all of the challenges that are arising, they’ve been falling back on what they already believe to be true. Stage 2 is the “COVID-19 confirms my priors” period. For many Democrats, the roaring economy of eight weeks ago was the perfect time to push for canceling student debt

pages in Speaker Pelosi’s bill, to be exact.” The real aim? As Mark Alexander put it, “Democrats have disgracefully derailed emergency COVID-19 funding by claiming it helps corporations too much. They know that is a lie — relief for hard-hit corporate sectors IS relief for employees in those

media drama and distraction is centered on politicized claims accusing the HHS/CDC (and, by extension, Donald Trump) for being slow to implement testing for COVID-19 (CV19) infections. While tests are not vaccines, antidotes, or cures, they certainly are instructive in determining viral spread and how to retard it. As

TV and talk radio shows that add to one’s understanding of the situation can be valuable. But watching depressing, panic-inducing news about COVID-19 24/7 will only make you jittery, anxious and depressed. It’s good for the news networks’ ratings, but it’s bad for your mental

already had a million cases and the health care system was in deep crisis. The answer to our current situation doesn’t require downplaying COVID-19, or going about business as usual and hoping for the best. The advantage of the lockdowns is that they make every other public policy

President Donald Trump has acted to lock down America’s borders in the midst of the China Virus outbreak, which has already dramatically cut illegal

The COVID-19 pandemic is going to go away, but it will leave us changed in its wake. Patriot Post partner Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Stephen Green talk about some of the reformations, and revolutions, that will shape the post-COVID-19 world

While many of us turn to the government for answers to the COVID-19 pandemic, others rightfully seek solutions from the private sector. Last week, the Hoover Institution’s Russ Roberts asked his many twitter followers to help ‘create a list of voluntary (non-coercive) actions taking place right now ... to reduce COVID-19 spread or impact.’ The answers are too inspiring not to share.” “First, many of Roberts’ followers shared a list the benefits offered by their employers that help to alleviate workers’ financial hardships or ensure their health is protected. For instance, Walmart, Target, Gap, and many other ... are stepping during this crisis. Uber, for example, emailed its customers to inform them that ‘Any driver or delivery person who is diagnosed with COVID-19 or is individually asked to self-isolate by a public health authority will receive financial assistance for up to 14 days while their account

study posted on March 10 and revised on March 20 asserts that “high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19, respectively, even after controlling for population density and GDP per capita of cities.” It’s only one study, and pushback will be inevitable as such

Progressives, filled with fear of COVID-19, now call on President Trump to be the dictator they say he is. These coronaphobic leftists want Trump to seize power, nationalize industries, and lay down mandates, and they’re disappointed he suddenly seems to lack the authoritarian urge

the disease. We don’t have that today, although there are several laboratories furiously working on developing one, and fortunately, the fatality rate for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is at nowhere near the fatality rate from the Black Death in medieval Europe or even the influenza epidemic of

While much of the Leftmedia’s narrative on President Donald Trump’s handling of the China Virus pandemic is that it has been bungled and

THE RECORD: The coronavirus is killing far more men than women (The Washington Post) GOOD NEWS: Trump clears way to use malaria drug against COVID-19 (The Daily Signal) AMERICAN SPIRIT: Historic $1.3 billion — and growing — raised to fight virus (Washington Examiner) Government, Politics, & Economy HISTORIC PACKAGE: Senate Leader Mitch

all, and thus people gravitate to those names. I doubt we came up with “Lyme disease” because of some deep enmity towards Connecticut. Anyway, “COVID-19” or “H1N1” don’t exactly roll off the tongue. The latter was, until very recently, widely referred to as the “Spanish flu,” a virus ... are correct, it was in Wuhan’s popular “wet markets” that vendors were selling the bats — and possibly snakes — that may have caused the COVID-19 outbreak. “Wet” because the meat sold in its unsanitary stalls was only recently slaughtered. This kind of thing happens quite often. And not always

of the government in general, but of President Xi in particular. That’s why they’re pushing a major propaganda effort to claim that COVID-19 was unleashed on China by the U.S. military. It’s also why the surest ticket to jail (or worse) in China these days is ... problem in front of us. But I worry that things could continue to deteriorate in such a way that the worst consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic won’t be matters of public health or economics, but an escalating cold war that could turn hot. © 2020 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC

When terms like “social distancing” and “self quarantine” are on the tip of every journalist’s tongue, the good news can often be hard to

St. Patrick’s Day revelers despite the cancellation of their annual parade and a confirmation that a holiday weekend visitor later tested positive for COVID-19. While it’s unlikely that many senior citizens were mingling with the spring-break crowd, many of those college students will be back home

to the American people that the underlying operations of the country must change to stop the growth of the Wuhan coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the United States. The President wants Americans to end discretionary travel; shelter in place for 15 days; limit gatherings to no more than ... decision. The media continues to attack the President and his administration for daring to use the phrases “Chinese virus” and “Wuhan virus” to describe COVID-19, because they are supposedly racist. The Zika and West Nile viruses come from regions in Africa. No one claimed those were racist. But the ... old cough went to an urgent care clinic in Snohomish County, Washington. He had traveled back from Wuhan, China and was the first diagnosed COVID-19 patient in the United States. Chinese health authorities who now insist the Wuhan virus did not come from China were actually quite helpful on

On our comprehensive resource page regarding COVID-19 disease, we note, “Regarding the dramatic daily revisions for coronavirus infections and deaths … the dramatic increase in cases is not just a reflection of virology, how contagious the virus is, but is also related to increased testing — the more testing, the more ... is in large measure responsible for the public panic and, in turn, the dramatic response required to both assuage the panic and flatten the COVID-19 spread curve. CV19 Task Force officials announced that in the coming weeks, there will be an enormous increase in the number of infections and ... number of tests being administered and faster evaluation procedures. As we noted in the section “Understanding the Threat – Fatality versus Mortality Rates” on our COVID-19 resource page, the MSM “death toll” reports are based on the number of fatalities (numerator) divided by the number of positive cases (denominator), which

global crisis.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders answering a question about when he might drop out And last… “China tried to say at one point … that [COVID-19] was caused by American soldiers. That can’t happen. It’s not going to happen — not as long as I’m president. It comes

It’s beyond dispute that the novel coronavirus officially known as COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China. In coverage of the growing pandemic, the mainstream media has repeatedly and regularly referred to COVID-19 as both the Wuhan Virus and the China Virus, neither designation being inaccurate. However, as the ... MSM is doing is acting as the propaganda arm of the ChiComs. Criticism that Trump has gone out of his way to mendaciously label COVID-19 the China Virus is false — and it’s not him simply trolling the Leftmedia. In fact, his rationale for doing so has everything to

in the works (The Hill) MEDICAL SUPPLIES AT THE READY: Trump invokes Defense Production Act to buoy the manufacturing of medical supplies (The Hill) COVID-19 BESIEGES CAPITOL HILL: Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams are first lawmakers to announce testing positive for coronavirus (Fox News) PRECAUTIONARY STEP: New

grappling with the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic. But the devastating effects have only just begun to surface for the average citizen. While COVID-19 is a very real and dire threat to the health and lives of the elderly and our most vulnerable, its unprecedented impact on the ... situation. Instead, we must openly acknowledge the severe reality that our nation is facing and make the necessary preparations for tough times to come. COVID-19 has gotten a lot of attention for its dangers to public health, but we have to take the dangers to the economy just as

out a “Fact Sheet” to ensure that those with Kung Flu would not be stigmatized. It instructed: “DO — talk about people ‘acquiring’ or ‘contracting’ #COVID-19. "DON’T — talk about people ‘transmitting COVID-19,’ ‘infecting others’ or ‘spreading the virus’ as it implies intentional transmission & assigns blame.” As fear of