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Texas A&M researchers hope tuberculosis vaccine might prevent coronavirus deaths. May 11, 2020

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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/11/2020, including: Texas A&M researchers hope tuberculosis vaccine might prevent coronavirus deaths. Health care workers are being recruited for trials to test whether a decades-old TB vaccine might help people fight off the coronavirus. It's not a cure, but it could be a crucial treatment. A coalition of progressive groups, many funded by billionaire George Soros, is sponsoring a “People’s Bailout” community organizing outfit nudging Congress to use the next stimulus package during the coronavirus crisis to enact reforms that would fundamentally transform American society by achieving longtime progressive aims. U.S. adults are having trouble concentrating on work and it's costing employers productivity and engagement.

Joshua Evans: Working from home isn't as good as you thought it would be May 11, 2020

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H. Sterling Burnett: Democrats are using the pandemic to push their socialist agenda May 11, 2020

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Dr. Jeffrey Cirillo: We need to study this drug more carefully May 11, 2020

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The “Lockdown Extremists” are moving the bar as the nation slowly reopens from the coronavirus pandemic. May 08, 2020

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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/08/2020, including: The NFL releases its regular season schedule in a marathon, prime time television shows. The “Lockdown Extremists” are moving the bar as the nation slowly reopens from the coronavirus pandemic. April’s employment report, to be released Friday, will almost certainly show that the coronavirus pandemic inflicted the largest one-month blow to the U.S. labor market on record.

Jared Woodfill is suing Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo over her order to close non essential businesses until May 20th. May 08, 2020

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Sean Salisbury: Somehow the season will start on time May 08, 2020

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Harris County has been implementing lenient bonds policies for habitual criminals even prior to the coronavirus outbreak. May 07, 2020

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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/07/2020, including: I am sick of seeing Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx promise that if we are good, they will feed us teaspoons of our constitutional freedoms at their discretion. I am sick of TV commercials designed to frighten and shame us into obeying tyrannical governors. I am sick of TV images of exhausted health workers to sell the lie that hospitals are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. I am sick of well-meaning people ending conversations with “Stay safe” as if a unique monster is lurking outside. I am sick of pundits saying we need to reopen America safely and responsibly as if going back to normal life is unthinkable and dangerous. Dr. Ben Carson announced that 98% of people who get coronavirus recover. Harris County has been implementing lenient bonds policies for habitual criminals even prior to the coronavirus outbreak – now we’re paying the price.

Chris the Trucker: How he stays safe during pandemic May 07, 2020

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Andy Kahan: Low bonds allow criminals to commit more violent crimes May 07, 2020

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