Sunday night at 9 p.m., a slew of musicians will perform from their homes in a nationally televised concert to raise money for charities amid the coronavirus crisis.
Mariah Carey will perform from her home studio &#8212; &#8220;with a door open so she can watch her children at the same time,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/living-room-concert-fox-iheart-elton-john">Fox News</a> reports. &#8220;The Backstreet Boys will perform together, but from each of their own homes. Billie Eilish is singing from her family’s couch.&#8221;
The one-of-a-kind concert will also feature Elton John, who will host the evening of music. Also set to appear: Alicia Keys, country star Tim McGraw, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Ciara, Demi Lovato, Lizzo, Dave Grohl and Russell Wilson.
Ellen DeGeneres, Lady Gaga, Ken Jeong, Ryan Seacrest, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone will also be special guests during the “Living Room Concert.”
“This is something completely different than we’ve ever tried before,” said iHeart Media president of entertainment John Sykes, who helped put together the “FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America.&#8221;
The hour-long concert &#8220;will pay tribute to the front line health professionals, first responders and local heroes who are putting their lives in harm’s way to help their neighbors and fight the spread of the virus,&#8221; the concert&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fox.com/the-iheart-living-room-concert-for-america/about-the-show/">website</a> said.  It also will encourage viewers to support two of the many charitable organizations helping victims and first responders during the pandemic: Feeding America and First Responders Children’s Foundation.&#8221;
&#8220;To extend the reach of the commercial-free special’s charitable component, FOX will offer the event across all of its linear and digital platforms,&#8221; the site said.
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&#8220;When Sykes and iHeart Media chief programming officer Tom Poleman began reaching out to artists, asking them to partake in the “Living Room Concert for America,” they emailed Elton John and asked him to perform,&#8221; Fox reported.
<blockquote>“We were surprised to get an email back, the next day, saying, ‘Hey, how about I host?’ We would like to take credit for going to him as a host, but it was Elton’s idea,” Poleman told Fox News.
“He didn’t have his piano with him,” Sykes added. “He wanted to social distance himself from the piano delivery company, he was following protocol.”</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Sykes, who co-founded MTV decades ago, and “Jingle Ball” pioneer Poleman have produced some elaborate events during their careers but the logistical issues surrounding the ‘Living Room Concert’ are unprecedented.
“It’s certainly unlike anything that we’ve ever done. Normally, when we do our shows, we have state-of-the-art equipment, spare no expense to make it look great, you have all the glam squad coming in for the artists, but in this case, all you have is your cell phone and your living room and whatever instruments were there when the quarantine started,” Poleman said.</blockquote>
Sykes said they wanted to help raise money for good causes, but also raise  awareness for the “incredible work being done by first responders” who represent the “strength and compassion” of America.
The “FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America,” airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has a slight lead over President Donald Trump in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-shows-trump-and-biden-in-a-competitive-race-for-the-white-house/2020/03/28/515cb8ba-7037-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html">latest Washington Post/ABC presidential tracking poll</a>, but that doesn&#8217;t mean the news is all good for Biden: the poll found that fewer than 35% of Democrats are &#8220;enthusiastic&#8221; about casting a ballot for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
&#8220;The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-shows-trump-and-biden-in-a-competitive-race-for-the-white-house/2020/03/28/515cb8ba-7037-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">poll</a> surveyed national support among registered voters, given the option of a head-to-head choice between Trump and Biden. It found that while the former vice president had a 7-point lead in February, that has since winnowed to 2 points, putting Trump and Biden at essentially a statistical tie among registered voters,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-abc-washington-post-poll-shows-disastrous-news-for-joe-biden-will-delight-trump-supporters">Washington Examiner reported Sunday</a>.
Of course, national polls give very little insight into a presidential election, which relies heavily on state-by-state results, but the ABC/WaPo poll does provide some insight into Democratic voter enthusiasm &#8212; and it&#8217;s bad news for Biden. While 53% of expected Republican voters feel &#8220;very enthusiastic&#8221; about Trump, only 32% of Democrats feel &#8220;enthusiastic&#8221; about the former Veep.
Only 24% of Democrats are &#8220;very enthusiastic&#8221; or &#8220;strongly enthusiastic,&#8221; leaving Biden with a severe dearth of principled support, a key element for a successful presidential bid. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-consolidates-support-trails-badly-enthusiasm-poll/story?id=69812092">According to ABC News</a>, it may actually be a significant hurdle: it&#8217;s &#8220;the lowest on record for a Democratic presidential candidate in 20 years of ABC/Post polls.&#8221;
It&#8217;s rough for Biden even when he&#8217;s up against Trump: &#8220;[e]ven among those who support Biden for the nomination, his very enthusiastic support against Trump is just 39% (with an additional 50% somewhat enthusiastic).&#8221;
ABC News notes that Biden has difficulty contending with the strong economy, which a majority of voters attribute to Trump&#8217;s policies.
&#8220;Trump is aided in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, by his ratings on the economy. Despite deep economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis, 57% of Americans approve of his handling of the economy, a new high in ABC/Post data. And Trump leads Biden in trust to handle the economy, 50-42%,&#8221; per ABC.
A slight majority of voters also believe they trust Trump to handle the coronavirus issue over Joe Biden. Biden leads Trump in handling of health care, likely a callback to Biden&#8217;s role in passing the Obama Administration&#8217;s signature piece of legislation, the Affordable Care Act (or &#8220;Obamacare&#8221;).
Other polls, released over the weekend, have sunnier news for Biden. Fox News, for example, has Biden a strong 9 points ahead of Trump among voters on a national level.
Joe Biden has struggled with visibility lately. Without the ability to hold large-scale political rallies &#8212; and with most states canceling their April primaries &#8212; Biden has been forced to make his own publicity, first broadcasting &#8220;shadow briefings&#8221; from his basement recreation room in Delaware and, when those failed, hosting live &#8220;happy hour&#8221;-style meetings with supporters (those drew in fewer than 3,000 viewers).
For a time, Biden was on a media blitz, appearing on several cable news programs, but that effort came to an abrupt end after a series of high-profile on-air mishaps.
President Trump, meanwhile, has hosted a daily coronavirus briefing, giving him direct access to Americans without the need for stadium rallies.

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In the age of coronavirus, as Americans are hunkered down in their homes, fearing for their health, their jobs, and what the future holds, celebrities have been posting some incredibly tone deaf things on social media.
Enter billionaire entertainment mogul David Geffen. The music and film producer posted a picture last week of where he&#8217;s suffering through his self-quarantine  — aboard a superyacht “isolated in the Grenadines,&#8221; a gorgeous spot in the Caribbean.
“Sunset last night… isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. I’m hoping everybody is staying safe,” Geffen wrote on his Instagram.
His 450-foot yacht, called the “Rising Sun,” is worth around $590 million.
After some blowback, Geffen made his account private, the <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/28/david-geffen-yacht-coronavirus-quarantine/">Daily Caller</a> reported. But by then, the tin-earred post was already circulating widely.
&#8220;Thanks, David Geffen, for your thoughts,&#8221; one Twitterer wrote.
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Thanks, David Geffen, for your thoughts. <a href="https://t.co/5XTRhGX5OP">pic.twitter.com/5XTRhGX5OP</a>
&mdash; southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1243886478729633792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Wrote another: “David Geffen’s thought process: &#8216;Hey you know what, millions are losing their jobs, can’t pay their rent and they’re worried about a deadly pandemic, I bet they’d love to know how I’m doing. Fire up the copter so we can take some more pics of my yacht! They’ll love this!!!'&#8221;
The entertainment website <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/28/david-geffen-yacht-isolate-quarantine-coronavirus-instagram-backlash/">TMZ</a> had a funny take: &#8220;Under normal circumstances, the Internet would just hate him for flaunting his wealth. But, there&#8217;s a new normal in town &#8230; so now the Internet is ripping him for bragging that he&#8217;s NOT quarantined with 3 screaming kids, a spouse and one in-law in a tiny 2-bedroom apartment in Queens &#8230; while terrified of COVID-19,&#8221; the site wrote.
And Geffen&#8217;s post drew universal scorn across the political spectrum. New Yorker writer Lauren Collins wrote on Twitter simply: “psychopath.”
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psychopath <a href="https://t.co/0tCQhuuhco">pic.twitter.com/0tCQhuuhco</a>
&mdash; Lauren Collins (@laurenzcollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenzcollins/status/1243877267723489280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Meghan McCain, co-host of &#8220;The View,” blasted Geffen, too.
“David Geffen is worth 8 billion dollars!” McCain wrote. “For God’s sake help this country get ventilators, our health workers masks and the medical supplies they need! Or no, just stay on your fucking yacht instagramming. This is just shameful and grotesque.”
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David Geffen is worth 8 billion dollars! For God&#39;s sake help this country get ventilators, our health workers masks and the medical supplies they need! Or no, just stay on your fucking yacht instagramming. This is just shameful and grotesque. <a href="https://t.co/iZ0e5VKLDM">https://t.co/iZ0e5VKLDM</a>
&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1244003888455389186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Is anyone shocked that Democrat donor David Geffen posted such an out of touch photo? He might as well have taken a picture flipping everyone in America off,&#8221; Wrote Robby Starbuck.
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Is anyone shocked that Democrat donor David Geffen posted such an out of touch photo? He might as well have taken a picture flipping everyone in America off. <a href="https://t.co/wjEgWdLa31">pic.twitter.com/wjEgWdLa31</a>
&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1243912330645209088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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There have been plenty of other tone-deaf posts from celebrities. Like actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told us all to stay home &#8212; from his hot tub at his mansion, while smoking a cigar.
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Stay. At. Home. That means you, too, spring breakers. <a href="https://t.co/jUOgjLaOGN">pic.twitter.com/jUOgjLaOGN</a>
&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1240418674491543552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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And then there was Madonna, who posted a weird clip of herself sitting in a bath strewn with rose petals. On coronavirus, she said &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t care about how rich you are, how famous you are, how funny you are, how smart you are, where you live, how old you are, what amazing stories you can tell.&#8221;
But luckily, there&#8217;s actor Ryan Reynolds. He posted a hilarious video on Twitter last week in which he mocked celebrities for their grandiosity.
“We need to work to flatten the curve and fight off COVID-19. I think in times of crisis, I think we all know that it’s the celebrities we count on most,” Reynolds said. “They’re the ones that are going to get us through this.
“Right after healthcare workers, of course,” he said. “First responders. People who work in essential services. Ping pong players. Mannequins, they’re great. Childhood imaginary friends, sure. Like 400 other types of people.”
Then he offered some good advice. “Look, stay at home, practice social-distancing, wash your hands. We are gonna get through this thing. We’re gonna get through this thing together,” he concluded.
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Another important message from an important celebrity. Let’s spread the word not the virus. I happily nominate, <a href="https://twitter.com/stevenpage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stevenpage</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Sethrogen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sethrogen</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TerryR49776917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TerryR49776917</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlankTheCurve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlankTheCurve</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayAtHomeSaveLives?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StayAtHomeSaveLives</a> <a href="https://t.co/IRJNI9Y6G9">pic.twitter.com/IRJNI9Y6G9</a>
&mdash; Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) <a href="https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1242237138239881216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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David Geffen&#8217;s yacht Rising Sun came into Portland on Tuesday morning, September 24, 2013.

Billionaire Blasted For Tone Deaf Photo Of His Self-Quarantine — On 450-Foot Superyacht

We were told by Democrats that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts needed millions in the coronavirus relief bill to keep paying its workers and performers, yet just hours after the bill was signed by President Donald Trump, the center told orchestra members saying they would not be paid until it reopened.
The Washington Free Beacon’s Bill McMorris <a href="https://freebeacon.com/issues/kennedy-center-tells-musicians-will-stop-paying-them-hours-after-25-million-bailout-signed/">reported</a> Saturday that members of the National Symphony Orchestra were told Friday night from the orchestra’s Covid-19 Advisory Committee saying they would not receive a paycheck after April 3 until the cultural center reopened.
&#8220;The Covid-19 Advisory Committee was broadsided today during our conversation with [Kennedy Center President] Deborah Rutter,&#8221; an email from the Advisory Committee said. &#8220;Ms. Rutter abruptly informed us today that the last paycheck for all musicians and librarians will be April 3 and that we will not be paid again until the Center reopens.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone should proceed as if their last paycheck will be April 3,&#8221; the email added. &#8220;We understand this will come [as a] shock to all of you, as it did to us.&#8221;
The Kennedy Center will be provided $25 million as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package intended to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak. While the center has not received the money yet, it was specifically mentioned in the bill, meaning it should be getting the help relatively soon.
A veteran orchestra member, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Free Beacon that musicians were “blindsided” by the decision to halt paychecks after April 3.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very disappointing [that] they&#8217;re going to get that money and then drop us afterward,&#8221; the musician told the outlet. &#8220;The Kennedy Center blindsided us.&#8221;
More from the Free Beacon:
<blockquote>The Kennedy Center, which recently completed a $250 million renovation, received <a href="http://kcwebsiteprod.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/default-source/pdfs/about/kcpa_fy20-budget-justification-to-congress.pdf?sfvrsn=d9c65d92_2">$41 million</a> from taxpayers in 2019, but faced massive deficits after <a href="https://www.kennedy-center.org/press-releases/update-on-covid-19-closure/">shutting its doors</a> on March 12 due to the coronavirus outbreak. President Rutter went on a media blitz to highlight the cultural hub&#8217;s struggles, telling the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-kennedy-center-is-facing-more-hard-choices-its-president-explains-why-shes-forgoing-her-salary/2020/03/26/2cc86ae4-6f97-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html">Washington Post</a> that she would forego her $1.2 million salary during the closure. Members of the orchestra chafed at the notion that they should do the same—particularly because they also face the prospect of losing their health benefits after May 31.</blockquote>
The Free Beacon also reported that the orchestra members’ union filed a grievance alleging the Kennedy Center must follow the collective bargaining agreement it signed.
&#8220;While the Union understands that the Kennedy Center has decided to cancel all performances through May 10, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, those cancellations do not give the Association any contractual basis for failing to comply with the sections of the [agreement],&#8221; the grievance said, according to a copy obtained by the Free Beacon.
&#8220;There is no provision of our collective bargaining agreement that allows the Kennedy Center to decide to stop paying us with only one week of notice,&#8221; the grievance said. &#8220;While we fully expect that an arbitrator would agree that management violated the CBA and that we are entitled to continued salary and benefits, this process takes time.&#8221;

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Kennedy Center Lays Off Musicians After Getting $25 Million In Stimulus Bill

By now, the world has learned that no one is immune from SARS-CoV-2 but a state governor in Mexico has a theory: poor people are immune to the coronavirus.
Mexico had 844 confirmed cases as of Sunday morning, and Gov. Luis Miguel Barbosa of the state of Puebla, southeast of Mexico City, said, “The majority are wealthy people.” He was referring to a recent government report that found three-quarters of the country’s cases are people who returned from international travel.
“If you are rich, you are at risk,” Barbosa said in a news conference that was broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook. “If you are poor, no. We poor people, we are immune.”
&#8220;Barbosa also seemed to be appealing to an old belief that poor sanitation standards increase immunity by exposing people to more bacteria,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-governor-sparks-outrage-claiming-poor-are-immune-to-coronavirus">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;Mexico’s deputy health secretary Hugo López-Gatell this week announced the federal government will halt all nonessential activities and the country has closed schools nationwide through April 20,&#8221; Fox wrote.
But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador opposes a stay-at-home order and on Tuesday told reporters Mexico would be through “the worst of it” within a month, The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/mexican-governor-miguel-barbosa-prompts-outrage-with-claim-poor-are-immune-to-covid-19">Guardian</a> reported.
The U.K. newspaper said Barbosa&#8217;s comments &#8220;sparked controversy in a country where nearly half of the population are poor and the majority work in the informal economy.&#8221;
<blockquote>They also reflected the almost conspiratorial response of many Mexican politicians toward Covid-19, which threatens to wreck the government’s agenda of mega-projects and expanding social programmes.
The country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose administration has promised to “put the poor first”, has responded with breezy optimism to the crisis. He told reporters on Tuesday that Mexico would be past the “worst of it” within a month.
López Obrador has resisted stiffer measures, such as quarantine and border closures, on the grounds that poor Mexicans are unable to afford not to work.
“The economy is in a nosedive and his base, the poor, is getting the short end of the stick,” Esteban Illades, the editor of Nexos magazine, said of the president’s motives. “A weak economy means his legacy is compromised.”</blockquote>
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says everyone is at risk of catching the virus. &#8220;Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for more serious complications from COVID-19. These people who may be at higher risk of getting very sick from this illness, includes:
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The CDC also says that &#8220;Based on available evidence, children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults. While some children and infants have been sick with COVID-19, adults make up most of the known cases to date.&#8221; And the CDC said &#8220;with viruses from the same family as COVID-19, and other viral respiratory infections, such as influenza, women have had a higher risk of developing severe illness. It is always important for pregnant women to protect themselves from illnesses.&#8221;

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Mexican Governor Sparks Outrage For Claiming Poor Are ‘Immune’ To Coronavirus

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, has terminated one of their vice presidents after discovering a Facebook post in which she demanded supporters of President Donald Trump be required to give up ventilators if they are diagnosed with coronavirus and end up in intensive care and suggested that Trump supporters &#8220;chew some ibuprofen and get on with your day&#8221; in regards to treating the dealy virus.
Laura Krolczyk, a former staffer for Hillary Clinton when Clinton was in the Senate, and a former aide to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), was Roswell Park&#8217;s vice president for external affairs until Saturday when she made the fateful post, bashing Trump over his refusal to pay General Motors far above market price for ventilators (Trump later ordered GM and its supplier, Ventec, to produce the medical necessities under the Defense Production Act).
&#8220;The exchange – according to screen grabs posted by [Republican operative Michael Caputo] – began when Krolczyk posted a link to an article by the Hill news site about the Trump administration&#8217;s reluctance to pay $1 billion to General Motors and Ventec for ventilator production,&#8221; <a href="https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/28/roswell-park-vp-placed-on-leave-for-anti-trump-facebook-posts/">Buffalo News reported Saturday</a>.
<blockquote>Krolczyk shared the article with a comment: &#8220;Vote Trump.&#8221;
[Krolczky&#8217;s Facebook friend Lisa] LaTrovato responded: &#8220;But will waste more than that on a wall and space force.&#8221;
Krolczyk replied: &#8220;Trump supporters need to pledge to give up their ventilators for someone else &#8230; and not go to the hospital.&#8221;
LaTrovato responded: &#8220;I think they should be the only ones in packed churches on Sunday.&#8221;
Krolczyk then said: &#8220;They should barricade themselves in there and ride this out.&#8221;
LaTrovato replied: &#8220;Yup.&#8221;</blockquote>
Another of Krolczyk&#8217;s friends chimed in, blasting the pair for deciding who lives or dies in a pandemic based on political beliefs. Instead of apologizing, though, Krolczyk, who is responsible for operations at one of New York&#8217;s leading health care facilities told her friend that,  &#8220;That&#8217;s literally what he&#8217;s saying. Take your &#8216;wow&#8217; and comprehend what your hero is saying. Your hero is saying YOU don&#8217;t need a ventilator. So don&#8217;t take one.&#8221;
She then added, &#8220;Also don&#8217;t cash your stimulus check. It&#8217;s all a hoax. Chew some ibuprofen and be on with your day.&#8221;
Krolczyk was initially placed on an administrative leave while Roswell park investigated the incident. She was let go at some point on Saturday, according to a statement released by the cancer center, which distanced itself from and disavowed Krolcyzk&#8217;s commentary.
&#8220;This employee was terminated today after our Human Resources team concluded its investigation. We followed standard procedure, which required that we gather and verify relevant information before taking any disciplinary action,&#8221; the center said. &#8220;Dr. Johnson and her team responded with swift and appropriate action. We have always been and continue to be a center serving everyone who needs us. That is core to our mission, our culture and the experience our patients and families can expect every day. This behavior is not tolerated at Roswell Park. If any team members act in a way that does not accord with that commitment, we will take swift and appropriate action, just as we did in this instance.&#8221;
The other woman involved in the exchange, Lisa LaTrovato, a &#8220;development director&#8221; for Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, has also been placed on leave.

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Cancer Center Fires Executive Who Demanded Trump Supporters Be Left To Die Of Coronavirus

In the age of the coronavirus, President Trump is getting 90 minutes of airtime every day. But his expected 2020 rival, Joe Biden, has become irrelevant &#8212; so much so that he took to holding his own coronavirus briefings from his home in Delaware.
And that word &#8212; irrelevant &#8212; has been popping up a lot lately.
&#8220;Biden, Seen as &#8216;Irrelevant&#8217; in Coronavirus Crisis, Calls for Nationwide Lockdown,&#8221; <a href="https://pjmedia.com/trending/biden-seen-as-irrelevant-in-coronavirus-crisis-calls-for-nationwide-lockdown/">PJ Media</a> wrote on Saturday. &#8220;Joe Biden appeared at a CNN townhall to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and nobody cared,&#8221; the outlet wrote.
Said the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/democrats-fret-as-joe-biden-becomes-irrelevant-in-coronavirus-crisis/">New York Post</a>: &#8220;Democrats fret as Joe Biden becomes ‘irrelevant’ in coronavirus crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;Just days after his commanding primary victories in Florida, Arizona and Illinois, the coronavirus has turned former Vice President Joe Biden into a virtual prisoner of his Delaware home, where he’s reduced to sniping at President Trump from the family rec room,&#8221; the Post wrote.
But a new poll by Fox News finds that Americans are still looking at Biden as a potential president.
Biden beats Trump by 9 percentage points in a head-to-head ballot test, the telephone <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-march-21-24-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">survey</a> conducted March 21-24 found. The tally: Biden 49%, Trump 40%, with the other 11% saying they would vote for someone else or are undecided.
The poll also had some interesting data on possible running mates for Biden. If he chooses Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the pair Trump and Vice President Mike Pence 50-42. The number is the same if he picks Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).
The margin is bigger, though, if he picks Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) &#8212; 52-42. And 63% of those surveyed approve of his pledge to pick a woman as his running mate.
Biden holds an edge over voters who are &#8220;extremely interested&#8221; in the election, beating Trump 52% to 43%. He also holds a healthy 48% to 40% edge in battleground states, the Fox News poll found.
Meanwhile, a Washington Post-ABC News <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/washington-post-abc-news-poll-march-22-25-2020/974c3312-5a40-4764-afb1-4bb6b86f1cf4/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&amp;itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">poll</a> released on Sunday showed the race a bit tighter, with Biden ahead 49% to Trump&#8217;s 47%. among registered voters. But the poll found among all adults, Biden leads Trump 50-44.
Registered voters  also said they “trust” Trump more than Biden &#8212; 47-43 &#8212; to handle the coronavirus pandemic. And on the economy, registered voters picked Trump 52% to 42%.
But the poll also found a decided lack of enthusiasm among Democrats.
&#8220;Former Vice President Joe Biden has emerged as Democrats’ top choice for the presidential nomination in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, but with only bare majority support within his party and a massive enthusiasm gap in a November matchup against President Donald Trump,&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-consolidates-support-trails-badly-enthusiasm-poll/story?id=69812092">ABC</a> wrote.
&#8220;Indeed, strong enthusiasm for Biden among his supporters – at just 24% – is the lowest on record for a Democratic presidential candidate in 20 years of ABC/Post polls. More than twice as many of Trump’s supporters are highly enthusiastic about supporting him, 53%.&#8221;
<blockquote>Perhaps the Democrats’ biggest risk is under the surface, in Trump’s big advantage in backers who are “very” enthusiastic about supporting him. Strong enthusiasm for a candidate can help boost turnout on Election Day, a must-have particularly for Democrats, who rely more on motivating less-frequent voters to come to the polls.
While trailing Trump by 29 points in high-level enthusiasm, Biden makes up some of the difference with those who are “somewhat” enthusiastic. But he still trails Trump by 12 points in the combined measure, 74 vs. 86%.
There’s déjà vu in these results: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found herself in largely the same position four years ago. She, too, had a slim lead among Democrats for the nomination and ran essentially evenly with Trump among registered voters. And she lagged in enthusiasm, with a low of 32% very enthusiastic in September 2016. Biden is 8 points under that mark now.</blockquote>

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Biden’s Not Done Yet, Bests Trump In New Fox News Poll

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the key members of President Donald Trump&#8217;s coronavirus task force, told CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; Sunday that the United States is still in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic and that he believes we could see between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths from the virus and &#8220;millions&#8221; of infections.
In the wide-ranging interview, Fauci also touched on the possibility of Federally enforced quarantines, telling host Jake Tapper that he and other advisors convinced President Donald Trump to drop the idea of forcing New Yorkers to remain in their homes under threat of force after sharing their concerns that such actions would send the wrong message about social distancing and isolation measures.
&#8220;After discussions with the President we made it clear and he agreed, it would be much better to do what&#8217;s called a strong advisory. The reason for that is you don&#8217;t want to get to the point that you&#8217;re enforcing things that would create a bigger difficulty, morale and otherwise, when you could probably accomplish the same goal,&#8221; Fauci told Tapper.
Instead, Fauci says, the president&#8217;s coronavirus task force has recommended that Americans maintain strict self-directed quarantine measures, at least until the number of cases begin to fall.
&#8220;What you don&#8217;t want is people traveling from that area to other areas of the country and inadvertently and innocently infecting other individuals,&#8221; Fauci added. &#8220;We felt the better way to do this would be an advisory as opposed to a very strict quarantine. And the President agreed, and that&#8217;s why he made that determination last night.&#8221;
Although Fauci seemed reticent to predict precisely how many Americans might die from the virus, he did say that the U.S. could see between 100,000 and 200,000 of coronavirus-related deaths and that cases of the virus could number in the millions.
&#8220;Looking at what we&#8217;re seeing now, I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases&#8230; excuse me, deaths. I mean, we&#8217;re going to have millions of cases,&#8221; Fauci noted.
At present, around 2,000 Americans have died from coronavirus; the U.S. has around 124,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. Both numbers are growing steadily as states increase coronavirus testing.
President Donald Trump expressed, last week, that he believes the country can begin to &#8220;reopen&#8221; around Easter, but Fauci told CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on Sunday that while discussions about the possibility of loosening quarantine and isolation recommendations are ongoing, he does not anticipate lifting any restrictions until coronavirus cases are on a clear decline, hospitals are able to get enough personal protective equipment, and the 15-minute test for the virus, announced last week, is widely available.
In &#8220;my own opinion, looking at the way things are, I doubt if that would be the case,&#8221; Fauci told Tapper about the president&#8217;s plan to drop some restrictions next week. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to be talking about it, but obviously what you see me describe, it&#8217;s a little iffy there.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s going to be a matter of weeks. It’s not going to be tomorrow and it’s certainly not going to be next week,&#8221; he said.

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