Watch Angela Merkel’s Coronavirus Speech – English Subtitles

she did what a leader is supposed to do: explain the gravity of the situation and promise that the government’s help would flow to everyone who needed it. She gave full-throated thanks to front-line medical workers, assured Germans that there is no need to hoard, and paused to offer gratitude to a group of workers who rarely get recognized by heads of state on national TV: “Those who sit at supermarket cash registers or restock shelves are doing one of the hardest jobs there is right now.”

Source: Watch Angela Merkel’s Coronavirus Speech – English Subtitles

CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus this winter could be worse

The nation’s top public health official warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus would likely coincide with the start of flu season and could overwhelm the health system.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/health-news/cdc-director-warns-second-wave-of-coronavirus-this-winter-could-be-worse/ar-BB1304st

Hope someone listens to him but guess we have to count on smart governors

Trump coronavirus immigration tweet causes confusion – Los Angeles Times – no goal other than pleasing hard right racists with some crumbs to seem to still on their side 🤬

With his poll numbers dropping, President Trump says he’ll restrict immigration to battle the coronavirus, creating confusion about his plan.
— Read on www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-21/trump-restrict-immigration-coronavirus

Wisconsin Republicans file lawsuit challenging coronavirus stay-at-home order

Don’t even care if they get blood on their hands! They are criminals.

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Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers, challenging his stay-at-home order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as the issue of when to re-open state economies has become increasingly political.

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U.S. attorney general won’t rule out legal action over state coronavirus measures

Shut it and stay at home. Not even the Supremes will stand behind harassing states!

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr waded further into a debate over governors’ stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, saying he would not rule out legal action against states if he thought their actions infringed civil liberties.

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Netanyahu finally gets the annexation government he’s been waiting for

Sad day for Palestine and Israel.

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After a year of political deadlock, Netanyahu forms a new governing coalition that prioritizes annexing of the West Bank above all else — including the fight against the coronavirus.

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Maryland obtains 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea | World news | The Guardian

“The administration is trying to ramp up testing,” the governor said in an earlier CNN interview. “But to try to push this off, to say the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren’t doing our jobs, is just absolutely false.”

Source: Maryland obtains 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea | World news | The Guardian

IVF and low-risk elective surgery to begin again as National Cabinet ditches coronavirus ban – ABC News

Scott Morrison says elective surgeries, including IVF, joint replacement, cataracts, breast reconstruction and dental procedures, can begin again after the Anzac Day long weekend.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-21/coroanvirus-national-cabinet-elective-surgery-ivf-to-resume/12168770

And if new spikes in infections and deaths result, what then?