The latest CDC insights on transmission of COVID-19 between humans and their pets. When it comes to coronavirus, one of the many subjects under the category of “unknown” is how the virus moves between animals and people. On April 22, the government announced two cases of COVID-19 in pet cats in different households, both in New York […]
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"Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. fact-checks CNN’s vaccine misinformation"
Vaccine safety advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of Children's Health Defense, recently conducted a fact check of information he says CNN and its correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, frequently get wrong. Here is Kennedy’s letter to Gupta, and his fact check: Dear Sanjay, Last week, your CNN producer, Matthew Reynard, notified me that CNN is […]
Big chunk of first coronavirus money earmarked for overseas
The following is an excerpt from my latest article at Just The News. As Congress crafts a third taxpayer-funded coronavirus aid package totaling more than $1 trillion, it’s a good question to ask where some of our first monies were approved to be spent in this pandemic. The short answer is … a good bit may […]
Coronavirus vs. Flu: The actual stats
Many people have sought to compare coronavirus to seasonal flu, but without the hard stats. In fact, the statistics are a moving target. For one, people can get flu year round, but peak flu season is over, according to CDC. Coronavirus has not yet peaked in the U.S., says CDC. Since coronavirus is an unknown […]
WATCH: Coronavirus emergency response bill - who's getting the $8.3 billion?
As America continues its battle against coronavirus, help is on the way in terms of money. A trillion dollar economic relief plan is coming up, 100 billion dollar paid sick leave law was just passed. And before that, Congress passed an emergency response bill. If you’re wondering what took that measure from $2 billion dollars […]
CDC: U.S. Coronavirus fatalities highest age 85+; zero among age 19 and under
This past week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published its first analysis of "Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — United States, February 12–March 16, 2020." Obviously, the numbers change daily and the analysis could change as well. This is how CDC saw things as of March 16, 2020. The following […]
Majority not very concerned about coronavirus: POLL
As analysts in the media debate how worried we should or should not be about the current coronavirus outbreak, Americans have mixed feelings on the question. Roughly 58% of those who answered our latest unscientific poll at SharylAttkisson.com are "not very" or not at all concerned about coronavirus. But 11% are pretty concerned or extremely […]
POLL: Public has favorable view of many federal agencies (especially the Postal Service)
More than 80% say they view the U.S. Postal Service, National Park Service, NASA, and the CDC favorably. That's according to a recent Pew Research study. Fourteen of sixteen federal agencies are viewed more favorably than unfavorably by the public, according to the survey conducted last September. A majority of both Republicans and Democrats viewed […]
