ROLL CALL DARES TO CONTRADICT THE NARRATIVE: White House preparedness for pandemic threat has faltered across four presidencies: Blame for coronavirus crisis shouldn’t fall squarely on Trump, experts say.

INDEED: Thank god for the internet. “I was 12 the first time I logged onto whatever was called the internet then. There were no websites to speak of, not really. No ecommerce, no banner ads, no data tracking, no spyware. iPhones hadn’t been invented yet; we called apps ‘programs’; and I had an EGA monitor on my PC (a whole 16 colors of range). But the first time I telnetted into a chatroom about raves, made new friends in Australia, or downloaded files to load into a music tracker, I felt the same elation that I feel now. This force, propelled by people, connected by copper and light, letting us make new connections. Connections we need now more than ever.”

JOHN FUND & JOEL HAY:  “Has Sweden Found the Right Solution to the Coronavirus?”

BRYAN PRESTON: Trump Breaks CNN, Smokes Out Pro-Beijing Reporter in One Press Conference.

“I THINK I’LL TROLL TRUMP BY BRINGING IN A PRC REPORTER.” I guess that sounded better at the time. Trump Breaks CNN, Smokes Out Pro-Beijing Reporter in One Press Conference.

Related: “For the record, ABC News anti-Trump huckster Jonathan Karl is currently in charge of assigning seats for the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings. In other words, it was no accident.”

Big Picture: Don Surber: Anti-Trump reporters trapped themselves on COVID-19. “Having watched the impeachment backfire on them, the Washington press corps moved on and opened the next package from Acme.”

FASTER, PLEASE: Antibody testing seen as key to breaking the coronavirus pandemic: Testing of tens of millions could start within a month.

HMM: Is the Coronavirus Curve Already Flat?

MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Time to put China on lockdown for its dishonesty amid coronavirus crisis. “China’s response was inept, dishonest and utterly inconsiderate of the world. We need to teach the Chinese government a lesson.”

ORANGE MAN BAD: Media Backlash to Trump-Backed Meds for COVID-19 Shows That He ‘Could Find a Cure’ And Still Get Bad Press.

THIS IS INTERESTING: Massachusetts General Hospital among first to test nitric oxide on pandemic patients: Nitric oxide has been considered a miracle drug for helping oxygen-starved newborns. “We have tremendous confidence this therapy will alter the devastating effects of COVID-19 but we must test it. If results show promise, and since this gas is already FDA approved, widespread use could begin immediately.”

Somebody told me the other day that people are using nitric-oxide boosters like Viagra and Cialis as a treatment, too, but I haven’t seen any stories on that. Here’s a clinical trial listing, though.

WITCH FIGHT! The naked hypocrisy of Alyssa Milano:

McGowan, despite being at the center of the Ronan Farrow New Yorker story that helped kick off the massive #MeToo movement, was quickly cast aside for the more media-friendly Milano. As it turns out, McGowan is the only one with her credibility left intact, as she insists the problem isn’t alleged wrongdoers like Brett Kavanaugh or Joe Biden, but the institutional system that covers for them.

By belatedly discovering the importance of due process when it was politically expedient, Alyssa Milano has signed her movement’s death warrant. RIP, #MeToo.

Related: Milano’s Biden Defense Is More Pathetic Than You Can Imagine.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Nikon’s Online Photography Classes Are Free Through April.

You don’t have to use their gear to take their classes.

ALSO: Through June the US Naval Insitute has opened up the complete archives of Proceedings, which has published some very good reads going all the way back to 1874. Naval History, too, although I’m much less familiar with it.

CHINA SYNDROME: “The UK government’s new testing chief has admitted that none of the 3.5 million antibody tests ordered from China are fit for widespread use.”

IT’S WEIRD HOW COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT SEEMS TO BE RESERVED FOR SPORTS TEAMS AND FRATERNITIES: School suspends entire lacrosse team over alleged racist ‘incident’ involving three members.

I’d like to see an entire university administration suspended over sexist remarks by one of its members. Just to be fair.

FLASHBACK: Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Chinese Propaganda Published in NYT, WaPo.

RIP: Remembering Bobby Mitchell. “Mitchell broke the Redskins’ color barrier, but said he wanted to be remembered first and foremost as a great player, rather than an historically significant one. In this post, I will honor that wish.”

#JOURNALISM:

CYBERSECURITY: NYC schools pull the plug on Zoom following FBI warning. “Schools aren’t the only ones banning Zoom, either. On March 28, Elon Musk’s SpaceX banned the program, instructing employees to use email, text, or phone calls as alternative methods for communication. Additionally, the Australian Ministry of Defense has also banned any use of the software.”

As of this writing, Zoom is still available on Apple’s App Store and on Google Play, but I wonder how much longer that will last.

WITH HELP FROM THE PRESS: China and Russia play COVID-19 pandemic disinformation games: Both countries push outright lies and well-spun propaganda.

THEY’RE CRITICAL-THINKING ACADEMICS. THEY DON’T NEED FACTS WHEN THEY HAVE FEELINGS AND A NARRATIVE: Professors accuse Fox News of downplaying coronavirus. These clips suggest otherwise.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Time to put China on lockdown for its dishonesty amid coronavirus crisis. “China’s response was inept, dishonest and utterly inconsiderate of the world. We need to teach the Chinese government a lesson.”

UPDATE: This piece has only been up for a little while and my work email is getting a steady stream of suspiciously-similar emails defending the Chinese government. I’m not going to respond, of course, but if I did I’d send Tim Blair’s response.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Dems Are Suddenly Fans of Due Process Now That Crazy Joe the Wonder Veep Has Been Accused. “One merely has to look at Biden’s history of creepy public touching to find any allegation against him worth looking into. But he gets a pass because he’s a Dem and they’re desperate to pretend he’s not all of the things that those of us who are sane can plainly see that he is: a drooling moron and a full-on creeper.”