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New weekly Covid-19 cases are dropping in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/testing\/tracker\/overview\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003Eone state only\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E, and some parts of the country are nearing what former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb called \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/26\/health\/us-coronavirus-monday\/index.html?utm_term=1603793535835b8839f334891\u0026amp;utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Tuesday%2C+October+27%2C+2020\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=1603793535836\u0026amp;bt_ee=8jNniJo3BL9y65%2F7xKTNdH%2FPEHKLkz2dZRoe2ZWwdIGFu8QVwLDvxzE%2FHrRsX6sS\u0026amp;bt_ts=1603793535836\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E\u201cexponential growth.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022en\u0022 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EUS now has daily average of 71,000 cases, all time high for the pandemic. 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Nearly 1 in 6 new daily diagnosed cases in the world is in the US, even though we have only 1\/24th of the global population. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/OD024mqAxz\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/OD024mqAxz\u003C\/a\u003E 1\/x\u003C\/p\u003E\u2014 Tom Inglesby (@T_Inglesby) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/T_Inglesby\/status\/1321287363537063937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EOctober 28, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp style=\u0022margin-bottom:11px\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:11pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EThis rise in cases comes as in-person voters head to the polls for the November 3 general election, in which millions of Americans will need to have safe access to polling stations to cast their votes. To protect voters\u2019 right to health during the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch has \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/10\/15\/ten-principles-protecting-human-rights-us-elections\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003Eadvocated for\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E and election officials across the country have put in place secure drop boxes, mail-in and early voting options, increased numbers of polling places, social distancing guidelines, and special assistance to voters who may be quarantined, ill, or at particular risk of illness. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp style=\u0022margin-bottom:11px\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:11pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EOverall, the US has witnessed over \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/region\/united-states\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E225,000 coronavirus deaths\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E and 8.7 million cases, the burden of which has fallen on marginalized populations. The impact of the virus is compounded by \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/10\/us-covid-19-disparities-reflect-structural-racism-abuses\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003Estructural racism\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E, making Black and Latinx people three times more likely than white people to become infected, and twice as likely to die from the virus, according to data published by \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/07\/05\/us\/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html?smtyp=cur\u0026amp;smid=tw-nytimes\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E in July. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/24\/us-covid-19-relief-should-protect-immigrants\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EImmigrants\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E are especially vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus, as many of them are essential workers, live in crowded low-income housing, and are too afraid of the authorities to seek medical care. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/04\/29\/us-avoid-covid-19-catastrophe-jails-prisons\u0022 style=\u0022color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EIncarcerated people\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003E have been hit hard by the pandemic due to unsanitary conditions and the resistance by most authorities to release sufficient detainees to allow for social distancing in detention facilities. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp style=\u0022margin-bottom:11px\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:11pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size:12.0pt\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022line-height:107%\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family:\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif\u0022\u003EMeanwhile, it has been seven months since US Congress passed major coronavirus relief legislation; many of its benefits expired in July. 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