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Day 1169: "Here we go again." https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/04/02/day-1169/
Day 1169: "Here we go again." https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/04/02/day-1169/
1/ More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week – double the 3.3 million who applied the previous week https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/02/jobless-march-coronavirus/
2/ The coronavirus has infected 1 million people globally in just four months. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/the-world-just-hit-1-million-coronavirus-infections?srnd=premium&sref=MIBMEEoj
3/ The Trump administration is expected to urge all Americans to wear cloth masks or other face coverings in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus – a reversal of its earlier recommendations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/02/coronavirus-facemasks-policyreversal/
4/ Half of the national stockpile of ventilators have been distributed and there are now fewer than 10,000 still available. https://www.wsj.com/articles/roughly-half-of-ventilators-in-national-stockpile-have-been-distributed-as-coronavirus-spreads-11585851893
5/ An unclassified Army briefing document on the coronavirus – prepared on Feb. 3 – projected that “between 80,000 and 150,000 could die.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/army-warned-in-early-february-that-coronavirus-could-kill-150000-americans
6/ The Navy relieved the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/navy-expected-relieve-captain-who-raised-alarm-about-covid-19-n1175351
7/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a new select committee with subpoena powers to oversee the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and its dispersal of funds from the $2.2 trillion relief bill. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/pelosi-forms-new-select-committee-to-oversee-2-trillion-coronavirus-relief-package-161436
8/ The Trump Organization has explored whether it can delay payments on some of its loans as the coronavirus outbreak has cost the properties more than a million dollars in lost revenue daily. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/business/economy/coronavirus-trump-company-finances.html
10/ Dr. Anthony Fauci has received threats to his personal safety, leading the government to step up his security. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html
