HEY, IT WORKED FOR WALTER MONDALE:

CONNECTICUT ON ICE: From the photo vault — the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut breaks through Arctic ice and the crew takes a stroll.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. 2020 Dem Plans Reflect Party of the ‘Professional Class:’ New report argues debt forgiveness, Medicare for All help the rich, not the poor.

WELL, OF COURSE: White House: Media hope virus will ‘bring down’ Trump.

WAIT, WHAT?

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: High school student in Washington latest coronavirus community spread victim; U.S. cases rose to 66, including four instances of community spread.

Number of coronavirus cases from unknown source growing in U.S.

South Korea reports 813 more coronavirus cases in 24-hours, total 3,150.

Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises to 43, with 593 people infected.

Taiwan reports five new coronavirus cases, total at 39.

Over China, coronavirus coincides with plummet in nitrogen dioxide. A friend in Hong Kong told me that the air there is cleaner than it has been in years, with all the shut-down factories.

Iranian Coronavirus Cases Jump as More Officials Infected.

Qatar reports its first coronavirus in man who returned from Iran.

National Health Service struggling to cope with volume of coronavirus calls; Callers giving up after failing to get a reply or waiting hours and even days for clinicians to call them back.

Liverpool hotel hit by coronavirus fears as guest self-quarantines inside room.

After Coronavirus Outbreak, China Tries To Get Back To Work.

Will concerns over coronavirus impact South by Southwest in Austin?

Tokyo Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan announce two-week closure over coronavirus scare.

Can people spread coronavirus after they recover?

‘I WASN’T ARRESTED:’ Joe Biden Admits He Lied Numerous Times About South African Trip.

“THE U.S. CAN NO LONGER MAKE PENICILLIN. . . . THE U.S. CAN NO LONGER MAKE GENERIC ANTIBIOTICS.” What Washington Doesn’t Know About U.S. China Drug Dependence Can Literally Kill Us.

MULTIPLE STATES INTRODUCE BILLS TO BAN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING AGAINST BIOLOGICAL OPPOSITE SEX.

GEORGE SOROS’ MAN IN PHILADELPHIA:

In 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner was murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal. A racially diverse jury convicted Jamal of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. Since then, he has pursued endless appeals in state and federal courts. Although his death sentence was overturned on a technicality, his conviction has been repeatedly affirmed.

Throughout this lengthy process, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was zealously represented by three previous district attorneys. But now the defense of Abu-Jamal’s conviction is in the hands of District Attorney Larry Krasner, the self-styled “public defender with power,” who during his short time in office has established an appalling record of undercharging violent criminals and astonishing indifference to the interests of crime victims.

Read the whole thing.

PLANNING: The Shipping Container Industry Has Gamed Out What the Coronavirus May Do. Take a Seat.

WAIT, YOU’RE SAYING THE HEADLINES ARE LIES? No, Trump Didn’t Cut the CDC’s Coronavirus Budget. No, People Aren’t Blaming Corona Beer for the Disease.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP: Fact-Check: Obama Waited Until ‘Millions’ Infected and 1000 Dead in U.S. Before Declaring H1N1 Emergency.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Cotton calls China travel ban ‘the single most consequential and valuable thing’ done to slow coronavirus.

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HOW AUSTRALIA DEFIED THE WHO ON ITS TRAVEL BAN.

Why were the Australians ahead of the world? For a very simple reason. They don’t trust the WHO. The information from multiple international sources is that the WHO is under intense pressure from the Chinese government, and succumbing to it.

The Australian Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, told the NSC that it was medically inexplicable that the WHO hadn’t already declared a global pandemic. It’s politics, in other words.

That’s why Australia had earlier forged ahead of the WHO in declaring the China travel ban, on February 1. It was, again, on the unanimous advice of the AHPPC.

The travel ban was decided immediately after the US made the same call. Beijing instantly lashed both the US and Australia on that occasion – the Chinese Communist Party’s official mouthpiece, People’s Daily, calling it “racist”.

But, of course, that decision now looks very wise, more so with each passing day.

Plus:

“With the ongoing China travel ban, I’m very sympathetic about the impact on tourism and farmers, but I’m much less so with the universities,” he began. “Because they have been warned for years that they are over-reliant on the Chinese market, and for years they’ve reassured us that it was all fine, and that if anything happened they’d be able to withstand it. They rode the cycle up, now they can ride the cycle down.”

The universities receive $17 billion a year in federal cash already. Paterson said they should be given this opportunity to show they could indeed withstand the lost income. Addressing Scott Morrison, Paterson concluded: “We shouldn’t relax the travel ban, and there should be no financial bail-out for the universities.”

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE:

WELL: Amazon tells all 798,000 employees to halt travel, in US and internationally, over coronavirus fears.

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

ROGER KIMBALL: Donald Trump vs. Corona Hysteria. “His critics are desperate for him to mishandle a crisis. So far he hasn’t.”

Related: Liz Peek: Desperate Democrats hope coronavirus will undermine Trump.

CORONAVIRUS: 11 cases of coronavirus confirmed in San Antonio, TX. “The CDC reports those infected with the coronavirus include nine from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, one from the Wuhan group of quarantined passengers and one that was transferred from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif.”

SUBTLETY IS NOT THE DEMS’ STRENGTH: Republicans Walk Out of Coronavirus Briefing After Democrats Play Politics With the Crisis. Also, why does the Democratic leadership all look like Disney villains?

THE IRONY IS RICH: Ex-Gawker editor sues Daily Beast over story portraying her as racist.