One of the country's largest pork processing facilities is closing until further notice as employees fall ill with Covid-19. The closure puts the country's meat supply at risk, said the CEO of Smithfield, which operates the plant.
This has a lot of the detail about what they are battling that we lay people don't often see; very helpful in understanding the danger and complexity of the disease and how it's not just ventilators they need. Starts here:
I don’t usually rant on social media. However, after a week of service in the ICU, I’d like to get a few things off my chest. #COVID19 (1/10)
An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track
The star of the NYTimes' op-ed section for April 12, it was accompanied by a large close-up portrait that I at first thought was a youngish Geo. Bush Sr.
The virus has now killed journalists and media workers from the New York Times, the Associated Press, NBC, ABC and now the New York Post. Enough of this bullshit about media rooting for the pandemic. https://t.co/COlHBRJsuI
When a ventilator can’t help coronavirus patients struggling to take in air, doctors are turning to a machine that infuses the blood with oxygen https://t.co/KkQvYraNwl
IMMUNITY CERTIFICATE offer enticing promise that more people can stop sheltering in place and instead help the world revive- could play important role in the period before we have excellent treatments or effective vaccine. But many caveats : #COVID19https://t.co/mr5dCDQxxs
It is hard to find the words to express my debt to the NHS for saving my life.
The efforts of millions of people across this country to stay home are worth it. Together we will overcome this challenge, as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. #StayHomeSaveLivespic.twitter.com/HK7Ch8BMB5
“In an unusual move, even in times of disaster, the White House stepped into the federal purchasing process, ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award a contract to AirBoss of America.” Via @propublica https://t.co/3SDHvohU2C
New: Almost 2 yrs after the voters passed a Medicaid expansion referendum Nebraska will finally do a straight expansion on 10/1. They have wasted an extraordinary amount of time on a work requirements waiver which will not happen. https://t.co/oRKBRcGof1
john krasinski and emily blunt surprising a hamilton fan by having the entire original broadway cast join their zoom and sing for her is absolutely the best thing i have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/TLmCsbIk6n
I do not think it is a good or helpful thing when AOC gloats sassy like this, it is the Bernie bro side of her, a major flaw. Cramer is someone who has always been into helping amateurs of modest means play the market and she comes across as a extreme left socialist harpie, which the GOP operatives greedily lap up:
It didn’t take long for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to dip into personal responsibility talking points—and some other questionable rhetoric—in remarks given to the press today about the disproportionate impact the novel coronavirus has had on black communities and other communities of color.
Federal prosecutors have now opened an investigation into the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where 32 veterans have died during a coronavirus outbreak. The civil rights probe follows the announcement of two other investigations [....]
India is home to some of the world’s most polluted cities, but a strict nationwide coronavirus lockdown has cleared its skies. pic.twitter.com/gjWlTND3qO
"Crisis Has Jump-Started America’s Innovation Engine. What Took So Long?" — Well you know, the Chinese word for "crisis" consists of the characters for "danger" and "opportunity." https://t.co/NsYmTyXjn5
