Gary Walton, Amsterdam April 2nd 2020.
Confirmed cases yesterday, 75,000. Total confirmed cases approach 1,000,000 with 30,000 in a critical condition. 47,085 people have died as the death rate climbs over 5% for the first time.
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Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing. Despite President Trump’s repeated assertions that the Covid-19 epidemic was “unforeseen” and “came out of nowhere,” the Pentagon was well aware of not just the threat of novel influenza, but even anticipated the consequent scarcity of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds, according to a 2017 Pentagon plan obtained by
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