Under This Doctor’s Care, Most COVID-19 Patients Recover. Here’s His Approach

Plus: Illinois Seeks Federal Bailout of Fiscal Crisis 'Decades in the Making'

May 05, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where the left wants to use taxpayer dollars to bail out states for costs unrelated to COVID-19. Fred Lucas reports on the situation in Illinois. One doctor's methods show promise against the coronavirus, Dr. Kevin Pham writes. On the podcast, North Carolina's lieutenant governor talks about reopening that state. Plus: volunteers serve hungry health care workers; the free world reconsiders China;  and a Pulitzer doesn't redeem The New York Times' 1619 Project. On this date in 1961, Navy Cmdr. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. becomes the first American to travel into space, in a 15-minute flight launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.     Commentary Under This Doctor's Care, Most COVID-19 Patients Are Recovering. Here's His Unusual Approach. By Kevin Pham Dr. Thomas Yadegar and his team have had remarkable success. They have not put a patient on a ventilator in at least two weeks, and the mortality rate in their ICU has been in the single digits, whereas nationally the mortality rate of critically ill patients has been between 40% and 70%. More News Amid COVID-19, Illinois Seeks Federal Bailout of Fiscal Crisis 'Decades in the Making' By Fred Lucas "Illinois has a reputation for extreme corruption, and the American people shouldn't be asked to subsidize corruption," says state Sen. Jason Plummer, a Republican who represents Illinois' 54th District. More Analysis 'We Can Protect Lives and Livelihoods,' Says North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest By Virginia Allen "I believe right now many of our counties could start to open back up and you could start to do that in a safe and healthy way," Forest says. More News 3 Initiatives Feed Health Care Workers in Fight Against COVID-19 By Virginia Allen "I need the business to survive, so how cool is it to be able to keep the restaurant going [and] feed the people that need it?" says Buffalo & Bergen owner Gina Chersevani, who is sending food to hospitals in the metropolitan Washington area. More News Jesse Jackson Stands up for Natural Gas Development in Struggling Community By Chris White Jackson is prodding local, state, and federal officials in Illinois to OK the construction of a $8.2 million, 30-mile natural gas pipeline. More Commentary How to Keep the Free World From Becoming a Suburb of Beijing By James Carafano European leaders have seen in the past how China has used relationships with individual European states to divide and conquer, play one country off against another, and undermine European solidarity to act in its own self-interest. More Commentary These Historians Challenge New York Times' Dubious 1619 Project By Jarrett Stepman The creator of The New York Times' 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, won a Pulitzer Prize yesterday. But that award doesn't negate the shameful errors included in the 1619 Project. 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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