We need a moonshot program to build a first-class healthcare system in the US in the next year or so.
This will certainly be difficult but it will benefit in so many ways.
This Is How We Beat the Coronavirus www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…
Trump viciously attacks NBC News reporter in extended rant after being asked for message to Americans worried about coronavirus www.cnn.com/2020/03/2…
Trump is outbidding state agencies for medical supplies.
“Trump has refused to coordinate federal procurements of emergency supplies for states, saying the fed is not “a shipping clerk” for state governments.”
A bidding war for medical supplies is a terrible idea right now.
- Cory Doctorow
Charter is now letting employees to work from home . www.lightreading.com/cable-vid…
We’re not going back to normal: Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever. www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/…
Senator Richard Burr Warned Of Coronavirus Effects In Private Meeting - NPR
Even while GOP leaders were ridiculing and downplaying coronavirus risks, at least one – Senator Richard Barr, the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee – was simultaneously saying the opposite to big-money constituents, warning them that the virus was extremely dangerous. www.npr.org/2020/03/1…
Steve Sinofsky compares the evolution of the iPad Pro vs. laptops replacing many PCs and PC servers replacing mainframes.
The newer, smaller, more flexible device begins to take on the characteristics of the older, bigger, more rigid device.
However, in the case of the laptop and PC server, the new devices were much less expensive than the ones they replaced. Not so with the iPad Pro vs. laptop!
Empty Grocery Shelves Are Alarming, But They're Not Permanent
America’s grocery supply chains are going strong. Shelves are bare because of spiked demand. “It’s like the weekend before Thanksgiving — day after day after day.” www.npr.org/2020/03/1…
Cory Doctorow: Fox News is a suicide cult. Theirs and Trump’s initial coronavirus denialism is still helping fuel the spread. pluralistic.net/2020/03/1…
Cory Doctorow: “How to structure a fair covid bailout: Stimulus, not private jets.” pluralistic.net/2020/03/1…
Cory Doctorow: The Democrats' worst Congressman is out of a job
“Congress’s worst Democrat is Dan Lipinski, a corrupt, anti-abortion, corporatist, gunhumping asshole…. "
And now he’s primaried out.
Shameful that the DNCC supported this clown.
15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home www.playbill.com/article/1…
Beijing fears Covid-19 is a turning point for China and globalization
China didn’t start coronavirus, but Chinese incompetence and authoritarianism is a big part of the reason why it’s now a global pandemic, rather than a local problem.
The same Chinese government that mishandled the crisis at first is now telling us that everything’s fine in China now; they’ve got it under control. Seriously?
Michael Auslin:
While the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, China is fighting a propaganda war. Beijing’s war aim is simple: shift away from China all blame for the outbreak, the botched initial response, and its early spread into the broader world. At stake is China’s global reputation, as well as the potential of a fundamental shift away from China for trade and manufacturing. Also at risk is the personal legacy of General Secretary Xi Jinping, who has staked his legitimacy on his technocratic competence. After dealing with the first great global crisis of the 21st century, the world must fundamentally rethink its dependence on China.
… no one knows if Beijing’s claims that new indigenous cases are slowing down are true or not, given long-standing doubt about the veracity of any official Chinese statistics, and the party’s failure to act in the early days of the coronavirus.
Auslin goes on to say that the coronavirus pandemic is making globalization downsides apparent, particularly the reliance on China for so much manufacturing, particularly essential drugs.