Top Federal Reserve official says US needs another lockdown to save economy

Top Federal Reserve official says US needs another lockdown to save economy

The government should again impose strict coronavirus-related lockdowns for a month or longer across the U.S. Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, said the nation needs to control the spread of the virus, which is increasing across much of the country, to get back on a path to economic health.  “That’s the only way …

Trump Plans ‘Emergency’ to Stay in Office

Trump Plans ‘Emergency’ to Stay in Office

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump has no intention of “peacefully” transferring power if he loses the November election, according to House Majority Whip James Clyburn. Trump, who floated the idea of delaying the vote last week over fraud concerns, neither plans to leave the White House nor hold “fair and unfettered elections,” the Democratic Representative …

Morgues Are Overflowing in Mississippi and Coroners Are Terrified

Morgues Are Overflowing in Mississippi and Coroners Are Terrified

https://youtu.be/epa3kLBiPUo In the months before his county’s morgue neared capacity, before he started wearing his face shield and “moon suit” to answer calls in neighbors’ homes, and before his own coronavirus diagnosis got him admitted to the hospital, Coahoma County, Mississippi, coroner Scotty Meredith knew this summer was going to be the worst in his …

Virus surge starting ‘to weigh’ on US economy: Jerome Powell

Virus surge starting ‘to weigh’ on US economy: Jerome Powell

“The path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus,” the central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said. Washington | The surge in US coronavirus cases and the restrictions aimed at containing it have begun to weigh on the economic recovery, the head of the Federal Reserve said, pointing …

Berlin protest against virus curbs draws thousands

Berlin protest against virus curbs draws thousands

Berlin (AFP) – Loudly chanting their opposition to face masks and vaccines, thousands of people gathered in Berlin on Saturday to protest against coronavirus restrictions before being dispersed by police. Police put turnout at around 20,000 — well below the 500,000 organisers had announced as they urged a “day of freedom” from months of virus …

Disney theme park staff worry about Covid-19Poster Child of Amusement park SLEAZE

Disney theme park staff worry about Covid-19Poster Child of Amusement park SLEAZE

Disney’s parks in Florida and California are reopening and tens of thousands of workers returning as cases in the states surge     Walt Disney World, along with the company’s other US theme parks, has reopened, with the disclaimer that tourists assume all risks of contracting Covid-19. Disney World fully reopened all four of its …

A Summer Camp Took Almost Every Precaution. The Majority of Kids Still Got COVID-19.

A Summer Camp Took Almost Every Precaution. The Majority of Kids Still Got COVID-19.

At least 76 percent of young campers who were tested came back positive—an ominous sign as schools push to reopen by the fall. As state officials across the country scramble to solidify plans to reopen schools in the fall, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzing the transmission rate at …