Coronavirus Updates

[Veritable Quandry]

Ohio is issuing a stay at home order. Pretty much puts all the actions so far into an official proclamation.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Louisiana has now also issued a stay at home order.

Governor Edwards says Louisiana had the fastest growth rate in the world over the first 13 days of reporting COVID-19 cases. Louisiana's trajectory currently matches that of Italy. Of all states in the U.S., Edwards says Louisiana has the 3rd highest number of cases per capita.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A very interesting account of the arguments within the British government over the development of Covid-19 policy.

Coronavirus: ten days that shook Britain — and changed the nation for ever | News | The Sunday Times

Coronavirus: ten days that shook Britain — and changed the nation for ever How Boris Johnson changed his priorities: save lives first, and then salvage the economy ILLUSTRATION: RUSSEL HERNEMAN, JULIA...

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Don't know how accurate this all is -- Dominic Cummins has, for what it's worth, threatened to sue for libel, but he would, wouldn't he? -- but it does give quite an insight into the difficulties governments face in trying to make policy decisions.

Whatever I think of their politics or (in many cases, their character and ability), I don't envy any of Boris Johnson's government their tasks at the moment:

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Coronavirus confirmed in Gaza: This is what Israel must do – now - Middle East News - Haaretz.com

Haaretz - Israel News Monday, March 23, 2020. Adar 27, 5780 Time in Israel: 12:12 AM Search Israel News Coronavirus Netanyau-Gantz Synagogues Italy The plague Gaza cases Turkey Trump Home > Middle Eas...

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Haaretz on the Government of Israel's legal and moral responsibilities to the Palestinians under blockade in the Gaza strip, where 2 cases of Covid-19 have now been confirmed.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Yikes!

Curfew threat to stop virus | News | The Times

Curfew threat to stop virus Monday March 23 2020, 12.01am, The Times Members of the public visit Regent's Park yesterday. Good weather and Mother’s Day celebrations continued to draw crowds to attract...

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[Kara Spengler]

1st thing they teach paramedics: self preservations always goes before rescueing others ...

not surprised here

Yes, it may seem strange at first to people not involed with health care or paramedicine but the last thing you want to do is make the problem worse.

 

[Kara Spengler]

BREAKING NEWS SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT

It took them this long the way they were carrying on?

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Brenda Archer]

One way to test is to look for viral genetic material, but the other is to look for antibodies.

 

[Cristiano]

This story about Rand Paul spreading the coronavirus around the Senate just got even uglier

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www.palmerreport.com

 

[Pamela]

I know we are all tired, but this is the best most comprehensive and enlightning article I have read so far.

 

[Salome]

 

[Salome]

The FOX campaign to discredit Dr Fauci has begun. Also, Innula you and other UKers may want to take a deep breath before you watch this. The hypocrisy is staggering.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Trump's stimula bill (aka gifts to big companies) did not pass the Senate yesterday. Today could be another vote to get it pass.

Coronavirus stimulus bill fails in key Senate procedural vote

Democratic leaders warned that the bill did too much to bail out companies and not enough to help workers.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Fionalein]

The FOX campaign to discredit Dr Fauci has begun. Also, Innula you and other UKers may want to take a deep breath before you watch this. The hypocrisy is staggering.

Well, well, well,...

So the US has created a system where folks cannot be quarantined because they cannot afford it. Congratulations on spiraling into economic desaster. Does Faux News really believe the US is so important that their representatives need to go nowhere? Because the free world might just decide to bar US citizens from entering their country as they are walking health risks. Enjoy your indefinate shutout!

PS: I doubt Trump will continue this position once enough economy lobbyists bribe convince him to act otherwise

 

[eku zhong]

The FOX campaign to discredit Dr Fauci has begun. Also, Innula you and other UKers may want to take a deep breath before you watch this. The hypocrisy is staggering.

I was pretty much waiting for this after he did the facepalm. Next time Trump appears, Dr Fauci is conspicuously absent and Trump has brought back the fat guy he got rid of after he spoke too much at the CDC... who seems to have been told to speak and get out of the way fast.

 

[Salome]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

One way to test is to look for viral genetic material, but the other is to look for antibodies.

Ah.. I read Elisa as Eliza, which in the context of computers and medicine left me feeling even more confused than usual.

Eliza, Computer Therapist

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The FOX campaign to discredit Dr Fauci has begun. Also, Innula you and other UKers may want to take a deep breath before you watch this. The hypocrisy is staggering.

So that's what he's doing nowadays.

This is how, in 2012, he left a previous job:

Steve Hilton, David Cameron's chief strategy adviser, has left Downing Street, calling for £25bn welfare cuts and claiming an inefficient Whitehall machine could be massively reduced in size, possibly more than halved.

The prime minister's closest adviser for more than five years is taking a year-long sabbatical in California where he plans to study how governance can be improved.

Hilton has had a series of run-ins within Whitehall, frustrated at the slow pace of reform and impatient for more radical thinking, including from Cameron himself.

The Daily Telegraph reports that he has submitted a policy paper marking out a second phase of welfare reform that builds on the changes implemented by the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith. Hilton claims another £25bn can be cut on top of the £18bn identified through the 2010 spending review process.

Steve Hilton's parting shots: £25bn in cuts and a broadside at the civil service

David Cameron's chief strategist begins sabbatical, calling for further reductions in welfare bill and Whitehall streamlining

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic

The disconnect is already shaping, even distorting, the nation’s response.

www.theatlantic.com

How Republicans and Democrats Think About Coronavirus - The Atlantic

Politics Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic The disconnect is already shaping, even distorting, the nation’s response. Ronald Brownstein March 20, 2020 Yuskiki / Shutterstock /...

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