Coronavirus Wrongful Death Claim Headlines

For each person who dies of Covid-19, experts say there are at least nine newly bereaved. We must begin to address the toll. By Allison Gilbert Ms. Gilbert is an author who writes extensively about grief and resilience. Her latest book is “Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive.” The end of the Covid-19 crisis in the United States is in sight, thanks to effective vaccines being deployed on a massive scale. But the still growing death toll will leave behind millions of bereaved people, wracked by the suffering that the loss of a loved one can bring. This is a … [Read more...] about The Grief Crisis Is Coming

National security adviser says it is imperative World Health Organization report be free of China’s intervention The Wall Street Journal By Alex Leary Feb. 13, 2021 11:53 am ET WASHINGTON—The Biden administration issued a formal statement criticizing China over refusing to provide World Health Organization pandemic investigators with data on early Covid-19 cases that could help explain how the virus spread. “We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the Covid-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them,” … [Read more...] about U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ Over China Withholding Data From Pandemic Investigators

WHO team scrutinizing cases of 90 patients with coronavirus-like symptoms in October 2019, two months before Beijing acknowledged first infections The Wall Street Journal By Drew Hinshaw, Jeremy Page and Betsy McKay Updated Feb. 10, 2021 7:00 pm ET BEIJING—About 90 people were hospitalized with Covid-19-like symptoms in central China in the two months before the disease was first identified in Wuhan in late 2019, according to World Health Organization investigators, who said they pressed Beijing to allow further testing to determine whether the new virus was … [Read more...] about Possible Early Covid-19 Cases in China Emerge During WHO Mission

The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy. The New Yorker A Reporter at Large January 4 & 11, 2021 Issue By Lawrence Wright December 28, 2020 1. “An Evolving Situation” There are three moments in the yearlong catastrophe of the covid-19 pandemic when events might have turned out differently. The first occurred on January 3, 2020, when Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke with George Fu Gao, the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which was … [Read more...] about The Plague Year

Times Union Chris Bragg Jan. 11, 2021Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 10:25 a.m. ALBANY — After months of furor from mourning families, the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo issued a report in July absolving itself of blame for thousands of COVID-19-related deaths at nursing homes in New York. Although Cuomo portrayed the findings as definitive proof, six months later, his administration is refusing to back up the findings by providing copies of the records that were the basis of the report’s conclusions. In response to a written request from the Times Union, the administration … [Read more...] about Cuomo administration conceals records behind controversial nursing home study