Virus Expands Exponentially. Response Doesn’t. Yesterday, we were at 6496 cases and 114 deaths. We’re now at 9415 cases and 150 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins conavirus map. The government appears no closer to securing nearly enough ventilators nor making tests readily available. A willful failure that will go down in history.
Florida Governor Refuses To Close Beaches. Tourism $$’s more important than stopping a pandemic. Rethug Gov. Ron DeSantis sure has his priorities straight. Betcha he didn’t read this article. I mean, JEE-zus. You can bet that there is no program in place to test these scofflaws when they return home from spring break. Tell me again why our fate won’t be worse than Italy’s.
Trump Changes Subject To Xenophobic Rope-A-Dope. I saw right-wing echoes throughout the day. ‘It’s China’s fault’. Don’t take the bait. He just wants to change the subject b/c he’s failed so abjectly at addressing the crisis. Rethug ‘leader’ John Cornyn blames it on the ‘fact’ that the Chinese eat bats. These are not serious leaders. Trump also blames millennials for, I guess, buying the snake oil that Trump was selling.
Kushner’s Family Cashing In On Covid-19 Virus. Don’t pretend that you’re surprised.
Elizabeth Warren’s Eight Conditions On Prospective Corporate Bailouts. Will the Corporadems go along with her, or will they sell out to their corporate benefactors? Chris, Chris?
How South Korea Trounced US On Testing. Didja know that South Korea and the United States each discovered their first positive case of the coronavirus on the same day? Today’s absolute must-read details how one country succeeded and one country failed its citizens.
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