And, last, why should every American get the relief check from the government?
You may be employed but every single person has/is/will be feeling the effects of this.
401K shattered
529
future job security
healthcare costs
the list goes on…
I wouldn’t get too angry about what people “knew” early on about this. There are a thousand different ways this could go, and even the experts who have modeled and war-gamed these things are not in complete agreement about all the small details that can have huge effects on the output of the models.
People can have been briefed about a lot of things, most of which will turn out to be wrong, and some of which will turn out to be right. It will only be obvious in hindsight which are which.
People were warned that SARS could turn in to a pandemic, and it didn’t. Not all warnings are accurate.
All of us are trying to make the best decisions we can with the information we have, and listening to the informed judgement of people we trust. That won’t lead all of us to do the same thing all at once, but a consensus and path forward will emerge that will be better for all of the different information and experiences we bring.
NYS reaching 3000 cases and climbing rapidly.
Governor Cuomo paints scary reality of ability to care for people.
DOES NOT ORDER SHELTER IN PLACE!
NYS positive cases:
Total 4,152 up by 1,769
NYC 2,469 (+1,129)
Westchester 798 (+260)
Nassau 372 (+189)
Suffolk 178(+62)
Rockland 53 (+23)
Orange 51 (+19)
remaining counties less than 50 cases
Cuomo should remember that if NY hogs all the available resources, the rest of the country suffer. NY was not a hot zone only a week ago. Through their inaction to sacrifice as other states are doing, they created a hot zone. The country really didn’t need another hot zone. That, I think, is sheer selfishness. My state with far fewer cases, just over 100, closed schools and restaurants well before NY. He is just as bad as or worse than kids partying at the beach.
everyone gets relief checks so that we can spend money and keep the economy going.
Senator Burr is the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. He is privy to important information that is not available to the general public. He shared that information with a select group of wealthy businesspeople who paid for the privilege of receiving it and he never said a word publicly about it, while he was well aware the administration was publicly minimizing the situation and calling any characterization of it as a threat was a “hoax”. Totally unconscionable, in my opinion.
eta: Not only that, but he was subtly giving them a signal to sell their stocks.
Presser is happening right now. Trump is talking about medication options.
Aside from the mistakes made on the test kits, the CDC was slow to halt travel to affected areas.
January 24 - CDC recommended deferring travel to Wuhan (just Wuhan).
January 31 - first cases found in Italy
February 29 - CDC recommended no non essential travel to Italy.
Hindsight is of course 20/20 but the travel bans and quarantining any returning traveler should have been done much earlier.
Hydroxychloroquine approved.
Trump botched pronunciation of “remdesivir.”
yeah, that word is really tripping him up…
but he’s saying remdesivir is also approved?
On Monday, Trump told all the 50 governors that they should work on sourcing some ventilators for themselves. What’s the take away from that message? If you can’t count on the feds to give you the resources you need, you do what you can do. This isn’t a nationally coordinated response like most other countries, it is a patchwork quilt of responses by 50 different states.
I think 6-10 weeks is highly optimistic.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/03/18/months-of-school-closures-social-distancing-needed-to-fight-pandemic-u-of-t-research.html
Very rambling. Why not let the doctors talk? All this is months and months away. Let’s hear about here and now.
Yes. Thank you! Revisionist history is being pushed on the public.
Not yet. Appears to be close to.
Trump: We are developing vaccine as “fast as it can possibly be done”
President Trump spoke at lengths moments ago about the developments that are underway to produce a coronavirus vaccine.
“So we slashed red tape to develop vaccines and therapies as fast as it can possibly be done, long before anybody else was even thinking about doing this. As you know, earlier this week we began the first clinical trial of a vaccine candidate for the virus,” Trump said from the White House.
Trump went on to discuss the clinical trials underway for new coronavirus therapies and “scaling these to allow many more Americans to access different drugs that have shown really good promise.”
“We’ve had some really good promise. We will do so in a way that lets us continue to collect the data to know when,” Trump said.
Trump added: “We have a couple that we’re in really good shape on. And that’s for immediate delivery. Immediate, like as fast as we can get it. The FDA has also approved compassionate use for a significant number of patients.”
Trump also said the FDA is reviewing usage of drugs that are approved abroad or those approved here for other uses.
Domino’s wants to hire 10,000 employees as eating habits shift during coronavirus pandemic
From CNN’s Jordan Valinsky
Domino’s Pizza is looking to hire up to 10,000 workers as people shift their eating habits to takeout or delivery amid restrictions surrounding the growing coronavirus pandemic.
The pizza chain is looking to hire for several positions in its stores and factories, including chefs, customer service representatives and managers.
“Our corporate and franchise stores want to make sure they’re not only feeding people, but also providing opportunity to those looking for work at this time, especially those in the heavily impacted restaurant industry,” CEO Richard Allison said in a press release.
Domino’s (DPZ) stock is one of the few bright spots in the volatile stock market. Shares are up 10% Thursday and have climbed more than 7% this year.
Prince Albert II of Monaco tests positive for coronavirus
From Benjamin Berteau in Paris
Prince Albert II of Monaco has tested positive for COVID-19, a palace spokesperson told CNN.
His health status is not worrying, the spokesperson added.
US State Department is preparing to raise travel advisory to highest level: DO NOT TRAVEL
From CNN’s Kylie Atwood
The State Department is preparing to raise its travel advisory worldwide to Level 4: Do Not Travel – the highest level — in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Four sources told CNN that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had approved a Level 4 advisory.
Late last Wednesday, the advisory was raised globally to Level 3: Reconsider Travel “due to the global impact of COVID-19.”
Politico was the first to report the heightened advisory level. CNN has reached out to the State Department for comment.
Another source told CNN that the move would be aimed at curtailing Americans’ travel abroad and to get those who are traveling to come home.
Olympic Committee board member calls for postponement of Tokyo games
From CNN’s Aleks Klosok in London and Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo
Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) board member Kaori Yamaguchi has called for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed because athletes are unable to prepare adequately as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, she told the Nikkei newspaper.
Yamaguchi, who won a Judo bronze medal at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, said she plans to raise this point at a JOC Board Meeting scheduled for March 27.
“The Olympics should not be held in a situation people in the world can’t enjoy,” Yamaguchi said.
“As far as I can tell, athletes in the United States and Europe are unable to train as normal and finish their qualifying matches. That makes it impossible for them to appear well prepared at the start, with all the associated risks,” Yamaguchi said.
Some context: Yamaguchi’s comments come after International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Hayley Wickenheiser on Tuesday called the decision to proceed with the Games “insensitive and irresponsible.”
Wickenheiser, who competed for Canada in five Winter Olympic Games in Ice Hockey and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Softball, wrote in a statement on Twitter: “This crisis is bigger than even the Olympics […] Athletes can’t train. Attendees can’t travel plan.”
The IOC and Tokyo 2020 Organizers have repeatedly insisted that the games will run as scheduled in Japan’s capital from July 24 to Aug. 9.
Hallelujah. As someone who has been taking Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for years, I finally get something in my favor!