by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (e.g., COVID-19), for Sunday, March 29.
- Spanish Deaths Surge; U.K. Lockdown Could Last: Virus Update
- ‘We are living in the peak of this epidemic,’ says Italian health official, expecting drop in cases in 10 days
- US AWOL from world stage as China tries on global leadership for size (“Mike Pompeo labelling the virus ‘Chinese’ has added to lack of international cooperation”)
- Calling It the ‘Chinese Virus’ Only Boosts China (“Both abuse and gratitude abroad are strengthening Chinese nationalism at home.”)
- Pope Francis calls for a global cease-fire during the coronavirus pandemic
- Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528
- China defends against incoming second wave of coronavirus
- UK’s Johnson warns on coronavirus: Things to get worse before they get better
- Trump needs to put commanders in charge of this war
- Desperate for medical equipment, states find a beleaguered national stockpile
- Passengers on ‘Death Ship’ Plead for Rescue After Virus Strikes
- Coronavirus Pandemic Compels Historic Labor Shift (“Outbreak reshapes job market as some sectors shut down, others see demand surge”)
- Covid-19 Brings Out All the Usual Zombies (“Why virus denial resembles climate denial.”)
- As Trump invokes presidential powers to fight the coronavirus, he sows confusion along the way
- Cuomo on possible New York quarantine: ‘I don’t think it’s legal’ and it would be a ‘federal declaration of war’
- CDC issues travel advisory for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
- The Great American Migration of 2020: On the move to escape the coronavirus
- Lawmakers already planning more coronavirus stimulus after $2T package
- The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19
- The FDA approves a coronavirus test that can give results in 5 minutes (“A new test from Abbott can detect coronavirus in minutes. It will ship next week.”)
- The coronavirus may hit rural America later — and harder (“Rural communities ‘tend to be older, with more chronic illness,’ making people more at risk of severe Covid-19.”)
- The Meaning of Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Quackery
- Why Joe Biden should pick ‘that governor’ to be his running mate
- Secretary Of Interior Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation ‘Disestablished,’ Tribe Says (WTF???)
- Pence to bring recommendations to Trump on when to reopen economy
- It’s Every State for Itself Now in Pandemic Panic (“If the Syrian refugee crisis fueled the global rise of nationalism, the COVID-19 crisis is an accelerant, leading to more localism as states and cities fend for themselves.”)
- Trump to Mike Pence: ‘Don’t call the woman in Michigan,’ aka Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- Joe Biden comes to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s defense after Trump slams state’s coronavirus response
- Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right
- The Fate of the News in the Age of COVID-19 (“Can a fragile media ecosystem survive the pandemic?”)
- Local news outlets struggle to survive coronavirus fallout
- Silent Coronavirus Spreaders Could Unleash Second Wave of Disaster (“With Trump repeatedly suggesting restrictions might ease in a matter of days or weeks, the prospect of silent spreaders wreaking epidemiological havoc looms large.”)
- It’s Trump’s coronavirus response now, to his political profit or peril (“With the world consumed by the threat of the coronavirus, the president has increasingly focused on using to his political advantage the crisis that he initially tried to downplay.”)
- ‘Off the charts’: Virus hot spots grow in middle America
- Experts Increasingly Question Advice Against Widespread Use of Face Masks
- The Curve Is Not Flat Enough (“Hospitals are poised to face the kind of life-and-death decisions that industrialized countries typically encounter only in times of war and natural disaster.”)
- A Conversation With Pete Buttigieg, Who’s Stuck at Home Like Everyone Else
- How Trump loyalists like Jerry Falwell fuel a dangerously politicized pandemic
- For the First Time, I’m Doubting My Decision to Come to America (“The coronavirus is making me experience what Germans poetically call heimweh, the hurt of being far from your native land.”)
- Coronavirus Could Cause Health Premiums to Skyrocket, New Study Finds
- We Can Safely Restart the Economy in June. Here’s How. (“Get tough now. Test widely to isolate those infected, and slowly revive businesses with workers and customers who have developed immunity.”)
- Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’ (“In this nightmarish moment, we’re feeling warm and fuzzy about the cold and calculating Andrew Cuomo.”)
- Tom Coburn, the ‘Dr. No’ of Congress, Is Dead at 72
- Post-ABC poll shows Trump and Biden in a competitive race for the White House (Interesting…the Fox News poll was MUCH better for Biden than this one.)
- Fox News Poll Shows Joe Biden CRUSHING Trump By 25 Points in Swing Counties
- Florida governor blocks Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times from coronavirus press conference
- ‘He’s Going to Do Whatever He Wants’ (“Jerry Falwell Jr.’s decision to reopen Liberty University’s campus amid the coronavirus pandemic has sparked anger and confusion—even among those usually sympathetic to him.”)
- A World Without Partisan Gerrymanders? Virginia Democrats Show the Way (The NY Times strikes again, this time with a *blatantly* false op-ed by a member of its editorial board.)
- 58% of Virginia Democrats – vs. Just 20% of Virginia Republicans – Are “Extremely Concerned” About COVID-19
- Graphics: University of Washington Model Projects 1,543 Virginia Deaths from COVID-19, Shortage of 183 ICU Beds, “Peak Resource Use” on May 2
- VA Dems: Trump “Posing for Pictures” as “Our Doctors Are Struggling with Dwindling Supplies and Equipment”; “They need help, not photo-ops”
- Saturday (3/28) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +135 Cases (to 739), +16 Hospitalizations (to 99), +3 Deaths (to 17) From Yesterday
- Virginia Should Make It as Simple and Easy as Possible for Every Registered Voter to Cast Their Ballot by Mail This November
- Editorial: COVID-19 and Virginia: A Q&A with Aubrey Layne
- Editorial: Virus forces tough choices on higher ed
- Coronavirus forces political candidates to adapt campaigns
- Hospitals prepare for overflow, but state leaders won’t disclose key planning details
- Lawmakers eye veto session to address COVID-19
- Johnson: A broader perspective on the MVP
- Henrico long-term care facility death toll rises; lag in test time leads to reporting discrepancies
- With COVID-19, NRV residents wonder what lies ahead
- Virus hits second area senior-living facility
- How a Virginia Beach company turned 240 hospital bed sheets into 2,000 masks (“London Bridge Trading Co. developed a prototype for Sentara in 72 hours: A reusable surgical mask made of antimicrobial materials.”)
- Warmer today with a shower or storm chance; pleasant start to the workweek
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