Eight Trump Campaign Staffers Test Positive for Coronavirus After Tulsa Rally
The fuckwit-in-chief at his rally in Tulsa last week.Tyler Tomasello/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump campaign staffers who attended a recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma are being required to get tested for the coronavirus after eight people connected with the re-election bid tested positive, according…
Sports Are Back! And So Are New Spikes in Infections.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For well over three months, America has been without many of its great pastimes. Now that they’re coming back, coronavirus infections are soaring again. Baseball, basketball, and football have all been suspended as sports teams and fans grapple with a coronavirus pandemic…
New Report Details Staggering Number of Coronavirus Cases Linked to Nursing Homes
ipopba/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Nursing homes proved to be some of the earliest epicenters of America’s coronavirus epidemic. But a new report from the New York Times details just how central nursing and long-term care facilities have been in the crisis: more than 54,000 residents…
As Cases Surge, Pence Insists the Country Has Made “Truly Remarkable Progress”
ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As coronavirus cases soar across the country, Vice President Mike Pence on Friday attempted to take a victory lap. “We slowed the spread, we flattened the curve, we saved lives,” Pence said during the first coronavirus briefing the White House has…
Like So Much in 2020, the Pandemic Is Screwing Up Cancer Research
Cherie Diez/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Cancer research, like so much else about this cursed year, has been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Clinical trials—which are crucial for discovering new treatments—have been shut down, postponed, and disrupted. Other trials have been modified to protect participants and…
Trump Refuses to Say Whether He Ordered to Slow Down Coronavirus Testing
President Donald Trump sent his aides scrambling this weekend after his trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he revealed during his first campaign rally since the lockdown that he had recently ordered health officials to “slow down” coronavirus testing. Trump’s logic for scaling back a crucial tool for fighting the pandemic was that testing—rather than relaxed social…