“Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.” -- Peter Diamandis
Deaths
US: 3165 (+681)
World: 37,815 (+3839)
Note: More people have died in the US from the Coronavirus than died on 9/11.
This Is Not the Apocalypse You Were Looking For. If you find yourself eager to see the whole species punished, that’s not a fetish, that’s fascism...Instead, the world feels larger, not smaller. Right now, with over a third of the world on some sort of lockdown, with the entire world going through some version of the same crisis at once, we are suddenly frantic to touch one another. It seems more important to reconnect with friends. It seems more important than ever to be sweet and silly. We all know someone who’s stuck in a house by themselves, trying not to go bonkers. We all know someone who’s stuck in a house with someone awful, trying to survive the hotboxing of an already toxic relationships. And many of us, by now, know someone who’s sick.
78% of Americans are under stay-at-home orders.
Coronavirus job losses could total 47 million, unemployment rate may hit 32%, Fed estimates.
CBS News obtained audio of a call Monday between Pres. Trump and rural state governors about coronavirus. After Montana Gov. Steve Bullock discusses difficulty getting testing equipment, Trump says, "I haven't heard anything about testing being a problem". -- He must go.
Trump says guidelines to slow coronavirus spread may get tougher.
New York's Central Park and harbor are now home to makeshift hospitals.
Trauma physician treating coronavirus patients worries ''we are slowly descending into chaos”.
Inside a Brooklyn hospital that is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and deaths. At Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York, the ICU is at capacity, patient beds line the hallways of the emergency department, and the morgue is overflowing.
Illinois governor says feds sent the wrong type of protective medical masks.
Trump administration in talks with India to avoid U.S. drug supply shortage.
They did it right.
Number of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases tops 400 nationwide.
Getting old has often meant loneliness. It’s about to get worse. Isolation can have serious health effects for older people.
Kids are losing their childhood to the coronavirus pandemic. This is what it feels like for them.
No evidence for Trump's suggestion that masks are 'going out the back door' of New York hospitals. -- When has Trump ever needed evidence?
Inslee Outlines Enforcement Measures for "Stay Home" Order.
Arizona governor enacts stay-at-home order over coronavirus.
Portugal has temporarily given all migrants and asylum seekers full citizenship rights, granting them full access to the country's healthcare as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus escalates in the country.
MyPillow founder uses coronavirus briefing to urge Americans to focus on religion. -- Um, yeah...no. Religion isn’t going to get us out of this thing,
Trump has been nudging MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to run for office.
On Monday, Hungary’s parliament awarded its nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, the power to rule by decree until his government decides the coronavirus crisis has passed. The move effectively eliminates any democratic opposition. -- Don’t think this isn’t on The Orange One’s wish list.
A Florida pastor was arrested after he held service for his 4,000-member church — in defiance of a county ban on gatherings of 10 people or more to curb the spread of the coronavirus. -- Good.
Group of Spring Breakers Test Positive for COVID-19 After Visiting Alabama Beach. -- Yeah, we’re all shocked by that.
How to access reproductive healthcare during a pandemic.
Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from shuttered Netherlands museum.
Performing arts online: Bringing theater to socially-distancing audiences.
Cooped up at home? You can help scientists spot penguins from space or seek out new galaxies.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
MyPillow founder uses coronavirus briefing to urge Americans to focus on religion. -- Um, yeah...no. Religion isn’t going to get us out of this thing,
Trump has been nudging MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to run for office.
On Monday, Hungary’s parliament awarded its nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, the power to rule by decree until his government decides the coronavirus crisis has passed. The move effectively eliminates any democratic opposition. -- Don’t think this isn’t on The Orange One’s wish list.
A Florida pastor was arrested after he held service for his 4,000-member church — in defiance of a county ban on gatherings of 10 people or more to curb the spread of the coronavirus. -- Good.
Group of Spring Breakers Test Positive for COVID-19 After Visiting Alabama Beach. -- Yeah, we’re all shocked by that.
How to access reproductive healthcare during a pandemic.
Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from shuttered Netherlands museum.
Performing arts online: Bringing theater to socially-distancing audiences.
Cooped up at home? You can help scientists spot penguins from space or seek out new galaxies.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
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