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A2 UP FRONT
Tuesday 27 OcTOber 2020
Coronavirus deaths are rising again in the US, as feared

By LISA MARIE PANE and more relief anytime soon —
MIKE STOBBE sent stocks into a slump in
Associated Press afternoon trading on Wall
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths Street. The S&P 500 was
per day from the coronavi- 2.3% lower and on track for
rus in the U.S. are on the rise its worst day in more than a
again, just as health experts month. The Dow Jones In-
had feared, and cases are dustrial Average was down
climbing in practically ev- more than 800 points, or al-
ery state, despite assuranc- most 3%.
es from President Donald In the Texas border city of El
Trump over the weekend Paso, authorities instructed
that "we're rounding the people to stay home for
turn, we're doing great." two weeks and imposed a
With Election Day just over 10-p.m.-to-5-a.m. curfew
a week away, average because of a surge that
deaths per day across the has overwhelmed hospi-
country are up 10% over tals. The state is converting
the past two weeks, from part of the city's civic cen-
721 to nearly 794 as of Sun- ter into a hospital.
day, according to data Violators of the curfew
from Johns Hopkins Univer- are subject to $500 fines,
sity. Confirmed infections though the order does not
per day are rising in 47 Divine Ayong seals a test in a biohazard bag after collecting a sample Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at apply to people who are
states, and deaths are up The University of Texas at El Paso's Fox Fine Arts building in El Paso, Texas. going to or from work or
in 34. Associated Press are out for other essential
Health experts had warned people who are weary the world. more than 80,000 new cas- reasons, such as food shop-
that it was only a matter of of hunkering down and Deaths are still well below es on both Friday and Sat- ping and medical care.
time before deaths turned are venturing out more; the U.S. peak of over 2,200 urday — the highest marks "We are in a crisis stage," El
upward, given the record- "pandemic anger" among per day in late April. But ex- ever — though testing has Paso County Judge Ricar-
breaking surge in cases en- those are don't believe the perts are warning of a grim expanded dramatically do Samaniego, the coun-
gulfing the country. Deaths scourge is a real threat; fall and winter, with a wide- over the course of the out- ty's top elected official, as
are a lagging indicator — and cold weather, which is ly cited model from the break, making direct com- he issued the stay-at-home
that is, it generally takes a forcing more Americans in- University of Washington parisons problematic. order over the weekend.
few weeks for people to doors, where the virus can projecting about 386,000 The true number of infec- On Monday, the county
sicken and die from the spread more easily. dead by Feb. 1. A vaccine tions is thought to be far reported a record high
coronavirus. "When you put those three is unlikely to become wide- higher because many in daily cases, with 1,443.
Michael Osterholm, a Uni- together, we shouldn't be ly available until mid-2021. Americans have not been The county had 853 pa-
versity of Minnesota expert surprised what we're see- The seven-day rolling aver- tested, and studies suggest tients hospitalized because
on infectious diseases who ing," Osterholm said. age for daily new cases hit people can be infected of the virus, up from 786 a
warned over the summer The virus is blamed for more a record high on Sunday of without feeling sick. day earlier. The state has
of a fall surge, said what's than 8.6 million confirmed 68,767, according to Johns Fears about the virus's toll provided over 900 medical
happening now is a con- infections and over 225,000 Hopkins, eclipsing the pre- on the economy — and personnel to El Paso, some
fluence of three factors: deaths in the U.S., the high- vious mark of 67,293, set in fading hopes that Washing- of whom will staff the con-
"pandemic fatigue" among est such totals anywhere in mid-July. The U.S. recorded ton will be able to deliver vention center site.q

Kushner says Black people must ‘want to be successful’

ner said Monday that Presi- follow through and work to folks who have suffered
dent Donald Trump wants find ways to improve the and endured systemic rac-
to help Black people in lives of Black people in ism and historic tokenism."
America, but they have to America. White House press secre-
"want to be successful" for "You saw a lot of people tary Kayleigh McEnany
his policies to work. who were just virtue signal- defended Kushner, saying
"President Trump's policies ing — they go on Instagram that "internet trolls" took
are the policies that can and cry, or they would, you Kushner's words out of con-
help people break out of know, put a slogan on their text. She said they were try-
the problems that they're jersey or write something on ing to distract from Trump's
complaining about, but a basketball court," Kush- "undeniable record of ac-
he can't want them to ner said. "Quite frankly, that complishment" for Black
be successful more than was doing more to polarize people.
they want to be success- the country than it was to Trump, who has been try-
ful," Kushner said on "Fox & bring people forward. You ing to appeal to the Black
Friends." solve problems with solu- community, has been pro-
Kushner, who is also Trump's tions." moting his attempts to set
son-in-law, also criticized Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., up economic opportu-
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner does a television prominent people who accused Kushner of "ca- nity zones, provide steady
interview at the White House, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in raised their voices after the sual racism." Former Demo- funding for historically Black
Washington. killing of George Floyd, a cratic National Committee colleges and universities,
Associated Press Black man who died in po- Chair Donna Brazile wrote and institute criminal justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- dential adviser Jared Kush- lice custody, but then didn't on Twitter: "He's talking to reforms.q