Financial Times (November 1)
“If America is lucky,” Biden will be elected and “the country will breathe a sign of relief, literally. Whether or not one agrees with the president’s policies, his divisiveness and vitriol are among the reasons that researchers have found correlations between Mr Trump’s spell in power and things like rising anxiety levels, cardiovascular problems and even preterm pregnancies (especially among Latinas) in the US.
Tags: Anxiety, Biden, Cardiovascular problems, Divisiveness, Elected, Lucky, Preterm pregnancies, Relief, Trump, U.S., Vitriol
The Guardian (November 1)
“Here we are again. Once more, England will enter lockdown on Thursday…. Once more, the government has been far too slow to act….. What is truly depressing for many people is not lockdown in itself, but the growing conviction that this government has no exit plan, and no ability to execute one even if they stumble across it.”
Tags: Ability, Act, Conviction, Depressing, England, Exit plan, Government, Lockdown, Slow
Wall Street Journal (October 31)
“The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined Friday, closing out its worst week and month since March in the final lap of the presidential race. Volatility reigned” as “investors have been spooked by a record high in coronavirus infections in the U.S., fresh lockdowns in Europe that threaten economic growth and a mixed bag of earnings report from big technology companies.”
Tags: Big tech, Coronavirus, Declined, Dow Jones, Earnings, Economic growth, Europe, Investors, Lockdowns, March, Presidential race, Spooked, Threaten, U.S., Volatility, Worst
Chicago Tribune (October 30)
“With no end in sight, US surpasses 9 million coronavirus cases and sets another daily record.” With a record 86,600 new cases on Thursday, COVID-19 appears to be spiraling “out of control.” Worse yet, “alarming signs suggested the worst was yet to come.”
