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Eugene

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 02:41 AM Jul 2020

Elected officials blame rush to reopen as coronavirus cases hit record for 27th day

Source: Washington Post

Live updates: Elected officials blame rush to reopen as coronavirus cases hit record for 27th day

By Antonia Noori Farzan and Katie Shepherd
7/6/2020, 2:24:09 a.m.

With the number of coronavirus cases soaring in the United States, many elected officials are beginning to acknowledge that rushing to reopen was a mistake. Alarming indicators continued to mount over the Fourth of July weekend, with the rolling seven-day average for daily new cases hitting a record high for the 27th day in a row on Sunday.

“We’re right back where we were at the peak of the epidemic during the New York outbreak,” former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday, during an interview with “Face the Nation” on CBS.

To date, nearly 2.9 million coronavirus cases have been reported nationwide. At least 127,000 Americans have died of the virus.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/06/coronavirus-live-updates-us/
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Elected officials blame rush to reopen as coronavirus cases hit record for 27th day (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2020 OP
Duh Rstrstx Jul 2020 #1
In other news, water is wet. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #2
Nothing will get better until we have a new POTUS. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #3
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