Plus: Royal word clouds | Friday, May 05, 2023
| | | | | | | Presented By Amazon | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · May 05, 2023 | | Happy almost weekend! Today's PM — edited by Dave Lawler — is 497 words, a 2-min read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit. | | | | | | 1 big thing: WHO declares COVID crisis over |  | | | Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios | | | | COVID is no longer a global health emergency. - That's according to World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said today that the pandemic had been on a "downward trend" for a year, "allowing most countries to return to life as we knew it before," Axios' Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath writes.
The U.S. is set to end its public health emergency next Thursday, by order of President Biden. 🥊 Reality check: "This virus is here to stay," Tedros said. "It is still killing, and it's still changing. The risk remains of new variants emerging that cause new surges in cases and deaths." The bottom line: "COVID has changed the world, and it has changed us. And that's the way it should be," Tedros added. - "If we go back to how things were before COVID-19, we will have failed to learn our lessons, and failed our future generations."
⚡ Breaking: Rochelle Walensky is stepping down as director of the CDC, the White House announced today. |     | | | | | | 2. 👑 How Brits see their new king |  | | | Screenshots via JL Partners. Methodology: A nationally representative sample of 2,086 U.K. adults, surveyed April 26-27, was asked to give their view of each of six royals in one word. | | | | Ahead of tomorrow's coronation of King Charles III, Brits view their new monarch as "regal," "boring" and "nice," according to a survey of 2,086 adults from JL Partners, shared exclusively with Axios. - The most popular word chosen to describe Queen Consort Camilla is "supportive."
- Monarch-in-waiting Prince William is seen as "nice" and "boring" — and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, as "lovely," "beautiful" and "elegant."
The flip side: Respondents were much harsher about Prince Harry, who will attend the coronation, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, who won't. - His word cloud includes "idiot" and "troubled." The words most associated with her were "actress," "American," "manipulative" and "annoying."
The ceremony kicks off at 6 a.m. ET tomorrow. | | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | "The fact that Amazon offers tuition, you just can't beat that" | | |  | | | | Amazon offers prepaid tuition, including the cost of books and fees, to help associates like Billy earn their degrees without worrying about the cost. Key numbers: Billy is just one of more than 100,000 Amazon employees who has taken part in Career Choice. Hear from more employees. | | | | | | 3. Catch me up |  Data: FRED. Chart: Axios Visuals - The labor market is still humming, according to today's jobs report, which shows unemployment among Black Americans falling under 5% for the first time ever (see chart). Go deeper.
- Serbia's president promised "an almost complete disarming" of the country after two mass shootings in 48 hours. Go deeper.
- 🏇 Tomorrow is Kentucky Derby day. Pre-race headlines have been dominated by the deaths of multiple horses at Churchill Downs. Go deeper.
| | | | | | | | 4. 🎬 Summer movie season begins |  | | | Promotional art for summer films. Photo: AP | | | | Summer movie season kicks off today with the release of the new "Guardians of the Galaxy" installment, AP reports. - Since "Jaws," the summer season has been the most important for the moviemaking industry — and typically accounts for around 40% of a year's domestic box office.
- Just 22 films debuted on the big screen last summer. That's up to 42 this year. The industry is feeling optimistic about a post-pandemic bounce back.
What to watch: There's already a half-serious rivalry growing between two buzzy but very different films opening on July 21 — Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie." | | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | "Amazon is footing the bill" | | |  | | | | When Dana started working at Amazon, she didn't have her high school diploma. Then she heard about the Amazon Career Choice program, and she earned her GED in just two months. Even better: "Amazon paid 100% of my GED," she said. "It was such a weight off my shoulders." Hear more from employees. | | |  | | Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters.
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