Coronavirus US: Covid-19 cases rise in 41 states as total number nears 3.5m – live updates

Total number of cases recorded in US stands at 3,499,398Only Delaware and Maine are seeing new daily cases dropFauci stands firm as Trump works to undermine himExperts warns young of risks and says crisis could match 1918 fluSign up to our First Thing newsletter 12.32pm BST Jan-Werner Müller, who teaches politics at Princeton, has written for us today about how the Republican party and the right have turned their pandemic response into a culture war, rather than recognising that freedom for all depends on a way of making the environment safe for all.America needs to recognize that freedom isn’t simply maximal individual self-assertion. It’s also, following the political theorist Hannah Arendt’s famous account, a collective capacity to coordinate and act in concert. That might require forbearance and proper attention to the spaces we share. Many people have been adopting such an attitude – putting on masks voluntarily as well as being considerate in how they move and talk. Such self-restraint – combined with temporary regulations – would lessen fear and increase everyone’s freedom in the long-term. Related: The American right is pushing 'freedom over fear'. It won't stop the virus | Jan-Werner Müller 12.22pm BST Yesterday the court made available for viewing by appointment new bodycam footage of the events leading up to the killing of George Floyd on 25 May.Shaquille Brewster for MSNBC was one of the people who watched it, and he reported on what the footage was like to view, saying “it helps fill out the picture of the interactions between George Floyd, and the four officers on that day.”[Floyd] is automatically apologetic, saying “I’m sorry, officer” and he opens the door. He’s only showing one hand at that time and that’s when you see officer Lane draw his weapon. You feel the desperation in George Floyd’s voice, he says that he has gotten shot by an officer before, he says that he is scared, he openly admits that he has anxiety. You see the situation really unfold as officers then try to move him from his car.He had that knee on the neck of Mr Floyd in that video for nearly nine and a half minutes. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jul/16/coronavirus-us-covid-donald-trump-anthony-fauci-joe-biden-live-updates #us_news #world_news #joe_biden #donald_trump #coronavirus_outbreak