My Facebook feed bulged with post-lockdown food fantasies. Friends dreamed of a "salted caramel milkshake" or "a cheeseburger topped with feta, fried egg, and avocado with sweet potato french fries." But if there's anything I've learned after emerging from my own two-week quarantine in China, it's that we can't simply click our ruby slippers and return to life BC -- before Covid-19.
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Michael Jordan documentary release moved up to April
ABC's and ESPN's debut of 'The Last Dance' is being moved from June to April 19, ESPN confirmed, giving fans some good news considering the coronavirus pandemic has forced sports to halt globally. HLN's Andy Scholes reports.
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New world news from Time: Facebook and Instagram Delete Posts From Brazilian President Bolsonaro After He Dismissed Social Distancing
(SAO PAULO) — Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who have lined up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus.
Facebook and Instagram removed posts by the far-right leader Monday night that showed Bolsonaro walking around outside capital Brasilia on Sunday and mingling with groups. It was yet another affront to World Health Organization recommendations to self-isolate as a means to contain the pandemic. The companies’ move came one day after Twitter also removed some Bolsonaro posts.
Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement that it removes content “that violates our community standards, which do not allow disinformation that might cause real damage to people.”
Twitter justified its decision by saying in a statement that its rules prohibit content that runs “against public health information given by official sources and can put people at greater risk of transmitting COVID-19.”
Bolsonaro is one of few world leaders who say the virus itself will cause less harm than shutting down the economy. In a national address Tuesday night, while repeating that same argument, he changed his rhetoric, calling the pandemic he once described as “a little flu” as “the biggest challenge of our generation.” His speech was met with pot-banging protests for the 15th night in a row.
His defiance has received vocal backing from supporters — both on social media and in several cities where they staged demonstrations demanding life return to normal — but his attitude has also been rejected by mayors, state governors and judges. Even some members of Bolsonaro’s own administration have insisted on broad lockdown measures that run contrary to his statements.
Last Thursday, Bolsonaro issued a decree that added religious activities to the list of “essential services,” meaning churches could remain open even though governors had banned large gatherings. The decree was overruled by a federal court the following day.
Supreme Court Justice Marco Aurélio Mello authorized an opposition lawmaker’s request for Bolsonaro’s own prosecutor general to investigate an alleged crime committed by the president, the Supreme Court’s website said Tuesday. The allegation of endangering the public is based on Bolsonaro encouraging people to disobey isolation measures, calling concern over the pandemic “hysteria” and characterizing the virus itself as “a little cold.” The judge’s action requires the prosecutor general to issue a legal opinion.
In an interview with the newspaper O Globo, Prosecutor General Augusto Aras said that Bolsonaro is free to express his opinion and go out in public so long as he doesn’t issue any official decrees that counter broad lockdown guidelines, which could tread into territory that requires legal evaluation.
Despite the president’s open skepticism, senior members of his own Cabinet have insisted on hewing closely to guidelines recommended by international health authorities. “Always technical, always scientific, always doing the maximum we can to preserve lives,” Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta told reporters on Monday.
On Tuesday, Brazil’s health ministry reported 5,717 cases of Covid-19 and 201 deaths, the largest figures in Latin America. That included more than 1,100 new cases since the prior day — by far Brazil’s biggest single-day increase yet.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially the elderly and people with preexisting health conditions, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
Bolsonaro has 12 million followers on Facebook, almost 16 million on Instagram and more than 6 million on Twitter. Social media was key for his election victory in 2018.
Twitter recently deleted posts from Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro for sharing speculation about possible unusual cures for Covid-19.
Empire State Building Coronavirus Tribute Rang a False Alarm, Fallon Jokes
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Prominent Indian-origin virologist in South Africa dies from coronavirus
Gita Ramjee, 64, was the Clinical Trials Unit Principal Investigator and Unit Director of the HIV Prevention Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) offices in Durban.
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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Baghdad Central’ and a Sketch Comedy Show
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Stock Markets in Asia Dip on Dire U.S. Warning: Live Updates
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Warns of ‘Painful Two Weeks’ Ahead
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Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59
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Quotation of the Day: Cases Spiral Aboard an Aircraft Carrier, and a Commander Pleads for Help
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This Broccoli-Dill Pasta Has a Hippie Twist. Your Kids Will Love It.
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Trump Calls New Fuel Economy Rule a Boon. Some Experts See Steep Costs.
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As Furloughs Grow, Kennedy Center Defends Use of $25 Million in Aid
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Las domadoras de leones de Egipto dominan el negocio
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$30 Million in Illegal Drugs Seized From Cross-Border Tunnel in San Diego, U.S. Says
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‘Never Thought I Would Need It’: Americans Put Pride Aside to Seek Aid
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Human Rights Group Says Two U.S. Strikes Killed Somali Civilians
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Hellmut Stern, 91, Dies; Violinist Returned to Germany After Fleeing
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Temporary hospitals set up in Central Park and around NYC
Temporary hospitals are being set up in Central Park, a convention center, and on a ship as New York scrambles to increase the state's healthcare system capacity.
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Chaotic scenes as migrant workers try to leave major cities in India
Thousands of migrant workers attempted to leave major cities to go back to their rural villages, after India's nationwide lockdown came into effect.
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U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Release of Grand Jury Records in 1946 Mass Lynching Case
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‘Emergency’ Online Library Draws Ire of Some Authors
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Trump says he could see recommending all Americans wear masks
President Donald Trump said Monday he could foresee a scenario where all Americans are recommended to wear masks in public to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Pastor arrested for holding services despite stay-at-home order
A pastor of a Tampa church has been arrested for holding large services despite a "safer-at-home" order in Hillsborough county.
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Met Museum Tells Staff It Is Extending Pay Until May 2
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N.C.A.A. Allows Extra Year of Eligibility for Athletes in Curtailed Spring Sports
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Behind Trump’s Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers
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A Bitter Herb From the Lower East Side
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Tempting Pastas and Sauces From Sicily
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Virus Prompts Workplace Protests Over Health Concerns
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Trump to Governors: I’d Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though
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Trump’s Virus Defense Is Often an Attack, and the Target Is Often a Woman
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Listen to the Call: Bullock and Trump Discuss Testing
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Keep It Simple, Albany. This Is No Time for Budget Games.
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Congress Just Spent $2 Trillion on Coronavirus Relief. It’s Eying More.
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Sunday, March 29, 2020
Convicted serial killer known as the 'Grim Sleeper' found dead in prison cell
A convicted serial killer, who murdered and preyed on women in California over a span of three decades, died over the weekend at San Quentin State Prison.
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The doctor in the viral photo with his son behind glass has lost his home to a tornado
A resident physician, who touched the lives of thousands when a photo of him and his son separated by glass went viral, has lost his family home to a tornado.
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Stabbing victim dies 3 months after attack at Hanukkah celebration in New York
A New York man severely injured in a stabbing during Hanukkah last year has died.
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Plastic-eating bacteria could be small step toward tackling world's pollution crisis
Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill.
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What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Good Doctor’ and ‘The Schouwendam 12’
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Coronavirus update: Peak US death rate likely to hit in two weeks, says Donald ...
Trump, during a briefing at the White House, also said that he was extending the government’s “social distancing” guidelines until April 30.
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New world news from Time: Tokyo’s Sudden Rise in Coronavirus Infections After Olympic Delay Sparks Questions
(TOKYO) — Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan looked like it had coronavirus infections contained, even as they spread in neighboring countries. Now that the games have been pushed to next year, Tokyo’s cases are spiking, and the city’s governor is requesting that people stay home, even hinting at a possible lockdown.
The sudden rise in the number of virus cases in Tokyo and the government’s strong actions immediately after the Olympic postponement have raised questions in parliament and among citizens about whether Japan understated the extent of the outbreak and delayed enforcement of social distancing measures while clinging to hopes that the games would start on July 24 as scheduled.
With the Olympics now off, many are voicing suspicion that the numbers are rising because Japan suddenly has no reason to hide them.
“In order to make an impression that the city was taking control of the coronavirus, Tokyo avoided making strict requests and made the number of patients look smaller,” former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in a tweet. “The coronavirus has spread while they waited. (For Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike) it was Olympics first, not Tokyo’s residents.”
Experts have found a rise of untraceable cases mushrooming in Tokyo, Osaka and other urban areas — signs of an explosive increase in infections.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday that Japan is now on the brink of a huge jump in cases as it becomes increasingly difficult to trace and keep clusters under control.
“Once infections overshoot, our strategy … will instantly fall apart,” Abe warned. “Under the current situation, we are just barely holding up.” He said a state of emergency is not needed just yet, but that Japan could at any time face a situation as bad as in the United States or Europe.
There was less of a sense of urgency displayed recently when many people visited parks for cherry blossom viewing, and Abe was only hinting at an Olympic postponement. But in a phone call with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach last Tuesday, Abe agreed to postpone the games until around the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A day later, Koike asked Tokyo residents to stay home weekends until mid-April, saying confirmed cases of the coronavirus had shot up to 41 in a day from 16 earlier in the week. On Saturday, Tokyo reported 63 new cases, another single-day record. Koike said that infections in Tokyo were on the brink of an explosive increase, and that stronger measures, including a lockdown, could be needed if the spread of the virus doesn’t slow.
”Is this just a coincidence?” Maiko Tajima, an opposition lawmaker from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said during a parliamentary session last Wednesday, citing Tokyo’s sudden spike.
Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said there is “absolutely no relationship” between the Olympic postponement and the number of confirmed cases. Abe cited experts as saying a big reason for the recent rise is the growing number of cases that can’t be linked and a jump in infections from abroad. The prime minister told people to “be prepared for a long battle.”
A day after Koike’s warning, Abe convened a new task force under a recently enacted special law that would allow him to declare a state of emergency in specific areas, including Tokyo.
Japan’s strategy has been to focus on clusters and trace infection routes rather than testing everyone. A guideline issued Saturday still says that tests will be conducted per clinical doctors’ advice. Experts set a high bar for testing eligibility, allowing them only for those linked to clusters or those with symptoms, because they fear massive testing will fill up beds that are needed for patients in severe need, and cause a collapse of medical systems.
From Feb. 18 to March 27, Japan tested about 50,000 people, a daily average of 1,270 — fewer than the national daily capacity of several thousand. There was only a slight increase in the number of tests in the past week. In Tokyo, fewer than 2% of those who sought advice on a government hotline had been tested, according to health ministry figures. South Korea, by contrast, had tested about 250,000 people by mid-March.
Abe denied allegations that Japan had manipulated the numbers by limiting tests, or combined COVID-19 deaths with other pneumonia fatalities. “I’m aware that some people suspect Japan is hiding the numbers, but I believe that’s not true,” he said. “If there is a cover-up, it will show up in the number of deaths.” He said doctors told him that pneumonia patients with COVID-19 can be detected by CAT-scan or X-rays.
Many Japanese experts say testing is not for everyone and should be conducted selectively in an attempt to save hospital beds for those who really need them. “Tests are primarily for people who are suspected of having the virus, and should be based on clinical judgment by doctors,” said Shigeru Omi, a former World Health Organization public health expert who is on the government-commissioned panel.
Aki-Hiro Sato, a professor of information sciences at Yokohama City University, said in a recent report that Japan is now likely facing a second or third wave of the virus coming from Europe and the United States. Tokyo has about 430 cases, but Sato estimated an additional 1,000 might have been infected in Tokyo by late March if infections are accelerating at a pace similar to what’s happening in other countries. Including asymptomatic or light infections, about 10,000 people might be infected, he said.
As of Sunday, Japan had 2,578 confirmed cases, including 712 from a cruise ship, with 64 deaths, according to the health ministry. About 1,000 have recovered.
Under the current law, COVID-19 is designated as an infectious disease and whoever tests positive is routinely hospitalized, but a new government guideline would allow a triage of patients, which would include self-quarantine at home.
Right now, Japan has 2,600 hospital beds designated for infectious disease treatment, including 118 in Tokyo, but about one-third of them are already occupied by COVID-19 patients, according to Satoshi Kutsuna of the Disease Control and Prevention Center. Citing the recent spike, Kutsuna said that an “overshooting of infections is just about to begin, unfortunately.”
Abe has said the government would secure 12,000 beds and 3,000 ventilators to prepare for a worst case scenario.
“We fear a situation where severe patients start dying when the medical system collapses, and we must prevent that situation,” Kato, the health minister, said Sunday on a talk show on public broadcaster NHK.
Quotation of the Day: Crisis Pits Patient Privacy Against Public Need to Know
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'US won't pay for your protection': Donald Trump to Prince Harry, Meghan
Amid reports of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan settling in US, Donald Trump wrote on Twitter “the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!”
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Stock Markets in Asia Signal Lingering Unease: Live Updates
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Coronavirus Live Updates: 200,000 Americans Could Die, Warns Top Health Officials
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Texas announces new travel restrictions
Texas announces new travel restrictions
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces new travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, Christina Coleman reports.
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Covid-19 update: China wary of second wave as imported coronavirus cases rise
In the last seven days, China has reported 313 imported cases of coronavirus but only six confirmed cases of domestic transmission, the National Health Commission’s (NHC) data showed.
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Trump concedes US death toll could be 100,000 or more
President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday for the first time that deaths in the United States from coronavirus could reach 100,000 or more, adding that if the death toll stays at or below 100,000, "we all together have done a very good job."
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Armed vigilantes blocked a neighbor's driveway to force him into quarantine
A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.
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Joe Diffie, Grammy-Winning Country Music Star, Dies at 61
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‘Group of Local Vigilantes’ Try to Forcibly Quarantine Out-of-Towners, Officials Say
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