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Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore.

nytimes.com - Grace Rhodes was getting worried last month as she watched the coronavirus tear through New York and Chicago. But her 8,000-person hometown in Southern Illinois still had no reported cases, and her b…

Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 90,000 as US says isolation measures are working

theguardian.com - A hundred days after a Chinese government website announced the discovery of a “pneumonia of unknown cause”, it has become clearer that the dynamics behind the virus’s rapid expansion across the glob…

Kushner’s team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system

politico.com - Already, the Trump administration has sought to ease data-sharing rules and assure health data companies they won’t be penalized for sharing information with state and federal officials — a move driv…

Trump adviser warned of millions of virus deaths in January. Trump says he saw the memo only this week.

news.yahoo.com - President Trump said Tuesday that he did not learn of two memos written in January and February by his own economic adviser warning that a COVID-19 pandemic could kill as many as 2 million Americans …

Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic

nytimes.com - During the 2018 election, the number of votes from Waukesha County made up about 57 percent of the total number of votes from adjacent Milwaukee County. Two-thirds of Milwaukee County voters backed M…

Google's Dystopian Crisis Tracking Could Be Straight out of George Orwell's 1984

mintpressnews.com - In the fight against COVID–19 (coronavirus), Google has announced it is partnering with dozens of governments around the world, sharing its users’ location history, and, in the process, giving us an …

Google Has Banned Zoom Software From Employees' Computers, Citing Security Vulnerabilities

buzzfeednews.com - Google has banned the popular videoconferencing software Zoom from its employees’ devices, BuzzFeed News has learned. Zoom, a competitor to Google’s own Meet app, has seen an explosion of people usin…

Louisiana’s Coronavirus Plan for Prisons Could Create Death Camps

theintercept.com - As the coronavirus rips through jails and prisons across the country and pressure mounts on corrections departments to stave off disaster, federal, state, and local officials have begun to release so…

Trump Administration Still Isn’t Prioritizing Coronavirus Testing

nymag.com - We’re committed to keeping our readers informed. We’ve removed our paywall from essential coronavirus news stories. Become a subscriber to support our journalists. Subscribe now. If the Trump adminis…

In the absence of a national testing strategy, states go their own way

washingtonpost.com - A Kaiser clinician, left, holds a nasal swab while testing a patient at a drive-through coronavirus testing station on Kaiser Permanente's French Campus in San Francisco. (Michael Short/For The Washi…

Watch: Are We Vesting Too Much Power in Governments and Corporations in the Name of COVID-19? With Edward Snowden.

theintercept.com - System Update – Edward Snowden, Andray Domise and Cassie King Welcome to a new edition of System Update. I’m Glenn Greenwald. This episode focuses on several of the under-discussed and under-explored…

Trump Waffles on Coronavirus Aid to Michigan Because of Sexism

theintercept.com - But Whitmer’s early criticism of a lack of preparedness among the federal government and his administration’s inadequate travel restrictions have been met with sexist attacks. Trump has dismissively …

Safety Over Freedom: How Governments Introduce Surveillance Under Veil of Coronavirus Control

forklog.media - “A big battle has been raging in recent years over our privacy. The coronavirus crisis could be the battle’s tipping point.” “A big battle has been raging in recent years over our privacy. The corona…

Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus

washingtonpost.com - Two Walmart employees at a Chicago-area store have died of covid-19. (David Santiago/AP) By Abha Bhattarai close Abha Bhattarai Reporter covering the retail industry Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow A…

Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, data shows

washingtonpost.com - Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment take bodies through a tent before loading them onto a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bro…

White Supremacist Groups Are Recruiting With Help From Coronavirus – and a Popular Messaging App

news.yahoo.com - On March 24, Timothy Wilson, 36, was shot and killed by the FBI as he prepared to attack a hospital in the Kansas City area where patients with the coronavirus were being treated. The FBI had previou…

Paramedic Busted For Coughing On Store Cashier

thesmokinggun.com - APRIL 8--After declaring that social distancing rules were “getting out of hand,” a customer yesterday “forcefully” coughed on a store cashier and announced that he “goes up to people wearing masks a…

Death Count Expected To Soar As NYC Says It Will Begin Reporting Probable COVID Deaths In Addition To Confirmed Ones

gothamist.com - New York City officials will begin to count suspected COVID-19 deaths of people who die at home following a WNYC/Gothamist report revealing a staggering number of such deaths that were not included i…

'A Day That Will Live in Infamy': This Is What It Looked Like When Wisconsin Forced In-Person Voting During a Pandemic

commondreams.org - As footage of Wisconsin's crowded polling stations flooded the internet Tuesday, public health officials and civil rights advocates condemned the state's Supreme Court and Republican legislative lead…

In Coronavirus Economy, Somehow Trump's Friends Keep Getting Richer

theroot.com - As the deadly coronavirus crept its way across America unimpeded by the Trump administration, on February 13, 24 days after the first case hit the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence attended a “Trump Vi…

Opinion | Wisconsin’s debacle may be the most infuriating of the coronavirus failures

washingtonpost.com - By Ruth Marcus close Ruth Marcus Overseeing Washington Post signed opinion content and writing on domestic politics and policy Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Deputy editorial page editor April 7, 20…

41 Transit Workers Dead: Crisis Takes Staggering Toll on Subways

news.yahoo.com - NEW YORK — At least 41 transit workers have died, and more than 6,000 more have fallen sick or self-quarantined. Crew shortages have caused over 800 subway delays and forced 40% of train trips to be …

The Arab World Flounders in the Face of the Coronavirus Crisis

mintpressnews.com - While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs su…

The 'Rona Isn't a Joke: Black New Yorkers Share Their Frightening COVID-19 Experiences

theroot.com - The tongue-in-cheek assertion that “black folks can’t get the coronavirus” hasn’t aged well. New data show that black people are disproportionately contracting and dying from the coronavirus. Experts…

‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’

khn.org - The folding chairs outside the windows appeared late last month, after the maintenance staff at St. James Parish Hospital labeled each window with a patient room number so families and friends could …

Opinion - What Governments Aren't Telling You About the Coronavirus Pandemic

informationclearinghouse.info - We speak to legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger, who discusses the fact that the Conservative government was warned about shortages leaving the NHS vulnerable in pandemics 4 years ago. Pi…

The Media's Loudest #MeToo Champions Are Ignoring Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade

mintpressnews.com - Have you heard about the Joe Biden allegations? If you’re relying on corporate media for your information, the answer is “probably not.” As of April 8, there has been exactly zero coverage of the sex…

High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

wwwnc.cdc.gov - Figure 2. Extremely high level of travel from Wuhan, Hubei Province, to other provinces during January 2020, as estimated by using high-resolution and real-time travel data, China. A) A modified snap…

Coronavirus crisis highlights Trump’s resistance to criticism — and his desire for fervent praise

washingtonpost.com - At near-daily coronavirus press briefings, President Trump shares information about his administration’s pandemic response and criticizes reporters for their questions about it. (Jabin Botsford/The W…

Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies

cnn.com - Lewinsky began to tell Tripp, a coworker of hers at the Pentagon, of her relationship with Clinton in the summer of 1996. Tripp began taping their conversations in the fall of 1997. After contacting …

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News digest brought to you by the Doomstead Diner.

Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore.

Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 90,000 as US says isolation measures are working

Kushner’s team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system

Trump adviser warned of millions of virus deaths in January. Trump says he saw the memo only this week.

Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic

Google's Dystopian Crisis Tracking Could Be Straight out of George Orwell's 1984

Google Has Banned Zoom Software From Employees' Computers, Citing Security Vulnerabilities

Louisiana’s Coronavirus Plan for Prisons Could Create Death Camps

Trump Administration Still Isn’t Prioritizing Coronavirus Testing

In the absence of a national testing strategy, states go their own way

Watch: Are We Vesting Too Much Power in Governments and Corporations in the Name of COVID-19? With Edward Snowden.

Trump Waffles on Coronavirus Aid to Michigan Because of Sexism

Safety Over Freedom: How Governments Introduce Surveillance Under Veil of Coronavirus Control

Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus

Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, data shows

White Supremacist Groups Are Recruiting With Help From Coronavirus – and a Popular Messaging App

Paramedic Busted For Coughing On Store Cashier

Death Count Expected To Soar As NYC Says It Will Begin Reporting Probable COVID Deaths In Addition To Confirmed Ones

'A Day That Will Live in Infamy': This Is What It Looked Like When Wisconsin Forced In-Person Voting During a Pandemic

In Coronavirus Economy, Somehow Trump's Friends Keep Getting Richer

Opinion | Wisconsin’s debacle may be the most infuriating of the coronavirus failures

41 Transit Workers Dead: Crisis Takes Staggering Toll on Subways

The Arab World Flounders in the Face of the Coronavirus Crisis

The 'Rona Isn't a Joke: Black New Yorkers Share Their Frightening COVID-19 Experiences

‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’

Opinion - What Governments Aren't Telling You About the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Media's Loudest #MeToo Champions Are Ignoring Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade

High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Coronavirus crisis highlights Trump’s resistance to criticism — and his desire for fervent praise

Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies

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