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Democratic debate recap
By Eleanor Flannery
Sports Editor
A record 33 million viewers tuned in to watch
the ninth Democratic Presidential Debate last
Wednesday night, set in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New
York City, made his first appearance on the
debate stage, where he was not met with a
warm welcome from his fellow candidates.
Elizabeth Warren addressed the misogynistic
things that Bloomberg has said in the past. “I’d
like to talk about who we’re running against;
a billionaire who calls women fat broads and
horse-faced lesbians,” Warren said. “And no.
I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m
talking about Mayor Bloomberg.”
Bloomberg has an infamous history from
when he served as mayor of New York City,
known for his controversial introduction of
the stop-and-frisk policy amongst minority
neighborhoods. He once said, from an audio
in 2015, “Ninety-five percent of murders,
murderers, and murder victims” were “male
minorities 16 to 25” and that one could “take
the description. Xerox it, and pass it out to
all cops.”
He also added, “We put all the cops in
minority neighborhoods. Yes, that’s true. Why
do we do it? Because that’s where all the crime
is. And the way you get guns out of the kids’
hands is to throw them up against the wall and
frisk them.”
Pete Buttigieg had some harsh words to
exchange with Amy Klobuchar. He suggested
her experience with foreign policy might be
lacking, referencing when Klobuchar could not
name the President of Mexico. This resulted
in a hostile retort from Klobuchar, who asked
Buttigieg if he was calling her “dumb.” “Are
you trying to say I’m dumb — are you mocking
me, Pete?”
Bemie Sanders, current frontrunner of the
candidates, worked to try and hold his ground
during the debate, with it being brought
up that he did not release his full medical
records. Sanders had a heart attack in October,
which sparked worry from his supporters and
fellow candidate hopefuls. During the debate,
Buttigieg asserted that every candidate should
have their medical records fully released to
the public.
“I think we should be transparent, especially
living in the Trump era,” Buttigieg said in an
interview with MSNBC. “We’ve got to do
better. I would look to the Obama standard
of releasing not just a letter from a doctor,
but actual results from a physical. That’s
what we’re planning to do, and I think every
candidate should hold themselves to that same
standard.”
Joe Biden continued, along with Warren, to
bring up the allegations many women have
made against Bloomberg.
“We are not going to beat Donald Trump
with a man who has who-knows-how-many
nondisclosure agreements and the drip, drip,
drip of stories of women saying they have been
harassed and discriminated against,” Warren
said. Before Bloomberg could reply, Biden
added, “All the mayor has to say is, ‘You are
released from the N.D.A.,’ period,” Biden
said. “It’s not whether he apologized or not,
it’s the policy.”
Buttigieg and Klobuchar continued back and
forth, irritated with one another on their policies
and questioning each other’s legitimacy as a
candidate to be president. Klobuchar asserted
that Buttigieg’s political accomplishments
were minimal.
“You don’t have to be in Washington to
matter,” Buttigieg said, in reference to his
work he accomplished as mayor of the once
struggling city of South Bend. Klobuchar was
consistently defensive, answering Buttigieg
with blunt sarcasm, “I wish everyone was as
perfect as you, Pete,” she said.
Though strife exists among all the candidates,
one thing they all have in common is the goal
of beating Donald Trump in 2020. With Bemie
Sanders recently pulling ahead in the national
polls, and winning over the state of Nevada,
he will have to bring his platform forward
and be as transparent as possible to gain even
more support.
The next Democratic Presidential Debate
will take place on March 15 at 8 p.m., held in
Phoenix, Arizona.
Coronavirus update
By Caroline Hoy
staff Writer
By now you have probably heard of the
coronavirus, but new information on the
virus appears every day. The coronavirus
is more common than one may think and
causes infections in the respiratory system,
specifically the sinuses. Most of the time, the
coronavirus is not life-threatening, but the
coronavims in today’s news is different.
The coronavims that has been in the news is
a new strain of it also known as COVID-19.
At the beginning of the 2020, COVID-19 was
discovered in China. From China, the vims
quickly moved on to the rest of the world.
The death toll from the coronavirus is
currently around 2,500, but just because
someone has the virus doesn’t mean they
will die from it. There have been around
80,000 confirmed cases in 32 countries of
COVID-19. Those numbers are rising day by
day. Around 30 people have had confirmed
cases of COVID-19 in the US, but none of
those people have died from the vims. The
risk of contracting COVID-19 in the US is
considered low.
There is no vaccination for the virus. Some
of the symptoms include fever, shortness of
breath and coughing. Symptoms will appear
anywhere from two to 14 days after contact,
but this information is from similar vimses.
COVID-19 is like the common cold as it
spreads from interpersonal contact. Many
people are contagious even before they show
symptoms. Scientists still haven’t foimd a cure
for the disease either. The Center for Disease
Control and Prevention says that if a person
contracts the disease to avoid spreading the
vims more.
There is currently a stigma caused by
COVID-19. This stigma can be seen on social
media. Multiple people of Asian descent have
posted about remarks from people that they
have the coronavims just because they are
of Asian descent. This has happened enough
that The Center for Disease Control has put a
warning about this happening on their website.
Scientists are working very hard to solve
the issue of COVID-19. At this time, the risk
of catching the vims is very low in the US,
but is still a major concern in China where
thousands have died.
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