“ ‘If we do the social distancing properly, we should be able to get out of this with the death numbers well short of that.’ ” That’s Microsoft MSFT, -0.92% co-founder Bill Gates referring to the projections that the U.S. could ultimately see between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. “If we had […]
“ ‘We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.’ ” That’s Queen Elizabeth, in only the fifth televised address of her 68-year reign, offering reassurance and urging resolve […]
UPDATE: This just in… Something happened on Friday evening. (Something always happens.) After weeks of debate about whether members of the public should wear face masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday evening that it’s changing its policy on masks. It now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings, “especially in […]
1 / 4 The coming easing in Italy has not been tried by any other Western nation since the virus spread from China to Europe in February The coming easing in Italy has not been tried by any other Western nation since the virus spread from China to Europe in February (AFP Photo/Tiziana FABI) Rome […]
Last week the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus passed the 1 million milestone, and it continues to grow at an alarming rate. However, not all of these infections have presented themselves in the same way. Coronavirus patients are showing a wide range of symptoms and the exact reason why is still a mystery […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared frustrated that the country would not emerge from its coronavirus lockdown in the near future even as he and other officials warned of a rising death toll and a continuance of restrictive measures for weeks and maybe months to come. “There will be death,” Trump warned flatly at one point […]
This just in… Something happened on Friday evening. (Something always happens.) After weeks of debate about whether members of the public should wear face masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday evening that it’s changing its policy on masks. It now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings, “especially in areas […]
President Donald Trump displayed impatience Saturday with the mandatory stay-at-home orders put in place to fight the coronavirus and shutting down much of the country, saying he didn’t want them to last too long. “We have to open our country again. We don’t want to be doing this for months, and months and months,” the […]
There are few places as rife with lazy axioms as the China-watcher sphere. The star of this menagerie of truisms is that if China’s economic growth rate were to fall below a certain point, it would trigger social unrest, worker protests, perhaps even an existential threat to the Communist Party. For years that number was […]
In some corners of Wall Street, investors are casting doubt on the notion that the economy will switch back to high gear after the coronavirus pandemic passes. The worry is that the battle with COVID-19 could leave a more cautious consumer even after the pandemic is brought under control. If changes in human behavior stemming […]