MAKES COMPLETE SENSE:  What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage.

FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE DEEP THOUGHTS OF WANDA FISH-TANK CLEANER:  Don’t Bogart that chloroquine.

SO, WAIT…. THE BILL OF RIGHTS DOES HAVE A CLAUSE SAYING “INVALID IN CASE OF PANDEMIC?” BECAUSE THAT IS NOT IN MY COPY OF IT. HOWEVER, THE FIRST IS GONE AND NOW THAT UNREASONABLE SEIZURE THING IS OUT THE WINDOW AND…   NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders National Guard to seize ventilators from upstate hospitals (#UpstateLivesMatter.)

PUSH BACK. PUSH BACK. PUSH BACK.  NANCY GREY GOOSE PELOSI THINKS THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO INSTITUTIONALIZE VOTE BY FRAUD MAIL. WE’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. ANY STATE THEY MANAGE TO PULL THIS OFF IN, REPUBLICANS NEVER WIN AGAIN:  Pelosi, Trump Clash Over Democrat Push For Mail-in Voting.

Perhaps someone should whisper in Cheating Nancy’s ear: Remember, if you take away the ballot box, you only leave us one box.

I DON’T KNOW. I’M GETTING READY TO DOWNPLAY CORONAVIRUS. WHEN COMPARED TO THE ECONOMIC BLOOD BATH, IT’S A PAPER WINNNIE THE FLU:  Trump is accused of downplaying the coronavirus risk by the very media who mocked government and ‘right-wing’ concerns.

TRUE, BUT BESIDES THE POINT?  Trump mocks Biden attack tweet: “He didn’t write that …, he doesn’t [even] understand what he’s watching”.

LET MY PEOPLE GO!  President Trump needs to set the country free now.

I’VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. IT DOESN’T END WELL:  In What Sense Do You Think We Are Free?

OF COURSE. THEY ALL DO. THEY REPLACED THE USSR WITH CHINA IN THEIR HEARTS. SURE SOME OF THEM ARE TAKING PAY FROM CHINA, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE SLUTS. THEY DO IT FOR THE LOVE:  Andrew Cuomo Licks China’s Hand. Xi Jinping Smiles.

GO READ IT:  No one here gets out alive.

GO AND READ IT. AND GEE THOSE SYMPTOMS ARE FAMILIAR FOR WHAT WE HAD JAN/FEB. ONLY IT LASTED ME SIX WEEKS WITH TWO MORE WEEKS TO RECOVER. BUT THEN I HAVE OTHER ISSUES:  A View From the Sideline.

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I’M NOT DRINKING ANYMORE, BUT I’M NOT DRINKING ANY LESS, EITHER: Americans are drinking a crazy amount of alcohol during coronavirus lockdown.

Though as a friend points out, buying more booze isn’t necessarily drinking more, any more than buying more toilet paper means pooping more.

THE TOUGHEST WEEK:

“The next two weeks are extraordinarily important,” said Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator. “This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe and that means everybody doing the six-feet distancing, washing their hands.”

Dr. Birx also said that Detroit, New York and Louisiana — the current hot spots — will likely reach a peak in the next six to seven days, citing the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s predictions.

The IHME models seem to have overpredicted problems so far.

OPEN THREAD: Do that comment voodoo that you do so well.

SORRY, EARTH IS CLOSED. MOOSE OUT FRONT SHOULD’VE TOLD YA. ‘Going back to a different planet’: Astronauts will return to Earth soon amid the coronavirus pandemic.

I AGREE, HE SHOULD QUIT, CNN’S DOING A FINE JOB ON ITS OWN:

I FEEL LIKE THIS STORY SHOULD HAVE NAMED SOME NAMES: The Doctor Came to Save Lives. The Co-op Board Told Him to Get Lost. All of NYC is lousy with coronavirus, and they’re worried about one doctor?

UPDATE: From the comments: “If the doctor were Chinese, the board’s action would be a hate crime.” That’s different because shut up.

MAP: Where coronavirus treatments and vaccines are being tested on patients in the US.

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RELAX, PROBABLY NO MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND OF THEM WERE INFECTIOUS: Disaster in motion: 3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted.

ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME: Scientists Discover Two Mating Flies Trapped in Amber 40 Million Years Ago.

HOPEFUL NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA?: According to the Australian government Department of Health site, as yet there is not “widespread community transmission” of Covid-19, and, importantly, “The majority of Australian confirmed cases acquired their infection overseas, including on board cruise ships or associated with recent travel to Europe or the Americas.” Also, only thirty Australians have died from Covid-19 thus far. There is still widespread debate among scientists about how weather/seasonality will affect the spread of Covid-19. But given all the traffic between China and Australia, and the fact that Australia didn’t cut off travel to China until February 1 (and even then initially had many loopholes), one can be hopeful that the relatively mild outbreak of Covid-19 in their Summer reflects a strong seasonal component to the virus.

TRY NOT TO HAVE A STROKE: With COVID-19, Stroke Guidelines Now a ‘Goal, Not an Expectation.’