| Unemployment, Schmunemployment
At Thursday's briefing from the White House coronavirus task force, President Donald Trump was not surprised by the latest unemployment numbers.
Data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that 3.28 million filed for unemployment benefits between March 15 and the 21st. In other words, last week saw the most unemployment benefits claims ever.
President Trump said he wasn't shocked by the numbers, given the situation. “I heard it could be 6 million, it could be 7 million," he said.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin was asked about it on CNBC earlier today. “To be honest with you, I just think these numbers right now are not relevant whether they’re bigger or smaller in the short term,” he told hosts Jim Cramer and David Faber.
‘It’s not sustainable’ Disturbing new CNN and New York Times reports on the coronavirus situation in New York City have focused on the ominous signs that the health care system will soon be overwhelmed by the demands of the pandemic. The Times and CNN’s Brynn Gingras both delivered reports on Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, which has transferred non-coronavirus patients to other facilities in order to become one of the city’s main crisis centers. Medical officials have spoken of an “apocalyptic” scene inside the hospital, describing how they’re forced to work with increasingly strained resources as patients are dying while in wait at the emergency room.
‘Worry and panic’
Dr. Mehmet Oz has become a regular contributor to Fox & Friends, providing medical insight to Fox News viewers in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic. Today, Dr. Oz warned that the “worry and panic” about Covid-19 will be worse than the actual coronavirus for many.
“I don’t want to downplay these issues because they may have Coronavirus because it’s often mild symptoms,” he told Steve Doocy on Thursday morning. “Panic attack is devastating, it’s not just in your head. The whole body. The rapid palpitations, the sweating, feeling like the world is closing in around you.”
'New York City needs their help now'
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson tore into President Donald Trump and Washington in general for not doing more to help the five boroughs as the coronavirus brings the city’s health care system to its breaking point, in a fiery appearance on MSNBC.
The Federalist botched it, says dermatologist under fire Douglas Perednia says he never thought his opinion piece on “controlled infection” of the coronavirus, published in The Federalist, would draw such a heated backlash. The piece, which proposed the deliberate spread of the coronavirus in order to boost immunity to the disease, drew heated criticism when it ran on the conservative website on Wednesday. A tweet linking to the op-ed was even flagged as dangerous and deleted by Twitter. In an exclusive interview with Mediaite, the dermatologist said the Federalist made a series of edits to his story without alerting him, which included changing the headline to focus on “chickenpox parties.” | 
