Posts Tagged Get Out the Vote
The Campaigns of the Future May Rely Increasingly on Text Messaging
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 29, 2017
Credit: AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez
Political campaigns are moving from the television to your smartphone as candidates try to use new technology to reach voters. Texting has become the next frontier for elections. Michael Pope has the story.
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From NPR News- The 1918 Flu Pandemic Was Brutal, Killing As Many As 100 Million People Worldwide April 3, 2020"We had no ICUs at that time. We had no antivirals, had no vaccines for flu. We had no idea that the flu was even a virus at that time," one scholar said. But social distancing helped then too.
- FACT CHECK: Trump Claims U.S. Testing For Coronavirus Most Per Capita — It's Not April 3, 2020During his briefing with the coronavirus task force on Thursday, President Trump once again inaccurately described the per capita testing within the United States.
- FACT CHECK: Money-To-Hospitals Plan To Treat Coronavirus Patients Could Face Problems April 3, 2020Instead of reopening health care exchanges for those who don't qualify for Medicaid and don't have employer-based insurance, Trump is proposing paying hospitals directly. But it might not be enough.
- Answering Your Coronavirus Questions: Testing, Unemployment And Home Schooling April 3, 2020On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we answer your questions about the unemployment in the U.S., home schooling, testing for COVID-19 and playing sports during the pandemic.
- SXSW Film Festival Heads to Amazon April 3, 2020The SXSW Film Festival joins other cancelled or postponed film fests looking for alternate ways to screen their movies.
- The 1918 Flu Pandemic Was Brutal, Killing As Many As 100 Million People Worldwide April 3, 2020
- From BBC News
- Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million April 3, 2020The number of cases has doubled in less than a week, according to the latest figures.
- Coronavirus: Questions over how testing pledge will be met April 3, 2020Labour calls for detail on how the government will increase coronavirus testing ten-fold by the end of April.
- Clap for Carers: UK applauds NHS staff and key workers April 2, 2020A second "Clap for Carers" tribute saw the country salute NHS staff and other key workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
- MI6: World War Two workers in rare 'forbidden' footage April 2, 2020Rare footage is released of workers at MI6 during WW2 which has never been seen by the public before.
- Coronavirus: Emergency business loan scheme revamped after criticism April 2, 2020Firms have made more than 130,000 loan enquires, but fewer than 1,000 had been approved.
- Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million April 3, 2020
