Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth New York Times, by James Glanz & Campbell Robertson, May 20, 2020 If the United States had begun imposing social distancing measures one week earlier than it did in March, about 36,000 fewer people would have died in the coronavirus outbreak, according to new … Continue reading NYTimes: Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives
Bloomberg News, By Jennifer A Dlouhy, May 15, 2020 Stimulus tax change helps translate losses into instant cash Oil companies are uniquely poised to benefit, analysts say As it headed toward bankruptcy, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. took advantage of a little-noticed provision in the stimulus bill Congress passed in March to get a $9.7 million tax refund. Then, it asked a bankruptcy judge to authorize … Continue reading ‘Stealth Bailout’ Shovels Millions of Dollars to Oil Companies – Valero gets $110 million in pandemic giveaway
Los Angeles Times reports on huge numbers in our nursing homes and prisons Los Angeles Times, by Steve Lopez, May 13 2020 There are two places in California where, as the pandemic rages, you do not want to be. Prisons and elder care facilities. An astounding 49% of all COVID-19 deaths in California were linked to elder … Continue reading They’re trapped, and the killer virus knows where to find them in California
The territory, which has sealed itself off from the outside world, has no confirmed cases. The New York Times, by Simon Romero, May 6, 2020 (Updated 5/820) The coronavirus death toll in the United States is climbing past 70,000, with thousands of new cases every day. But there is still one part of the country without a … Continue reading A Place in the U.S. With No Covid-19? Look to American Samoa