Breaking News: The FDA plans to authorize emergency use of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir for coronavirus treatment. Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed cautious optimism about early trial results.https://t.co/ERJySqWQIm pic.twitter.com/fQEcNNyjhp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 29, 2020

Clinical trial of remdesivir may be a turning point in coronavirus fight https://t.co/6tMxdLDM51

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 29, 2020

In response to a question, Pres says he's going to Arizona next week for an industry event. Also plans a stop in Ohio. Plus, he hopes to resume big political rallies before the election. "This is going away," he says of Coronavirus, "and we'll be doing a lot of things." pic.twitter.com/zivPnSq0kE

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 29, 2020

61,000 people dead so far. 1850+ today.

All he cares about is spewing delusional nonsense how the virus is magically going away imminently. Not one syllable about the pain and suffering of the families of the dead. An empty shell, a sociopath incapable of even faking empathy. https://t.co/6UwI03QVZo

— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) April 29, 2020

Trump seems to be downplaying the need to ramp up testing, even as his administration is trying to increase testing: "I don't know that all of that is even necessary.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 29, 2020

Health precautions take a back seat as White House pivots to the economy https://t.co/3kZrqxk5zW

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 29, 2020

Trump administration launches "Operation Warp Speed" to accelerate vaccine development https://t.co/gQArR1pr59 pic.twitter.com/sa7OXGILuH

— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2020

Trump: "Hopefully in the not too distant future we'll have some massive rallies and people will be sitting next to each other. I can't imagine a rally where you have every 4th seat full, every six seats are empty for every one you have full. That wouldn't look too good."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 29, 2020

Tide goes in. Tide goes out. You can't explain that. https://t.co/fRWaiZKEUZ

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 29, 2020

Jared Kushner called 1m infections, 60k dead, a shuttered economy, 25m+ unemployed, and 3-6% drop in GDP for now with much larger likely to come "a great success story."

If our leaders refuse to see where we're failing, they can't help us get better.

— Ian Bassin 🇺🇦 (@ianbassin) April 29, 2020

Covid Scams is going to be a good book. https://t.co/MGyhucbC4g

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) April 29, 2020

The Trump administration's arguments on Tuesday went into some dark and unexpected places. https://t.co/9U4Fgg0CTy

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 29, 2020

Trump was shown internal polls that had him losing to Biden — so dire that he berated campaign manager Brad Parscale and threatened to sue him (though it's not clear how serious the litigious president was). Quite a scoop by @jdawsey1 –> https://t.co/6S36zSBXmN

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 29, 2020

Only the best people in that well-oiled machine. https://t.co/Tk4rAMkq6y

— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) April 29, 2020

Donald Trump does not want to be in charge of any of this. He wants to play president on TV. He doesn't want responsibility for governance in a time of crisis, and in every way he can, he's refusing to do that job, and lashing out at those who ask him to do it.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 29, 2020

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said in her state, it will be considered a “voluntary quit” if an employee refuses to return to work once businesses reopen, thereby losing access to unemployment benefits.

A similar situation will soon play out in Texas. https://t.co/qGmapbLBzi

— scott immordino (@ScottImmordino) April 28, 2020

"He's not dismissing this as something unimportant. He recognizes that it's an important business… But Dr. Fauci, as usual, is saying something very reasonable and credible."

Longtime sportscaster Bob Costas responds to Dr. Fauci saying "we're not ready" for sports to return. pic.twitter.com/jFdkVItly2

— CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2020

If the White House Gift Shop is going to produce $100 COVID-19 coins, Trump can sure as hell utilize the Defense Production Act to manufacture the gloves, gowns, and masks our medical workers desperately need. https://t.co/Wr6Y1uwG0i

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 29, 2020

The White House Gift Shop is not actually affiliated w/ the White House or the government.

It was founded by the USG, but now it’s run by a guy named Anthony Giannini, who is also CEO of Strategic Systems Corporation, which develops “supercomputers for neural network mapping.” https://t.co/vmBAuuNMXe

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) April 29, 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson just welcomed a son. But how many total children he has remains a mystery https://t.co/wMUex5c9Du pic.twitter.com/gyPaIeWOgM

— Forbes (@Forbes) April 29, 2020

give me strength pic.twitter.com/zsA0dw3302

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) April 29, 2020

“Good news at last for Britain”

Over 26,000 people are dead pic.twitter.com/S2Afo7lRSu

— Pointless Letters (@pointlesslettrs) April 29, 2020

"When a top QC finds himself up against a rather out-of-his-depth country conveyancing solicitor." PMQs via John Crace https://t.co/dmwkDhTzIB

— Bimpe Archer (@BimpeArcher) April 29, 2020

Schrödinger’s Tories:

“We’re the party of business”
“F*ck business!”

“We’re the party of compromise”
“Remoaners! Saboteurs! Traitors!”

“We’re the party of family values”
“Aww, Boris knocked up another mistress. Super.”

“We’re the party of government”
“Boris is on holiday”

— James J Dart 🇺🇦 (@JamesJDart) April 29, 2020

Wetherspoons says it is planning to reopen its pubs "in or around" June https://t.co/KOGmRntgbQ

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 29, 2020

A very British crime: Pub customers hid in cupboards during raid https://t.co/NnvYUILgA3

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 29, 2020

and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 🎶 pic.twitter.com/ILvgaUFwWO

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 29, 2020

Spanish health official Verónica Casado, herself a family doctor, was unable to hold back tears as she read out the names of health care workers who have died from COVID-19. https://t.co/cSH8TggpDb pic.twitter.com/A75PHb6ckP

— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2020

Korea now seems to think the so-called "re-infections" it found are actually just false positives. A lot of smart epidemiologists thought this was likely the case all along, so not a huge surprise, but passing this along for people who freaked out earlier.https://t.co/C3iIjxDr7S

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 29, 2020

A wake up call from Germany for those arguing to ease lock down measures https://t.co/m74Mcbzd1L

— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) April 29, 2020

Thread:
There’s been some ‘excitement’ over the data used in my Irish Times article published last Wednesday. The article argued that N Ireland had a higher rate of Covid-19 mortality than the Republic and this was the outcome of different public health policy choices. /1 pic.twitter.com/QU8nXnhK69

— Mike Tomlinson @MikeTQUB@mastadon.ie (@MikeTQUB) April 29, 2020

Managing expectations on Covid exit is the new challenge https://t.co/hZY3OL2weH via @IrishTimesBiz

— Colin Wrafter (@wrafter_colin) April 29, 2020

So sorry to see the news of death of legendary Irrfan Khan.. 53 years old, so much potential.. pic.twitter.com/cXNlXY2dk9

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 29, 2020