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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronaplague roundup
2020-05-09
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]






Norway lifts its lockdown after coronavirus death toll reached just 209, while neighboring Sweden admits it made a 'big failure' as its total hits 3,000 COVID-19 fatalities after shunning strict social distancing

Drastic rise in unemployment is causing a spike in suicides and overdose deaths says leading physician, who predicts 80,000 could die due to coronavirus shutdown anxieties - more than the virus itself

NYPD accused of social-distancing discrimination by heavily patrolling parks in poor Bronx neighborhoods but letting people congregate in wealthy Manhattan's outdoor spaces

WHO: Live animal markets shouldn’t close despite likely role in spreading virus
[IsraelTimes] Official at UN health agency says even though such markets can be a source of epidemics, focus should be on improving them rather than shutting them down

Posted by:Fred

#6   Eleven Secret Service members test positive for COVID-19

Not surprising. They’re out in the world instead of huddling at home, and the thing has been in the U.S. since at least December. The question is only how many got it badly enough to need hospitalization. We should be pleased they are growing the size of the immune herd surrounding the president and VP.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-05-09 11:46  

#5  Eleven Secret Service members test positive for COVID-19 and 23 others have recovered from disease after Trump revealed Pence's press secretary also contracted illness
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-09 09:31  

#4  Someday they may actually seek to determine how many actually died from the virus vs how many die with it or appear to but died from other causes. Nah. Where would the real science be in that? /rhet question
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-09 07:04  

#3  Like any other flu bug we've experienced in the last zillion years.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-09 01:38  

#2   as huge Friday crowds gather there

We should know what’s what starting about two weeks from now.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-05-09 00:39  

#1  Italy records more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths as huge Friday crowds gather there and in France after both countries lifted their lockdowns following two months
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-09 00:34  

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