Day: March 25, 2020

Even as American coronavirus cases continue to spike to the point where hospitals are nearing the point of being overwhelmed, President Donald Trump continues to push for some sort of economic reopening by Easter. But his reasons for thinking this is a good idea remain overtly political instead of based on the public good.

During the White House coronavirus news conference on March 24, CBS reporter Paula Reid asked Trump to respond to the fact that experts “on both sides of the aisle have said that reopening the country by Easter is not a good idea.” Indeed, public health …

On Sunday, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. announced that unlike virtually all other colleges and universities in the United States, Liberty would soon be reopening and permitting thousands of students and faculty to return to campus — even as the coronavirus continues to rage and the city where the school resides discouraged the move.

“I think we have a responsibility to our students — who paid to be here, who want to be here, who love it here — to give them the ability to be with their friends, to continue their studies, enjoy the room and board …

America has been testing people for the coronavirus at a slower rate than most other developed countries, yet the data also shows the rate of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the US is steadily rising, more quickly than our peers abroad.

So we don’t yet know the full extent of the outbreak, but America has quickly become one of the epicenters for the coronavirus pandemic. The US could soon become the nation with the most Covid-19 cases in the world, overtaking China and Italy.

America’s health system was less prepared for a pandemic than other rich nations. The US’s high …

If you’ve been working from home during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably noticed a tech glitch or two. Maybe your coworker’s face froze in a Zoom meeting, or you watched a YouTube video that seemed grainier than normal. These might seem like telltale signs that the internet in the US is struggling to support a sustained and unprecedented surge in use from millions of homebound computer users. The actual story of what’s going on is more complicated than that.

There’s been a surge in internet traffic in recent weeks, only part of which is due to more people …