WSJ: Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis puts virus at center of campaign: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-positive-test-puts-coronavirus-even-more-at-center-of-campaign-11601657690 .
WSJ: Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis creates more election uncertainty: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-positive-coronavirus-test-moves-campaign-deeper-into-unknown-territory-11601654402 .
WSJ: Mask gamble fails: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-his-aides-have-long-downplayed-importance-of-face-masks-distancing-11601655164 .
WSJ: World leaders contracting COVID-19: https://www.wsj.com/articles/world-leaders-who-have-had-covid-19-11601650328 . At 74, Trump is the oldest world leader to have contracted COVID-19. The other 9 in this slideshow range in age from 45 to 66.
WSJ: Contact tracing the President: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tracking-trumps-movements-a-coronavirus-briefing-a-debate-campaign-stops-11601652398 .
WSJ: Political effects of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-now-what-11601637705 .
WSJ: Medical effects of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment options: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-and-president-trump-what-scientists-know-about-effects-on-the-body-treatments-11601669079 .
Trump has fever, shortness of breath: https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/president-trump-has-fever-shortness-of-breath-at-walter-reed-hospital/ . Shortness of breath is a worrying symptom suggesting lung involvement. The official line of “mild case” may be misleading depending on the severity of this symptom. The most useful data for assessing this symptom’s severity would be blood oxygen level. More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-y4k0KIv8E .
WSJ: White House remote work challenges during Trump’s illness and treatment: https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-faces-remote-work-security-challenges-as-trump-treated-for-covid-19-11601683250 .
Trump receives Regeneron’s experimental polyclonal antibody treatment: https://www.vox.com/2020/10/2/21499349/donald-trump-covid-19-positive-regeneron-treatment-coronavirus-walter-reed . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-weight-age-gender-make-severe-covid-19-more-likely-11601660627 .
WSJ: Trump moved to Walter Reed: https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-trump-and-first-lady-melania-test-positive-for-the-coronavirus-11601639968 .
Here is a Kaiser Foundation article from September 30 (before Trump’s diagnosis) about COVID-19 as a pre-existing condition: https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/is-covid-19-a-pre-existing-condition-what-could-happen-if-the-aca-is-overturned/ . The litigation against the ACA has become increasingly ironic.
US vaccination priority plans: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/02/covid-vaccine-expert-panel-lays-out-which-americans-get-first-nih-cdc/5887107002/ .
WSJ: McConnell refuses delay in Supreme Court confirmation process: https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-republicans-say-coronavirus-wont-delay-supreme-court-nomination-11601649999 . At least two Republican Judiciary Committee members, Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, have also been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Tillis is up for re-election and trails his Democratic opponent, Cal Cunningham.
Was the Rose Garden event for Amy Coney Barrett a super-spreader event? Kellyanne Conway also tests positive: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/kellyanne-conway-covid-19-rose-garden-event .
WSJ: White House objects to FDA vaccine approval process: https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-takes-issue-with-fdas-plans-for-authorizing-a-covid-19-vaccine-11601663139 .
WSJ: Global round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-10-02-2020-11601627841 .
WSJ: Democrats offer airline relief aid: https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-to-move-forward-with-pandemic-relief-for-airline-workers-11601656393 . Markets drop on Trump illness, rebound on airline relief aid offer: https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-10-02-2020-11601619637 .
WSJ: Jobs recovery sputters: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-jobs-recovery-is-sputtering-11601656955 . More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/september-jobs-report-unemployment-rate-2020-11601593020 .
WSJ: Long-term unemployment growing: https://www.wsj.com/articles/long-term-unemployment-poses-rising-risk-to-the-economy-11601652449 .
WSJ: The hog backlog: https://www.wsj.com/graphics/iowa-pig-farmer-coronavirus/ . This slideshow has informative content and nice graphics.
WSJ: COVID-19 fells Times Square: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-covid-broke-times-square-the-heart-of-new-yorks-economy-11601656831 .
WSJ: Moderna got early support from hedge-fund manager: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-millionaire-who-gave-moderna-a-shot-11601650821 .
The Mein Schiff 6 “false alarm”: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/09/28/covid-19-tui-cruise-12-crew-members-test-positive/3559971001/ . Here is this newsletter’s initial report, where the accuracy of the test was questioned. Just sayin’ …
WSJ: Latin America: COVID-19 cases in decline: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-covid-19-cases-started-to-decline-in-hard-hit-latin-america-11601631002 .
WSJ: Turkey: COVID-19 data excludes asymptomatic cases: https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkeys-covid-19-figures-questioned-after-asymptomatic-cases-omitted-11601669713 .
WSJ: Private equity firms to acquire Wilshire Associates: https://www.wsj.com/articles/wilshire-associates-agrees-to-sale-to-private-equity-firms-11601647200 .
WSJ: WeChat ban lift ruling appealed: https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-appeals-injunction-against-wechat-11601663698 .
WSJ: Arizona voting rules added to Supreme Court docket: https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-to-review-arizona-voting-rules-11601647329 .
WSJ: Texas voting changes challenged: https://www.wsj.com/articles/groups-sue-texas-governor-over-reductions-in-ballot-drop-off-locations-11601661497 . You would think voter suppression would be illegal, but you’d be wrong.
WSJ: Bipartisan group advocating trust in voting: https://www.wsj.com/articles/bipartisan-former-senate-leaders-cabinet-secretaries-aim-to-shore-up-trust-in-vote-11601631001 .
WSJ: Voting technology: https://www.wsj.com/articles/voting-by-phone-the-promise-and-peril-of-digital-ballots-11601636414 .
WSJ: COVID-19 upends NFL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nfl-scrambles-to-close-holes-in-covid-defense-after-titans-outbreak-11601654510 . The non-bubble approach is not working in major league sports.
WSJ: Athletes conquer distance: https://www.wsj.com/articles/athletes-are-conquering-distance-sports-will-never-be-the-same-11601632801 .