INTERESTING: With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks path out of lockdown. I should note, though, that if you don’t count the NYC area, the US is doing as well as Germany.

Our antibody tests have been smaller, but suggest more antibodies out there than we had expected. More here.

DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: Media Are Still Peddling One of the Great Myths of the Great Depression.

REPURPOSING: Empty dorm rooms to be used as hospital beds, quarantine rooms for med staff.

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REPUBLICANS SEIZE! This is CNN: GOP seizes on newly declassified material to raise further questions about Steele dossier.

MICHAEL FUMENTO ON FACEBOOK: “For all the finger-wagging at Florida, despite its huge geezer population it has about a third the C19 deaths per capita of Illinois.”

I think we’re going to find that density, mass transit, and climate matter more than disease-response policies.

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Reminder:

CHANGE: Space Force welcomes first academy graduates to its ranks. “Eighty-six graduates from the United States Air Force Academy celebrated receiving their diplomas April 18 and moved directly into the U.S. Space Force, marking the first infusion of commissioned personnel into the new service since its creation last year. Vice President Mike Pence was in attendance at the event and congratulated the entire graduating class.”

SALENA ZITO: Former SEAL makes it an act of valor to run for Congress.

SOUTH CAROLINA TO REOPEN PUBLIC BEACHES, RETAIL STORES NEXT WEEK AMID PANDEMIC.

And in contrast: North Carolina Governor Gives Troubling Answer on Church Gatherings, Encourages Counties to Be More Restrictive If Needed.

ESCAPE FROM L.A.: Proud mayor of California’s biggest sanctuary city urges residents to ‘report non-essential businesses that are operating illegally.’

BOMB CANADA: THE CASE FOR WAR. “Social distancing” police fined a man $1,200 for feeding homeless people in Calgary.

(Classical reference in headline.)

BARACK WHO? Report: Obama eager to ride to Biden’s rescue by attacking Trump on coronavirus response.

He’s vulnerable on how he let the national stockpile of medical equipment slide after the H1N1 debacle. And you can bet that Trump won’t let him slide on that. But how much political capital will Barack be willing to spend on behalf of a guy he didn’t endorse until there were no alternatives left?

IT’S COME TO THIS: New Jersey Woman Charged With Plotting to Violate Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order.

MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON: De Blasio Wants New Yorkers To Rat On Neighbors. Don’t Do It.

Bill de Blasio thinks The Lives Of Others was a how-to guide for good government. Or as Iowahawk jokes:

I THINK HE KNOWS THAT THEY WERE, AND IS MAKING A POINT: Trump Warns Of ‘Consequences’ If China Was ‘Knowingly Responsible’ For Outbreak.

ENDORSED: With China’s economy on life support, it’s time to turn off the ventilator.

DON SURBER: Red Chinese Disease blacklash begins. “Whether this was by design or accident, Chairman Xi and Red China unleashed COVID-19 on the world, and now the world will make them pay for their multi-trillion dollar deception. Britain became the first to deliver economic sanctions against the communist country. Chairman Xi and WHO lied about the seriousness of this disease.”

GOOD: The world begins to “social distance” itself from China in the wake of the pandemic.

GOVERNOR MURPHY DECIDES TO CREATE MARTYRS, BECAUSE HE’S SMART THAT WAY, NOT DUMB LIKE EVERYONE SAYS: Organizer of NJ coronavirus stay-at-home protest hit with criminal violation.

UPDATE: New Jersey Shuts Down Drive Through Tulip Farm, Threatens to Arrest Owner.

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