Month: May 2020

Bearing Witness to Climate Change May 2020

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released new data last week that supports their prediction that 2020 will rank as one of the two warmest years ever recorded.  Daily CO2 levels, measured in Hawaii, were 418 ppm, the highest in at least 3… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Climate Change May 2020”

Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 17-23

Read about President Trump’s handling of the pandemic crisis this past week including news about: the President taking a drug not approved or recommended by his own FDA, driving out the head of the global health agency working to help nations of the world… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 17-23”

Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 17-23 2020

President Trump once again stuns the nation in his behavior during the pandemic national crisis. This time by claiming he is taking the anti-malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, to ward off COVID-19. This is a drug that national health officials say is not proven to be… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 17-23 2020”

Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 10-16

Week of May 10-16, 2020 Read more in this past week’s Bearing Witness to the Pandemic for Trump’s ongoing dismal leadership of the health emergency including: his claim that he has “met the moment” and “prevailed”, a visit to a mask-distribution center where once… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 10-16”

Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 3-9

Week of May 3-9, 2020 Read about the Trump administration’s performance this week in combating the COVID-19 pandemic including: the failure in testing and why he thinks it is no longer needed, his upward expectations for the final American death count, a shameless but… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 3-9”

Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 10-16 2020

The week starts with over 78,000 deaths and 1.3 million confirmed cases in the US and over 280,000 fatalities from 4 million cases worldwide. But there is some good news as finally, hospital admissions and daily death counts have started to decline. Americans take… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 10-16 2020”

Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 3-9 2020

Week of May 3-9, 2020 The week begins with over 68,000 fatalities from COVID-19 recorded in America from just over 1.2 million cases. And these are just the confirmed cases. The death to confirmed infected ratio of 4-6% has not budged much at a… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 3-9 2020”

Bearing Witness to Trump Month 39

Week of March 30 – April 4, 2020 The new week and next month begins with deaths from the pandemic continuing to rise around the globe and in the United States where it has sadly surpassed 1,000 in New York alone. There are now… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 39”

Bearing Witness to the Pandemic April 2020

Week of March 30, 2020 The week begins with 140,000 cases and 2,400 deaths in the US. Deaths from the pandemic continue to rise around the globe and at home where it has sadly surpassed 1,000 in New York alone.  Faced with such grim… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic April 2020”