Protesters showed up outside the home of Georgias Governor Brian Kemp on Friday, concerned about him lifting coronavirus restrictions on some businesses in the state. Oklahoma and Michigan followed suit with limited openings on Friday, while Tennessee, Minnesota and Colorado will join them on Monday. Michael George reports on how some Americans feel about the loosening restrictions. Source
Author Archives: Stonecom Interactive
Breaking down the nearly $500 billion coronavirus stimulus package
This week saw another significant spike in unemployment claims. Just over 4 million Americans filed for unemployment, bringing the pandemic’s five-week total to roughly 26 million people without jobs. President Trump recently signed off on nearly $500 billion extra in addition to the initial coronavirus stimulus package, designed to help mitigate the pandemic’s blow to the economy. Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss what all of this means for the U.S. and American workers. Source
Doctors experiment with unproven stem cell therapy on COVID-19 patients
“What we saw in the very first patient was that within four hours of getting the cells, a lot of her parameters started to get better,” Dr. Keren Osman told CBS News’ Adriana Diaz. Source
Judge says government is violating protections for migrant kids
The judge ordered officials to promptly release children with sponsors from immigrant detention facilities, where the coronavirus has spread in recent weeks. Source
Restaurateur Ray Washburne on “The Takeout” – 4/24/2020
Restaurateur Ray Washburne joins Major to explore the practical, financial and ethical considerations of reopening America amid the coronavirus pandemic, on this week’s episode of “The Takeout with Major Garrett.” Source
CBS Evening News, April 24, 2020
Georgia reopens some businesses amid heavy criticism; California restaurant owner gives away thousands of free meals Source
4-year-old boy with COVID-19 fights for his life
Dr. Anna Zimmermann says her family did everything right when it came to taking precautions against the coronavirus. They canceled their spring break plans, kept their shopping trips to a minimum and kept their kids home. Yet she said her 4-year-old son still contracted COVID-19 and struggled to breathe for weeks. Source
Dialysis services in New York reach a breaking point amid coronavirus pandemic
Medical professionals in New York City are facing a surge of coronavirus patients with kidney failure. Now, major hospitals are reporting shortages of dialysis equipment. Dr. Michele Mokrzycki is a nephrologist at the Montefiore Medical Center. She joined CBSN to discuss the growing crisis. Source
World Food Program leader warns “the worst is yet to come”
David Beasley talked to CBS News about the risk of famine amid the pandemic, the need for “common sense” on reopening the economy, and his own recovery from COVID-19. Source
Doctor details “torture” of watching her son battle coronavirus
The Colorado mother said her son turned to her and said, “Mama, it is no use. Mama, I’m not gonna go home.” Source