Other Countries Are Spending More Than Us On Coronavirus Rescue Packages
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Congress recently passed a $2.2 trillion rescue package to deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. How does that compare to what other countries are doing? Here’s a very rough answer: These comparisons are hard to make since every country…
President Trump Argues That More Voting Means More Republican Losses
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump just flat-out admitted that Republicans will lose elections if more people vote. “The things they had in there were crazy,” Trump said on Monday morning, discussing voting provisions pushed by Democrats in a coronavirus response package. “They had things, levels of…
Our Recent Pandemic History Hurt Our Response to COVID-19
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been, if anything, far worse than President Trump on the coronavirus front. Keep hugging and kissing! Go to restaurants! Keep the economy going! But that’s finally changed: As virus cases have begun surging, the president…
NYT: Next Gen Ventilator Project Failed Because It Killed Profits
I’m sure the the Trilogy Evo is a fine portable ventilator. But it’s kind of pricey and—more importantly—also not available yet. Too bad the next gen project from Newport Medical Instruments failed, isn’t it?Philips North America For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The New York Times has a…
When Can We End the Lockdown? Here’s Another View.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.How long do we all need to stay at home? A team from AEI headed by former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says this: To slow the spread [of COVID-19], schools are closed across the country, workers are being asked to do their…
New Research Shows States With Republican Governors Were Slower to Adopt Social Distancing Policies
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In the middle of March, as millions of people across the country started to practice social distancing measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Florida’s Spring Breakers did the opposite. Thousands of people, seemingly unfazed by the pandemic,…