US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson speaks during a press briefing about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, March 14, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Ben Carson is being ridiculed online over a… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device Telling those with a high temperature or cough to self-isolate for a week will have the “biggest impact” in the fight against coronavirus, the UK’s chief science adviser says. Sir Patrick Vallance said the new advice was a “big intervention”, amid criticism of the government’s plan to combat… Read More »
The spread of the coronavirus is now a pandemic, officials at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O.’s director-general. Dr. Tedros called for countries to learn from one another’s successes, act in unison and help protect one another against a… Read More »
Coronavirus has been one of the great newsmakers of 2020, and people are worried! Even though the virus has barely become established in the United States, that hasn’t stopped the media from whipping the populace into a state of anxiety. The question is, is all of this worry warranted? It depends on who you are,… Read More »