Documents and interview transcripts released by a congressional committee shine additional light on how the Trump administration interfered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, undermining the agency’s efforts to communicate the seriousness of the pandemic to the American people as the virus began to spread throughout the country.
Emails and transcripts of interviews with former senior CDC officials released by the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis reveal just how far administration officials went to tamp down the CDC’s public health communication efforts in the...
Emails and transcripts of interviews with former senior CDC officials released by the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis reveal just how far administration officials went to tamp down the CDC’s public health communication efforts in the...
- 11/13/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the host welcomed a studio audience for the first time in over a year, and he treated them to some jokes about Donald Trump.
Kimmel talked about a new book called “Nightmare Scenario” about the Trump administration’s mishandled response to the pandemic. As you might expect, the book contains some pretty outrageous stories about what went on inside the White House, including the revelation that early in the pandemic, Trump suggested sending Americans who had been infected with Covid-19 while traveling overseas to Guantanamo Bay – you know, the military prison where America holds terrorism suspects.
“You know he said he wanted to send them to, like, ‘Geronimo Bay’ or something,” Kimmel cracked.
Trump reportedly asked his aides, “Don’t we have an island that we own? We could put people there.”
“Of course, the reality TV star wanted to send them to an island,...
Kimmel talked about a new book called “Nightmare Scenario” about the Trump administration’s mishandled response to the pandemic. As you might expect, the book contains some pretty outrageous stories about what went on inside the White House, including the revelation that early in the pandemic, Trump suggested sending Americans who had been infected with Covid-19 while traveling overseas to Guantanamo Bay – you know, the military prison where America holds terrorism suspects.
“You know he said he wanted to send them to, like, ‘Geronimo Bay’ or something,” Kimmel cracked.
Trump reportedly asked his aides, “Don’t we have an island that we own? We could put people there.”
“Of course, the reality TV star wanted to send them to an island,...
- 6/22/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
During the early stages of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump was looking for ways not to bring infected Americans in Asia home for care and asked White House staff if sending them to Guantánamo Bay — where the United States holds terrorist suspects — was an option.
This is according to a new book by Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta called “Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History.”
“Don’t we have an island that we own?” the president reportedly asked during...
This is according to a new book by Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta called “Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History.”
“Don’t we have an island that we own?” the president reportedly asked during...
- 6/21/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he had planned to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration but won’t now, preferring to stay close in case of demonstrations at the state Capitol building in Albany.
At a press briefing Monday, Cuomo also said New York’s Covid-19 cases are falling after a holiday surge. But clamor for the vaccine is rising – after the Federal government expanded eligibility, but without shipping more doses — so he’s asked NY-based Pfizer if the state could purchase them directly.
Authorities in all 50 states are on high alert for possible unrest on Inauguration Day Wednesday by pro-Trump demonstrators following the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 to disrupt the electoral count.
“I was planning to go to the inauguration. I will not be going. There is talk about demonstrations at state Capitols, and advisories … We have made preparations here with the state police.
At a press briefing Monday, Cuomo also said New York’s Covid-19 cases are falling after a holiday surge. But clamor for the vaccine is rising – after the Federal government expanded eligibility, but without shipping more doses — so he’s asked NY-based Pfizer if the state could purchase them directly.
Authorities in all 50 states are on high alert for possible unrest on Inauguration Day Wednesday by pro-Trump demonstrators following the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 to disrupt the electoral count.
“I was planning to go to the inauguration. I will not be going. There is talk about demonstrations at state Capitols, and advisories … We have made preparations here with the state police.
- 1/18/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar fired back on Friday night at CNN, claiming its report that he resigned because of the Jan. 6 Capitol takeover was wrong.
“Contrary to the @CNN chyron, I am still here serving the American people at Hhs,” Azar tweeted after the CNN report. “I believe it is my duty to help ensure a smooth transition to President-elect Biden’s team during the pandemic and will remain as Secretary through January 20.”
Azar said in another tweet that a letter of resignation has been submitted, but said it was merely part of routine preparations for an administration changeover.
“I handed in my letter this week along with every other political appointee, effective January 20 at noon,” Azar wrote. That’s when President-elect Biden is set to take the oath of office.
Azar also provided a copy of his resignation letter, which states in the first paragraph that...
“Contrary to the @CNN chyron, I am still here serving the American people at Hhs,” Azar tweeted after the CNN report. “I believe it is my duty to help ensure a smooth transition to President-elect Biden’s team during the pandemic and will remain as Secretary through January 20.”
Azar said in another tweet that a letter of resignation has been submitted, but said it was merely part of routine preparations for an administration changeover.
“I handed in my letter this week along with every other political appointee, effective January 20 at noon,” Azar wrote. That’s when President-elect Biden is set to take the oath of office.
Azar also provided a copy of his resignation letter, which states in the first paragraph that...
- 1/16/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
States have been preparing to ramp up vaccination efforts after the Trump administration said it would release its reserve of Covid-19 vaccine doses, but two days later, governors were learning the promised reserve was not what they had hoped.
According to the Washington Post, when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that the government would begin shipping vaccine doses from a stockpile, state and local health officials interpreted that to mean they would get additional doses of the vaccine that the government had been holding back.
“Because...
According to the Washington Post, when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that the government would begin shipping vaccine doses from a stockpile, state and local health officials interpreted that to mean they would get additional doses of the vaccine that the government had been holding back.
“Because...
- 1/15/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Totally Under Control Review — Totally Under Control (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillanger, written by Alex Gibney, and stars Alex Azar, Charlie Baker, Scott Becker, Taison Bell, Deborah Birx, John Bolton, Michael Bowen, Rick Bright, Sylvia Burwell, and Beth Cameron. In this video review, I talk about the new documentary Totally Under Control, and whether or [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Totally Under Control (2020): A Documentary More Political Than it Needed to Be...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Totally Under Control (2020): A Documentary More Political Than it Needed to Be...
- 11/21/2020
- by Andrew Toy
- Film-Book
John Oliver took a different approach during Sunday night’s Last Week Tonight with two main stories instead of one. The first one serving as the show’s intro and it spotlighted Donald Trump failed the country with is disastrous handling of the coronavirus.
“For many, Trump’s handling of the coronavirus is going to be a significant factor in the vote,” said Oliver. He pointed out that Trump claims that the U.S. is doing a “tremendous” job handling the virus but the stats show a different story. The U.S. has 4% of the global population, yet 20% of the world’s coronavirus cases.
Even so, his base is giving him the benefit of the doubt. In clips from interviews, many say that Trump is “doing the best he can”.
“Is he?” questions Oliver. “I guess that depends doesn’t it? Is he doing the best that any president can...
“For many, Trump’s handling of the coronavirus is going to be a significant factor in the vote,” said Oliver. He pointed out that Trump claims that the U.S. is doing a “tremendous” job handling the virus but the stats show a different story. The U.S. has 4% of the global population, yet 20% of the world’s coronavirus cases.
Even so, his base is giving him the benefit of the doubt. In clips from interviews, many say that Trump is “doing the best he can”.
“Is he?” questions Oliver. “I guess that depends doesn’t it? Is he doing the best that any president can...
- 11/2/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump’s administration vetted celebrities such as George Lopez, Zach Galifianakis and Billie Eilish or their past comments about the president in determining whether the invite them to be a part of a coronavirus public service campaign, according to documents released on Thursday by House Democrats.
The House Oversight Committee released a document produced by a contractor for the Department of Health and Human Services that was a spreadsheet of 274 celebrities being considered for the PSA campaign, which notations on what they have said in the past about Trump and whether they have supported issues like gay rights and liberal issues.
For instance, Adam Levine is listed as a “liberal democrat who supported Obama and fights for gay rights,” and Johnny Depp appears to be “aligned with the liberal left.” Justin Timberlake “publicly endorsed Obama and supports gay marriage.” Zach Galifianakis gets a strike because he “refused to host President Trump on talk show,...
The House Oversight Committee released a document produced by a contractor for the Department of Health and Human Services that was a spreadsheet of 274 celebrities being considered for the PSA campaign, which notations on what they have said in the past about Trump and whether they have supported issues like gay rights and liberal issues.
For instance, Adam Levine is listed as a “liberal democrat who supported Obama and fights for gay rights,” and Johnny Depp appears to be “aligned with the liberal left.” Justin Timberlake “publicly endorsed Obama and supports gay marriage.” Zach Galifianakis gets a strike because he “refused to host President Trump on talk show,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I’m telling you why. Santa Claus has early access to the Covid-19 vaccine.
At least, that’s how it would be if Michael Caputo, one of Trump’s Hhs assistant secretaries, had his way. In perhaps one of the strangest plans to come out of this White House, Caputo proposed a $250 million campaign that would give Santa Claus performers access to the coronavirus vaccine before the general public. In exchange, the performers would agree to promote the...
At least, that’s how it would be if Michael Caputo, one of Trump’s Hhs assistant secretaries, had his way. In perhaps one of the strangest plans to come out of this White House, Caputo proposed a $250 million campaign that would give Santa Claus performers access to the coronavirus vaccine before the general public. In exchange, the performers would agree to promote the...
- 10/25/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Anyone living under a rock over the past eight months, blissfully unaware that the country mismanaged the coronavirus outbreak and caused thousands of unnecessary deaths, would do well to watch “Totally Under Control.” Churned out by prolific documentarian Alex Gibney with co-directors Suzanne Hillinger and Ophelia Harutyunyan over the last few months, this infuriating overview of the government’s response to the virus isn’t revelatory or groundbreaking, but
“Totally Under Control” is far from the first documentary to tackle coronavirus fallout (recent efforts “76 Days” and Ai Weiwei’s “Coronation” reveal the struggle inside Wuhan), but it’s the first serious assessment outside of nightly news shows to illustrate how much America bungled its response. Gibney and his collaborators fold in a lot of material into two hours, from the tick-tock of CDC efforts to downplay the virus and Donald Trump’s lunacy in conflicting science at every turn,...
“Totally Under Control” is far from the first documentary to tackle coronavirus fallout (recent efforts “76 Days” and Ai Weiwei’s “Coronation” reveal the struggle inside Wuhan), but it’s the first serious assessment outside of nightly news shows to illustrate how much America bungled its response. Gibney and his collaborators fold in a lot of material into two hours, from the tick-tock of CDC efforts to downplay the virus and Donald Trump’s lunacy in conflicting science at every turn,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
A feature-length version of the kind of montage that usually opens a dystopian thriller about a post-apocalyptic society, “Totally Under Control” is a terrifying and infuriating examination of the rise of the Covid-19 virus and of the many ways in which the U.S. government intentionally failed its citizens. As one of the film’s many experts notes, public health didn’t fail the people; the government’s decision to ignore public health warnings and standards made the current crisis happen.
Directors Alex Gibney (“Going Clear”), Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger (“How to Fix an Election”) have made the kind of historical document that future scholars will consult to get an idea of the impact of the pandemic on the United States and on the rest of the world, but watching it right now is akin to viewing a meta-horror film like “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare,” whereby the audience understands that...
Directors Alex Gibney (“Going Clear”), Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger (“How to Fix an Election”) have made the kind of historical document that future scholars will consult to get an idea of the impact of the pandemic on the United States and on the rest of the world, but watching it right now is akin to viewing a meta-horror film like “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare,” whereby the audience understands that...
- 10/7/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The National Kidney Foundation (Nkf) is joining forces with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Hhs), the American Society of Nephrology (Asn), and actor, activist and entrepreneur Wilmer Valderrama to reach the 1 in 3 American adults at risk for kidney disease.
“Are You the 33%?” is a nationwide public awareness campaign relaunching today timed for Hispanic Heritage Month. The campaign, originally launched in March 2020, was paused due to the national pandemic and will run through March 2021.
With compelling visuals, a thought-provoking social media campaign and a broadcast PSA featuring Wilmer Valderrama, the campaign, which is available in English and in Spanish, focuses on the 33 percent of adults in the U.S. at risk for developing dangerous, life-threatening kidney disease. Risk factors include diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and family history of kidney disease. Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino people are also at greater risk of developing kidney disease.
“Are You the 33%?” is a nationwide public awareness campaign relaunching today timed for Hispanic Heritage Month. The campaign, originally launched in March 2020, was paused due to the national pandemic and will run through March 2021.
With compelling visuals, a thought-provoking social media campaign and a broadcast PSA featuring Wilmer Valderrama, the campaign, which is available in English and in Spanish, focuses on the 33 percent of adults in the U.S. at risk for developing dangerous, life-threatening kidney disease. Risk factors include diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and family history of kidney disease. Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino people are also at greater risk of developing kidney disease.
- 9/7/2020
- Look to the Stars
Dr. Peter Hotez tuned into last Friday’s White House Coronavirus Briefing hoping he might learn something new. Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor’s College of Medicine and one of the leading vaccine researchers in the world. He and a team of scientists are currently working to develop a coronavirus vaccine candidate, but that breakthrough could be months or years away. For now, Hotez wanted to know what federal leaders had planned to deal with the new spike in Covid-19 infections.
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- 6/30/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
The window is closing on ways to halt the rise in new Covid-19 cases that threaten to send some parts of the Us into a second lockdown. That was the opinion of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who spoke the comments Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press.
As cases surge nationwide, reopened businesses are again shuttering in Florida and Texas. Other states, including California, are reimposing strict stay-at-home orders and pushing back plans to open certain businesses that were scheduled to be among the last to reopen.
Yet reopened businesses can’t be entirely blamed, Azar said. “We’ve got many communities in states that are just as reopened as these southern states, but aren’t experiencing this.”
Stopping the spread has to happen soon, he added.
“So we’ve got the tools to do this … but the window is closing,” said Azar. “We have to act,...
As cases surge nationwide, reopened businesses are again shuttering in Florida and Texas. Other states, including California, are reimposing strict stay-at-home orders and pushing back plans to open certain businesses that were scheduled to be among the last to reopen.
Yet reopened businesses can’t be entirely blamed, Azar said. “We’ve got many communities in states that are just as reopened as these southern states, but aren’t experiencing this.”
Stopping the spread has to happen soon, he added.
“So we’ve got the tools to do this … but the window is closing,” said Azar. “We have to act,...
- 6/28/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The president told the meager audience who attended his rally in Tulsa on Saturday night that he gave an order to slow testing for coronavirus. Ever since, his staff have downplayed Trump’s claim by calling it a joke. But on Monday, the president himself refused to back down from the order and instead avoided the question put to him twice during an interview.
With the U.S. coronavirus death toll at 122,000 and nearly half of the states reporting a rise in cases, Trump seems to think by playing a...
With the U.S. coronavirus death toll at 122,000 and nearly half of the states reporting a rise in cases, Trump seems to think by playing a...
- 6/22/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was grilled Friday about a lingering question of its coronavirus response: Why didn’t it refill the national stockpile of medical supplies in the three years since President Donald Trump has been in office?
After McEnany repeated Trump’s frequent claim — that his predecessor Barack Obama left the “cupboards” bare of the strategic supply needed to fight a pandemic — she was then asked why the president didn’t act to refill it in the time he’s been in office.
While McEnany insisted that the president “immediately went into action” when it was necessary to get supplies for healthcare workers, NBC News Digital senior correspondent Shannon Pettypiece asked whether there was any effort to replenish the supply before January 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak began.
McEnany said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told her that “when we got to the federal government we were on the brink,...
After McEnany repeated Trump’s frequent claim — that his predecessor Barack Obama left the “cupboards” bare of the strategic supply needed to fight a pandemic — she was then asked why the president didn’t act to refill it in the time he’s been in office.
While McEnany insisted that the president “immediately went into action” when it was necessary to get supplies for healthcare workers, NBC News Digital senior correspondent Shannon Pettypiece asked whether there was any effort to replenish the supply before January 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak began.
McEnany said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told her that “when we got to the federal government we were on the brink,...
- 5/15/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A whistleblower who was ousted from the Department of Health and Human Services warned a House committee on Thursday that “the window is closing” address the coronavirus pandemic, faulting the Trump administration for not acting quickly to address crisis.
Dr. Rick Bright’s testimony before a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee was carried by CNN and MSNBC. Fox News carried the initial part of the hearing, but then turned to coverage of the case of Michael Flynn.
Bright was removed in April from his position as director of the Hhs’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, tasked with developing a vaccine and other measures to fight the virus. He claims that he was transferred to another agency after sounding the arm over the urgency of the virus and then expressing skepticism over the effectiveness of a potential coronavirus treatment, hydroxychloroquine.
In his opening remarks, though, he warned of the dangers for...
Dr. Rick Bright’s testimony before a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee was carried by CNN and MSNBC. Fox News carried the initial part of the hearing, but then turned to coverage of the case of Michael Flynn.
Bright was removed in April from his position as director of the Hhs’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, tasked with developing a vaccine and other measures to fight the virus. He claims that he was transferred to another agency after sounding the arm over the urgency of the virus and then expressing skepticism over the effectiveness of a potential coronavirus treatment, hydroxychloroquine.
In his opening remarks, though, he warned of the dangers for...
- 5/14/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, who has stood beside President Trump throughout much of the administration’s response to the coronavirus, will tell the Senate Tuesday that Americans will experience “needless suffering and death” if the country reopens prematurely.
“If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to ‘Open America Again,’ then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country,” Fauci wrote in an email to The New York Times , previewing the comments he will make before the Senate Health Committee. “This will...
“If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to ‘Open America Again,’ then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country,” Fauci wrote in an email to The New York Times , previewing the comments he will make before the Senate Health Committee. “This will...
- 5/12/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
This story appears in the June 2020 issue of Rolling Stone.
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White House briefing room. It was February 29th, the day of the first reported U.S. death from the coronavirus, and the president fielded an urgent question: “How should Americans prepare for this virus?” a reporter asked. “Should they go on with their daily lives? Change their routine? What should they do?”
In that moment, America was flying blind into a...
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White House briefing room. It was February 29th, the day of the first reported U.S. death from the coronavirus, and the president fielded an urgent question: “How should Americans prepare for this virus?” a reporter asked. “Should they go on with their daily lives? Change their routine? What should they do?”
In that moment, America was flying blind into a...
- 5/10/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
After taking a week break Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returned and there was a lot to address. Actually, it was all about coronavirus because that is the only thing really making headlines these days.
From Oliver’s “Great White Void”, he touched on Alex Jones talking about eating his neighbors due to the pandemic before jumping into the latest news on Covid-19.
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He started by talking about how Jared Kushner has declared victory over the virus and said that the country is ready to get “really rockin’ again”.
Oliver begs to differ as he described Kushner...
From Oliver’s “Great White Void”, he touched on Alex Jones talking about eating his neighbors due to the pandemic before jumping into the latest news on Covid-19.
More from DeadlineDonald Trump, At Fox News Town Hall At Lincoln Memorial, Says He's Treated Worse By Press Than The 16th President WasLesley Stahl Says On '60 Minutes' That She Was Hospitalized For Coronavirus, Praises Hospital WorkersTom Hanks Delivers Inspirational Commencement Speech To Wright State University Graduates: "You Are The Chosen Ones"
He started by talking about how Jared Kushner has declared victory over the virus and said that the country is ready to get “really rockin’ again”.
Oliver begs to differ as he described Kushner...
- 5/4/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In the middle of a crisis, it can be difficult to comprehend the full scope of the failures that brought the nation to its knees. To reframe the coronavirus pandemic, and the Trump administration’s catastrophic response, Rolling Stone presents here a timeline.
It shows that the pandemic was not a “black swan” event — some unforeseeable tragedy. Rather, a global pandemic of this sort has been predicted for decades, and indeed previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat, had sought to prepare the country for just such an outbreak. Yet upon taking office,...
It shows that the pandemic was not a “black swan” event — some unforeseeable tragedy. Rather, a global pandemic of this sort has been predicted for decades, and indeed previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat, had sought to prepare the country for just such an outbreak. Yet upon taking office,...
- 4/15/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
George Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead is one of the few films of its kind that not only doesn’t kill the token black character first, but makes him the protagonist. Still, after surviving the flesh-eating undead for nearly two hours, the hero dies at the end. I first saw the film when I was a teenager. It was shortly after the young actor who played Ben, Duane Jones, died of cardiopulmonary arrest. He was only 51.
African Americans are quite used to seeing our own die early,...
African Americans are quite used to seeing our own die early,...
- 4/10/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
In the fight against corona, one statement shook the world and showed how severe the pandemic is. Alex Azar, an attorney and pharmaceutical lobbyist, said that if the vaccine of the virus came out, there was no assurance that will be affordable to all, this was according to The Verge. He also testified before the senate the dangers that the disease posed. Azar played a crucial role in creating awareness of the looming pandemic. Judging by the impact of the virus’ outbreak, chances are that there will be movies about it. Alex will be a crucial feature in the film
Five Actors Who Should Play Alex Azar in a Movie...
Five Actors Who Should Play Alex Azar in a Movie...
- 4/5/2020
- by Dana Hanson-Firestone
- TVovermind.com
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the rest of the nation is focusing on staying healthy and social distancing, anti-abortion politicians and movement leaders have been doing the only thing they know — pursuing an agenda to shut down abortion clinics. Capitalizing on the mantra to never let a crisis go to waste, they are succeeding in ways they never could, absent the global public-health nightmare.
The chief vehicle they have been using is shutting down what they deem nonessential health care. By now, most people are familiar with orders from mayors...
The chief vehicle they have been using is shutting down what they deem nonessential health care. By now, most people are familiar with orders from mayors...
- 3/25/2020
- by David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe
- Rollingstone.com
After skewering the clip of former presidential candidate Tom Steyer dancing with rapper Juvenile to his song “Back That Azz Up”, John Oliver did a deep dive into the coronavirus on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight and how the world — specifically Donald Trump — has been responding to the virus which is will more than likely spread across the world even more than it already has.
With confirmed deaths, stock markets plummeting and misinformation spreading like wildfire, there is a lot to unpack about coronavirus. First off, Oliver pointed out that you cannot get rid of the virus by gargling bleach — which is something people have been actually saying. More importantly, you cannot catch it by eating Chinese food, which is an ignorant claim.
There is a 2% mortality rate and although it may seem like a low number, it is a lot and he compares it to the...
With confirmed deaths, stock markets plummeting and misinformation spreading like wildfire, there is a lot to unpack about coronavirus. First off, Oliver pointed out that you cannot get rid of the virus by gargling bleach — which is something people have been actually saying. More importantly, you cannot catch it by eating Chinese food, which is an ignorant claim.
There is a 2% mortality rate and although it may seem like a low number, it is a lot and he compares it to the...
- 3/2/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump named Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the government’s response to the coronavirus this week, raising immediate concerns because of how the former governor of Indiana mishandled an HIV outbreak in the state during his tenure.
Following Trump’s Wednesday press conference on the coronavirus, candidate Bernie Sanders ridiculed the president’s handling of the epidemic thus far, as well as the appointment of Pence to lead the government’s efforts to contain it.
Sanders tweeted, “Trump’s plan for the coronavirus so far,” then listed...
Following Trump’s Wednesday press conference on the coronavirus, candidate Bernie Sanders ridiculed the president’s handling of the epidemic thus far, as well as the appointment of Pence to lead the government’s efforts to contain it.
Sanders tweeted, “Trump’s plan for the coronavirus so far,” then listed...
- 2/27/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday issued a warning that the coronavirus is likely to break out in the United States. “It’s not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country any more but a question of when this will happen,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, according to the New York Times.
“We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad,” Messonnier added.
The warning isn’t...
“We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad,” Messonnier added.
The warning isn’t...
- 2/25/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The spread of the Coronavirus – labeled a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization Thursday and routing the stock market heading into the weekend – is credit negative for U.S. media and entertainment companies, according to a report out by Moody’s this week.
Markets swooned Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling more than 600 points, or 2%, on fears that the virus would have far-reaching implications for the global economy.
The Moody’s report was came out Wed. before the U.S. had its first instance of human-to-human contagion (versus catching it from abroad) and when cases numbered 6,200. In the two days since, the closely watched toll stands at 10,000 with more than 200 deaths, all of the fatalities in China so far.
U.S. health officials have quarantined 195 people evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar called the...
Markets swooned Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling more than 600 points, or 2%, on fears that the virus would have far-reaching implications for the global economy.
The Moody’s report was came out Wed. before the U.S. had its first instance of human-to-human contagion (versus catching it from abroad) and when cases numbered 6,200. In the two days since, the closely watched toll stands at 10,000 with more than 200 deaths, all of the fatalities in China so far.
U.S. health officials have quarantined 195 people evacuated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar called the...
- 1/31/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
President Trump laid into Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar over decisions made by his administration regarding the ban on most flavored e-cigarettes.
According to Axios, citing two sources, the president called Azar during an Oval Office meeting with campaign advisers when the issue of health care came up and said, “I should never have done that fucking vaping thing.” The New York Times also reported about the president lashing out at Azar and using the expletive.
Axios goes on to report that Trump has not changed his mind...
According to Axios, citing two sources, the president called Azar during an Oval Office meeting with campaign advisers when the issue of health care came up and said, “I should never have done that fucking vaping thing.” The New York Times also reported about the president lashing out at Azar and using the expletive.
Axios goes on to report that Trump has not changed his mind...
- 1/18/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a ban on most flavored vaping cartridges in an attempt to check e-cigarette use among teenagers and children.
In a press release, the Fda said the ban covers fruit and mint flavors, leaving manufacturers only able to produce tobacco or menthol-flavored vaping cartridges. Companies that “do not cease manufacture, distribution and sale of unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes… within 30 days risk Fda enforcement actions,” the statement read.
However, as The Associated Press noted, the new policy will specifically target flavored e-cigarette cartridges or pods.
In a press release, the Fda said the ban covers fruit and mint flavors, leaving manufacturers only able to produce tobacco or menthol-flavored vaping cartridges. Companies that “do not cease manufacture, distribution and sale of unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes… within 30 days risk Fda enforcement actions,” the statement read.
However, as The Associated Press noted, the new policy will specifically target flavored e-cigarette cartridges or pods.
- 1/2/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
WarnerMedia, CBS and Viacom on Wednesday said they would no longer accept advertisements for e-cigarettes and e-cigarette products. Collectively, those three companies represent more than half of that category’s advertising spend.
According to data from ad-tracking firm iSpot.tv, e-cigarette brands including Juul and Vuse have spent $57 million on TV advertising this year. WarnerMedia, CBS and Viacom collectively represent 54% of that ad spend with $30.8 million through Sept. 17. WarnerMedia networks have been biggest recipient with $15.07 million in ad dollars, with Viacom garnering $10.6 million. CBS, which has only taken advertising from Juul, has brought in $5.1 million.
Along with those three, media companies including A+E Networks and Discovery represent the other 47% of networks that have taken ad dollars from e-cigarette companies. Juul, which has come under fire for marketing towards minors — including a congressional probe — has by itself spent $30.4 million since it began buying TV commercials on Jan. 7. A representative for the...
According to data from ad-tracking firm iSpot.tv, e-cigarette brands including Juul and Vuse have spent $57 million on TV advertising this year. WarnerMedia, CBS and Viacom collectively represent 54% of that ad spend with $30.8 million through Sept. 17. WarnerMedia networks have been biggest recipient with $15.07 million in ad dollars, with Viacom garnering $10.6 million. CBS, which has only taken advertising from Juul, has brought in $5.1 million.
Along with those three, media companies including A+E Networks and Discovery represent the other 47% of networks that have taken ad dollars from e-cigarette companies. Juul, which has come under fire for marketing towards minors — including a congressional probe — has by itself spent $30.4 million since it began buying TV commercials on Jan. 7. A representative for the...
- 9/19/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Television and streaming channels owned by WarnerMedia, CBS and Viacom will no longer run ads for e-cigarettes or e-cigarette products, including for industry powerhouse Juul, the companies said Wednesday.
Representatives for WarnerMedia and CBS and Viacom did not immediately respond to requests for further comment from TheWrap. But in a statement provided to CNBC,which first reported the news, a WarnerMedia spokesperson said the company “reserves the right to withdraw advertising from its platforms at its discretion. Given warnings from the Cdc, the Ama and the American Lung Association to consumers, our company has revised its policies regarding e-cigarette advertising, and will no longer accept advertising for this category. We will continue to monitor the investigations by relevant medical agencies and may re-evaluate our position as new facts come to light.”
WarnerMedia-owned CNN announced last week it would no longer run ads for e-cigarette products. The announcement Wednesday covers all other WarnerMedia channels.
Representatives for WarnerMedia and CBS and Viacom did not immediately respond to requests for further comment from TheWrap. But in a statement provided to CNBC,which first reported the news, a WarnerMedia spokesperson said the company “reserves the right to withdraw advertising from its platforms at its discretion. Given warnings from the Cdc, the Ama and the American Lung Association to consumers, our company has revised its policies regarding e-cigarette advertising, and will no longer accept advertising for this category. We will continue to monitor the investigations by relevant medical agencies and may re-evaluate our position as new facts come to light.”
WarnerMedia-owned CNN announced last week it would no longer run ads for e-cigarette products. The announcement Wednesday covers all other WarnerMedia channels.
- 9/19/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Vaping has become a topic of controversy lately as underage use has exploded while evidence has suggested that incessantly inhaling vaporous substances may not be as harmless to one’s health as the public thought. President Trump weighed in for the first time on Wednesday, telling reporters at the White House that he’s aware of the issue, and that, like with every other problem plaguing the United States that he may or may not decide to address, he’s looking into it very strongly.
“Vaping has become a very big business,...
“Vaping has become a very big business,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Anti-abortion crusader Scott Lloyd has been removed from the top post at the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirms to Rolling Stone. Lloyd, who became infamous for blocking migrant teens in his custody from receiving abortions, is being transferred to Hhs’s Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives, where he will focus on outreach to community-based and faith-based partners.
Hhs Secretary Alex Azar came under mounting pressure to remove Lloyd from the position after internal emails and depositions made public as part of...
Hhs Secretary Alex Azar came under mounting pressure to remove Lloyd from the position after internal emails and depositions made public as part of...
- 11/19/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Scott Lloyd, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, had virtually no experience working with displaced populations before the Trump administration put him in charge of the agency responsible for helping tens of thousands of refugees settle in the U.S. every year, not to mention the care of the more than 10,000 children who arrive in the country alone.
And that lack of experience has shown in his job performance. Under Lloyd, the number of children in custody has reached an all time high and the number of days those...
And that lack of experience has shown in his job performance. Under Lloyd, the number of children in custody has reached an all time high and the number of days those...
- 11/14/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Attending Monday’s swearing in of new Hhs Secretary Alex Azar, President Donald Trump got asked about his first State of the Union Address scheduled for next day. “I hope it’s going to be good; we’ve worked really hard on it,” Trump told reporters. It will cover a “lot of territory,” he said, including “our great success with the markets and the tax cut.” “It’s a big speech, an important speech,” Trump added modestly, before revealing basic plot points and likely one or…...
- 1/29/2018
- Deadline TV
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