Heritage Foundation Launches National Coronavirus Recovery Commission

Plus: 5 Things to Know About This Anti-Malaria Drug's Effect on COVID-19

Apr 07, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump continues to tout a proven anti-malaria drug as a promising treatment for COViD-19. What is it all about? Fred Lucas reports on that and the latest on the fight against the coronavirus. The Heritage Foundation stands up a commission to plan for the nation's rebound. Rachel del Guidice has details. The podcast welcomes homeland security chief Chad Wolf and journalist-Antifa critic Andy Ngo. Plus: China's deception, what millennials can do, and a little optimism, please. Seventy-five years ago today, U.S. air-launched torpedoes sink the Japanese battleship Yamato, called the greatest such vessel in the world, off the coast of Okinawa.     News Heritage Foundation Launches National Coronavirus Recovery Commission By Rachel del Guidice "Good public health policy is good economic policy," says Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James. "Saving lives and saving livelihoods are part of the same road to recovery that we need to pursue today." More News 5 Things to Know About This Anti-Malaria Drug's Effect on COVID-19 By Fred Lucas The federal government has stockpiled 29 million pills of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as the best known way to treat active cases of COVID-19, and thousands of patients in New York will take it. More News Trump Critical of IG Report on Hospitals By Fred Lucas Hospitals have lacked testing for coronavirus, and were running low on supplies such as face masks, food and toilet paper, according to a government audit issued Monday. More Analysis DHS Chief Chad Wolf Hopes to Have 450 Miles of Border Wall Built by End of Year By Rachel del Guidice "It may take someone seven minutes, eight minutes, 10 minutes, 12 minutes to get above and around that wall. What that allows us to do is [place] the Border Patrol agents waiting for him," says acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. More Commentary One Millennial's Guide to COVID-19: 8 Ways to Embrace Our New Normal By Virginia Allen Make a list of everyone in your life who is over the age of 60—neighbors, relatives, and co-workers—and ask them if they need groceries or vitamins or anything else from the drugstore. More Commentary The Importance of Optimism Amid COVID-19 Crisis By Cal Thomas Let's "accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." We'll feel better and it might have a side effect of benefiting our immune systems. More Commentary In Hiding COVID-19 at First, China Chose Reputation Over Saving Lives By Brett Schaefer Beijing is desperately trying to reshape perceptions of the COVID-19 situation to its advantage. The World Health Organization and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, appear to have been willing pawns in Beijing's gambit. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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