A Report From the Coronavirus Frontline: “They Are Essentially Drowning in Their Own Blood.”
Elaine Thompson/AP This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. As of Friday, Louisiana was reporting 479 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one of the highest…
One Man’s Struggle to Get a Veterans Administration Coronavirus Test
Outside a VA clinic after being sent away untested.Courtesy Jim White The symptoms started after Jim White arrived at his friend’s house near Corpus Christi, Texas. First came the chills, followed by diarrhea and aches. White, a Coast Guard veteran and former state biologist, had been following the news and knew enough about his health to…
“We’re Going to Pray From God That This Does Work”: Trump Keeps Promoting Unproven Drugs
Tasos Katopodis/Getty On Saturday afternoon, President Trump again used the platform of a White House coronavirus briefing to push two unproven drugs as a treatment, feeding into a swirl of medical misinformation and increasing the distance between his ad-hoc views and those of his scientist advisers. When asked about the anti-malaria drug chloroquine as a…
Is Anthony Fauci Really Our Truthteller-in-Chief?
Oliver Contreras/CNP via ZUMA The Washington Post informs us today that Anthony Fauci is everyone’s favorite doctor, the “grandfatherly captain of the coronavirus crisis” who not only has limitless energy to appear everywhere at once but has even performed the miracle of ending political polarization: Now a public-health catastrophe has remade our reality and pushed…
Please Take Medical Advice From Your Doctor, Not the President
Tasos Katopodis/Getty President Trump is many things—businessman, reality TV host, expert on Robert Pattinson’s relationship choices—but one thing he most certainly is not is a medical authority. Remember: This is the same person who refuses to exercise because he thinks it exhausts the body’s finite amount of energy. With that context, let’s examine the latest…
Trump Downplayed the Coronavirus for Weeks as US Intelligence Warned of Growing Danger
Despite warnings from senior advisors, President Trump spent months downplaying the threat of the coronavirus and avoiding taking action to prevent its spread in the United States, according to a bombshell Washington Post report published late Friday. “Donald Trump may not have been expecting this, but a lot of other people in the government were—they just couldn’t…