Three things for February 14
1. China reclassifies their process of diagnosing coronavirus
Health officials in China announced a revision to the process for diagnosing coronavirus, causing statistics to drastically raise. The deaths recorded spiked from 254 to 1,367, and the confirmed cases rose from 15,152 to 59,804.
China’s National Health Commission has begun confirming cases with doctors’ analyses and lung images rather than waiting on laboratory results for every case.
This new process will provide a quicker way for doctors to accurately treat patients who have been misdiagnosed with the coronavirus instead of having to wait on a backlog of illness samples.
2. Democrats shift focus to Department of Justice
Following a failed impeachment attempt, House Democrats are now shifting the focus of their ongoing investigations to Attorney General William Barr. As the current head of the Department of Justice, Barr allegedly intervened in the case of Trump confidant Roger Stone.
“The attorney general has stooped to such levels,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told AP News. “What a sad disappointment. The American people deserve better.”
Barr told ABC News he acted independently, in an interview released yesterday. He also discussed the effects of the president’s tweets about the department in the interview with Pierre Thomas.
“That sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be for the Department of Justice, because at that point, I had made a decision that I thought was fair and reasonable in this particular case and once the tweet occurred, the question is, Well, now what do I do? And do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or do you pull back because of the tweet? And that just sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be,” Barr said.
3. Spirit Airlines moves operations center to Nashville
Spirit Airlines, known for being an inexpensive flight option, is moving its operations center from Florida to Nashville, Tenn. This will cost $11.3 million and bring roughly 345 jobs to Tennessee.
After considering all options, Spirit airlines decided on Nashville due to its “geographical location, business climate, and its growing aviation sector,” said Ted Christie, President and CEO of Spirit Airlines.
