Health officials’ advice on “social distancing” amid the coronavirus outbreak apparently never reached the revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. So on Saturday night the police delivered the message in person. Video posted on social media showed New Orleans police vehicles moving into the city’s popular French Quarter entertainment zone, intent on ending the night’s partying – one day after Louisiana’s governor banned gatherings of 250 people or more. Earlier Saturday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell tweeted a photo of police clearing another large group at a bar – and noted that the city had just recorded its first coronavirus fatality. The patient was 58 years old, FOX 8 of New Orleans reported. “This is irresponsible, potential endangering the entire community,” the mayor wrote of the defiance of the governor’s ban.
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Two Tennessee brothers who bought 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and sold some of them for as much as $70 each to profit off the coronavirus outbreak say they have received death threats after being shamed on social media. Matt and Noah Colvin of Hixson, Tenneseee, drove 1,300 miles across the state and neighboring Kentucky earlier this month after the first coronavirus death was reported in the United States. Seeing a lucrative business opportunity, they filled a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes that they ‘cleaned out’ from various Dollar Tree, Walmart, Staples and Home Depot locations. #facepalm
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A small fragment of an amazing email from Florida International University President Mark Rosenberg about the coronavirus. It’s like social studies bullshit bingo!
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A few types of mobile ballistic shields
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Meanwhile in Brazil ... Boomer Protests ongoing in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach. Thousands of people gathered right now there, the Bellum Acta News reported.
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Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Americans experience daunting wait times and massive lines at airports remain calm, claiming the chaos is due to medical screening to prevent spread of the coronavirus. 'We are doing very precise Medical Screenings at our airports,' Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon. 'Pardon the interruptions and delays, we are moving as quickly as possible, but it is very important that we be vigilant and careful.' 'We must get it right,' he asserted. 'Safety first!' Thousands of Americans are facing massive lines as they are funneled back into the country through immigration lines where some are forced to wait for eight hours to get through. There are 13 American 'funnel' airports where Americans are returning from Europe as the president shut down travel between the continent and U.S. over fears of coronavirus spreading.