“If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.” -- Irwin Redlener
Deaths
US: 3,889 (+724)
World: 42,151 (+4336)
White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus.
Should Americans be prepared for the possibility of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus? Fauci: "The answer is yes."
Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear. Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through.
If impeachment really had prevented McConnell from taking action on coronavirus, you'd expect him to deal with the issue immediately after the trial concluded on February 5. The first thing senators did after acquitting Trump was take a five-day weekend.
Trump insists on congratulations while America braces for the worst.
GOP Plows Forward on Plans to Kill Obamacare, Pandemic Be Damned. -- Healthcare is right, not a privilege.
In unusually blunt memo, captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt warns top Navy leaders most of his ship's crew needs to be quarantined ashore in Guam due to concerns that keeping them aboard would continue the spread of coronavirus.
As Spain records its deadliest day, lockdown stirs unrest. Accusations of police using violence to enforce the strict movement restrictions grow amid coronavirus lockdown. A video has also surfaced.
Consumer confidence nosedives as Americans begin to grasp the magnitude of the social and economic disruption caused by the coronavirus. “The consumer confidence survey was just before we got the really massive layoffs. Next month, it’s going to plummet.”
The Trump administration is planning to finalize a rule that will loosen tough fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, a move that will have large environmental consequences and weaken former President Obama's efforts to combat climate change. -- Of course they are.
As the nation worries about coronavirus, the Trump administration is rolling back environmental rules.
Climate scientists have recorded the first heat wave at a research base in East Antarctica, warning that such "unprecedented" temperatures could impact animals and plantlife in the region.
As the coronavirus was emerging as an international concern, a U.S. government agency sold 80 cases of protective masks that are now in high demand.
McConnell: Impeachment trial 'diverted' attention from coronavirus crisis in China. -- Shut up, Mitch. As is the Repbublican way, he is trying to scapegoat others for his party’s complete incompetence and lack of responsibility. He’s caused more damage to America than any other person over the past 15 years. Vote that fucker out.
The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
Idaho governor signs into law anti-transgender legislation. One bill prohibits trans people from changing the sex on their birth certificates, and the other bans trans girls and women from competing in women’s sports.
Almost a quarter of U.S. children live in single-parent homes, more than in any other country.
FBI issues warning, NY attorney general makes inquiry after wave of Zoom hijackings. They’re called Zoombombings.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
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