1 RNC Day Two Belongs To Melania
It’s not surprising that First Lady Melania Trump is walking away as the headline from ‘Day Two’ of the Republican National Convention – she was the keynote speaker. But it’s also the content of her speech that’s making news. Overall, she made a strong pitch for her husband's re-election. Speaking from the refurbished White House Rose Garden, she also argued the President Trump’s re-election will be what's best for the country – in spite of the fact that he’s “not traditional” and that he says what he thinks. Mrs. Trump describes her husband as a man who “demands action and gets results.” But she also addressed the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and expressed deep sympathies to all who have lost loved ones. The First Lady called the coronavirus “an invisible enemy” that has changed Americans' lives drastically. She also called for peace amid ongoing unrest over police brutality and said we must never make assumptions about a person based on their skin color.
2 Hurricane Laura To Arrive As A Cat 3 Storm
Hurricane Laura is expected to gain plenty of strength as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm is expected to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall near the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts. When she arrives, which is expected to be as early as tonight, but perhaps tomorrow morning, forecasters think Laura could bring as much as 15 inches of rain to isolated areas in those states, as well as heavy rain in Arkansas. Storm surge is also expected to be a significant issue, and the storm is also expected to spawn a few tornadoes. Not surprisingly, about a half-million people have been ordered to evacuate. “The main point is that we’re going to have a significant hurricane make landfall,” says National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Ed Rappaport. “The waters are warm enough everywhere there to support a major hurricane, Category 3 or even higher.”
3 CDC Reverses COVID-19 Guidance, Says Testing May Not Be Needed
The Centers for Disease Control says healthy people who have been exposed to COVID-19 "do not necessarily need a test" as long as they don't have symptoms. That's a reversal from previous advice that clearly recommended testing for all close contacts of infected individuals, regardless of whether they had symptoms. The new recommendation excludes vulnerable individuals, such as older adults and people with chronic medical conditions. It also says that state and local health officials may still recommend a test. While some health experts are crying foul, others say they get it – such as Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (they’re the folks tallying the case numbers)."I agree that reflex testing of anybody with a significant exposure is unnecessary and not the best policy,” he says in a statement. “Those individuals with significant exposures should self-quarantine for 14 days."