USNI NEWS: The Pentagon is starting the process of activating Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) as part of the Defense Department’s domestic response to the spreading COVID-19 virus, USNI News has learned. “We’ve...
From CNN: (CNN)France’s health ministry has suggested that popular anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen could worsen the effects of the coronavirus, raising questions over which over-the-counter drugs people should be taking to treat the symptoms...
From The Hill: President Donald Trump announced Friday that the federal government will partner with the private sector to cut red tape and clear the way for safe, effective, convenient and affordable community testing for the...
From the WSJ: Companies around the world are drawing down their credit lines at the same time, forcing banks to cough up large sums of money on short notice and further straining a financial...
From AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is alleging that a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, three U.S. officials said Monday. On Sunday,...
From Vox: The US Health and Human Services Department was the victim of a cyberattack yesterday, the agency confirmed to Recode. Bloomberg, which was first to report the attack on Monday morning, initially described it as...
From CNBC: Stocks fell sharply Monday — with the Dow suffering its worst day since the “Black Monday” market crash in 1987 and its third-worst day ever — even after the Federal Reserve embarked...
From the Washington Examiner: European Union leaders want to ban most travel to the continent for 30 days in an effort to counter the coronavirus pandemic that is rocking healthcare systems around the world. “We think nonessential travel should be...
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Canada is barring entry to all travellers who are not Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Americans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today — one of a set of extraordinary...
Cuomo in the New York Post: “He [Trump] allowed us to take over the testing and we’ve made great progress on testing,” Cuomo said. “But that was yesterday. Tomorrow is going to be the...
From The Washington Times: China, Russia and Iran are flooding the global information space with false claims about the new coronavirus, according to U.S. officials, who say one of the biggest lies — that the virus...
I told @JoeNBC that @JoeBiden hasn’t really been vetted. The video below is perfect evidence of that fact. How many Democrats know about Joe’s passionate defense of freezing Social Security benefits? Not many. At...
Watch this briefing here. Here is a reasonable summary: The virus is an omnipresent predator, and we are the animals. There is this flight or fight. Flight will spread the virus. The only way...
BREAKING: Statement from @NYCMayor on restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. pic.twitter.com/rMK5rhCPL4 — NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 16, 2020
These are the emergency steps we are taking to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 & protect people across LA, effective at midnight tonight. This isn’t easy & I don't make this decision lightly....
From The Guardian, the worst-case scenario is expected to be the actual scenario: The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalized, a...
From The Atlantic: The coronavirus pandemic is in its early days. But the scale and force of the economic and medical crisis that is about to hit the United States may turn out to...
From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that he would ask Congress to reinstate powers that were used during the 2008 financial crisis to support the economy...
From CNBC: At a press conference Sunday evening following the decision, Powell said the Fed would be patient before lifting rates again. “We will maintain the rate at this level until we’re confident that...
From The Atlantic: Earlier this week, Anthony Fauci, the widely respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases whose reputation for honesty and integrity has been only enhanced during this crisis,...
By Mike Ahmadi Drink Up: Back in the days of British imperialism the Brits did a lot of traveling overseas, in search of lands to conquer, and all was well for a while. Eventually,...
From the WSJ: A self-described germaphobe, Mr. Thibault isn’t sure exactly how he became infected. He said he used hand sanitizer constantly on the trip. But the group’s local tour guide said he felt...
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From DNYUZ: His nickname in China was “The Cannon,” and Ren Zhiqiang’s latest commentary was among his most explosive yet. Mr. Ren, an outspoken property tycoon in Beijing, wrote in a scathing essay that China’s...
From Lee and Feng: Since the coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, Adhanom refrained from criticizing Beijing for fear of losing access to China and instead has gone to great lengths to accommodate Xi. Adhanom...
From The Intercept: IT IS VIRTUALLY REQUIRED in Democratic Party politics to periodically express revulsion about the bigoted political attacks wielded for years against former President Barack Obama: images designed to emphasize his African roots, false...
From the New York Post, Bernie Bros. a No: The Bernie Bros are vowing revenge. As the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to crash and burn, the socialist’s most hard-core supporters are vowing...
In a bizarre, meandering livestream put on by Joe Biden's campaign today, he forgets what year it is and when, if he doesn't lose, he would be in office. At another point, he seemingly...
From Yahoo Finance: “Don’t believe the numbers when you see, even on our Johns Hopkins website, that 1,600 Americans have the virus,” he said. “No, that means 1,600 got the test, tested positive. There...
From David Knowles, Editor of Yahoo News: Connecticut’s chief epidemiologist said Thursday that 10 to 20 percent of the state’s population could contract coronavirus over the next month. Given Connecticut’s population of 3.75 million,...
By Mike Ahmadi Survival Economics Lesson One: Joe has a gun and ammo. Jim has no gun and a cheeseburger. Joe is hungry and there are no cheeseburgers left. Jim no longer has a...
Swine Flu Infected 60 Million People, Hospitalized 300,000 in the U.S.: Do you know how many people were hospitalized in 2009-2010 with the swine flu? Three hundred thousand were hospitalized. So 60 million people...
From The Atlantic: a number of prominent conservatives—including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas—are going with Wuhan virus, as if the deadly new pathogen were one more scourge to be...
AFP via Yahoo: “We know children get infected with the virus, but they don’t appear to get very sick or die,” said Justin Lessler, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
From DNYUZ: Between 160 million and 214 million people in the U.S. could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. That could last months or even over a year,...
Anchorage Daily News: Beyond that, industry officials acknowledge some uncertainty about how exactly they will be able to replenish their stocks if factories and ports worldwide are short-staffed. Over the past decade, retailers have...
From FOX NEWS: A new report out of Beijing suggests the first confirmed case of the coronavirus can be traced back to mid-November, a month earlier than the Chinese government has claimed it knew about it. Government documents seen...
From the South China Morning Post: The Sars experience drove Beijing’s leadership to overhaul its infectious disease control system in a bid to prevent a future epidemic and, according to a former CDC official,...
From BioRxiv: Steroid compounds, which are expected to have dual functions in blocking host inflammation and MERS-CoV replication, were screened from a chemical library. Within this library, ciclesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid, suppressed human coronavirus...
From The HIll: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Trump have struck a deal on a multibillion-dollar stimulus package aimed at assisting millions of Americans directly hurt by the coronavirus outbreak. Pelosi announced the deal on Friday evening...
ABC News: As scientists scramble to understand more about the novel coronavirus, a new government-funded experiment shows that the virus can survive on surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for up to three days. Though...
Rep. Crawford via FOX News: The president’s emphasis on public-private partnerships is a proven method of success. There are numerous examples that embody the fighting spirit of America, but one that immediately comes to...
From National Review: The bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel — a prime architect of Obamacare — is the most famous person on the committee. Why is that important? Emanuel made headlines a few years ago by writing...
From New York Post: Europe is now the “epicenter” of the global coronavirus pandemic as it aggressively spreads through Italy and other European nations — at the same time as it has slowed in China —...
New York Post: Some patients who have recovered from the coronavirus have been left with a reduced lung capacity – and left gasping for air when walking briskly, according to a report. The Hong...
From CNBC: The New York Federal Reserve will begin buying Treasurys across the yield spectrum as part of its efforts to help the financial system through the coronavirus scare. In an announcement Friday, the...
From USA Today: Testing for coronavirus typically uses reagents, which are chemical substances used in laboratory analyses. The reagents extract, purify and stabilize RNA, or ribonucleic acid, in samples taken from patients suspected of having...
Politico: On Tuesday night, Joe Biden’s campaign was celebrating his latest primary night triumph. By Wednesday morning, #NeverBiden, #WriteinBernie and #DemExit2020 hashtags began trending on Twitter.
Lack of Testing Kits Stresses Political System: “The system is not geared toward what we need right now, what you are asking for,” Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and the head of the National Institute...
Miami Herald: Researchers looking at cases in China say patients could spread the virus for up to 37 days after they start showing symptoms, according to the study published in the British medical journal...
From Yahoo Finance: The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 4,000 people around the world, affecting over 100 different countries. It is making its way through the U.S., impacting 35 states so far with over 1,300 confirmed cases. There...
I think most people aren’t aware of the risk of systemic healthcare failure due to #COVID19 because they simply haven’t run the numbers yet. Let’s talk math. 1/n — Liz Specht (@LizSpecht) March 7,...
The Hill: Federally funded tests conducted by scientists from several major institutions indicated that the novel form of coronavirus behind a worldwide outbreak can survive in the air for several hours. A study awaiting peer...
From the WSJ: The spread of coronavirus through the halls of government marks an acute challenge for institutions that—by their very nature—are more vulnerable to the virus. Many heads of state and lawmakers are...
Lowry in the NY Post: Nonetheless, the virus first became known in Wuhan, in cases clustered around a wildlife market, and the locked-down city has remained the epicenter of the Chinese epidemic ever since....
NBC NEWS: The attending physician of the U.S. Congress & Supreme Court, Dr. Brian Monahan, briefed Senate Staff yesterday in a closed-door meeting that he expects anywhere from 70 up to 150 million people...
From PBS Newshour: Events DC, which operates the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, is suspending operations there from March 13 to March 31, disclosing that five people who attended the recent AIPAC conference had...
From the BBC: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country’s population – some 58 million people – could contract the coronavirus. Mrs Merkel made the stark prediction at...
From CNBC: The coronavirus-induced sell-off reached a new low on Wednesday as Wall Street grappled with the rapid spread of the virus as well as uncertainty around a fiscal response to curb slower economic growth...
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 "We have therefore made the assessment that #COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/JqdsM2051A — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 11, 2020
The IRS regulation allows coronavirus testing and treatment to be covered below the deductible without jeopardizing your Health Savings Account eligibility. The reg is n-20-15.
From The Daily Star: Never have so many brain cells been sacrificed on the altar of toilet paper fever. Come on people, what is that about? Why, when you’re warned you may get a...
From DW: The coronavirus scare has seen quite a number of Germans resorting to panic buying, although the chances of them really needing a lot of stuff at home over a longer period are rather...
Surgeon general: “If you are a child or young adult, you are more likely to die from the flu, if you get it, than you are to die from coronavirus. So, there is something about being young that is protective.”...
From RCP: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/democratic_2020_nomination/
From The Hill: Three employees with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in California tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency confirmed Tuesday. The employees, who work at Mineta San Jose International Airport in Santa...
From CNBC: Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden’s presidential campaigns canceled rallies set for Cleveland on Tuesday night due to coronavirus concerns, the first disruptions the outbreak has caused in the 2020 Democratic primary. In separate...
From the LA Times: An analysis of the novel coronavirus’ spread inside the United States suggests that thousands of Americans are already infected, dimming the prospects for stomping out the outbreak in its earliest...
From Postmates: As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be a serious public health challenge affecting communities across the United States, Postmates announced today its industry-leading plan for providing couriers and merchants with additional resources for...
From Tech Crunch: Postmates couriers who have made at least one delivery in states where cases of COVID-19 have been identified will be eligible for credits from the emergency relief fund, which can be...
From Input: The Postmates Fleet Relief Fund, as it’s called, is available to anyone in the Postmates “fleet” in the following states: Wash., Ore., Calif., Nev., Utah, Colo., Ariz., Texas, Neb., Wis., Ill., Ind.,...
Washington Examiner: The same news media that spent the entire new year referring to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan virus,” the “Wuhan coronavirus,” or the “Chinese coronavirus” have decided this week that those terms are...
From Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the U.S. markets in turmoil due to coronavirus-driven recession fears and plunging oil prices, investors and analysts on Monday said they were factoring in the possibility that a...
Sometimes, I just love Speaker Pelosi, with a hat tip for Rep. Sherrill, from The Hill: With the Capitol consumed by anxiety over the coronavirus, Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) rose in a closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday and...
From The Lancet: In scenarios in which the reproduction number was 2·5, 15% of transmission occurred before symptom onset, and there was a short delay to isolation, at least 80% of infected contacts needed...
Tucker: “People you trust — people you probably voted for — have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem,” Carlson told his audience. “Though these people have good intentions as they...
First, the House Dems are at no payroll tax cut. Second, here is a reasonable summation of where a fair number of the Senate Republicans are at, if you want some money to help...
From Yahoo News: Despite vows to drastically expand coronavirus testing, federal and state public health authorities have tested only 4,987 people for the coronavirus as of Tuesday morning, according to the Centers for Disease...
From KHN: Stat: $125M Effort To Find Coronavirus Drugs Started By Gates Foundation, Wellcome, And Mastercard The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the charitable group Wellcome and Mastercard, announced Tuesday that they...
From the NYT: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, is widely respected for his ability to explain science without talking down to his audience — and lately, for managing to...
From WTOP: The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking all personnel based at its headquarters to work from home due to an employee who may have coronavirus, according to an SEC spokesperson, becoming the first federal agency to...
From Arab News: DUBAI: Iran has temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the head of the judiciary said on Monday, as officials reported hundreds of new...
From The HIll: Older Americans, especially those with underlying health conditions, should stockpile supplies and avoid unnecessary travel, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday. Most Americans...
It's actually very important we continue to refer to COVID19 as the Wuhan Virus The Chinese government is working overtime to blame the CIA and anyone else for their failings. The name should indicate...
From The Washingtonian: Politico, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, and Mother Jones have asked reporters who covered CPAC to self-quarantine and work remotely due to concerns that they may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus....
From The Daily Caller: Republican Georgia Rep. Doug Collins and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz both announced Monday afternoon that they would be self-quarantining themselves after learning that they interacted with a coronavirus-infected person in...
From CBS News: The Federal Reserve is delaying processing dollars that have been repatriated from Asia. The Louvre Museum in Paris isn’t accepting cash from visitors. And Iran has urged its citizens to stop...
From CNBC: Italy will expand the lockdown of the Lombardy region to the entire country, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Monday as Italy’s case count surged, making it the country with the most COVID-19 cases outside...
Coronavirus Update: Number Of Cases Continues To Climb Across Tri-State; New Jersey’s 1st Patient Speaks Out
From the Washington Examiner: A firestorm erupted over the weekend in western media and politics over how to deal with China’s role in the outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. Many have taken to...
From Bloomberg News: (Bloomberg) — The new coronavirus causes little more than a cough if it stays in the nose and throat, which it does for the majority of people unlucky enough to be...
The head of port authority for NY/NJ who runs NY/NJ airports tested positive the Governor announced. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 9, 2020
NEW from @Kasie: Members of Congress are becoming increasingly anxious about coronavirus, and there is growing pressure on leadership to take steps to protect lawmakers — even potentially recessing for a period of weeks...
From The Seattle Times: Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering...
From Business Insider: In a statement, an Uber spokesperson said the company will be compensating drivers and delivery people for up to 14 days who are either diagnosed with COVID-19 or are placed in...