“It will probably, unfortunately get worse before it gets better.”The return to presidential coronavirus briefings — abandoned in late April after Trump drew ridicule for musing on the potential for injecting coronavirus patients with household disinfectant — was part of a concerted bid to take back control of the message. Polls also show his response to the pandemic driving voters strongly in the direction of opponent Joe Biden in the presidential election, due in just over 100 days. Tuesday’s version was succinct at less than half an hour and he mostly kept to the White House talking points. But it is unknown whether Trump will resist using the platform in the future to return to his more usual divisive rhetoric. #RIGGEDELECTION.”The global havoc from the coronavirus pandemic was underlined on Tuesday with Mexico, which has the fourth highest death toll in the world, recording its 40,000th fatality.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 22, 2020 01:41 UTC