Progressive USA

02/22/2021

"Cruz’s error is not that he was shirking a duty he knew he should have been performing. It’s that he couldn’t think of any way he could use his power as a U.S. senator to help Texans in need."

The senator’s error is not that he was deliberately shirking his duty, but that he couldn’t think of any way he could help.

02/12/2021

Making up for lost time. Good news from President Biden!

"We've now purchased enough vaccine supplies to vaccinate all Americans," Biden said on Thursday. "Now we're working to get those vaccines into the arms of millions of people."

10/15/2020

A supreme failure of leadership by President Trump.

Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says.

10/12/2020

Listen to the scientists.

Editors at the world’s leading medical journal said the Trump administration “took a crisis and turned it into a tragedy.”

09/19/2020

Rest in Power Justice Ginsberg. She gave all she could. It's our turn.

08/26/2020

“This makes no sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of transmission. We need MORE testing, not less.” - Dr. Leana Wen, public health professor at George Washington University and former health commissioner of Baltimore.

"This makes no sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of transmission," Dr. Leana Wen, the former health commissioner of Baltimore, said in a tweet. "We need MORE testing, not less."

08/02/2020

Oh snap.

07/30/2020

More than 150 prominent US medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and others have signed a letter urging political leaders to shut down the country and start over to contain the surging coronavirus pandemic.

More than 150 prominent US medical experts, scientists and others signed a letter to political leaders urging them to shut down the country and start over to contain the surging coronavirus pandemic.

06/25/2020

It sure is.

For all of the words that have been written and spoken about -- and by -- Donald Trump, it's often difficult to put a finger on what makes his presidency so incredibly abnormal.

05/23/2020

05/01/2020

Thank you Sen. Warren for sponsoring a bill to give FEMA control over supplying medical equipment to states. Trump's laissez-faire approach has forced states to bid against each other and use the military to safeguard scarce resources. (source: Politico)

04/22/2020

Rick Bright told The New York Times he was removed as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) because he limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, two drugs that President Trump repeatedly pushed as potential cures without evidence.

The former head of the federal office that will be at the forefront of developing a cure for COVID-19 said he was forced out after he prioritized science instead of promoting unproven treatments.