Some communities around the country are loosening stay-at-home orders. “Health officials say that all of this mixed messaging is confusing, but everyone seems to agree that social distancing and wearing a mask must continue,” Clayton_Sandell reports.
7:41 a.m.: WHO official says false-positive tests caused by dead lung cells in recovering COVID patients
6:44 a.m.: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks about government's contingency plan if he died from his coronavirus infection "I was told I had to go into St Thomas’. I said I really didn’t want to go into hospital. It didn’t seem to me to be a good move but they were pretty adamant. Looking back, they were right to force me to go,” Johnson said in the interview. “They had a strategy to deal with a ‘death of Stalin’-type scenario. It was a tough old moment, I won’t deny it.”“The bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe,” he said. “That was when it got a bit .
One of those contingencies is delaying the season until mid-October, according to the Sports Business Journal. Playing games in empty stadiums and eliminating bye weeks have also been discussed as potential options on the table. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced last week that he will not accept a salary during the pandemic.
"It is further distressing that these people, while exercising their believed rights, put others at risk," McNickle said in a statement."As mentioned, there is clear medical evidence the face coverings prevent COVID-19 spread; they are recommended by both the CDC and the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The wearing of face coverings is little inconvenience to protect both the wearer and anyone with whom they have contact.
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