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In the category of: Innovation
James Dyson designed a new ventilator in 10 days. He’s making 15,000 for the pandemic fight
Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country’s National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients.
In the category of: Get it done
Pelosi vows quick House passage of Senate stimulus Friday
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that the House will move quickly on Friday to move the Senate’s massive, $2 trillion coronavirus relief package through the lower chamber and on to President Trump, who has vowed to sign it immediately.
While a number of House lawmakers — conservatives and liberals alike — are grumbling about both the process and content of the mammoth stimulus bill, Pelosi predicted smooth sailing through the lower chamber with broad support from both parties.
“I feel certain that we will have a strong bipartisan vote,” she told reporters in the Capitol.
Pelosi had initially pushed to pass the bill by unanimous consent, a procedure precluding the need to call lawmakers back to the Capitol to lodge their votes amid rising concerns over travel and crowding.
But some lawmakers have objected to the notion of passing such an enormous spending bill — the largest in the nation’s history — without the opportunity to debate it on the floor and register their complaints.
In the category of: It’s not malaria
It might not be the “game changer” Covid-19 treatment the president promised.
“HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine,” he tweeted Saturday.
Trump’s boosting has sent many Americans clamoring for the drug, creating shortages for patients who need it, including those with autoimmune disorders who are inherently vulnerable to Covid-19, and encouraging people to self-medicate without understanding the potential benefits or risks.
A man in Arizona died after he and his wife drank a poisonous fish tank cleaner that contained the same active ingredient; his wife said she recognized the chemical name when Trump talked about hydroxychloroquine on TV.
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