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6:55 AM ET, March 19, 2020

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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Coronavirus Ravages 7 Members of a Single Family, Killing 2  —  The matriarch of the large New Jersey family, herself sick with the virus, “doesn't realize her two oldest children have passed.”  —  Grace Fusco — mother of 11, grandmother of 27 — would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday …
Discussion: The US Sun and New York Post
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.  —  New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54.  But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.  —  American adults of all ages …
Ted Lieu / Washington Post:
Trump is stoking xenophobic panic in a time of crisis  —  Ted Lieu, a Democrat, represents California's 33rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  I genuinely want President Trump to succeed in stopping the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus, and will do everything I can to help him in this effort.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The coronavirus shows how backward the United States has become
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Trump Defends Using ‘Chinese Virus’ Label, Ignoring Growing Criticism
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden  —  More than 80 career national security professionals have signed an open letter of support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that President Trump …
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks  —  Audience: These considerations are intended for use by federal, state, and local public health officials; leaders in occupational health services and infection prevention and control programs; and other leaders in healthcare settings …
Discussion: Roll Call
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Emily Kopp / Roll Call:
CDC suggests nurses use bandanas, scarves during face mask shortage  —  As the national shortage of face masks becomes severe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nurses can use bandanas and scarves as makeshift masks when caring for COVID-19 patients — although it's unclear whether they would protect medical workers.
New York Times:
A Deadly Coronavirus Mix in Florida: An Aging Population and Lots of Young Visitors  —  In Florida, where a quarter of the population is older than 60, Gov. Ron DeSantis has started to control public gatherings.  But testing has been slow.  —  MIAMI — At the Florida community of The Villages …
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Lawrence Mower / Miami Herald:   19 care facilities have possible coronavirus cases, Florida officials confirm
Washington Post:
Trump's $1 trillion stimulus is a gamble for reelection — and a sea change for Republicans once opposed to bailouts  —  The novel coronavirus is redefining Donald Trump's presidency eight months before he stands for reelection as he wagers that the potentially largest rescue package …
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New York Times:   Washington Weighs Big Bailouts to Help U.S. Economy Survive Coronavirus
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
This Is the Only Way to End the Coronavirus Financial Panic
Reuters:
Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus  —  SEOUL - In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul's busy train station.
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
Roll Call:
Diaz-Balart, McAdams are first members of Congress to report positive coronavirus test  —  Two House lawmakers announced Wednesday that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.  —  Hours after Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart became the first member of Congress to disclose his COVID-19 diagnosis …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This is the biggest blunder in presidential history  —  As a preliminary matter, this is a lie, as this video shows: … The president has consistently downplayed, denied and misled the public about the seriousness of the threat.  Moreover, since the first cases appeared in China in late December …
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Washington Post:
ICE to stop most immigration enforcement inside U.S., will focus on criminals during coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: Fox News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
GOP Senator Upbeat Coronavirus May Kill ‘No More Than 3.4 Percent of Our Population’  —  “Right now, all people are hearing about are the deaths,” Republican Senator Ron Johnson told the New York Times last week.  “I'm sure the deaths are horrific, but the flip side of this is the vast majority …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Timeline: The early days of China's coronavirus outbreak and cover-up  —  Axios has compiled a timeline of the earliest weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in China, highlighting when the cover-up started and ended — and showing how, during that time, the virus already started spreading around the world, including to the United States.
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New York Times:
Its Coronavirus Cases Dwindling, China Turns Focus Outward
Discussion: CapX
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Here Are the 8 Senators Who Voted Against the Coronavirus Relief Package on Wednesday  —  Presented without comment: the eight senators who voted against the coronavirus relief package on Wednesday.  —  Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Jim Inhofe (R-OK); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration's official …
Discussion: Politico and USA Today
Washington Post:
Campaign signals Sanders may be open to exit  —  Bernie Sanders signaled Wednesday that he was open to ending his presidential run after another round of landslide losses to Joe Biden, and new signs emerged of communication between the two camps as some Democrats hoped for a swift end to a bruising primary.
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: ‘Huge Spike’ in Brooklyn Hasidic Community  —  More than 100 test positive in two neighborhoods, all at two urgent care centers crammed with worried families.  —  Health officials expressed growing alarm on Wednesday that the coronavirus is spreading quickly …
CBS Baltimore:
Baltimore Mayor Begs Residents To Stop Shooting Each Other So Hospital Beds Can Be Used For Coronavirus Patients  —  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents to put down their guns and heed orders to stay home after multiple people were shot Tuesday night amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Robin Young / WBUR:
Copy embed code  —  What can people do to help as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb?  Emerging disease expert Laurie Garrett says that's the wrong question to ask.  —  “It's not just what you can do,” the author of “The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance” says.
New York Times:
The President vs. the Experts: How Trump Downplayed the Coronavirus  —  From the start of the coronavirus outbreak, statements from the presidential pulpit have been far out of step with those of health experts and many inside the administration.  President Trump contradicted some officials while they were standing right next to him.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. lawmakers urged to self-quarantine after senator's positive coronavirus test  —  AJC AT THE GOLD DOME: CORONAVIRUS March 18, 2020  —  'I'm shaking with rage'  —  All of Georgia's state lawmakers were urged Wednesday to self-isolate themselves for weeks after a state senator who participated …
Wall Street Journal:
How Washington Failed to Build a Robust Coronavirus Testing System  —  Government decisions that limited testing for the pathogen blinded the U.S. to the outbreak's scale.  Here's how it happened.  —  When cases of the new coronavirus began emerging several weeks ago in California …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Surrounded by experts, Trump still needed an intervention by Tucker Carlson to take coronavirus seriously  —  We live in stupid, scary times.  —  And nothing illustrates this more vividly than one bizarre development among many others: That a Fox News host managed to get the president …
Discussion: Unprecedented
Yun Li / CNBC:
NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after positive coronavirus tests  — The New York Stock Exchange said starting March 23, it will temporarily close its historic trading floor and move fully to electronic trading.  — The move came after two people tested positive …
New York Times:
Need a Coronavirus Test?  Being Rich and Famous May Help  —  A shortage in testing has left sick people and health care workers around the U.S. without answers.  Yet the list of celebrity patients grows every day, raising questions about privileged access.
George Conway / Washington Post:
There is no new Trump  —  If you think you've been hearing a different President Trump this week — more accepting of the reality of the coronavirus pandemic — don't be fooled.  The new Trump is the same as the old Trump.  He can't help it.  He's incapable of taking responsibility …
Tom Cotton / Featured Items:
Cotton, Gallagher Introduce Bill to End U.S. Dependence on Chinese-Manufactured Pharmaceuticals  —  Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) will tomorrow introduce the Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
There Aren't Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus  —  The United States and other countries face a critical shortage of the lifesaving machines — and no easy way to lift production.  —  As the United States braces for an onslaught of coronavirus cases, hospitals and governments …
Discussion: New York Post and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world  —  Chuck Pierce's son was concerned, like a lot of other people looking out on a world of ransacked grocery stores and canceled sports seasons and eerie lines of people standing six feet apart from one another.
 
 
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Detroit News:
GM, Ford studying how to make ventilators to fight COVID-19
Discussion: National Review
Geoffrey Mohan / Los Angeles Times:
Will coronavirus affect food supply? First problem: A possible shortage of workers
Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Economic Meltdown? Mass Unemployment? Solution: More Immigration!
Discussion: Washington Times, CIS.org and Breitbart
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK presses US to ease Iran sanctions to help fight coronavirus
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Trump administration adds to its purge of professionals
Discussion: The Hill and WND
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Kudlow Says Government May Take Equity Stakes for Company Aid
ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test
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Sarah Viren / New York Times:
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Courtney Connley / CNBC:
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Jacob Heilbrunn / The National Interest:
The Next Coronavirus Nightmare: There's a Drug Shortage on the Horizon
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump ban on fetal tissue research blocks coronavirus treatment effort
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