WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 1224: 100,000 dead.


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  • 🔥 Daily Damage Report.
  • ğŸŒ� Global: Total confirmed cases ~5,648,000; Total deaths: ~353,000; Total recoveries: ~2,325,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

  • 🇺🇸 U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,695,000; Total deaths: ~100,000; Total recoveries: ~385,000

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

  • Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. have passed 100,000. The toll exceeds the number of U.S. military combat fatalities in every conflict since the Korean War. The U.S. has recorded more COVID-19 deaths than any other country in the pandemic, and almost three times as many as the second-ranking country, Britain, which has recorded more than 37,000 deaths. Trump, meanwhile, has encouraged state governors to reopen businesses in order to boost the economy. (New York Times / NBC News / Washington Post / The Guardian / NPR / Politico / CNBC)

  • Antibody tests used to identify people who have been infected with the coronavirus might be wrong up to half the time. New CDC guidance says the results from antibody test are not accurate enough to be used to make important policy decisions, including “decisions about grouping persons residing in or being admitted to congregate settings, such as schools, dormitories, or correctional facilities.â€� The guidance also says the results should not be used to make “decisions about returning persons to the workplace.â€� (CNN)

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci: Hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for the coronavirus. “The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy,â€� Fauci said. (Politico)

  • 💻 Live blogs: New York Times / Washington Post / CNN / The Guardian / CNBC / NBC News

    1/ Twitter added a fact-check label to two of Trump’s tweets, marking them as “potentially misleading.� Trump falsely claimed that mail-in voting leads to widespread voter fraud. In response, Twitter – for the first time – added a banner notification underneath each tweet that reads, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,� and brings the user to news articles about mail-in voting and Trump’s claims when clicked. Trump’s tweets, a...

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