April 7, 2020 News Clips - Georgetown University

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“It breaks my heart that Americans who get sick enough to need [ventilators] won’t know what desperate situations they face, nor will they understand what ventilators can do to help, and what they can never fix. As hard as the facts may be, knowledge will make us less afraid.”

Dr. Kathryn Dreger, clinical assistant professor of medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

What You Should Know Before You Need a Ventilator, The New York Times, April 7, 2020

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The New York Times – What You Should Know Before You Need a Ventilator (Kathryn Dreger)
Huff Post – Dr. Fauci Warned In 2017 Of ‘Surprise Outbreak’ During Trump Administration (Anthony Fauci)
Project Syndicate – A Letter to G20 Governments (Deus Bazira)
Spectrum News 1 – Design Professionals Making Gowns and Masks for Medical Workers (GUMC)
Orlando Centennial – Graduates were set to enter rosy job market. After coronavirus downturn, they face ‘tragic moment’ to start careers (Anthony Carneval)
Cheddar – 35,000 Vietnam War Deaths Ended a Presidency. Can Trump Survive 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths? (Mark Rom)
The Hill – Trump confronts most difficult week yet in coronavirus battle (Lawrence Gostin)
Galveston County The Daily News – We should celebrate, not scorn, the dissenters (Lawrence Gostin)
Fox 5 DC – WANADA helps local hospitals amid coronavirus outbreak (GUMC)
Yahoo! Finance – The Army Corps of Engineers Adds Virus Prep to Its Long List of Specialties (Tim Frazier)
The Hill – The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Dybul interview; Boris Johnson update (Mark Dybul)
The Guam Daily Post – States aren’t fighting this common enemy as a team (Lawrence Gostin)
News 4 Jax – 165 VIPs urge 20 economic powers for billions for COVID-19 (Deus Bazira)
Law and Crime – Justice Up for Re-Election Urged Wisconsin to Go Out and Vote, Then His Court Kept Election on Schedule (Marty Lederman)
The Hill – Hillicon Valley: Coronavirus tracking sparks surveillance concerns | Target delivery workers plan Tuesday walkout | Federal agency expedites mail-in voting funds to states | YouTube cracks down on 5G conspiracy videos (Gigi Sohn)
The Hechinger Report – Stripped of graduation and end-of-year rituals, new generation of college seniors instead face dismal job market (Kaitlin Hughes)
The Hill – Here’s what you need to know about hydroxychloroquine (Jesse Goodman)
MEHR News Agency – Coronavirus outbreak casts doubt on Trump’s victory: intl. Analysts (Mehran Kemrava) (Paul Pillar)

Title: April 7, 2020 News Clips

“It breaks my heart that Americans who get sick enough to need [ventilators] won’t know what desperate situations they face, nor will they understand what ventilators can do to help, and what they can never fix. As hard as the facts may be, knowledge will make us less afraid.”