“We have to do this,” his father said to him at the time, the moral of the story being, we think, that Tim Pawlenty had a miserable childhood. [Tim Pawlenty via Political Wire]
coronavirus
Coronavirus in New York: Latest Updates
THE FEED
conservatism
No, Theocracy and Progressivism Aren’t Equally Authoritarian
coronavirus stimulus
How and When Can Americans Access the $1,200 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks?
2020 elections
Trump Campaign Attacks Sessions For Too Much Praise of Trump
And the count is not slowing down anytime soon
.@MSNBC: The Johns Hopkins University tally of global coronavirus cases has surpassed 1,000,000.
—@kylegriffin1
Why not three weeks ago?
WH says Trump has invoked Defense Production Act again to prod General Electric and other companies to produce more ventilators.
—@Acosta
covid diary
How Do You Get Laptops to 1.1 Million Public-School Students?
This isn’t going to be soon enough for a lot of people
NEW with @AlexNBCNews: Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government; paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks – nearly 5 months – for some Americans
—@kasie
the national interest
Trump Replaced White House Pandemic-Response Team With Jared Kushner
coronavirus
Georgia Governor Shows Remarkable Ignorance About How the Coronavirus Spreads
investigations
What’s the Deal With Andrew Cuomo’s Nipples? An Investigation
habits
Welcome Back to the Appointment Internet
vision 2020
Democratic Convention Moved to August Due to Coronavirus
Even this seems optimistic at the moment
JUST IN: DNC Convention postponed: In light of the unprecedented health crisis facing our country, DNCC announced today that the 2020 Democratic National Convention will now be held the week of August 17 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. @NY1 @SpectrumNewsDC
—@JvittalTV
diary of a hospital
Diary of a Hospital: A Truck Full of Bodies
Things remain dire in NYC
A frontline doctor at a major NYC hospital told me he lost his first patient this morning to rationing of care — not enough ventilators to go around. The lack of supplies and testing is real — and costing lives — no matter what the daily reality show tries to sell you.
—@danielsgoldman
The latest New York numbers
NEW: @NYGovCuomo says there are now 92,381 confirmed cases of #coronavirus in New York State, 51,809 in City.
—@ZackFinkNews
recession
10 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs in the Past Two Weeks
Another way to look at it
Apprently, the US has lost more jobs in the past 2 weeks than in all of the 2008-09 recession. 10M vs. 8.6M
—@NathanKalmoe
A staggering figure
Perspective - 10 MILLION lost their job in the past two weeks. Unthinkable.
—@AnaCabrera
A number worse than almost anyone was expecting
CNN: 6.6 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits in week ending March 28… highest number of initial claims filed in history, surpassing last week’s 3.3 million claims.
—@Acosta
This may catch on widely
Britain is ‘looking at’ giving people ‘immunity certificates’ if antibody tests show they have had coronavirus
No 10: ‘This is something which has been discussed in other countries
‘We are always looking to learn from other ideas.’
—@Steven_Swinford
No 10: ‘This is something which has been discussed in other countries
‘We are always looking to learn from other ideas.’
just asking questions
A Leading Silicon Valley Investor Talks Coronavirus Fears and Solutions
coronavirus
Pentagon Requests 100,000 Body Bags for Coronavirus Victims: Report
If this curve is just the first wave
The U.S. is still in the clambering-into-the-life-raft phase of responding to Covid-19, and thinking clearly about what to do is still difficult. This confusion has made it hard to appreciate two facts: One is that social distancing combined with scaling up testing, production of medical equipment, and other countermeasures are essential and must be replicated across the country, intensified, and continued. The other is that if these measures have the desired effect of reducing the number of new cases accumulating each day, they provide only a temporary solution. …
It is very possible that after this first wave subsides, we will still have a largely susceptible population, though that depends on how well the social distancing works. Effective treatments and increased ICU capacity could reduce the demand for critical care, lightning the load on the health system, but again, these measures only delay things.
If the SARS-CoV-2 virus has a contagiousness of three, meaning every case infects three other people, then we won’t get to the end of the epidemic until two-thirds of the population has become immune by infection or by vaccination. Successful control of the first peak of infections could leave a majority (perhaps a large majority) of the U.S. population still susceptible to the virus.
Another productive Trump presser
Reporter asks Trump a question about reports of increased domestic violence.
Trump: Mexican violence?
Reporter: Domestic violence.
Trump: Oh.
—@GeoffRBennett
Trump: Mexican violence?
Reporter: Domestic violence.
Trump: Oh.
coronavirus
The Coronavirus Ushered in Boom Times for Gun Retailers
2020 elections
Republican Women in Congress Will Remain a Small Band in 2021
coronavirus
Federalism Is a Bad Prescription for Handling the Coronavirus Crisis
the national interest
Republicans: ‘Nobody Expected’ the Coronavirus Pandemic. So Joe Biden Is Nobody?
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