As the coronavirus pandemic surges through the Deep South, Mississippi mayors are scrambling to institute public-safety measures despite resistance from Governor Tate Reeves.
Although ICE issued a statement saying that it would not carry out “enforcement operations” at health-care facilities, many immigrants remain frightened and are unsure whom to trust.
The President has continued to recommend a combination of drugs that are unproven in fighting the novel coronavirus and are known to cause dangerous side effects.
The first wave of concern about hospitals in the pandemic has been about their capacity to absorb the coming surge of patients. But how can we prevent them from becoming sites of transmission themselves?
A critical shortage of swabs and other testing components is, in many cases, making it impossible for labs across the country to expand their capacity.