BORDERS SUDDENLY MATTER: Sweden to Close Borders to Visitors From Non-EU Countries.

OPEN THREAD: How’s the “social distancing” going?

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

I suspect some of them are more than just useful idiots.

CORONAPOCALYPSE NOW: Tools for the Teleworker.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. When Wuhan Virus Departs, World Will Be Changed.

GOOD: Planetary defense against asteroids joins NASA’s menu for next decadal survey focus.

SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: Joe Biden Spreads Misinformation About Trump and the WHO Amid Coronavirus.

BIDEN WINS ILLINOIS AND FLORIDA PRIMARIES. More at Stephen Green’s Primary Drunkblog.

STEVE TREVOR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: Lyle Waggoner, Co-Star of The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman, Dead at 84.

AS IF 2020 COULDN’T GET ANY STRANGER, TOM BRADY IS ABOUT TO BECOME FLORIDA MAN: QB Tom Brady expected to sign with Buccaneers, sources say.

WHEN DID BANE BECOME THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA? Philly police to delay arrests in drug, theft, prostitution and other crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

What could go wrong?

LIVE: Primary Results from Arizona, Florida, and Illinois (But Not Ohio).

EXPERTS AT WORK: The UK’s coronavirus “herd immunity” debacle. Give ’em credit, at least they changed their mind in the face of evidence. That’s more than some do.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: It’s the Corona Tuesday Primary Drunkblog.

THE NO-FEAR GREETING: Goodbye to Handshakes — and Good Riddance. Now that a virus has finally stopped us from shaking hands, we have a singular opportunity to eliminate this custom once and for all. There’s a much better way to greet one another—and no, it’s not the fist bump, and it’s certainly not the ridiculous elbow tap, either.

SOFTENING THE FINANCIAL BLOW: U.S. delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days for millions.

AS GOES SF, SO GOES NYC: NYC mayor warns of possible shelter-in-place order. “De Blasio said a shelter-in-place order, if implemented, would limit all outdoor travel to first responders and healthcare workers. He said 1,500 people in the state tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday, up from 950 the day before.”

LORD, I HOPE: Hong Kong has largely survived coronavirus. Can New York, and the U.S., do it too?

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK INTO DER FÜHRERBUNKER: The inevitable Hitler ranting about Coronavirus video has been made.

BEIJING TO OUST US REPORTERS FROM NYT, WASHPO, WALL ST JOURNAL FROM CHINA AND BAR THEM FROM JOURNALISM IN HONG KONG.

SURELY A PRESIDENT WOULDN’T GOLF DURING A HEALTH EMERGENCY, RIGHT? FLASHBACK: Obama Played Golf the Same Day His Administration Declared H1N1 a Public Health Emergency.

I should have gotten this up yesterday but I was out looking for a house in Florida. (Anyone have a house to rent within an hour of University of Tampa? Leave me a comment.)

But I don’t think it’s lost its savor.

SHOCKER: The Cronyism Buried in the Latest Coronavirus Relief Bill: It requires companies to allow its workers to take paid sick leave, unless the business employs more than 500 people. What? Anybody want to offer a benign explanation for this?

QUESTION ASKED: Did Obama Botch the Response to the H1N1 Outbreak? Here’s What Media Fact Checks Aren’t Telling You.

HERE’S A NICE SUMMARY OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN KNOXVILLE. “Be prepared, not scared” is the motto of our mayor, and she’s really taken the lead on this issue, much to my approval. So far there’s still only one confirmed case in Knox County, a student from Japan who was quarantined on arrival. Tennessee now has a total of 52 cases confirmed, up from 39 yesterday, the vast majority in the Nashville area. [UPDATE: I should’ve hit refresh, now it’s 73 cases, and 2 in Knox County.] But they’re only now starting to do much testing, and I’m sure that more testing will reveal more cases. I’d be shocked if there weren’t dozens of people walking around Knox County with the virus, all unaware but probably infectious.

Meanwhile, the Insta-Wife and I are winding up necessary stuff this week — like seeing the tax accountant — while reducing our exposure everywhere else. We had what was possibly our last nice meal out at lunchtime today. We’ll still be going to medical appointments, grocery shopping, etc., but we’re going to start avoiding the gym, and most of our other haunts. I bought a pair of Bowflex adjustable dumbbells off Amazon, that go from 5 to 52.5 pounds. (I’d considered buying those for ages, but until now figured it was better to go out to the gym.) With that, a chinup bar, and the ability to go running or (once we open our pool, set for next week) to swim, we’ll manage to exercise sufficiently.

We have plenty of food — and toilet paper, natch — for an extended stay. I generally keep at least a couple of weeks of both on hand, not counting emergency stocks, and I’ve run those up while shopping over the past several weeks. It’s weird how our lifestyle of just a few weeks ago seems so free and easy in retrospect, but such is the way when calamity strikes. Let’s hope this calamity is no more serious than it has to be. And I know some of you all still think the whole thing is a hoax and a nothingburger — and I very much hope you turn out to be right, but that’s not the way to bet.

CORONAVIRUS: Has It Been Here All Along?