Americans are living through a split-screen pandemic: Their leaders are relaxing restrictions while their states set records for new coronavirus infections. Trump said testing for the virus is "overrated" and that the surge of confirmed cases only "makes us look bad." The true picture may be even worse than indicated by state health department websites. In Florida, the staffer who built the state's coronavirus dashboard claims she was fired for refusing to comply with orders to tamper with the numbers. Maricopa County, the state's largest, has been hardest hit, and health officials there have tied the new cases to its reopening.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2020 07:27 UTC