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Americans could become an inveterate drunkard while imprisoned in their homes
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While US authorities are fighting the coronavirus pandemic and are restricting everything they can, people drown their loneliness at the bottom of the bottle. According to official information, over the past week, sales of alcoholic beverages increased by 55 percent. "Spirits like tequila, gin and pre-mixed cocktails led the way, with sales jumping 75% compared to the same period last year. Wine sales were up 66% while beer sales rose 42%. And online sales far outpaced in-store sales, says research firm Nielsen, according to Associated Press. New York, experiencing th...
The US Labor Department reported that the number of unemployed exceeded 6.5 million people
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One week has passed since the historic unemployment record was doubled. According to Labor Department, a total of more than 10 million people have applied for unemployment insurance. The US economy continues to crumble and experts agree that before it reaches the peak of the US pandemic, it is likely that everything will get worse. “Sadly, this probably still underestimates the actual numbers because of the overload in the systems and not every call getting through,” said Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, according to CNBC. “Even if we’re a...
Pentagon has requested the supply of 100 thousand body bags
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The US government is gearing up for the worst case scenario. After the sad predictions of a number of experts and President Donald Trump that the losses from the coronavirus could amount to more than 200 thousand people, the Pentagon began to look for 100 thousand body bags. After the epidemic began methodically mowing the population of New York down, the government immediately began to mobilize all the morgues, with the expectation of accepting 900 dead bodies daily. Now that additional floating hospitals have arrived in New York, and people have not stopped dying, the...
The mayor of Georgia abrogates the social distancing ban but at the same time brings 150 additional policemen to the streets of the city
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Georgia Mayor Troy Brumbalow on Wednesday announced the termination of the ban on social distancing, despite the fact that more than 4.5 thousand people were infected and nearly 140 died. "While the intent of the order was to protect the public from the spread of COVID-19, it is obvious that a large portion of our public doesn't want government mandating the recommendations of public health officials," the statement says. As many citizens have observed, increasing the number of police officers in the streets will only worsen the situation and turn cities into concentra...
Media ignores US President's pandemic briefings because they consider them useless
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The largest US media have noted the complete futility of Donald Trump's pandemic briefings. Many stopped sending their correspondents and even stopped broadcasting events online. Business Insider believes that the blame is not only for several identified cases of coronavirus from White House correspondents, but also because Trump uses distraction tactics. It consists in diverting the attention of viewers from the immediate topic of the briefing. Trump implodes when faced with the facts from @yamiche: "You should be saying congratulations." Why is testing not on par wi...
Firearm sales nearly double due to coronavirus pandemic
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The unpreparedness of the US government for the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Americans to take care of their defense. As many states continue to release violent criminals, remove the police from the streets, and forbid people from leaving their homes, people began to use the Second Amendment of the Constitution more actively. According to official information, in March alone, the Americans acquired nearly two and a half million units of firearms. According to experts, this surge was triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the analysis was conducted by Small Arms Analytics...
People believe that the swastikas on the walls of the Florida office of Bernie Sanders "fake"
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After a tweet appeared on Twitter yesterday with photos of swastikas on the walls of the Florida campaign office of Bernie Sanders, some users doubted that this was not rigged. According to Twitter users, Sanders’s assistant is behind everything, but no evidence has been provided. “Didn’t know if we should share, but one of our grassroots Bernie offices in Florida was vandalized with swastikas. Sheriff sent a team to clean it up. But Bernie is just another old white man, right?” Twitter post said. This is not the first time when presidential candidate Bernie Sanders h...
NY Central Park Converted to Coronavirus Victim Mobile Hospital
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At the moment, large-scale work is underway in the central park to build a field hospital for those infected with coronavirus. According to official information, the hospital will be able to provide beds for up to 70 people. Incredible sight. Emergency field hospital being built in Central Park. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/M5fX6rOTIe — Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) March 30, 2020 Construction began on Sunday morning and is expected to be completed on Tuesday. "Workers with the North Carolina based Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse began constructing a 6...
Leading infectious disease specialist predicts up to 200 thousand deaths from coronavirus in the USA
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As of today, the United States tops the ranking with the highest number of infected COVID-19. Amid this information, The U.S. government’s foremost infection disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, made a forecast according to which the number of deaths will reach from 100 to 200 thousand people at the peak of the pandemic. At the moment, more than 120 thousand people are already infected and more than 2 thousand people have died, and statistics are constantly updated with new cases. Fauci also mentioned a new policy of canceling social distancing in regions that were minim...