| Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: U.S. poised for recession, AMC drops Universal films over "Trolls," and sorry, AI: only humans can invent.  Trump aims to rush virus vaccine The White House is planning a Manhattan Project-style program in an unprecedented bid to make 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by January. "Operation Warp Speed" will pool government, pharmaceutical, and military resources to test the most promising vaccine candidates in animals, then humans. And the best ones would be scaled up from there. Infectious disease experts have repeatedly said that a Covid-19 vaccine wouldn't be ready for 12 to 18 months at best. Trump refused to accept that timeline and encouraged a breakthrough process, according to HHS. More: - Gilead's experimental drug, remdesivir, helped Covid-19 patients recover more quickly in the first drug trials by the NIH, Fauci announced. The FDA is set to authorize its emergency use.
- Trump said Wednesday the federal government won't extend its social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday.
$ignificant figures 4.8%. The U.S. economy shrank by that much in the first quarter as the pandemic forced businesses to close and consumers to stay home, signaling the start of likely the deepest recession in eight decades. 305 million. The UN's International Labour Organization estimated the equivalent of that many full-time jobs could be lost in the second quarter of 2020 alone, increasing their previous prediction of 195 million positions. $0. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who makes upwards of $30 million a year, will voluntarily make nothing as the league implements tiered salary reductions for managers, directors and other executives. Highly quotable "Breaking the business model." AMC said it won't show Universal Pictures films after the studio vowed to put movies online the same day they're released in theaters, spurred by the success of "Trolls World Tour." "The time for warnings has passed." NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio defended breaking up a crowded Hasidic Jewish funeral, saying "what I saw will not be tolerated so long as we are fighting the coronavirus." "We're in a crisis, but I need to pay rent." NYC's hustling food delivery workers risk their health bringing takeout to patrons' doorsteps, but restaurants have added precautions, and at least the "tips are great." This is not normal "Brutal damage." Spanish officials apologized for spraying the beach at Zahara de los Atunes with bleach a day before children were let outside for the first time after activists said it "killed everything on the ground."  The future is now Sorry, cyborg. Only "natural persons" can legally be inventors, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled, after two applications were submitted for a food container and a flashlight, crediting an AI as the creator.  What's good Missions of mercy. He can't drive, but 16-year-old TJ Kim can fly, and he's using his pilot training to deliver donated medical supplies to rural hospitals in Virginia as part of his Operation SOS— Supplies Over Skies.  Now that you're caught up... Tell your friends to sign up to receive our newsletter five days a week. Follow QuickTake on Twitter , YouTube , Instagram and Facebook . BTW: So you saw Tuesday's Blue Angels NYC flyover from the ground. Now, see it from inside the cockpit. Thanks for reading!
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