COVID-19 Updates, News, White House Report

Americans Shun Masks and Distancing as Covid Cases Surge During Reopening

April Ryan
June 30, 2020

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Covid numbers are rising across the nation as states reopen business and large swaths of people are not wearing masks.

April Ryan speaks with Congress member Marcia Fudge (D-OH) on the missed opportunity to contain the virus, urges governors to embrace science and medicine to protect their people, and challenges President Trump to take strong leadership.

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Millions are still unemployed and COVID-19 cases are surging again.

Stimulus checks have been spent.

Unemployment benefits are expiring.

Schools are in dire need of support to safely reopen.

Inaction is not an option—the Senate needs to take action on the #HeroesAct now.
— Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (@RepMarciaFudge) June 30, 2020

Holding up a mask, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, right, urges the public to use masks as he speaks during a news conference with Vice President Mike Pence about the COVID-19 response, at the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Headquarters in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan