[329] Time Out of Mind

Completion Date: 27 May 2020
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches

News Headlines 01-10 May 2020

10 May 2020
S&P500: 2,929.8
Bitcoin: 8,741
CO2 (PPM): 416.9
JPY/USD: 106.7
USD/EUR: 1.08
USD/GBP: 1.24
Trump Approval: 43.4

20 May 2020
S&P500: 2,968
Bitcoin: 9,474
CO2 (PPM): 416.85
JPY/USD: 107.43
USD/EUR: 1.09
USD/GBP: 1.22
Trump Approval: 43.7

11 May
* White House staff ordered to wear masks
* Wuhan in first virus cluster since end of lockdown

12 May
* Fauci warns of ‘needless suffering and death’

13 May
* Fed chair warns of permanent economic damage unless Congress acts
* WHO – Coronavirus may never go away

14 May
* Almost every state in process of reopening

15 May
* Global deaths > 300,000

16 May
* Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases
* US cases slow

17 May
* Obama criticises Trump admin’s virus response
* Texas sees highest single-day increase in cases
* European countries set to further ease lockdowns
* Hospitals in Brazil’s São Paulo ‘near collapse’

18 May
* Trump officials shift blame to scientists for death toll
* Vaccine tests show early promise
* Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine
* Trump slams WHO as ‘puppet of China’

19 May
* China accuses US of smear over Trump remarks
* All states will soon be partially re-opened
* Macron loses majority as defectors form new party
* Trump calls US coronavirus numbers a ‘badge of honor’
* Brazil’s daily virus death toll hits record high

20 May
* World sees highest daily increase in virus cases
* Almost 5 million cases worldwide