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COVID-19 news: GOP floats ‘sacrifice the elderly’ trial balloon; U.S. becomes new world hotspot NewsColony • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted the proposal:  “We’re not going to accept a premise that human life is disposable.” • Online, a new “#DieForTheDow” hashtag mocked and condemned the would-be tradeoff. And do Republicans understand that the Americans they are suggesting be sacrificed to reopen the economy are disproportionately their own base? • Arguments that the elderly and immunocompromised are most at risk from the virus have tended to overshadow the real truth: The virus is threatening plenty of younger and healthier people as well. • The United States is primed to become the new world epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, as U.S. cases rise above those of Italy and other tertiary hotspots—with few signs of decelerating. Especially at risk in this country : “low-income people, people in rural areas, homeless people, single parents, inmates, and more.” • Private...