'There is still too much unknown about this virus...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) A World Health Organization official said Monday that the asymptomatic transmission of the Wuhan virus is "very rare," and governments should focus their efforts on quarantining people with active illnesses, CNBC reported.
The unscientific conspiracy theory of widespread...
'It is early to predict whether that can occur...'
(Michael Barnes, Liberty Headlines) Carowinds amusement park offers the perfect combination of fun and safety for people eager to venture outside after months of Wuhan virus-related home confinement.
But North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is dragging his feet.
Since 1973, part of...
'We express solidarity and gratitude toward demonstrators who have already taken on enormous personal risk to advocate for their own health...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) In a public letter, dozens of public health officials downplayed the risks of the coronavirus as they relate to mass protests,
After months of hyping the...
'Under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a patient to a nursing home that is not prepared to take care of those patients' needs...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed the "Republican administration" for his decision to put coronavirus-positive patients in nursing homes, but an administration official...
'After media reports appeared that suggested a change in CDC’s view on transmissibility, it became clear that these edits were confusing...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Just one week after publishing guidance that suggested it was unlikely COVID-19 could spread via surfaces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flip-flopped yet...
'How could the CDC make that mistake? This is a mess...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted on Thursday to combining the results from viral and antibody COVID-19 tests, even though there are significant differences between the tests.
Combining the results of these two tests...
'The numbers are unprecedented...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Doctors in Northern California said they’ve seen more deaths from suicide than they have from the coronavirus throughout the shutdown.
“The numbers are unprecedented,” Dr. Michael deBoisblanc of John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, told ABC 7 News.
In the past four weeks...
'The very foundation of our medical care system has been rocked---not solely because of the virus, but also because of the response to the virus...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., wrote that Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx "seek to corral our...
'Whether it’s an ember or a flame, we’re going to put it out. But we’re not closing our country...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not implement another shutdown---even if a second wave of the coronavirus struck in the fall.
“People say that’s a very...
'Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus. That is going to happen despite whatever you do...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo refused to take responsibility for his March 25 policy forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients during a press briefing on...
'I think that number is probably---in fact, I'm confident that number is an under-count...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) In nursing homes within three Detroit-area counties—Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne—29 percent of the Michigan's COVID-19 deaths occurred, WDIV reported.
These three counties, which include Detroit, report that 1,157 elderly patients have died in...
'These are deaths that should not be politicized...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Colorado’s official death toll in the coronavirus pandemic dropped by nearly 300 after the state changed the way it counts COVID-19 fatalities.
The state’s original policy required health officials to count anyone who had COVID-19 at the time of...