Wall Street Journal 08_04_2020

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The S&P 500 index declined almost 27% from Feb. 20 to the close of trading on April 1. A Page One article on April 2 about companies sus- pending 401(k) matching con- tributions incorrectly said it fell about 22%.

The median “optimistic” forecast for third-quarter growth in nonfarm payrolls was 15,000 in a Wall Street Journal survey of 34 econo-

mists taken March 18-19. A graphic accompanying a March 23 Coronavirus Pan- demic article about U.S. economic prospects incorrectly showedalossof15,000.

Newell BrandsInc. contin- ues to work withGreensill Capital. A Business & Finance article Monday about supply- chain finance quoted a Newell Brands spokeswoman who stated incorrectly that the

company no longer works with Greensill.

The S&P 500 indexat midday March 20 was down more than 27% from its February high. A graphic with a March 23 Business & Finance article about global markets incorrectly said the S&P 500 was down 25%. Also, a footnote that said data for 2020 were through midday March 20 ap- plied only to the chart titled

“S&P 500’s decline from peak to trough around previous economic downturns.” The footnote contained an asterisk, but the chart didn’t.

The first nameof Pascal Lamy, a former EU trade com- missioner and former head of the World Trade Organization, was omitted in a Coronavirus Pandemic article Monday about programs in the Euro- pean Union.

Readers can alert The Wall Street Journal to any errors in news articles by [email protected] by calling 888-410-2667.

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U.S. WATCH

WHITE HOUSE

Grisham Leaves Job Of Press Secretary

President Trump will add a trio of new public-relations hands to the West Wing, the latest personnel changes inside the White House as the administration grapples with the coronavirus outbreak. Kayleigh McEnany will be- come the president’s fourth press secretary in his 38 months in office, according to people briefed on the decisions. Alyssa Farah was set to join the White House as a senior ad- viser on communications, effec- tively becoming the seventh communications director of Mr. Trump’s tenure. Ben Williamson will also join the White House as senior communications ad- viser. The trio will be the White House’s senior leadership team for media relations, the people said. The changes are expected to take effect within the next two weeks, the people said. Stephanie Grisham, press secretary and communications director since July, stepped down to rejoin first lady Mela- nia Trump’s office as chief of staff and communications director, Mrs. Trump said Tuesday. Ms. Grisham never held a press briefing during her tenure as press secretary. She didn’t respond to a request for com- ment. Ms. McEnany joins the White House from Mr. Trump’s re-elec- tion campaign, where she held a similar title. She is expected to restart regular news briefings once the coronavirus outbreak passes and the need for daily updates from Mr. Trump and the virus task force subsides, said one person familiar with the plans. —Michael C. Bender

TENNESSEE

Three Fatally Stabbed, Suspect Is Shot Dead

A man fatally stabbed three employees and wounded a cus- tomer at a Tennessee rest stop and travel center Tuesday morning before a deputy shot and killed him, authorities said. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call around 7 a.m. at a Pilot Travel Center off Interstate 40 to find a person with stab wounds out- side the store and a man armed with a knife in the parking lot, the Tennessee Bureau of Inves- tigation said. Witnesses identified the man as the suspect and he refused deputies’ demands to drop the weapon, the bureau said. At some point during the en- counter, a deputy fired, striking and killing the suspect, the bureau said. Three of the stabbing victims were pronounced dead at the scene and the fourth was taken to a hospital for treatment. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler said the deputy who fired the shot wasn’t hurt. —Associated Press

CHICAGO

R. Kelly’s Bid to Get Out of Jail Rejected

A federal judge in New York denied R&B singer R. Kelly’s request that he be released from jail in Chicago because he was concerned he could contract the new coronavirus behind bars. “The defendant is currently in custody because of the risks that he will flee or attempt to obstruct, threaten or intimidate prospective witnesses,” U.S. Dis- trict Judge Ann Donnelly of Brooklyn wrote in her denial. “The defendant has not ex- plained how those risks have changed.” Mr. Kelly, 53 years old, has been in custody in the Metro- politan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago since he was indicted on federal child pornography, obstruction of jus- tice and racketeering charges. He has denied ever abusing anyone and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Three staff members at the federal lockup in Chicago have tested positive for the virus, but no inmates have been re- ported with infections. —Associated Press

VIRGINIA

Governor Delays Some New Initiatives

Gov. Ralph Northam plans to delay some long-sought Demo- cratic priorities until more is known about the pandemic’s af- fect on the economy, pushing back decisions on whether to give teachers and state workers raises, freeze in-state college tu- ition and implement other new spending in a budget recently passed by lawmakers. Clark Mercer, the governor’s chief of staff, said Tuesday that too little is known about the im- pact of the coronavirus outbreak on state revenue to move ahead now with billions of dollars in new spending, much of which would carry over into future years. “We’ve got to wait for the fog to lift to make budget decisions informed by facts and data,” Mr. Mercer said. —Associated Press

UTAH

Bryce Canyon Park Is Latest to Shut

Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah became the latest park to close its gates to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The flow of visitors to the park noted for its spire-shaped red rock formations known as hoodoos made it difficult to maintain proper social distancing, park superintendent Linda Mazzu said. Capitol Reef National Park re- mains the last of Utah’s five national parks to stay open, but its scenic drive and campgrounds are closed. —Associated Press

it without testing,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Demo- crat, tweeted Tuesday. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he is forming a task force on how to reopen the economy and Maryland Gov. Larry Ho- gan has created a response team to discuss measures that must be in place for opening the state back up. Both officials are Republicans. Some governors talked Tuesday with Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, about ways to work together or launch their own surveillance plans that would trace the disease should it resurface and spread. One idea is to gal- vanize Congress to pass legislation setting up a U.S. surveillance system for the virus. Dr. Gottlieb, who ran the FDA from 2017 to 2019, released a report on the “roadmap to reopening” Tuesday with Mark McClellan, who ran the FDA un- der President George W. Bush. “I’m worried we don’t have the systems in place to care- fully reopen the economy,” Dr. Gottlieb said in an interview. “You need to be able to identify people who are sick and have the tools to enforce their isolation and [tracing of people they contact]. You have to have it at a scale we’ve never done before. We need leadership.” Tensions are simmering in some states about how and when to reopen. Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have proposed legislation to scale back Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s business closure order from mid-March and create an emergency plan to allow businesses to reopen. “Our governor is being overly aggressive on this, I feel,” said Matt Stuckey, president of Stuckey Automotive, which owns three dealerships in Altoona, Pa. Democrats said the Republi- can proposal in the state would threaten public health. Many states and counties lack resources to set up their

“It’s in the hands of the pri- vate sector.” About one out of every 300 people in the country is now being tested, based on federal data, compared with about one out of every 100 people in Germany. Testing is hampered by delays and shortages that limit who can get tested. It is un- likely that the problems will be resolved by the end of April, according to one person familiar with the planning. Some health experts said any reopening scenario is likely to work like an accordion. Any easing on social-distance proto- cols would be followed by a tightening in areas where the virus resurfaces. A vaccine is still at least 12 to 18 months away, and even that timetable is considered optimistic. Federal Reserve officials have cautioned that state and local efforts to lift restrictions could be ineffective for the economy if they haven’t been paired with muscular measures to beef up testing for infections and to provide treat- ments for those infected. Most of the hardest-hit sec- tors—restaurants, hospitality, travel—require that workers and customers “not feel like they’re taking their health at risk,” said Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren in an interview last week. “How effective are we at getting people tested so that you feel comfortable hold- ing the subway pole?” Some business executives are starting to look beyond the crisis to reopening. Movie-theater executives are talking to officials at the CDC about when they might reopen audi- toriums, said John Fithian, chief executive of the National Association of Theatre Own- ers. The theater chains hope to open around Memorial Day. —Kris Maher, Sarah Nassauer, Doug Cameron, Betsy McKay, Nick Timiraos, Erich Schwartzel and Kate Linebaugh contributed to this article.

to normal.” Dr. Fauci said a first condi- tion is a steep drop in the number of cases. “You’ve got to make sure you are abso- lutely going in the right direc- tion.” Then, he said, “You grad- ually come back. You don’t jump into it with both feet.” The federal government has yet to put in place the kind of nationwide testing, tracing and surveillance system that public-health experts have said is needed to prevent an- other surge in coronavirus cases when social distancing eases. That includes identifying people who are asymptom- atic and can also spread coronavirus, health experts said. Mr. Trump, a Republican, said Saturday that he is con- sidering a second coronavirus task force focused on reopening the country. The federal government has yet to release a detailed recovery strategy, so state and local leaders are scrambling to create their own approaches. As a result, the recovery could un- fold in the same patchwork fashion as the shutdown. San Miguel County in Colo- rado, using a test from United Biomedical, has plans to check all its residents for immunity. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, spoke publicly last week about a coronavirus tracking initiative that will involve 1,000 people working at a virtual call center to trace people infected with the virus. New York, the state with by far the most virus cases, is looking to join with New Jer- sey and Connecticut on a uni- fied reopening approach. “We cannot restart life as we knew

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court’s majority said. “That settled rule allows the state to restrict, for exam- ple, one’s right to peaceably assemble, to publicly worship, to travel, and even to leave one’s home. The right to abortion is no exception,” Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a Trump appointee, wrote for the court. Joining him in the majority was Judge Jennifer Elrod, a George W. Bush appointee. The ruling relied upon a rarely used judicial power to side with Texas, but the court said its approach was justified because a judge in Austin reached a “patently errone- ous” result in blocking the state from applying its corona-

virus restrictions to abortion. The decision was the first to give the green light to state abortion restrictions during the pandemic. Several other recent decisions from around the country temporarily blocked such measures. In dissent, Judge James Dennis, a Clinton appointee, said the court exposed women “to the risks of continuing an unwanted pregnancy, as well as the risks of traveling to other states in search of time- sensitive medical care.” If currently scheduled abortions are delayed, “many women will miss the small window of opportunity they have to access a legal abor-

tion,” Judge Dennis wrote. The fast-moving litigation is shaping up as the leading test case of whether states can use a national health emergency to place sweeping restrictions on abortion, despite constitutional protections for abortion rights previously es- tablished by the Supreme Court. Abortion providers who sued Texas have two remain- ing options: They could ask the appeals court to reconsider the issue with more judges partici- pating, or they could seek emergency intervention from the Supreme Court. “We’ll use every tool at our disposal to fight this harmful

order and protect our patients’ health care,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and chief executive of Planned Par- enthood Federation of America. Texas issued a ban on non- essential medical procedures in late March. State Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republi- can, warned that the ban ap- plied to abortion, except where terminating a pregnancy was necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. The state said its restrictions apply to both surgi- cal abortions and ones per- formed by taking medication. A growing number of con- servative-led states are at- tempting similar restrictions,

citing public health and the need to preserve scarce protective medical equipment for the treatment of coronavirus patients. Texas’ approach “ensures that hospital beds remain available for coronavirus patients and personal protective equipment reaches the hard- working medical professionals who need it the most during this crisis,” Mr. Paxton said af- ter Tuesday’s ruling. The Fifth Circuit’s ruling Tuesday split from a decision Monday by a different U.S. appeals court, which declined for now to let the state of Ohio impose restrictions on certain abortions.

A federal appeals court al- lowed Texas to suspend most abortions in the state during the coronavirus public-health crisis, a move that could quickly send the issue to the Supreme Court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-to- ruling Tuesday, lifted a trial judge’s restraining order that prevented the state from curb- ing abortions on the grounds it would save medical resources. In times of great emergency, states can reasonably restrict constitutional rights to protect public safety, the

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Court Lets Texas Restrict Abortions During the Crisis

State and local leaders are deciding on closure and stay-at-home orders on a patchwork basis. Closed stores in Palm Beach, Fla.

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own systems for identifying infected residents and people who may have been exposed. It is unclear what role the federal government will take in running or coordinating a mon- itoring system once the worst effects of the crisis have eased. It is only now starting to grap- ple with some of these issues. The administration began collecting key testing and epi- demiological data from hospi- tals in late March. In the com- ing weeks the federal Centers

for Disease Control and Pre- vention plans to deploy tools known as serology tests to find people who have immunity to the disease, including among those who didn’t have symptoms, to better assess its presence in the population. Dr. Fauci suggested the federal government itself won’t take the lead on testing. “It isn’t up to the task force or necessarily the federal government to flood the country with testing,” Dr. Fauci said.

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Stay-at-home orders

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Mask policies, recommendations

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State, local curfews

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Number of states that have implemented:

Source: National Governors Association

Without nationwide testing, a second surge in coronavirus cases could come.

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