OH: Pennsylvania Seeking Medical Supplies From Hospital Driven Into Financial Ruin by Venture Linked to Biden’s Brother.

GREAT MOMENTS IN SOCIAL DISTANCING:

OUR ANTISOCIAL MEDIA: “Does the press have any responsibility for tearing down Trump’s credibility right when we need it? I’d say they should be scrupulously careful not to do any of the ordinary political partisanship that had already badly infected journalism. There’s a lot of ruined credibility out there. Everyone ought to be trying to crawl back toward the truth.”

Ought to be.

FACE, MEET PALM: FBI arrests Texas man for coronavirus hoax meant to empty grocery stores.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Bernie Sanders Drops Out As Campaign Goals Of Locking Everyone Up, Destroying Economy Already Achieved.

Or to put it another way:

YES: Pompeo and Bill Barr Must Hold China Accountable for Coronavirus Malfeasance, Congressman Says.

I’D LIKE TO HEAR GOOD NEWS HERE, BUT. . . New study investigates California’s possible herd immunity to COVID-19.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine are working to find out what proportion of Californians have already had COVID-19. The new study could help policymakers make more informed decisions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The team tested 3,200 people at three Bay Area locations on Saturday using an antibody test for COVID-19 and expect to release results in the coming weeks. The data could help to prove COVID-19 arrived undetected in California much earlier than previously thought.

The hypothesis that COVID-19 first started spreading in California in the fall of 2019 is one explanation for the state’s lower than expected case numbers.

As of Tuesday, the state had 374 reported COVID-19 fatalities in a state of 40 million people, compared to New York which has seen 14 times as many fatalities and has a population half that of California. Social distancing could be playing a role but New York’s stay-at-home order went into effect on March 22, three days after California implemented its order.

Sunshine and lower density?

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, SMALL FURRY ANIMALS AND LARGE UNGULATES I’VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS:

WE NEED THE DOOR OPENED TOMORROW:  COVID19 update, Eve of Passover edition: eyeing the long road to normality.

ON A SCALE OF ZERO FALSEHOOD TO BARRACK OBAMA? IT’S PAST OBAMA TO ELIZABETH WARREN. THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE COUNT:  How Honest is the COVID Fatality Count?

SOME OF US ARE. WHY DO YOU THINK GUN AND AMMO SALES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROOF?  Are We Still Americans?

SPEAKING OF INSANE, THEY WON’T LIKE US WHEN WE’RE MAD:  When Insanity Bites.

TRUMP DROVE THEM INSANE. NOW THEY’RE INSANE:  Corona Meltdowns.

GOOD. NOW DO THE UN:  Trump Done With WHO.

DUH:  Skewed Numbers Regarding Covid-19 Deaths Don’t Help.

BUT BUT BUT… WE WANTED TO CRASH THE ECONOMY, DESTROY AMERICA AND BLAME IT ON HIM! AND HE WON’T LET US, THE BULLY:  Briefings Are Trump’s “Bully Pulpit”, According to The Left.

EXCEPT THAT THERE REALLY DOESN’T SEEM TO BE A VENTILATOR SHORTAGE:  Engineers convert breast pumps into ventilators amid coronavirus-related shortage.

IF I WEREN’T DEATHLY ALLERGIC TO FEATHERS…  Coronavirus concerns: People are panic-buying baby chickens, reports claim.

However, as I’ve said a number of times you don’t have to be a weather man to see which way the wind is blowing.

GEE, THEY SEEMED SUCH A RICH, WELL MANAGED COUNTRY ONLY A FEW DECADES AGO – I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED:  Venezuelan doctors languish in fuel lines amid coronavirus pandemic.

AT AMAZON, deals on Men’s Socks.

CHINESE TOOL PROVES FRAGILE, SHATTERS: World Health Organisation’s ‘China centric’ leader launches bizarre attack on Taiwan.

The leader of the World Health Organisation has gone on a bizarre rant attacking Taiwan while claiming to be the victim of racist comments and death threats.

WHO general manager Tedros Adhanom was responding to calls he should resign for failing to condemn China’s role in covering up the coronavirus crisis which has since killed more than 87,000 people.

“This (racial) attack came from Taiwan,” he said.

“We need to be honest. I will be straight today. From Taiwan.

“And Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry also, they know the campaign. They didn’t disassociate themselves. They even started criticizing me in the middle of all that insult and slur, but I didn’t care.”

Sky News Australia revealed yesterday Mr Adhanon was blocking the release of the names of doctors who voted against declaring a global health emergency in late January, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.

Two days prior to that decision Mr Adhanom was photographed happily smiling with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.
China was at that stage lobbying the world, Including Australia, not to implement economically devastating travel bans.

US President Donald Trump has also threatened to withdraw funding from the WHO and formally investigate the body he described as being “China centric”.

That’s polite. “Chinese tool” is accurate. But, you know, those don’t hold up well under hard use. And complaints of racism are a tired defense of commies and incompetents.

FALSE HOPE: Colton Underwood credits two controversial drugs with curing COVID-19 symptoms. “Former ‘Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood claims two controversial drugs heavily touted by President Donald Trump ‘saved’ his life after he tested positive for coronavirus.”

Why are they “controversial?” Because President Trump “touted” them.

It would be different if Obama had touted them, of course. Then instead of “controversial,” they’d be “lifesaving miracle drugs.”

RICHARD FERNANDEZ:

UNREASONING HATRED IS A BAD LOOK, AND MAKES YOU STUPID: The Left’s Ugly Reaction to Hydroxychloroquine. “Trump probably owns less than $100 of Sanofi stock in one of his mutual funds. If things go well, say he triples his position, Trump will be taking in upwards of $300. Art of the Deal, indeed. . . . Can you imagine any major publication running a piece linking Barack Obama’s praise of GM’s heavily subsidized electric-car manufacturing to a thousand bucks in a mutual fund? Nor should it escape your attention that the New York Times will assign four reporters to write an amateurish hit job, but not a single one to mention serious rape allegations against the leading Democratic Party presidential candidate by a former staffer.”

Even Snopes is debunking the Trump-is-profiteering-on-hydroxychloroquine claims. I used to laugh at the crazed conspiracy theories that flourished among illiterate third-worlders. Not anymore.

Meanwhile, how many people may die because of this misinformation — or perhaps disinformation would be a better term? Why does the New York Times want people to die?

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy every sandwich.