On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/on-fox-news-suddenly-a-very-different-tune-about-the-coronavirus/2020/03/16/7a7637cc-678f-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

Forward, comrades! Let us join hands with our beloved Great Leader! Together, we will march into the future!

“Tonight, we are witnessing what will be a massive paradigm shift in the future of disease control and prevention,” he said. “A bold, new precedent is being set, the world will once again benefit greatly from America’s leadership. . . . The federal government, state governments, private businesses, top hospitals all coming together, under the president’s leadership, to stem the tide of the coronavirus.”

On grandparents living 15 more years, from 70 to 85

https://twitter.com/EnswellJones/status/1239010363103948800?s=20

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Trump administration blocks states from using Medicaid to respond to coronavirus crisis – Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-13/trump-administration-blocks-states-use-medicaid-respond-coronavirus-crisis

GREAT reflexes, y’all.

«In previous emergencies, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 flu outbreak, both Republican and Democratic administrations loosened Medicaid rules to empower states to meet surging needs.»

Panic vs. neglect

https://twitter.com/silviast9/status/1236933843900346369?s=20

Interesting question.

Silvia Stringhini (@silviast9) Tweeted:

20/ I finish by saying that I really don’t understand this war on panic. The only reason I see is mask shortages, but there’s no mask on sale anymore. We don’t have a lot of studies, but is it panic really worse than neglect and carelessness during an epidemic of this sort?