“God Will Shield Us”: Some Churches Expect Crowds For Easter
The lighted cross at Excelsior Lutheran Church near Wilson, Kansas, is dark on Friday. The church did not hold its normal Good Friday service.AP Photo/Orlin Wagner For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A few religious leaders plan on defying social distancing orders by hosting crowds for services on…
Are We Ready To Peak Next Tuesday?
Just for the record, here’s my crude eyeball guess about the growth of COVID-19 in America: This suggests a total death toll through summer of about 60,000. I have a hard time believing this, but both my own projections and the expert modelers seem to have converged right around here. It would leave us with…
Three Charts Show How Important COVID-19 Countermeasures Are
Why has California done better than New York in suppressing the spread of COVID-19? There are several reasons, but one of them is that California adopted lockdown measures sooner than New York. California beat New York by three days, and when you count in local lockdowns ordered by cities and counties it’s more like seven…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: April 10 Update
Here’s the coronavirus growth rate through April 10. Germany might be near its peak, but that remains unclear. If you remove a single outlier, France looks like it might be peaking right about now. The United States recorded 2,108 deaths, the first time the daily death rate has passed 2,000. However, this is consistent with…
Nature Is Bouncing Back During the Coronavirus Crisis—but for How Long?
General overall view of sparse traffic on the Interstate 710 freeway amid the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Los Angeles.Sports/Newscom/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The…
Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: “Do Not Post” on Social Media or Notify Fellow Crew
Planes belonging to Delta Air Lines sit idle at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri.Jamie Squire/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Delta Air Lines has directed flight attendants who test…