True or False: COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the U.S. False. It’s not even close. As of July 25, the most recent date for which Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data is available, there were 135,579 deaths related to the contagion, less than 10% of the more than 1.5 million deaths that have occurred in the U.S. so far this year.

Today’s employment report marks the third straight month of better-than-expected growth, with 1.8 million new and returned jobs, and the unemployment rate declining to 10.2%. “While there is still a ways to go in getting Americans safely back to work, continued signs of recovery demonstrate why public health—not more ‘stimulus’—should be the focus," says Heritage expert Rachel Greszler.

Heritage's Doug Badger writes that government officials have perpetrated a distorted view of COVID-19 risk on tens of millions of Americans, stoking a climate of fear instead of rationality. "Major League Baseball so far has resisted demands to cancel its season, preserving the hope that reason may yet prevail in our pandemic response." 

Heritage expert Klon Kitchen joined Newsy's "The Why," to talk about the latest on China and TikTok, the national security threat TikTok represents to the U.S., and Microsoft's efforts to purchase the company. "This may be the only global app that we have taken any kind of action like this on," said Kitchen. 

The rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak prompted public schools nationwide to close during the 2019-2020 academic year. Most states remained closed for the rest of the year, but a few states reopened partially.