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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

President Trump shook hands in February 29th with a man who had direct contact with a

person who later tested positive for COVID-19. The White House states that the president had no

direct contact with the infected person and has no symptoms. However, Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Paul Gosar are under self-quarantine

after interaction with the infected person. In related news, Christchurch, Georgetown suspended services last Sunday

after its rector, Reverend Thomas Cole, was diagnosed with coronavirus at the hospital Saturday evening.

This is the first time the church has closed since a fire in the 1800s.

Health officials are asking hundreds of people who had potential contact with Reverend Cole to

self-quarantine. Closer to home for me, the county where I live now apparently has its first case of

coronavirus. A man in his 30s traveled to California and is self-quarantined at home with his family,

while additional testing is done. The president and the White House Coronavirus Task Force held a

press conference yesterday evening, in which they announced

economic steps intended to assist those who are at financial risk, especially those who cannot

afford to miss work. They also announced practical ways Americans can protect themselves and others

from the spread of the disease.

As the epidemic spreads across the U.S. and the world, fear is spreading as well.

This is a new disease to humans, thus the novel coronavirus description.

As a result, we have no acquired immunities such as we have developed to existing flu strains.

There are also no approved vaccines or therapies for coronavirus, as there are for flu, and its

death rate at present stands at 3.4%, compared with far less than 1% for those infected

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