Here’s a Closer Look at South Korea’s COVID-19 Success Story
South Korea is having an election today, and everyone is well prepared.Xinhua via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since I mentioned the South Korean model earlier this morning, let’s take a closer look at it. First off, it’s been successful at reining in the coronavirus: And…
Staffers From Jay Inslee’s 2020 Campaign Just Formed a New Group to Promote Climate Plan to Dems
Jay Inslee.Brian Cahn/Zuma 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. Thirteen hours before Jay Inslee dropped out of the Democratic presidential race last August, his campaign―the first in history to make a…
Trump’s Coronavirus Rants Are Increasingly Going Off the Deep End
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a bizarre press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump…
Why Are Blacks Getting COVID-19 At Higher Rates Than Whites?
I’m sure you haven’t missed the news that African Americans are being diagnosed with COVID-19 at much higher rates than whites. There are multiple competing explanations for this: blacks have a higher incidence of hypertension; blacks have more pre-existing conditions in general due to structural racism; and blacks tend to be poorer than whites. I…
Why Isn’t Coronavirus Testing Increasing in the United States?
Waltraud Grubitzsch/DPA via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Dan Froomkin has a question: I made this chart from this data https://t.co/OojDFkptL4 and unless I screwed it up it should freak you the fuck out. It’s for the first two weeks of April We’re not testing more…
Raw Data: Gasoline Production During the Pandemic
I don’t have any special reason for posting this. It’s just interesting raw data. And here’s a related one. It’s from Apple and shows how many people used their iPhones to request driving directions: This chart is pretty noisy, but it still gives you an interesting look at when people started taking COVID-19 seriously, regardless…