KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Coronavirus Is the New Y2K. “Does anyone remember the ZOMGWEAREALLGOINGTODIE coverage in the media during the run-up to Y2k? Remember how all the talking heads spun that “crisis” up to be the end of the world as we knew it? There was a run on generators and other survival gear, and a whole cottage industry grew up around fears of an apocalypse. We were told that not only would all our computers be rendered obsolete, but banks would collapse, the power grid would fail, the supply chain would be paralyzed, and armed citizens would be forced to roam the countryside in search of food for their families.”

Paula Bolyard is filling in for Kruiser this morning, who is still recovering from too little sleep and too much drink at CPAC. And believe me, I feel his pain.