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Chipotle Releases Its Guacamole Recipe

Plus 10 more chains releasing secret recipes

(Newser) - The latest company to release a "secret recipe" to lift spirits during the coronavirus pandemic: Chipotle, which told fans how they can make its famous guacamole at home. As Salon reports, there are just six ingredients and six steps involved (pretty much the exact ingredients and steps you might...

25% of Airbnb Staff to Lose Their Jobs

Pandemic has hit the home-sharing company hard

(Newser) - Airbnb says it is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in global travel due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the AP reports. It's a serious setback for the 12-year-old home-sharing company, which just a few months ago was valued at $31 billion and...

Pharma Giant Pfizer Begins Trials for Possible Vaccine

If all goes well, it could be ready in the fall

(Newser) - Human trials for another possible coronavirus vaccine have begun in the US, this time from Big Pharma giant Pfizer, reports Reuters . The company is partnering with a German firm, BioNTech, and if all goes well, the vaccine could be available for high-risk people in September, per the New York Times ...

'Professor Lockdown' Sorry for 'Error in Judgment'

Top scientist was visited by married lover

(Newser) - The professor whose advice to Britain's prime minister led to the country's lockdown has apologized for an "error in judgment." According to the Telegraph , leading epidemiologist Neil Ferguson—nicknamed "Professor Lockdown"—flouted social distancing guidelines by allowing his "married lover" to visit him...

Ousted Official Says Trump Wanted to 'Flood' NY With Drug

Rick Bright has filed a whistleblower complaint

(Newser) - America's fight against the coronavirus has been hindered by incompetence and corruption, according to the ousted head of the government unit in charge of preparing for pandemics. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, filed a whistleblower complaint Tuesday, alleging that he was demoted...

UK Now Has Europe's Highest Virus Death Toll

US is the only country to report more deaths

(Newser) - Britain now has Europe's highest official coronavirus death toll after the latest round of daily figures Tuesday showed it overtaking Italy. Only the United States has recorded more virus-related deaths. The British government said another 693 people died in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings after testing positive for...

Pence: We're Talking About Doing Away With Task Force

His comments follow a 'NYT' report on the coronavirus task force

(Newser) - The White House is indeed having preliminary discussions about putting an end to the coronavirus task force, Mike Pence told reporters on Tuesday, and he said it could be done within the next month if it happens. "Whatever decision the president makes ... will all be conditions-based," said Pence....

New Strain of Coronavirus Is Possibly More Contagious

And it happens to be the dominant one right now, researchers find

(Newser) - The strain of coronavirus that much of the world is fighting now isn't the original one—and it's potentially more treacherous, per a study out of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Los Angeles Times reports the research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, found the strain surfaced in...

Lawmaker Won't Wear Mask Over Religious Beliefs

Ohio Rep. Nino Vitale says humans are created in God's image, and he won't cover up

(Newser) - An Ohio state lawmaker is refusing to wear a mask because, well, it would cover his face. In a Monday Facebook post , GOP Rep. Nino Vitale cited his religious beliefs in refusing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's recommendation to wear a mask to limit the spread of COVID-19, per the...

Hog Farmers Face &#39;Gut-Wrenching&#39; Decision
Meat Shortage Affecting
One Fast-Food Chain's Menus
THE RUNDOWN
May 5, 2020 12:35 PM CDT

Meat Shortage Affecting One Fast-Food Chain's Menus

Some Wendy's locations don't have burgers

(Newser) - Despite President Trump's executive order dictating that meat processing plants stay open , the specter of meat shortages is being felt across the US—and customers of at least one fast-food chain are taking notice. Bloomberg notes that Wendy's has long advertised itself as offering hamburgers made from fresh...

Small Montana School Is Reopening for Students

Willow Creek will be among the first in the nation to do so

(Newser) - A tiny public school in Montana will be among the first in the US to resume classroom teaching this week after being closed for nearly two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, per the AP . In opening its doors to most of its 56 students and 18 staff members on...

Chris Christie: We Must Accept Deaths to Save America

And in California, a local official is ousted over post about need to cull the herd

(Newser) - Two public figures—one on the national level, the other local—are in the news for their blunt talk about the need to accept more deaths in the pandemic:
  • Chris Christie: In an interview with Dana Bash of CNN , the former New Jersey governor said "we're going to
...

Where's the Virus's 'Missing Link'? We're Still Looking

Researchers acknowledge it may never be found

(Newser) - We may never know exactly how the novel coronavirus, originating in bats, jumped into people. But it's likely that it was passed through another species, which is why the World Health Organization is calling for higher safety standards in the wild animal trade. Health experts have long associated the...

A Sobering Virus Stat Out of NY Nursing Homes

State updates COVID-19 tally, reveals 1.7K deaths went undisclosed

(Newser) - New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic, per the AP . At least 4,813 people have died from COVID-19 in the state's...

Fauci Doesn't Agree With Pompeo's Theory on Virus

He doesn't think it started in a Chinese lab

(Newser) - The idea that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab is gaining traction in the White House , with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserting that "enormous evidence" exists to support the idea. Anthony Fauci, however, isn't one of the believers. In an interview with National Geographic , Fauci first...

Pushback Against Masks Turns Deadly
Pushback Against
Masks Turns Deadly
the rundown
May 5, 2020 9:00 AM CDT

Pushback Against Masks Turns Deadly

'Mr. Munerlyn was simply doing his job'

(Newser) - The fatal shooting of a security guard at a Family Dollar in Michigan over a face mask argument is the most violent dispute yet related to the backlash over coronavirus safety restrictions. But police are investigating a spate of other incidents around the country as well. Coverage:
  • In Flint: Police
...

Park Ranger's Lecture on Social Distancing Doesn't Go Well

Brandon Hicks, 25, is accused of pushing Texas park ranger Cassidy Stillwell into a lake

(Newser) - A Texas park ranger who was politely instructing a crowd on social distancing Thursday unexpectedly ended up in a lake—and the man accused of pushing him in has been arrested. The ranger, identified by CNN as Cassidy Stillwell, was patrolling Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park in Austin around 5pm...

Kids Are Showing Up in ICUs With Odd 'Inflammatory' Syndrome

15 NYC kids hospitalized in cases perhaps tied to COVID-19, with similar cases across US, abroad

(Newser) - Initial research suggests that kids don't seem to be as hard hit by the coronavirus as adults are, but a group of children hospitalized in New York City underscores that there's much we still don't know. Per CNN , a Monday alert issued by the city's health...

United Airlines to Staff: You May Want to Leave Voluntarily

Airline warns it will be cutting staff come October

(Newser) - Airlines are not doing well amid the coronavirus pandemic—and in a memo recently sent to staffers, United Airlines' COO is urging employees to consider voluntarily separating from the company, CNN reports. "You may want to seriously consider if you're in a position to take a voluntary separation,...

Family Dollar Guard Killed After Barring Woman Without a Mask

3 charged in slaying at Michigan store

(Newser) - A woman, her adult son, and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus. Calvin Munerlyn was shot Friday...

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