Coronavirus update

The Pentagon is starting the process of activating Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort as part of the Defense Department’s domestic response to the spreading COVID-19 virus, USNI News has learned.Each ship has a 1,000-bed capacity and is manned by military medical personnel, requiring about a week or more to mobilize those personnel from across the active duty and reserve forces.

Kentucky Derby pushed back; First delay since 1945..

Coronavirus: Amazon suspends all warehouse shipments except medical supplies and 'high-demand' products

Newsom signs executive order halting foreclosures, utility shutoffs

Just about 56% of Americans consider the coronavirus a "real threat," representing a drop of 10 percentage points from last month. At the same time, a growing number of Americans think the coronavirus is being "blown out of proportion." 


Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures 

State by state rundown on virus policies

The Hill - Just more than 1 in 3 Americans — 37 percent — said in a new poll that they have a good amount or a great deal of trust in the information they hear about coronavirus from President Trump.  According to the NPR–PBS NewsHour–Marist survey, 60 percent of respondents said they don't have very much trust in the information they are hearing from the president or don't trust it at all.  


NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is “absolutely considering” a shelter in place order for New York City residents just like the one instituted in California’s Bay Area on Monday