News Of The Week March 21st, 2020: Covid19 Update.

On this episode that was recorded on March 20th, Jason Cousineau and Eric Renderking Fisk talk about the latest news that was relevant at the time of recording. A special note those, this situation has evolved and since this was recorded at least one of our facts is no longer true or is simply out date. In this episode, we mentioned that there haven’t been a lot of young people here in the United States who have contracted this disease, but since then that has sadly changed.

Also in this episode, we discuss what’s going to happen to this country and our democracy with the special precautions that are being imposed. Will we still have an election this November? How does this measure up to other pandemics in the past century?  How will this transform the world when this is all over?

Keep your chin up and your fedora on… things are going to get really weird. Stay Tuned.

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Show Notes and Links

Buisness Insider: Facebook is wrongly blocking news articles about the coronavirus pandemic Rob Price Mar 17, 2020,

Washington Post: This virus should be forever linked to the regime that facilitated its spread By Marc A. Thiessen Columnist March 17, 2020 at 1:47 p.m. EDT

Want to know why the U.S. economy is in free fall? Why restaurants and bars are closing, putting millions out of work, and why the airline industry is facing possible bankruptcy? Why schools across the nation are shutting down, leaving students to fall behind and parents without safe places to send their children everyday? Why the stock market is plummeting, wiping out the retirement and college savings of millions of Americans? Why the elderly are isolated in nursing homes and tens of millions who don’t have the option of teleworking have no idea how they will pay their bills? Answer: Because China is a brutal totalitarian dictatorship.

Bloomberg.com: Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming The Covid-19 pandemic reflects a systemic crisis akin to the seminal crashes of the 20th century. By Pankaj Mishra | March 16, 2020

Bloomberg.com: Coronavirus Will Revive an All-Powerful State Much maligned in recent years, big government will come back—and with it, the potential for both greater good and evil. By Pankaj Mishra March 17, 2020.

Imperial College London: "Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand," Neil M. Ferguson and more... | March 16th, 2020.

Imperial College London: "COVID-19: Imperial researchers model likely impact of public health measures," by Dr Sabine L. van Elsland, Ryan O'Hare | March 17th, 2020

Foreign Policy: The Coronavirus Has Put the U.S.-China Relationship on Life Support The effective expulsion of American journalists from China is part of a broader wave of anti-foreigner sentiment. BY JAMES PALMER | MARCH 18, 2020

Washington Post: "Expelling U.S. journalists during coronavirus crisis, China doubles down on media war," Emily Rauhala | March 19th, 2020

Boston Magazine: Tiffani Faison Has Nothing to Apologize For She found fame as the contestant everyone loved to hate on Top Chef season one. More than a decade later, Tiffani Faison is one of Boston’s best-loved celebrity restaurateurs. Did she change, or did we? by SCOTT KEARNAN | January 8th, 2020.