The coronavirus epidemic

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The coronavirus death toll is now 10,041. In the United States, 214 have died. The 46th annual G7 summit, scheduled for June 10-12 at Camp David, has been canceled. The meeting will instead be conducted by video conference.

Obama's Ebola czar says coronavirus will 'explode' in weeks

https://www.aol.com/article/news/202...eeks/23955765/

California Governor tells the state's National Guard to prepare as coronavirus cases in the state hit 740

https://news.yahoo.com/california-go...151035978.html

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Now look what our Governor is saying! This headline is from CNN:

California Governor orders 40 million to lock down
Gavin Newsom projects 56% will be infected with coronavirus in eight weeks, tells residents to stay home.

And the Great Depression of 2020 has definitely begun:

Goldman Sachs predicts 2.25 million Americans are filing initial unemployment claims this week, the highest number on record
Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Eonomists expect it's only going to get worse from here – and quickly, too.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/econo...chs/index.html

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Yesterday – Go look! – I posted the news that three members of a New Jersey family had died from the coronavirus and four others were hospitalized. Today, sadly, those numbers are reversed. The United States death toll has reached 217.

Fourth person in New Jersey family has died from the coronavirus

https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/fourth...e-coronavirus/

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Yesterday, California. Today, New York. The two states combined have nearly 59,000,000 residents. That means approximately 20% of Americans have been ordered to stay home. The US-Canada border and US-Mexico border are closed to all "non-essential traffic." The coronavirus death toll has reached 223 in the United States, 4,032 in Italy and 11,180 worldwide.

Governor Cuomo orders all non-essential New York workers to stay home

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/polit...ome/index.html

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Letter from Roger Johnson of San Clemente in today's Los Angeles Times:

"President Trump calls the pandemic a 'Chinese virus.' He continues his habit of insulting others and shifting blame away from himself. Let's put the blame where it belongs and start calling this the 'Trump virus.' After all, it was Trump who in 2017 disbanded the White House office responsible for pandemic response. When the 'Trump virus' broke out, he initially ridiculed it and called the concern over a possible pandemic a 'hoax.' Well into this year, he refused to do anything. The do-nothing President may be more responsible than anyone for the pandemic that is now crippling the country."

I agree! And King Donald the First declared last month that the virus was "contained." Welcome to Trumpworld, the land of delusions.

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First California. Then New York. And now.......

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announces 'shelter in place' order

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...e-order-report

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Today I needed a few groceries such as milk, bread and lettuce. I still need them. I went to our local supermarket. Only one of the two entrances was open and there were two security guards there. They were limiting the number of shoppers who could be in the store at any one time. As one shopper exited, they would let another shopper enter. There were around 40 people lined up outside waiting to get in. Muttering a few words which I don't want to repeat here, I returned home. I'm guessing almost every supermarket in the United States now has this same idiotic policy. This is what is called a "self-fulfilling prophecy": People fear a food shortage so they all go to the markets to stock up – and, in doing so, they create a food shortage. It's truly insane.

The worldwide death toll from the COVID-19 virus is now 11,383. That includes 4,032 in Italy, 3,255 in China, 1,433 in Iran, 1,093 in Spain, 450 in France, 256 in the US, 177 in the UK and 106 in the Netherlands. It's nice to see that New Yorkers know where their priorities lie:

Are liquor stores open during coronavirus? New York says liquor stores are 'essential,' can stay open.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...al/2887048001/

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King Donald the First, same as all the world dictators who have preceded him, does not believe in freedom of the press. He makes an exception for Fox News, a.k.a. the Trump Cheerleading Channel, but he denounces all other news outlets as "fake" and "the enemy of the American people." Yesterday, King Donald called the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal "dishonest." Today, he called an NBC reporter "dishonest" and "terrible." You don't need to say those things, King Donald. Just issue a royal decree: "Off with their heads!"

Trump viciously attacks NBC News reporter in extended rant after being asked for message to Americans worried about coronavirus

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/media...der/index.html

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King Donald the First claims to know more about ISIS than our generals do, more about Russian election meddling than our intelligence agencies do, more about climate change than our scientists do – he calls it a "hoax" – and more about the coronavirus than our medical experts do. In January, Intelligence officials warned King Donald of the fast-spreading virus and he ignored them. He and Hogan Gidley, one of his blindly loyal lapdogs, now have to attempt damage control. They're insisting King Donald is protecting the "health, wealth and safety of the American people" – which is not true – and they're also continuing to attack the news media and what they call the "sham illegitimate impeachment." Meanwhile, the death toll has reached 11,417 worldwide and 275 in the United States.

US Intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/polit...rus/index.html

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Experts believe the coronavirus pandemic will lead to a global economic recession. I'd say it's already started. The death toll is now 12,977. That includes 4,825 in Italy, 3,255 in China, 1,556 in Iran, 1,378 in Spain, 562 in France, 288 in the US and 233 in the UK.

Army Corps of Engineers to build 10,000 hospital rooms in New York City for coronavirus response

https://www.aol.com/article/news/202...onse/23957374/