuck at home | Trump’s message to school kids stuck at home |
| Many American kids are stuck at home, frustrated, stir-crazy, and doing some school classes online, which is a poor substitute for actually learning in school, one White House reporter told Trump. What message does the president have for them? | Many American kids are stuck at home, frustrated, stir-crazy, and doing some school classes online, which is a poor substitute for actually learning in school, one White House reporter told Trump. What message does the president have for them? |
| “You are a citizen of the greatest country in the world and we were attacked,” Trump said. | “You are a citizen of the greatest country in the world and we were attacked,” Trump said. |
| “We’re winning the battle and we’re going to win the war and it’s not going to take hopefully that much longer.” | “We’re winning the battle and we’re going to win the war and it’s not going to take hopefully that much longer.” |
| “They have a duty to sit back, watch, behave, wash their hands, stay in the apartment with mom and dad and just learn form it.” | “They have a duty to sit back, watch, behave, wash their hands, stay in the apartment with mom and dad and just learn form it.” |
| “Some of them are really happy not to go to school,” Trump added. | “Some of them are really happy not to go to school,” Trump added. |
| Then, back on message: “They should sit back and be very proud of our country, because we’re doing it for them.” | Then, back on message: “They should sit back and be very proud of our country, because we’re doing it for them.” |
| Fact check: has the federal government built hospitals in Washington? | Fact check: has the federal government built hospitals in Washington? |
| Trump said most governors were very grateful to him and the federal government, but once again picked on a handful of governors including Jay Inslee of Washington state, who he referred to as a failed presidential candidate who’s always complaining. | Trump said most governors were very grateful to him and the federal government, but once again picked on a handful of governors including Jay Inslee of Washington state, who he referred to as a failed presidential candidate who’s always complaining. |
| “We’ve built hospitals in Washington,” Trump said. | “We’ve built hospitals in Washington,” Trump said. |
| Fact: makeshift field hospitals are springing up in Washington thanks to local authorities and the Lummi nation. Trump has promised to build a new “medical station” in Washington, but that has not happened yet. | Fact: makeshift field hospitals are springing up in Washington thanks to local authorities and the Lummi nation. Trump has promised to build a new “medical station” in Washington, but that has not happened yet. |
| Trump says he’s impressed by people complying with social distancing | Trump says he’s impressed by people complying with social distancing |
| Trump said he was astonished to see so few people on the streets, and how well people were complying with social distancing measures even though there was not “a law” to make them comply. | Trump said he was astonished to see so few people on the streets, and how well people were complying with social distancing measures even though there was not “a law” to make them comply. |
| There were two reasons for that, he said. | There were two reasons for that, he said. |
| “They are afraid,” he said, but also, “they really are wanting to win this thing.” | “They are afraid,” he said, but also, “they really are wanting to win this thing.” |
| Trump less bullish on reopening the economy immediately | Trump less bullish on reopening the economy immediately |
| After spending the early part of this week pledging that he wanted to end restrictive public health measures in weeks, possibly by Easter Sunday, Trump is now striking a more moderate tone, and suggesting public health guidelines might stay in place longer. | After spending the early part of this week pledging that he wanted to end restrictive public health measures in weeks, possibly by Easter Sunday, Trump is now striking a more moderate tone, and suggesting public health guidelines might stay in place longer. |
| Fact check: is the US testing more people than any country in the world? | Fact check: is the US testing more people than any country in the world? |
| Claim: Trump said the US is now testing 100,000 people a day, more than any other country in the world. | Claim: Trump said the US is now testing 100,000 people a day, more than any other country in the world. |
| Fact: about 65,000 coronavirus tests a day are currently being done on Americans – a massive rise from 10 days ago but still 35,000 short of Trump’s claim. Public health experts reckon 150,000 tests are needed every day so that infected patients can be identified quickly, traced and quarantined. | Fact: about 65,000 coronavirus tests a day are currently being done on Americans – a massive rise from 10 days ago but still 35,000 short of Trump’s claim. Public health experts reckon 150,000 tests are needed every day so that infected patients can be identified quickly, traced and quarantined. |
| The US has overtaken South Korea in total numbers of coronavirus tests administered, but, it has conducted far fewer tests per capita. As of Friday, the United States, with a population of 329 million, had administered at least 540,718, according to the Covid Tracking Project, a group led by Alexis Madrigal, a staff writer for the Atlantic magazine, with more than 100 volunteers, that compiles coronavirus testing data from states. | The US has overtaken South Korea in total numbers of coronavirus tests administered, but, it has conducted far fewer tests per capita. As of Friday, the United States, with a population of 329 million, had administered at least 540,718, according to the Covid Tracking Project, a group led by Alexis Madrigal, a staff writer for the Atlantic magazine, with more than 100 volunteers, that compiles coronavirus testing data from states. |
| This equates to 175 tests per 100,000 people in the US (with huge variations depending on the county, city and state) compared to 709 per 100,000 in South Korea and 600 per 100,000 in Italy. | This equates to 175 tests per 100,000 people in the US (with huge variations depending on the county, city and state) compared to 709 per 100,000 in South Korea and 600 per 100,000 in Italy. |
| Trump said that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for coronavirus, spoke with him today, and “The first thing he said to me is: ‘We need ventilators.’” | Trump said that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for coronavirus, spoke with him today, and “The first thing he said to me is: ‘We need ventilators.’” |
| Trump said that it was unfortunate that Johnson had tested positive, but that he was going to be fine. | Trump said that it was unfortunate that Johnson had tested positive, but that he was going to be fine. |
| Trump mentioned Johnson “asking for ventilators today” twice, once in the context of a question about why Trump had gone from dismissing New York’s needed for 30,000 ventilators yesterday on Fox News to announcing the US would try to obtain or manufacture 100,000 ventilators in the next few months, and would share them with other countries if they were not needed in the United States. | Trump mentioned Johnson “asking for ventilators today” twice, once in the context of a question about why Trump had gone from dismissing New York’s needed for 30,000 ventilators yesterday on Fox News to announcing the US would try to obtain or manufacture 100,000 ventilators in the next few months, and would share them with other countries if they were not needed in the United States. |