Battle over coronavirus rules and reopenings across US is increasingly partisan, and bitter
Urged on by President Donald Trump, Republican officials in several swing states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, are ramping up pressure on Democratic governors to move faster on reopening their economies, despite experts’ warnings of a surge in infections and deaths.
The mounting pressure comes as the number of jobless Americans continues to grow across the nation. Nearly 3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to new figures released Thursday by the Labor Department, bringing the total number of claims to 36 million since the coronavirus outbreak began.
Meanwhile, the death toll from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continues to climb. More than 85,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. And more than 1.4 million people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the university reports.
The battle over stay-at-home orders and the pace of allowing businesses to reopen has taken an increasingly partisan bent.
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God knows they might have to pawn one of their guns if we don't open everything up.
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at least in the US.
