Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump
Heads to Wisconsin for Rally Amid
State's Worst Outbreak

An outbreak in Switzerland is linked to two yodeling concerts.
Hawaii is easing restrictions.

RIGHT NOW Cuomo says select movie theaters outside New York
City can reopen next week.

    Here’s what you need to know:

  • Trump charges into Wisconsin to rally supporters amid the state’s worst outbreak to
    date.
  • In Europe, 2 foreign ministers are infected, raising fears that they caught it at an
    E.U. meeting.
  • U.S. records over 70,000 cases in one day for the first time since July.
  • After securing a medical clearance, Nick Saban is back to coaching.
  • An infection at Pope Francis’ residence adds to concerns for his safety.
  • A frozen yogurt shop in Colorado offered maskless customers a 10 percent
    discount. Uproar ensued.
  • With virus cases low, Hawaii eases restrictions on tourists.
  • A Swiss canton explodes with virus cases after a yodeling event.

Trump charges into Wisconsin to rally supporters
amid the state’s worst outbreak to date

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President Donald Trump acknowledging supporters at a campaign rally Friday in Macon, Ga. Doug
Mills/The New York Times

President Trump is in Wisconsin for a rally in Rock County, one of
dozens of counties in the state that have been overwhelmed by a
record surge in cases over the past week

Mr. Trump’s decision to go forward with the rally in Janesville,
which was postponed after the president was hospitalized for
Covid-19 treatment this month, flies in the face of repeated
warnings from his own White House Coronavirus Task Force,
which urged officials in Wisconsin last month and again this week
to militate against large social gatherings.

The warnings came in a weekly report the task force sends to
governors and which are not released publicly.

“To the maximal degree possible, increase social distancing
mitigation measures until cases decline,” the task force urged
Wisconsin officials in a Sept. 27 report obtained by The Times.

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Security News This Week: A Cut Cable Knocked Out
Virginia's Voter Registration Site

Plus: Barnes and Noble got hacked, Zoom adds real end-to-end encryption, and more of the week's top security news.

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PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/GETTY IMAGES

THIS WEEK THE New York Post published a story centered on
information stolen from a laptop that purportedly belonged to Hunter
Biden, and that has a high likelihood of being part a disinformation
operation. Not great! But the way the rest of the media handled the
situation was a marked improvement over 2016, when leaks of John
Podesta's hacked emails kicked off a frenzy that played right into
Russia's hands. Here's to modest progress.

Take it where you can get it. The rest of the security outlook was a little
more discouraging. United States Cyber Command mounted an offensive
against Trickbot, one of the most dangerous botnets in the world. It
didn't accomplish much, but did set a new precedent of US hackers
taking on criminals rather than their military counterparts. That's all part
of the long-term strategy of general Paul Nakasone, leader of both
Cybercom and the National Security Agency, whom we profiled at length
for the most recent issue of the magazine.

We also took a look at how internet freedom has suffered during Covid-
19, as dozens of countries have used used the pandemic as an excuse to
increase surveillance and tamp down on digital rights. Speaking of
surveillance, Amazon's latest high-profile product announcements have
been pushing the boundaries of data collection in discomfiting ways.
(Yes, that includes the drone that flies around your house.)

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BY PHILLIP MORRIS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PARI DUKOVIC

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 13, 2020

This story appears in the November 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.

RUBY MOSS SOMEHOW found the strength to drop to her knees in prayer.
Although severely weakened herself from the virus, she cried out to God to
plead for the life of Adolphus Moss, her husband of 32 years.

He was deteriorating rapidly. A nurse had just called from a hospital in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to warn that even with a fully engaged ventilator,
Adolphus could no longer breathe.

“Hear my cry, O Lord. Spare his life,” Ruby repeated desperately. Several
minutes into her prayer for a miracle, her answer was delivered: “I’m sorry.
He didn’t make it,” said a voice on the other end of the phone.

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