Coronavirus News Items: Sun 29.Mar.2020
Miscellaneous News
- Twitter: @BrentToderian: “Motorists should avoiding speeding amid reduced road congestion during the #coronavirus pandemic to shield overburdened hospitals from road traffic incidents. We are seeing some outrageous speeds on the motorways.” #COVID19 #VisionZero via @IrishTimes article
- CNN is reporting that ‘Trump says if U.S. can hold death toll down to 100,000 or even less, “we would have done a very good job.”’
- Twitter: @ddale8, CNN: Trump, reframing the crisis, says he’s now seen a study that shows 2.2 million people could’ve died if they did nothing, so “if we can hold that down to 100,000…maybe even less,” it’d show they did a “good job.”
- Twitter: @JuddLegum: One month ago, Trump said there were only 15 coronavirus cases in the United States and in a few days it would be zero and that proves he is doing a good job/Today, Trump said that if 100,000 people die of coronavirus in the United States that proves he is doing a good job
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Bloomberg article: Pandemic Shutdowns Work for the Economy, Too
Cities that clamped down early and longer in the Spanish flu outbreak had faster growth once the danger passed.
They conclude that the earlier, more forcefully and longer cities responded, the better their economic recovery.
Twitter: @TimAeppel (Reuters): Trump now questions whether masks are getting swiped? “Something’s going on–you as reporters should look into it. Where are they going? Out the back door.”
CBC: COVID-19 isolation measures increase risk for those in abusive relationships
Last week, Prime Minister Trudeau recognized the potential danger in his daily press address, and announced an additional $50 million in new funding to help.
Twitter: @COVID19Tracking: The California Situation continues. Just to do the math: if the positive/negative ratio stays the same (a big assumption), there could be more than 10k additional positives in California, which would give the state the second-most confirmed cases in the nation.
Show of hands: who feels uncomfortable being reminded of the extent to which 3rd party companies know the location of our cellphones?
Last update: Sun 29.Mar.2020 23:50