“Frontline workers like us are getting hit the hardest right now,” said one McDonald’s cook in Raleigh. “McDonald’s is calling itself an ‘essential business’ but isn’t providing us with the essential protections we need to be safe at work.”
The U.S. now has more than 82,000 confirmed cases, surpassing China, where the virus first spread and 81,782 people have fallen sick as of Thursday evening.
Whether it’s from the president’s own mouth or a faceless user on Twitter, misinformation has abounded and poses substantial threats to public health.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 420 restaurants had closed.
Hinting further that she may hold radical politics, Spears signed off her caption with three rose emojis, the official symbol of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The vast majority of the nation’s movie theaters are now closed and multiple studios are now releasing their films digitally.
The hoarding has become so problematic in Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Nevada, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Texas that the pharmacy boards in those states have issued emergency guidelines.
Despite repeated warnings from health officials about the dangers of lifting social distancing restrictions, President Trump is now signaling that he may go against their advice and prioritize the economy.
The governor also said he would issue a new executive order that would make it a misdemeanor for assemblies of more than 50 people.
“It’s outrageous that President Trump would reaffirm his commitment to the lawsuit that would rip coverage away from 20 million Americans during a briefing about an ongoing unprecedented health crisis.”
