WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 1258: "We're going in the wrong direction."


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  • 😷 Dept. of “We Have It Totally Under Control.â€�
  • Global: Total confirmed cases: ~10,394,000; deaths: ~509,000

  • U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~2,624,000; deaths: ~128,000

  • Source: Johns Hopkins University

    1/ Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a Senate committee that the U.S. is “not in total control� of the coronavirus and that infections could more than double to 100,000 a day if the country fails to contain the surge. The nation’s top infectious diseases expert said “we’re going in the wrong direction� and the recent sharp rise in cases, largely in the South and the West, “puts the entire country at risk.� Fauci declined to estimate the number of potential deaths, but said “It is going to be very disturbing, I guarantee you that.�

    (New York Times / Washington Post / Bloomberg / Politico / NBC News / CNN / CNBC)

    • A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus is spreading on pig farms in China and should be “urgentlyâ€� controlled to avoid another pandemic, according to a new study. The new strain, known as G4 EA H1N1, has been common on China’s pig farms since 2016 and has characteristics of the 2009 H1N1 virus and 1918 pandemic flu. The H1N1 swine flu emerged in Mexico in April 2009 and infected at least 700 million worldwide and 60.8 million people in the U.S. An estimated 151,700 to 575,400 people died from the virus globally. (New York Times / BBC / CNBC)

    • South Dakota will not require thousands of people who attend a July 3 event at Mount Rushmore with Trump to practice social distancing. Gov. Kristi Noem said “We told those folks that have concerns that they can stay home, but those who want to come and join us, we’ll be giving out free face masks, if they choose to wear one. But we won’t be social distancing.â€� (Axios / NBC News)

    • The European Union formally extended a travel ban for U.S. residents, deeming the American response to the coronavirus pandemic insufficient. (New York Times / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal)

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