Superspreader events. The kind of Large Group Gatherings we saw this past weekend. Hundreds of people packed into a California Church or on a tenday bike rally in south dakota, bringing out more than a quarter of a Million People. And despite the president s claims that children are largely immune to the virus, a new study has found that at least 97,000 tested positive in just the last two weeks of july. And at the same Georgia School where the photo went viral, nine students and Staff Members have tested positive for the virus. The school is closed today and tuesday for cleaning, but could reopen on wednesday. And in an historic move, the Detroit Free Press reports the big ten has voted to cancel its fall football season. Citing serious concerns about safety during the pandemic. So lots to get to, but lets begin in washington this afternoon where the questions and the controversy continue over the president s executive actions on coronavirus relief. Some lawmakers have called those mo
Weve still got 11 days to go and election day, and one county in texas, hayes county is close to being the first county in america to completely surpass its entire vote from 2016. Every single day, millions of people are voting, the window is of course closing for undecided voters and for the campaign. Last night, we saw the final set piece of the campaign, meaning there are no more built in planned inflection points for an incumbent president who is trailing badly, and his desperation to pull out some magic trick was evident last night. President trumps approach to the campaign has been precisely the same as his approach to the coronavirus, and it is why he is 10 points down in the polls with eleven days to go, and it is why we are setting new records for covid cases today. According to the covid tracking projec project, there were a record 83,000 cases in the United States today. That means more cases today than any other single day during any of the eight months of the pandemic. It
Other states. But first, here are the facts on the pandemic at this hour. The wall street journal reports the Trump Administration has fallen short of its ppe stockpiling goals. Take n95 masks for frontline workers, the administration said in may it wanted to increase its supply to 300 Million Masks over 90 days. By mid november, we had less than half of that, just 142 million. Right now there are more americans hospitalized with this virus than at any other time during the pandemic according to the covid tracking project. The New York Times warns a third of americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short of icu beds. The strain on our hospitals comes as we hit a new record for daily coronavirus cases. On tuesday, more than 222,000 americans were diagnosed with this virus. So far, listen to this number. About one in 22 americans have tested positive for covid19. A littleknown panel of independent experts is about to play a big role in the most critical step to stop