WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 1182: "As dangerous as it sounds."


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  • Daily Damage Report.
  • Global: Total confirmed cases ~2,035,000; Total deaths: ~133,300; Total recoveries: ~510,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

  • U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~620,000; Total deaths: ~28,000; Total recoveries: ~51,000

  • Markets: Dow 📉; S&P 500 📉; Nasdaq 📉

  • Live Blogs: Washington Post / New York Times / CNBC / Wall Street Journal / The Guardian / CBS News / NBC News / ABC News / CNN

  • âœ�ï¸� Harvard researchers: Social distancing may remain in place until 2022. Researchers said social distancing may have to be extended unless a vaccine becomes available or “critical care capacity is increased.â€� (Bloomberg / NBC News / CNN)

    1/ Trump cutoff U.S. funding to the World Health Organization in response to the agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have not been treated properly,� Trump said, deflecting blame for his dismissal of the virus as a threat to Americans and the U.S. economy. The hold will remain for up to 90 days while the Trump administration conducts a funding review. Trump said the U.S. had “a duty to insist on full accountability,� accusing the WHO of “severely mismanaging and covering up� the crisis. Trump also said that “if we cannot trust them,� then the U.S. will be “forced to find other ways to work with other nations to achieve public health goals.� The U.S. is the largest donor to the WHO, and contributes between $400 million and $500 million a year to the organization, which has an annual budget of around $6 billion. (Washington Post / Politico /USA Today / Wall Street Journal / Axios /

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