A POSITIVE TAKE FROM A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK:

Fed rate cut to near 0

Compelling rationale to obliterate any US dependence on China for any vital product needs

Mass and immediate deregulation to enable widespread privatization

Clear and convincing data showing how nationalized healthcare CANNOT handle a widespread pandemic (Italy) while democrats are clamoring for one here

This “crisis” response could end up being one of the best things we ever go through as a nation- with lasting monumental positive impacts.

Higher Education is likely to have its online revolution accelerated, too, which means less space for campus SJW types to destroy.

Plus, also from a Facebook friend: “A nationwide lockdown on visitors to hospitals, nursing homes and ALFs, rehab facilities would be the single best thing they could issue IMO.”

OUT: LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS.

IN: CNN’s Brian Stelter slams surgeon general for criticizing reporters covering coronavirus. Yeah, who would criticize a bunch of technically ignorant yahoos who sound like whiny middle-schoolers?

Related: We’re Paying The Price For The Death Of Journalism.

CHANGE: Trump administration announces nationwide drive-through coronavirus testing to begin this week.

HEH: Class-action lawsuit blames China for coronavirus.

THE FIRST TIME SKY MASTERSON AND WILLIAM OF OCCAM HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME: Is Saying ‘The COVID-19 Virus Is a Bioweapon’ the Way to Bet?.

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END “CERTIFICATE OF NEED” REQUIREMENTS: America Doesn’t Have Enough Hospital Beds To Fight the Coronavirus. Protectionist Health Care Regulations Are One Reason Why.

ANOTHER TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, reportedly.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. We’re Paying The Price For The Death Of Journalism.

WOW: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces closure of Ohio bars, dine-in restaurants. “During a press conference, Gov. DeWine added that establishments can stay open for carry-out and delivery but what we can’t have is people congregating and seating.”

If you get takeout or delivery, tip like you ate in.

UPDATE: Fauci open to a 14-day ‘national shutdown’ to stem virus.

CAYMAN GOVERNMENT: No More Cruise Ships. Plus: “As of Monday, there will be no travel allowed from European Union countries as well as Japan, Korea and Iran. The UK, US and Jamaica were not included in the list as of Friday, but the premier said more countries could be added in the coming days.”

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JOE BIDEN’S CORONAVIRUS ADVISER WANTS TO DIE AT 75:

The bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel — a prime architect of Obamacare — is the most famous person on the committee. Why is that important? Emanuel made headlines a few years ago by writing in The Atlantic that he wants to die at age 75 — younger than Joe Biden is today — and he thinks we should want that too.

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Finally, illustrating why Emanuel is an odd choice for being on Biden’s advisory committee, here’s what he wrote about the cognitive abilities of people his candidate’s age:

Even if we aren’t demented, our mental functioning deteriorates as we grow older. Age-associated declines in mental-processing speed, working and long-term memory, and problem-solving are well established. Conversely, distractibility increases. We cannot focus and stay with a project as well as we could when we were young. As we move slower with age, we also think slower.

That seems painfully apt, given Biden’s recent performance.

Emanuel better hope that Biden doesn’t read his Atlantic piece. I suspect if Good Old Joe ever did, he would yell that Emanuel was full of smelly stuff and demand that his public-health adviser step outside.

Related: Biden has not taken the coronavirus test yet.

THE PENALTY FOR “LOST” RECORDS IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE SUMMARY FIRING AND A LIFETIME GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT BAN FOR RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS:

Oh, who am I kidding? There are no responsible officials.

BOLD MOVE: The British approach to coronavirus.

COMING TO THE U.S. SOON: Austria bans all gatherings of more than five people: People allowed out of homes only for work, food shopping and helping others.