Some headlines that caught our eye.
Good News
Coronavirus vaccine test opens as US volunteer gets 1st shot — AP
U.S. Urges Americans To Home-School — NPR
‘Saturday Night Live’ Suspends Next Three Shows Amid Coronavirus Pandemic — Hollywood Reporter
Amazon to Hire 100,000 Workers as Online Orders Surge — Newsmax
Bad News
How long will social distancing for coronavirus have to last? — Washington Post
Trump says coronavirus crisis could stretch into August, may look at lockdown for ‘certain areas’ — CNBC
Trump acknowledges U.S. ‘may be’ headed for recession — USA Today
Supreme Court Suspends Arguments Amid Coronavirus Fears — Washington Free Beacon
Fake News
No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there. — Washington Post
US officials: foreign disinformation stoking virus fears — AP
With coronavirus hoaxes flooding social media, governments scramble to fight misinformation — CNET News
Media Outlets Exclude Crucial Context To Paint Trump As Coronavirus Villain — Daily Caller
Misc News
Coronavirus Social Distancing: Myth vs. Reality — USA Today
Why New York’s Hand Sanitizer Stunt Won’t Work — Foundation For Economic Education
Racist Canadians
Canada to bar entry for most foreigners – Trudeau — BBC
Election 2020
6 Key Moments From Sunday’s Democratic Debate — Vox.com
Biden Tacks Further Left in Square-Off Against Sanders — Real Clear Politics
Math Is Hard: Bernie’s Press Secretary Says 500 Million Americans Go Bankrupt Each Year — PJ Media
Focusing on the Important Things
MIT Tech Magazine Touts Coronavirus Will ‘Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions This Year’ — Newsbusters
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Coronavirus Is The New Excuse For Universal Basic Income — Hot Air
10 Ways the Left Has Politicized the Coronavirus Pandemic — PJ Media
What About the Homeless?
In ‘defining moment,’ San Francisco to order residents to stay home over coronavirus. — San Francisco Examiner
Parody (?)
Police ask public to stop calling 911 over lack of toilet paper — Fox 5
In efforts to protect us all, we are killing the economy, especially in services and travel. Given the death rate and where it is concentrated, how about self-quarantining everyone 70 and older and let everyone younger go back to work. If they get sick, then they take time off as if they had the regular flu, which oh, by the way according to CDC, “this year’s flu season has led to at least 16 million medical visits and 350,000 hospitalizations.” “CDC estimated that there have been 20,000 deaths related to the flu so far this 2019-20 season.