Yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci prepared Americans: "We've got to get through this week that's coming up, because it is going to be a bad week." "If things collapse, and cases start to go up substantially, then you need to go back to the
3M responds to Trump's order that the company should stop exporting N95 respirators to Canada and Latin America: "There are...significant humanitarian implications." Along with pledging to send 1,000 ventilators, China “shipped 12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,
The White House invokes the Defense Production Act for ventilator manufacturing. Google will start releasing user location data in 131 countries, “aggregated and anonymized,” to assess the effectiveness of social distancing rules. The Earth is actually moving less, thanks to the coronavirus. Related/unrelated: Mars may be made of “mashed-
In a report, US intelligence concludes China intentionally underreported its COVID-19 cases and deaths. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits in the US reaches a new high, with an additional 6.6 million claims this week—bringing the total to around 10 million over the past two
The last thing America needs right now is partisan squabbling. “But when we’re back on our feet, the country needs to know what went wrong.” On pretense of pandemic, Hungary's Orban is granted sweeping new powers, becoming the dictator of his dreams. Turkmenistan bans the word “coronavirus.
"12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks." America is massively airlifting in medical supplies. Here are some pictures of field hospitals treating patients. John Krasinski, best known for The Office, offers good news from around the world. Why the government should pay people
With businesses closed, streets quiet and neighborhood walks becoming a national pastime, it’s a great time to get into bird-watching. From bats to humans, how a coronavirus evolves. Researchers in New York City begin collecting blood from COVID-19 survivors, with the hope that their immunity can be
The White House orders General Motors to manufacture ventilators to help handle the surge of coronavirus patients. The $2 trillion relief package passed by Congress is meant to flush the economy with cash, but much of the money will take weeks to arrive. The governor of Alabama won’t issue
The United States overtakes China to have the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. China will no longer accept most foreign citizens into the country. In Nepal, hundreds of trekkers are stranded on high-altitude mountain trails. Related/unrelated: Virtual reconstructions of Europe’s fortified past. Smartphone
"We will survive. This is a time to overprotect but not overreact." That discomfort we’re all feeling just might be grief. A chart about St. Louis's response to the 1918 flu pandemic shows how ending social distancing now will only make things worse. Thanks to
