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Wed. May 27, 2020
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100,000 Lives Lost to Covid-19. What Did They Teach Us?
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Each person who has died of COVID-19 was somebody’s everything. Even as we mourn for those we knew, cry for those we loved and consider those who have died uncounted, the full tragedy of the pandemic hinges on one question: How do we stop the next 100,000?
by Caroline Chen
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Coronavirus Contracts: Tracking Federal Purchases to Fight the Pandemic
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Democratic Congressman Calls for Probe Into Former White House Official’s $3 Million Mask Deal
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by Ian MacDougall
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Nike Turned Away a Public Health Official From Its Warehouse Days After a Worker With COVID-19 Died
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The Health Department received a complaint that a Nike warehouse wasn’t being cleaned thoroughly or allowing for social distancing. Its inspector wasn’t allowed inside. Twenty-one workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Nike’s Memphis locations.
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Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
by Yeganeh Torbati and Derek Willis
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