Bob Good, speaking at an October event in Greene County. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Speaker: Bob Good
Date: Dec. 12
Setting: Speech
Virginia Rep.-elect Bob Good got cheers at a rally for President Donald Trump when he told the crowd the novel coronavirus pandemic is a farce.
“This looks like a group of people that gets this is a phony pandemic,” Good, R-5th Congressional District, said Dec. 12 at a Women for America First rally in Washington. “It’s a serious virus, but it’s a virus; it’s not a pandemic.”
COVID-19 is not a pandemic? Let’s check.
$30 Million in Support for Tonga’s Most Vulnerable
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WASHINGTON D.C., December 16, 2020 The World Bank s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$30 million operation to support Tonga s recovery following the impacts of COVID-19 and Cyclone Harold.
Tonga is currently responding to two major shocks to its economy, with COVID-19 having severely impacted Tonga s tourism, retail and construction sectors affecting at least 30 percent of the economy. In addition, the country was also hit hard by April s Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Harold, which affected approximately 27 percent of the population, and is estimated to have caused damages and losses of more than 12 percent of the country s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP).