The Daily Populous

President-elect Joe Biden has been confirmed as the winner of Georgia, after the state conducted a hand recount.

“The recount process simply reaffirmed what we already knew: Georgia voters selected Joe Biden to be their next president,” said Jaclyn Rothenberg, the Biden campaign spokeswoman, in an email to the Associated Press.

But the hand recount of about 5m votes was not held in response to any suspected problems with results in Georgia or any official recount request. »

In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times published on Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the pushback against public health measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Fauci, embracing “fundamental public health measures” would be enough to significantly slow the spread of COVID-19 and even allow businesses to reopen safely.

However, there is a “is a very disparate response to that,” which is why the number of cases has surged across the country, Fauci added. »

Yet, for all its fame and historic significance, one rarely sees an illustration of this legendary machine.

Although simple in design, the cotton gin solved a pressing economic problem and transformed both agricultural and industrial America.

Only after comparing the economy of the American South before and after the introduction of the gin can we appreciate its historic impact. »

A newly modelled estimate from the United States, Australia, Canada, South Korea and 11 countries in Europe suggests official figures could be struggling to capture the full scale of the outbreak.

Comparing the new estimates with official confirmed cases, the team was able to predict the 'true' infection rate for each country.

According to their results, at the end of August the population infection rate was, on average, six times higher than reported cases. »