“Is This True?!”: The February Email That Should’ve Woken up the White House
Tia Dufour, Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The same day President Donald Trump claimed to have the coronavirus outbreak “very much under control in this country,” his top disaster response official at the Department of Health and Human Services sent an email that should have been…
The New York Times Just Published Documents Showing Trump’s COVID-19 Response Was Worse Than We Knew
ZUMA/Jonathan Ernst For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The New York Times has the receipts on Trump’s inept response to coronavirus: The shortcomings of Mr. Trump’s performance have played out with remarkable transparency as part of his daily effort to dominate television screens and the national conversation. But…
“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…