Most U.S. Hospitals Are Empty. Soon They Might Be Closed for Good

Only rich people can afford to buy stuff so I would guess most of the people doing this are in the know. Panic-buying grips North Korea amid rumors of Kim Jong Un’s demise

The Atlantic praises censorship. Worth reading in a sick way. In the great debate of the past two decades about freedom versus control of the network, China was largely right and the United States was largely wrong. Significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.”

Singapore was the country that was held to have done everything right. That is the problem with trying to avoid the virus, it is always waiting for you to make a mistake. Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge

I read a liberal site that likes to claim that the America’s testing failure is because we rely to much on the free market. Timeline: The Regulations—and Regulators—That Delayed Coronavirus Testing That same liberal site kept wanting the media to name and shame the contractor that provided the bad reagent. Turns out, the CDC containment the regent in their lab. Coronavirus tests were delayed by contamination at CDC lab, report says

Not really fair, because almost all countries have one urban area that was the source of most of their problems. But still interesting. Here’s How Much Downstate New York Is Skewing the United States’ Coronavirus Numbers

This was a choice. U.N. warns economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children in 2020

They must have known this story was coming. 10 Dead, Hundreds Infected as State Psychiatric Facilities Become Another Crisis Point in Coronavirus Outbreak

This will still not stop people complaining about Florida opening up its beaches because people are stupid. Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find, but experts say pandemic could last through summer

I would guess they all had it and only some of them are still in the process of getting over it. Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19

After Repeated Failures, It’s Time To Permanently Dump Epidemic Models

Problem with the Country Part One: if you live in a democratic state, be prepared to be locked down for a long time. Most Americans Worried Country Closed By Coronavirus Will Reopen Too Quickly, Poll Finds

Problem with the Country Part Two: This should not be news and should not be surprising anyone. But few people have been paying attention (or at least, reporting on) the data from Iceland, Italian studies, an cruise ships that said this was so. Never mind that the Chinese said this right from the beginning (although I understand that nobody trusts them). Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free Along the same lines and further showing that nobody is paying attention… CDC reviewing ‘stunning’ universal testing results from Boston homeless shelter

Sigh. Always asking questions and never coming up with answers. We can add all of Africa and number of other countries to this mystery. Why does India have so few Covid-19 cases and deaths?

Hot spots erupt in farm belt states where governors insist lockdowns aren’t needed