WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 1194: "Not worth the time and effort."


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  • 🔥 Daily Damage Report.
  • ğŸŒ� Global: Total confirmed cases ~3,020,000; Total deaths: ~210,000; Total recoveries: ~886,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

  • 🇺🇸 U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~980,000; Total deaths: ~56,000; Total recoveries: ~108,000

  • 💰 Markets: Dow 📈; S&P 500 📈; Nasdaq 📈

  • The World Health Organization warned that there is “no evidenceâ€� that people who have had COVID-19 are immune from getting the virus again. The WHO also recommended that countries refrain from issuing “immunity passportsâ€� to people who have been infected with the coronavirus. (NPR / CNN / Vox)

  • The death toll from coronavirus could be 60% higher than reported in official counts. Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries analyzed. In the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic, the U.S. recorded an estimated 15,400 excess deaths – nearly twice as many as were attributed to COVID-19 at the time. (Financial Times / Washington Post)

  • U.S. intelligence agencies warned Trump about the coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings in January and February. For weeks, the President’s Daily Brief traced the spread of the coronavirus, made clear that China was suppressing information about the transmissibility and death toll, and raised the prospect of political and economic consequences. (Washington Post)

  • Democrats will push for a vote-by-mail provision in the next coronavirus relief package, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump, however, opposes the idea and has urged Republicans to fight the effort. (NBC News)

  • Tyson Foods: “The food supply chain is breakingâ€� and “millions of pounds of meat will disappearâ€� from the national food supply chain as the coronavirus outbreak forces the closure of some of the country’s biggest slaughterhouses, where tens of thousands of animals are processed daily. One commodity broker/livestock analyst suggested that “around May 1, shortages will begin developing at retail meat counters.â€� (NBC News / Washington Post / Bloomberg / The Guardian)

  • The White House is finalizing expanded guidelines to allow the phased reopening of the country, including schools and camps, child-car...

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