The Morning Dispatch: Brokered Convention Blues

Plus, we chat with a virologist about why the world is struggling to keep coronavirus under control.

By The Dispatch Staff

Feb 28, 2020

Happy Friday! And congratulations to long-suffering fans of the Bills, Jets, and Dolphins—it looks like your days of being torched by Tom Brady twice each year could be coming to a close.

Tom Brady is currently operating under the belief that he will enter free agency to play somewhere other than New England next season, a sentiment the quarterback has shared with others, ESPN’s Jeff Darlington is repotting.https://t.co/SuOW4L1U6Q
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 27, 2020

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

The stock market continued its coronavirus-sparked slide Thursday; the Dow has now fallen by about 10 percent since its peak earlier this month. Stocks are trending towards their worst week since the financial crisis in 2008.
A whistleblower in the Department of Health and Human Services claims American health officials interacted with quarantined Americans without proper protective equipment and training, potentially putting themselves and the public at risk of spreading the coronavirus.

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