VIRUS UPDATE

 Rachel Maddow MSNBC “Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.” -Politico

A regional EMT group has issued new guidelines almost unthinkable even days ago -- if someone's in cardiac arrest and you can't revive them in the field, don't bring them to the emergency room

Asian countries face possible second wave of coronavirus infections

Wealthy New Yorkers hiring limo drivers to pick up their letters and parcels and take them to the Hamptons

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot join to create an emergency fund for the arts and artists in Illinois

Booze sales surge during coronavirus outbreak

Pentagon looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for potential civilian use

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told POLITICO on Tuesday it was "shortsighted" for California leaders to abandon a $200 million emergency preparedness effort he initiated in 2006 to deal with a future pandemic, as the state now scrambles to prepare for a surge in coronavirus cases.

White House Economists Warned in 2019 a Pandemic Could Devastate America

Judge Blasts Wisconsin Governor, Republican-Controlled Legislature For Holding Primary During Pandemic

US coronavirus deaths top 5,000, with 1,000 in one day

New England Patriots plane returning from China with over 1 million N95 masks

Texas governor exempts churches from stay at home rule

Residents in Texas city can face $1,000 fine for not wearing 'some form of covering over their nose and mouth' 

The Rap Sheets of the Big Ventilator Producers

The Maine State Police department said in a Facebook post Wednesday that they've received recent reports of drivers with out-of-state plates being confronted and harassed. Some of these vehicles are likely to be operated by people who are essential workers working in Maine, according to state police,

A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing.

Carnival still has 6,000 passengers on ships at sea