03 April 20
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Paul Krugman | This Land of Denial and Death
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Death comes at you fast. Just three weeks ago the official line at the White House and Fox News was that the coronavirus was no big deal, that claims to the contrary were a politically motivated hoax perpetrated by people out to get Donald Trump."
Now we have a full-blown health crisis in New York, and all indications are that many other cities will soon find themselves in the same situation.
And it will almost certainly get much worse. The United States is on the worst trajectory of any advanced country — yes, worse than Italy at the same stage of the pandemic — with confirmed cases doubling every three days.
I’m not sure that people understand, even now, what that kind of exponential growth implies. But if cases kept growing at their current rate for a month, they would increase by a factor of a thousand, and almost half of Americans would be infected.
A medical worker administers a COVID-19 test at a facility in Camden, N.J., on Wednesday. (photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
Think You've Got COVID-19? Here's What Doctors Say About When to Seek Help
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR
Brumfiel writes: "The new coronavirus is killing hundreds each day and swamping hospitals around the world. But catching the disease does not mean you will end up in the ICU."
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Captain Brett Crozier pictured in December. Crozier appealed for sick sailors to be allowed to disembark for medical care in Guam. (photo: U.S. Navy)
US Navy Fires Commander Who Raised Alarm About Coronavirus on Ship
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The US navy has dismissed the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, who had raised the alarm about an outbreak of coronavirus on his ship."
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Members of the U.S. Army stack medical supplies. (photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Getty)
Army Warned in Early February That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000 Americans
James LaPorta and Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The Army's projections on Feb. 3 for the worst-case scenario in the coronavirus outbreak are, as of this week, the absolute best-case scenario - if not a miraculous one."
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Seventy-four Journalism professors have accused the heads of Fox News of spreading misinformation on the coronavirus. (photo: Kevin Hagen/Getty)
74 Journalism Professors Call Fox News Coverage of Coronavirus a 'Danger to Public Health'
Oliver O'Connell, The Independent
O'Connell writes: "In an open letter to Fox News heads Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, a group of 74 professors of journalism and journalists have called the network's coverage of the coronavirus pandemic a 'danger to public health.'"
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Merchants and shoppers walk in East Jerusalem, near the Old City, during the coronavirus lockdown. (photo: Emil Salman/Haaretz)
Israel's Refusal to Test Its Arab Population for COVID-19 Is a Ticking Time-Bomb
Dr. Nihaya Daoud, Haaretz
Daoud writes: "There must be a significant increase in the number of tests in Arab communities."
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Destruction of forests and other wilderness spaces increase the risks of global pandemics. (photo: Tero Laakso)
Where Pandemics Come From - and How to Stop Them
John R. Platt, The Revelator
Excerpt: "As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks."
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