This week's cover artist for The @NewYorker asked his daughter what his drawing should be about.

“Make sure it’s about how most doctors have children and families of their own,” she said. https://t.co/vgaIC4aWmS pic.twitter.com/RvEG3XiUpa

— Craig Trudell (@crtrud) March 30, 2020

“It’s a medical war zone,” says a doctor at Brookdale Hospital.

Here is an inside look at this New York City hospital that has been pushed to the brink amid the coronavirus crisis.https://t.co/U6MoFxGo9n pic.twitter.com/y1all58kBe

— New Day (@NewDay) March 30, 2020

A rare look inside some of the NY hospitals battling coronavirus and the remarkable courage doctors, nurses and hosptial workers are showing, via @ScottPelley and @60Minutes.https://t.co/K9JyUALg7J

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 30, 2020

"Medical workers are still showing up day after day to face overflowing emergency rooms, earning them praise as heroes. Thousands of volunteers have signed up to join their colleagues….Masks and protective gowns were in short supply."https://t.co/3UhhQvYdok

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 30, 2020

We now face the monstrous reality that 100,000 to 200,000 dead may be the best we can do. Left unsaid by Trump’s advisers: Many of these deaths will be the minimum price we pay for Trump’s utter incompetence and willful blindness. https://t.co/OTBC8cViO3

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 30, 2020

Trump did not start listening to the science until the media started carrying images of bodies being stacked like cord wood. Then he shifted to his 100-200,000 deaths is a win line. This is not an epiphany. It is the desperation of a failed, characterless leader in over his head.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 30, 2020

Trump just moved the coronavirus goalposts from "within a couple of days [cases are] going to be down to close to zero" to 200,000 US deaths representing "a very good job.” https://t.co/Axj8rBpSWR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 30, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has spoken with the Italian prime minister and told him the U.S. will be sending about $100 million of protective equipment to Italy to help fight covid-19

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 30, 2020

Trump promises that more ventilators will produced than are needed in the US. He says we're going to be sending them to Italy, Spain and France. He says he's already told Italy we're now sending $100M worth of: "things. Surgical and medical and hospital things to Italy."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 30, 2020

Reporter: Are you prepared for this to strike again, say, in the fall…?

Trump: "We're prepared. I hope it doesn't happen … I hope it doesn't happen, but we're certainly prepared."

Dr. Fauci: "In fact, I would anticipate that that would actually happen."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 30, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam just issued a stay-at-home order through June 10. Wondering if Liberty University resuming classes played some small role in this decision.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 30, 2020

Trump has no idea how this works. Asked about a state shelter in place order, Trump says “we’re letting governors do what they want with our supervision.” President is not the boss of governors. States, not feds, get to decide quarantines within their own states.

— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) March 30, 2020

"We haven't discussed it", says the President of the idea of telling all members of the public to wear masks in public. "We'll take a look at it. For a period of time. I mean, we want our country back. We're not gonna be wearing masks forever".

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) March 30, 2020

The My Pillow guy Mike Lindell says this: "God gave us grace on November 8, 2016, to change the course we were on. God had been taken out of our schools & lives, a nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible" pic.twitter.com/tRdlubE08u

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 30, 2020

He said he called Tom Brady earlier this week, too.

I bet he has Kid Rock and the My Pillow guy leading a task force within a week. https://t.co/iDwA5DpaS7

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 28, 2020

It did not take Donald Trump long to use the COVID-19 crisis he created as a means to self promote and campaign at his “must see” TV events every afternoon — the White House briefings. He’s getting corporate America to genuflect before him with artificial praise. It’s disgusting!

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) March 30, 2020

#Florida pastor jailed for ignoring #coronavirus restrictions to hold packed services claims news media is “stirring up religious bigotry & hate” & says church was shot at. Except deputies were there & say no one shot at the church. https://t.co/1SuyhWUELb via @TMarreroTimes

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) March 30, 2020

"Epidemiologists may disagree on the nuances, but they all agree on the main point:

'We understand the math well enough to say with great confidence that Florida is going to have a huge public health crisis. We are just at the beginning of it right now'.”https://t.co/KDh6yYQ4ky

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 30, 2020

How does it happen that we have $738 billion to spend on the military industrial complex but not enough masks & gloves? Here's a radical idea: How about defending the lives of healthcare workers, not the executive compensation packages of Lockheed Martin? https://t.co/hwj6DCAdvl

— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) March 30, 2020

A Missouri man who was planning to set off a bomb at a hospital during the coronavirus pandemic wanted to further his radical white supremacist ideology, federal authorities say. https://t.co/ePrv9DMRTj

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 30, 2020

heartbreaking to see https://t.co/39GN2RHwt6

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 30, 2020

There are currently more than 100k empty hotel rooms in Las Vegas https://t.co/OBslo6gaE0

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) March 30, 2020

NYC welcomed the USNS Comfort naval ship on Pier 90 earlier today. overwhelming and scary to see this 🚢 in our city – yet grateful.

It has 12 operating rooms & 1,000 hospital beds, let us all stay home so we don’t need to board the🚢 #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/fpDk80tJEr

— Daniel Kraus (@rabbidkraus) March 30, 2020

Doofusbreath! You will wind up a PATIENT on that ship! #Covid-19 USNS Comfort https://t.co/7OhHElD1te via @nypmetro

— steve_howard (@steve_howard) March 30, 2020

you really have been terrible about communicating true, factual information to the public in this crisis. Please let the experts and scientists speak instead.

And please nationalize the supply chain for critical medical supplies. Thanks for watching, Mr. President.

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 30, 2020

Definition of Out of Your Fucking Mind: Calling a deadly Pandemic a Hoax then saying if 200,000 die, you’ve done a great job.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) March 30, 2020

A cri de coeur from ⁦@JVLast⁩:
“I am writing at 5:oo p.m. on March 30. At some point in the next few hours, the coronavirus will kill the 2,978th person in America, passing the death toll of 9/11. And there is not yet an end in sight.” https://t.co/WzorDyXIYR

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 30, 2020

The amount of money the United States spends every year on its nuclear arsenal alone could fund:

–300,000 ICU beds

–35,000 ventilators

–and 75,000 doctors' salaries

As a nation, we desperately need to reassess our priorities.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 27, 2020

A recession on a scale not seen in modern history is looking increasingly likely due to the Coronavirus pandemic & it appears Boris Johnson wants to top it off with the economic catastrophe of a potential no-deal Brexit https://t.co/b8pupWc81D

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 30, 2020

the room next door – President Trump feat. Boris Johnson

PART ONE pic.twitter.com/ubBbNEduSS

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) March 30, 2020

This photo compares China’s PPE v to that in the NHS. This is the only time I was able to wear a FFP3 respirator, normally having to wear surgical masks like everyone else on the front line. Is this really acceptable @BorisJohnson? @WHO @NHSuk pic.twitter.com/bHUj1pzm6P

— Viren Ahluwalia (@tweetdocv) March 28, 2020

Depressing. At some point, restrictions of some kind are likely for travellers coming to Ireland from Britain. That point may be nearer than any of us would like. https://t.co/uDTCxJV8bx

— Cathal #STAYATHOME! Mac Coille (@CMacCoille) March 30, 2020

A message to the Irish community in Britain from Ambassador @AdrianGONeill on the #COVID19 crisis: “Even in the shadow of this terrible virus, I am confident that the Irish community in GB will adhere to its traditional values of solidarity, care & concern for those most in need” pic.twitter.com/VW0OCR9HBP

— Embassy of Ireland (@IrelandEmbGB) March 27, 2020

ICYMI: @realDonaldTrump announced that #SocialDistancing guidelines will be extended until April 30, going back on previous plans to lift #coronavirus guidelines by Easter

He says the #COVID19 death rate peak is likely to hit the U.S. in two weekshttps://t.co/oFVnETjXAY pic.twitter.com/ZHt1iTR8Mm

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 29, 2020

In extending the stay-at-home guidelines until April 30, Pres Trump says it would be wrong to declare victory against Coronavirus, "until the war is won." pic.twitter.com/daPoD4YnXX

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 29, 2020

Trump on his initial calls to re-open by Easter: "That was just an aspiration."

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) March 29, 2020

Trump has moved his date from Easter to April 30. We did it folks. https://t.co/o4sHb4RdM9

— J-L Cauvin (@JLCauvin) March 29, 2020

Dr. Fauci says Sunday that infection and death tolls in the US are "such a moving target," but he anticipates the coronavirus could kill between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans while infecting "millions." https://t.co/QzCfATgDHc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 29, 2020

Trump says today is the first time he heard about the model that predicted 2.2 million deaths if no action was taken. Everyone has been freaking out about that for weeks.

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) March 29, 2020

The president is trying to set expectations high enough so that, if need be, he can spin American deaths in the six figures as a success. https://t.co/6DSroFBn1R

— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) March 29, 2020

Trump seems to be questioning how hospitals’ demand for masks has skyrocketed so much recently. “Are they going out the back door? … Somebody should probably look into that. I just don’t see from a practical standpoint how it’s possible to go from that to that."

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 29, 2020

Trump to America: everything is your fault and stop stealing the masks I definitely gave to hospitals. Also: I am not well. Would you like to see my scrimshaw collection? https://t.co/fu8pXVBVnD

— emily nunn (@EmilyRNunn) March 29, 2020

What on earth is the strategy or thought or idea behind accusing medical professionals and others of overstating the need for ventilators and masks? What does this accomplish, for anybody, anywhere? What's even the crass political calculus behind this? At a loss.

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) March 29, 2020

Everything with Trump is projection.

He make up stories and sources. So he assumes actual reporters do it.

He would sell things out the back door.
So he assumes the hospitals and doctors must be doing it.

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) March 29, 2020

It's evident Trump is looking for someone to blame for the shortage of masks. But honestly this claim is pretty unintelligible. The demand is obviously suddenly much greater, and masks expire.

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 29, 2020

We just witnessed a full Presidential meltdown because a reporter read his own words back to him.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 29, 2020

“Why don’t you act a little more positive” says #Trump as he’s denying what he said previously on TV. Gaslighting America.

Shocked that journalists don’t all get up and walk out instead of giving him unfettered coverage.#COVID19 #StayAtHomeAndStaySafepic.twitter.com/4mq7HX8BRf

— Nicola Ní Mhistéil (@serentrippety) March 29, 2020

“Why did you publicly threaten a quarantine“
“I never did that, I said we were going to look at it, and we looked at it and didn’t do it, who are you with, Bloomberg?”
And he just referred to Florida is having less of a problem than New York. That’s true. At this moment.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 29, 2020

Trump asked about Florida getting all of its requested supplies: "Florida has been taken care of, and Michigan has been taken care of.” Pressed on why Florida has succeeded more than some other states, he says, "They're very aggressive in trying to get things."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2020

Trump is facing a generational crisis, a modern plague that is going to change society and leave an unbelievably tragic mark on all of us. And he’s up there bragging about his ratings, comparing them to The Bachelor and Monday Night Football.

This is sick. Our country is sick.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 29, 2020

Trump revealing once again the driving preoccupation with his ego that makes him so wobbly, not steadfast, in this crisishttps://t.co/Zs0lT5Ny2G https://t.co/ibvjvwPDtl

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 29, 2020

Exam question.

America is losing a life every three minutes to an epidemic Trump did nothing to stop. That will increase to 90 seconds by midweek. He’s delighted with his TV ratings but unhappy about Meghan and Harry’s security bill.

Will democracy hold him to account?

— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) March 29, 2020

Imagine being able to summon any expert on planet Earth onto a call at any moment, and you're in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic killing thousands of Americans, and you call … A-Rod and Wolfgang Puck.

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) March 29, 2020

TRUMP calls @GovInslee “a nasty person,” & says he doesn’t personally call him (Instead he has @Mike_Pence call)

ALSO TRUMP: “We’re all in this together, all of us. I have never seen anything like it — the unity, the esprit de corps, the spirit…it’s a beautiful thing to watch”

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 29, 2020

Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, reopened the school's campus last week. By Friday, nearly a dozen Liberty students were sick with symptoms that suggest Covid-19. https://t.co/dmgBQ27pdZ

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 29, 2020

Can’t decide if this story is an argument for or against the existence of God https://t.co/Rb81uRjV5V

— Philip Coggan (@econbartleby) March 29, 2020

Florida Megachurch Packed with Worshipers During Coronavirus Pandemic #SmartNews https://t.co/kN68zcs1aT

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 29, 2020

gonna mess with the right wing narrative now that trump is acknowledging the morgue trucks

— Extremely Socially Distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) March 29, 2020

The disconnect between Trumpian reality and actual reality has never been on starker display than in the past few days, as the true face of the horror we are facing in the United States has shown itself, @sbg1 writes. https://t.co/lrNbi1iXBH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 29, 2020

He just denied his direct quotes. There is nothing we can do.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 29, 2020

When you shift to an "emergency" footing — as I recommend in this post — it does NOT mean you ignore him, or what he says. Rather, you only report what you can verify. Which means you do not broadcast live. You also don't offer yourself as a hate object. https://t.co/VHrS6OJI9s https://t.co/r5nbz4LkrF

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 29, 2020

Fox is right to be concerned. Very concerned. This could be a legal bloodbath. Discovery will undoubtedly show that its personnel were putting out falsely comforting information it knew to be false and misleading in order to sync up with WH messaging. https://t.co/Om9XpwQfLP

— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) March 29, 2020

Deputy CMO Dr Jenny Harries says it could be six months or longer before the UK returns to normal from the #coronavirus pandemic, with reviews of lockdown measures to take place every three weeks.#COVID19 latest: https://t.co/ec7oWr9nUD pic.twitter.com/Bper7lVcMv

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 29, 2020

As with all his press conferences, the PM has saved his most interesting comment for the last moment.
"One thing I think the coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society." https://t.co/3UYmB2DN7x

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) March 29, 2020

Ah yes, shoving a letter, that’s been handled by god knows how many people, through every front door in the country. Good idea. Should slow down the spread. https://t.co/lBTS7i8Xnu

— Huw (@ed_son) March 29, 2020

Immigrants, coming here and saving our lives and dying as a consequence, having children who become medics and then risk doing the same. The endlessly negative narrative on immigration needs to change. https://t.co/9w9K7cue4A

— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) March 29, 2020

Aer Lingus plane carrying shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) equipment from China lands back at Dublin Airporthttps://t.co/GslZTmQ5mv

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 29, 2020

Disgusted with Beijing's lies to its people, corruption and censorship about #COVID19, young Chinese have set up "cyber graveyards" online with the news and commentary their government has tried to hide. https://t.co/03qxDtgOBK #coronavirus

— David Beard (@dabeard) March 29, 2020

Thank you! This inspired us to do the math and donate the same percentage of our wealth. My husband @Nick_Ashdown and I are donating 4 USD. https://t.co/O6eiHBEr50

— Özgecan Kara (@ozgevon) March 28, 2020

An update on John pic.twitter.com/fPQbv0tLyB

— John Prine (@JohnPrineMusic) March 29, 2020

President Trump asks the CDC to issue a strong travel advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but not a quarantine https://t.co/uiUvtpfSMM pic.twitter.com/6b5I3qPqkh

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 29, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump backs down after floating "enforced quanrantine" all day after withering response from @NYGovCuomo who said the President had not mentioned it when they talked earlier in the day and it would be a declaration of war by federal government against the states

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) March 29, 2020

What was the point of Trump flirting with a quarantine today? This isn’t fucking jazz man. Stop improvising.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 29, 2020

Trump will do the same when it spreads to red America: blame blue cities as incubators. And 1/3 of the country will agree immediately. Mapping corona onto the culture war distracts us all from massive early year failure of Trump & GOP to take this seriously. It’s all misdirection https://t.co/0NekCIG4N4

— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) March 29, 2020

For the United States of America to have the worst #Covid_19 trajectory in the ENTIRE world (even accounting for questionable data from China) represents a catastrophic failure of national leadership. The warnings were all there. There’s no excuse. pic.twitter.com/foQPYlVnsl

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) March 28, 2020

JUST IN: Pres. Trump said "some people would like to see New York quarantined," adding: "There's a possibility that sometime today we'll do a quarantine—short-term two weeks on New York, probably New Jersey, certain parts of Connecticut." https://t.co/vLYqHWrMao pic.twitter.com/jtyrwAVlZC

— ABC News (@ABC) March 28, 2020

New York Gov. Cuomo says Trump has no authority to impose quarantine: 'It would be illegal' https://t.co/VP5FZ4kniA

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 28, 2020

Gov. Cuomo on possibility Trump will impose enforced quarantine on New York: "This would be a declaration of war on states." pic.twitter.com/7rCFHMWzTh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 28, 2020

Experts rip Trump's idea of quarantining NY, Conn. NJ.
via @adamcancryn
"The energy required to even begin to enforce something like that is probably better spent on core public health response activities" https://t.co/2sbec6FPDo

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) March 28, 2020

If Trump plays games with relief funds for New York, the city should seize his hotels by eminent domain and use them as hospitals.

— Extremely Socially Distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) March 28, 2020

Just watched Trump again at the top of the news. We're in a national crisis and our President is playing cynical and dangerous political games. He's blaming NY for the virus because he knows he can't win NY. He's pretending to protect FL because he has to win there. No bottom.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 28, 2020

Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island said on Friday that if New Yorkers entering the state did not quarantine themselves for 14 days after arrival, they would be fined and, if they continued to flout the order, arrested https://t.co/Az2xPMzzZs

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2020

This ad is brutal. And spot on. https://t.co/iShfp7vyXt

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) March 29, 2020

Just in: Confirmed #COVID19 deaths in the US doubled over the past two days, surpassing 2,000 as of today (Saturday).

To put this in context: It took a month from the first death to hit 1,000. It took 48 hours to go from 1,000 deaths to 2,000+.https://t.co/n6cge9Mw7p

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) March 28, 2020

Sen. Booker says President Trump's call to re-open the country by Easter is a "drum beat of one" and "wildly irresponsible." https://t.co/QZyp4zQMYy

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 28, 2020

President Trump: "It'll bring back the economy I think very fast." pic.twitter.com/o3M575YVuB

— The Hill (@thehill) March 28, 2020

The @WSJ reporting today that , not surprisingly, @realDonaldTrump is planning to break with precedent and personally sign the relief checks, just so people know that HE sent them the cash.
Once a promoter, always a promoter.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 28, 2020

You can probably bet that any major events in April, May and June are now off the books. https://t.co/rXhnHgH8dB

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) March 28, 2020

Staying home has taken on the kind of patriotic duty usually reserved for times of war. The major question will be whether "normal life" ever returns. https://t.co/vQOnwR7CF1

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 28, 2020

Oh, Jesus, did things get worse? pic.twitter.com/SFotXQ8pvf

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 29, 2020

Where China is now with the virus, the rest of the world will be in six to eight weeks, argues @anjani_trivedi https://t.co/yHEzqlcjMV via @bopinion

— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) March 28, 2020

Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 889 in a day to 10,023 https://t.co/N4GXXEP50S pic.twitter.com/OA0OTtK4m8

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 29, 2020

A 102 year-old Italian woman defied expectations, and was deemed 'immortal' after surviving her coronavirus infection.

"The virus surrendered in front of her."https://t.co/3ovk71JP5L

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 28, 2020

Boris Johnson helped pave the way for Trump’s plan to prioritize the economy over shutting down the virus has contracted COVID-19 himself https://t.co/yWJ3AQ6JBd

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 28, 2020

Always behind but faithfully following Trump & American media…Brits now blame China to deflect from own incompetent response to #COVID19 https://t.co/rl3E10QbH9

— Dr Johnna Montgomerie (@j_montgomerie) March 29, 2020

It would appear that ‘British spirit’ doesn’t trump a well funded, fully staffed health care system and a comprehensive and systematic testing regime. Who’d have thought it?#torybrexit #coronavirus catastrophe pic.twitter.com/LhPtiqG0wu

— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴‍☠️ (@g_gosden) March 29, 2020

#COVID19
The WHO is considering "airborne precautions" for medical staff after a new study showed the #coronavirus can survive in the air. The virus is transmitted through droplets, or little bits of liquid, mostly through sneezing or coughing https://t.co/TetY7R6Hvs

— Doug Shen (@vote4dongshen) March 28, 2020

With more than 4,000 coronavirus-related deaths, microbiology experts in Spain say the rapid tests they purchased from China are correctly identifying people with the virus only 30 percent of the time. https://t.co/WhQ4aB9Rv6

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 26, 2020

Another 260 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the death total there to 1,019. Two of those deaths were in Northern Ireland.https://t.co/3LokLyz0lb

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 28, 2020

Northern Ireland brings in tough measures to fight coronavirus https://t.co/6fVOG4jwwZ pic.twitter.com/xbh47dce6X

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 29, 2020

The Aer Lingus plane sent to pick up €20m worth of PPE from China has landed in Beijing https://t.co/809gSdZcRH

— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) March 28, 2020

Touchdown! 🇨🇳

The St Ronan has landed in Beijing.

The @AerLingus A330 plane will be loaded with €20m worth of essential medical supplies & safety equipment.

It’s due back @DublinAirport tomorrow. #coronavirus #covid19 pic.twitter.com/xlyQr6h676

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) March 28, 2020

Vital #Covid19 medical & safety equipment for our frontline hero’s being loaded onto the St.Ronan in Beijing 🇨🇳 almost #HomewardBound 🇮🇪🌍 ✈️☘️

Not all Hero’s wear capes!👨‍✈️ #AerLingus #HumanitarianFlight #StayAtHomeAndStaySafe #SavingLivesChangingLives#Coronavirusireland pic.twitter.com/WOmPljuvcx

— Yvonne Tobin (@yvonnectobin) March 28, 2020

The job description is to be President of the United States. It should go without saying, that means ALL the states.https://t.co/eg7dY661SR

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) March 27, 2020

‘It’s been like a war zone’: Dr. Arabia Mollette and Dr. Allon Mordel share their stories from the frontline of New York's COVID-19 fight. Latest coronavirus updates: https://t.co/pK6rjLXuba pic.twitter.com/Wo1a43upeh

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 27, 2020

"My experience has made this pandemic much less abstract," writes Jeremy Egner, the television editor of The New York Times. "This is a national health emergency, and we must treat it with the seriousness it deserves." https://t.co/vVZxBIwWAl

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 27, 2020

CNN chyron: "TRUMP INCORRECTLY SAYS U.S. HAS TESTED MORE THAN ANYONE; PER CAPITA S.KOREA HAS DONE 5X MORE, ITALY 4X MORE"

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 27, 2020

It is Donald Trump’s job to protect every American in every state. It doesn’t matter if that American voted for him or if the governor is sycophantic and effusively grateful.

If Trump lets people die for political purposes, and that is the case, it’s genocide.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 27, 2020

Trump is demanding over and over again that governors “be appreciative” of the hard work he, Mike Pence and his aides are doing on coronavirus — saying out loud that he expects praise from state leaders in exchange for federal help responding to the pandemic.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 27, 2020

‘I operate on facts,’ said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo when asked about President Trump's claim that New York was exaggerating its needs for resources to fight the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/EIpDwijBQc pic.twitter.com/hhrio8hToU

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 27, 2020

REPORTER: Gov. Cuomo had said 30-40,000 ventilators is what he needed…based on the experts that were advising him. What are you basing your assessment that he doesn’t need that many on?

TRUMP: I think their estimates are high, I hope they’re high, they could be extremely high. pic.twitter.com/rq66UsOS5o

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) March 27, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Top CDC official warns New York's coronavirus outbreak is just a preview https://t.co/EDz4CQAbym pic.twitter.com/YIbRL7qbI9

— The Hill (@thehill) March 27, 2020

New Orleans is doing worse at this stage of COVID prevalence than Lombardy or Wuhan did. https://t.co/7ofpIe2FgB

— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) March 27, 2020

Donald Trump is already trying to keep pieces of his big business bailout secret, overriding Democrats’ transparency provisions >> https://t.co/cJNP4tYyCs

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) March 27, 2020

Dear Leader virus spreads unchecked in the bureaucracy. https://t.co/1MLR8vpkPq

— Tim Gibson (@timgibson) March 27, 2020

Planned layoff announcement right after United receives stimulus. CEO still getting paid.

I’m going to do my damnedest never to fly these guys again. https://t.co/sOHg6UYLnl https://t.co/sOHg6UYLnl

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 27, 2020

It remains not at all true that nobody thought such a crisis could happen.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020

Can we bookmark the things people are telling Trump now are about to happen so there’s a record next week when he says “no one could have ever predicted”?

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 27, 2020

Boris Johnson, March 3: “I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were coronavirus patients and I was shaking hands with everybody… and I continue to shake hands”

Boris Johnson, March 27: I have coronavirus pic.twitter.com/X23tzi9BoG

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) March 27, 2020

Mayor of Amity Island Eaten By Giant Shark https://t.co/udCum3ZOTV

— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) March 27, 2020

To be fair, Matt Hancock has never been very good at social distancing pic.twitter.com/VxZvFnAULP

— Callum (@callumburns1878) March 27, 2020

dilemma for ministers as Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines requests a bailout worth over £100m @fthttps://t.co/AtwPGtRMwf

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 27, 2020

Wembley's famous arch has been illuminated with the colours of the Italian flag in a show of solidarity by England amid the coronavirus crisis ❤️

"We are separated, but we are together. Forza Italia." 👊

England and Italy were due to play in a friendly at Wembley tonight ⚽ pic.twitter.com/Pueq6Rnigb

— Goal (@goal) March 27, 2020

Pope holds dramatic solitary service for relief from coronavirus https://t.co/ukZi2JeEJw pic.twitter.com/TPiaFOrJcS

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 27, 2020

In Italy, he discovered that his neighbor in the hospital so he continued to feed his dog until his neighbor returned…
A picture with a thousand meanings – Take care of your neighbors. pic.twitter.com/z6y5OIOFOU

— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) March 27, 2020

This makes me so proud – of London and of a truly national public health service. What an amazing city. We should value the #NHS every day not just in a crisis. https://t.co/uHbMDaDxgP

— David Miliband (@DMiliband) March 26, 2020

Clap for Carers: UK in 'emotional' tribute to NHS and care workers https://t.co/liQUlSHPVT

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 26, 2020

“That miracle, that wonder of the world, which I really do believe the NHS is, that was born on the battlefield, has now become the battlefield.

Actor @michaelsheen says, “the people who are on the front line of this war are our NHS workers.”
#Newsnight | #clapforcarers pic.twitter.com/jB9nwUPERM

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 26, 2020

THANK YOU everyone who took part in #ClapForTheNHS and #ClapForOurCarers tonight. This is just the tail end outside our hospital's A&E but a special #ThankYou to @MPSIslington for turning on their blue lights so that staff could see even if they couldn't hear 💙 pic.twitter.com/Pqn8oW8vIE

— Whittington Health NHS Trust (@WhitHealth) March 26, 2020

Balham, Earlsfield, Furzedown, Tooting and beyond – we did our wonderful NHS staff proud tonight!

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙#ClapForTheNHS #ClapForOurCarers pic.twitter.com/req3XwdyVs

— Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (@DrRosena) March 26, 2020

WATCH: People from across Northern Ireland pay tribute to healthcare workers. #clapfortheNHS pic.twitter.com/ugVlY5SLxo

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) March 26, 2020

A stunning image of Manchester turning blue tonight to support our NHS caught by @vincent_cole #ClapForTheNHS #ThankYouNHS pic.twitter.com/7aGBby0gI7

— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) March 26, 2020

Seems legit… pic.twitter.com/UeBnQlcZjb

— Tony – Pod Guy – Groves (@Trickstersworld) March 26, 2020

More than 80 Irish doctors are returning home from Australia to join Ireland's fight against Covid-19 | Read more: https://t.co/rQLdpuBm8j pic.twitter.com/ZoPM9uqAVB

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 26, 2020

JUST IN: The U.S. now has the most reported coronavirus cases in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Confirmed coronavirus cases by the numbers, as of 6 p.m. EST:

🇺🇸 U.S. – 82,404
🇨🇳 China – 81,782
🇮🇹 Italy – 80,589

— NPR (@NPR) March 26, 2020

It’s important to remember why the US has the most Covid19 cases of any country in the world.

We aren’t the biggest country that’s affected, or the first, or the densest, or the one with the poorest health care system.

We are the country with the least competent leader.

— Eli Pariser (@elipariser) March 26, 2020

Trump, who reportedly ignored a pandemic response playbook put together during the Obama years, claims nobody could've seen a pandemic coming and tries to blame Obama for his lack of preparation pic.twitter.com/7rjpwb7V5X

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020

We’ll reach the heat death of the universe without any of the producers and executives at television news organizations demonstrating they’ve learned a single thing from 2016. https://t.co/6zVghVKPeX

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) March 26, 2020

Still hard to believe we have a president who had a two month head start to prepare for an obvious crisis and didn’t because he thought admitting it would hurt him personally. It is unforgivable. https://t.co/3d2WQCxER1

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 26, 2020

I’m worried about emerging situations in New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, among others. In China no province outside Hubei ever had more than 1,500 cases. In U.S. 11 states already hit that total. Our epidemic is likely to be national in scope. pic.twitter.com/jfN6YYRT07

— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) March 27, 2020

Trump refused to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously, now he won’t take responsibility as his administration has been totally unprepared for this crisis. pic.twitter.com/Jdh1GY9HHS

— Priorities USA (@prioritiesUSA) March 23, 2020

Trump is threatening to take away licenses from television stations if they air an ad that is critical of his response to the coronavirus.

https://t.co/Gg2sO2gTyW via @politicususa

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 27, 2020

Trump’s request to relax social distancing guidelines comes a day after more than 14,000 cases of coronavirus were reported in the US. https://t.co/Lcm46PR3kN

— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 26, 2020

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell blames Trump for her not canceling Mardi Gras: "When it’s not taken seriously at the federal level. It’s very difficult to transcend down to the local level in making these decisions." pic.twitter.com/JF1VgNsJHB

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 26, 2020

FIRST READ: Americans are picking health precautions over a rush back to work, for nowhttps://t.co/4d7iLWpYuG pic.twitter.com/4Xu9H0z115

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 26, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she expects ‘a strong bipartisan vote’ on a $2 trillion economic stimulus package, and credited Democrats for winning worker-friendly concessions from the Republican-controlled Senate https://t.co/U4MR3ATHpe pic.twitter.com/75OcuBd96Y

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2020

Who got special deals in the stimulus and why they got them https://t.co/b3Ph2fpVe0

— Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) March 26, 2020

Portrait of a country that will soon be open for business. pic.twitter.com/Bj85M0QFRp

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) March 26, 2020

Dow closes up about 6.25% on worst unemployment claims data in recorded history.

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 26, 2020

Tomorrow’s @nytimes tonight (first edition):

Job Losses Soar; Virus Cases Top World#nytimes pic.twitter.com/AtO14ErTQV

— Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) March 27, 2020

I fear that New York is about to become Wuhan. And soon there may be Wuhans across America. https://t.co/zNjr5xzmhd

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 25, 2020

NYT: "Doctors said they had tried to resuscitate people while drenched in sweat under their protective gear, face masks fogging up. Some patients have been found dead in their rooms while doctors were busy helping others." https://t.co/0YEaNv3VGD https://t.co/NG39rA16RU

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 25, 2020

Self congratulation, a feature of the daily coronavirus news conferences at the White House, is especially pronounced today — even as death toll rises, unemployment surges, hospitals are overwhelmed, and state and local leaders warn of worse to come over not weeks but months.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 25, 2020

Nurses in NyC are being forced into wearing trash bags as protective gear and, if you listened to the president, you'd think we've done some historic job in rushing out medical supplies.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 25, 2020

People have died in the ER while waiting for a bed. There aren't enough ventilators. This entire hospital will soon be dedicated to the coronavirus.

New York City hospitals are at the center of the pandemic in the U.S. “It’s apocalyptic," one doctor said. https://t.co/f6kJU33yI7

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25, 2020

This broke me. https://t.co/fBKevT292Q pic.twitter.com/yhehOciL5A

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) March 25, 2020

New York City is preparing refrigerated trucks and shipping containers if morgues get full, @business reports https://t.co/Dxx3bpGuqH

— Sam Levine (@srl) March 25, 2020

NYC has run out of dogs. The crisis and confinement and need for comfort is completely eliminating the available inventory of dogs in shelters https://t.co/N071lT82EK

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) March 25, 2020

Trump snaps at a reporter who asks him if his Easter timeline is based on his poltiical interests. He says the media wants him to do badly in the election, accuses her of writing fake news and then basically says we should be grateful to have him. OMG. pic.twitter.com/bPUKeQrQcH

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 25, 2020

Five more sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier at sea have tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/iHSj2nKPkM

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 25, 2020

The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History, and It's All Trump's Fault https://t.co/A5gPJLSJsI

— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) March 25, 2020

BREAKING from Reuters –

"WASHINGTON – The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts…"https://t.co/bfkoGEsa2I

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) March 25, 2020

Asked about his tweet this evening alleging the media wants social restrictions so he'll lose, he elaborates, claiming some "people in your profession" want the economy to tank so it'll be easier to beat him. He singles out reporters in the room he claims write "fake news."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 25, 2020

The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success. The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2020

How much time did you spend on procuring respirators today? https://t.co/CXhfjIJZZS

— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) March 25, 2020

You seem to have endless time for it. Just endless. https://t.co/rdBzzhmS1y

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 25, 2020

Sarah? Sarah Palin, is that you? pic.twitter.com/BRCjgzd2Mx

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 25, 2020

I assume he means "sitting on the shitter". https://t.co/NBaqutEyqr

— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) March 25, 2020

NBC and CNN producers say they're through airing Trump's virus pressers. “We might take it from the top and then cut away after the first lie, and return when the lies stop.” https://t.co/kNhwJGhVe3

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) March 25, 2020

Historic unemployment benefits, small business loans, aid to airlines included in stimulus plan @jchatterleyCNN https://t.co/5R15CD8A41 pic.twitter.com/zhRMlAKuCX

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 25, 2020

Tucked into the fine print of the $2 trillion U.S. stimulus package are a range of provisions that stand to benefit specific industries and interest groups. President Trump’s companies and Boeing could also potentially benefit. https://t.co/eaFkMHsHF1

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25, 2020

It says a lot about the Trump administration that there even needed to be a provision banning the president's family from receiving stimulus funds.

It also says a lot that Congress needed to negotiate to secure the concession.

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 25, 2020

There seem to be a lot of people at the top who do not understand something elemental about society: People WANT to work, they want to be of service.
As if wages need to be low, so that life remains coercive. https://t.co/LQG7xMmhgo

— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) March 25, 2020

For subscribers: The stock market just had a rare '90%-up day' that could signal a bottom. https://t.co/5Ou7dZ5KHG Check out @CNBCPro and get your first 30 days free.

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 25, 2020

Stocks tumble into the close after Bernie Sanders threatens to put a hold on the coronavirus stimulus bill; Nasdaq turns negative and Dow up only 480 points after surging 1,300 earlier https://t.co/kumM5Z3mLD pic.twitter.com/tw7O9qsyCw

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 25, 2020

A last-minute dispute over jobless aid has delayed a final Senate vote expected to approve a $2 trillion U.S. stimulus package. Senate leaders still hoped to vote on it later Wednesday, and the House was expected to follow suit on Thursday. https://t.co/6S0gKXTY36

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25, 2020

🚨I wrote a big piece about the future of the COVID-19 pandemic: how the US got to this point; what needs to happen in the coming weeks and months; what the endgame looks like; and what the world might be like in the aftermath. https://t.co/woc4dxwT0Z

— Ed Yong (@edyong209) March 25, 2020

Foreign ministers representing seven major industrialized nations failed to agree on a joint statement Wednesday after the Trump administration insisted on referring to the coronavirus outbreak as the “Wuhan virus,” three officials told The Post. https://t.co/nkMbJK1YJg

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 25, 2020

This is a blatant lie.

South Korea has a population of just 51 million people; the United States has 327 million.

At about 400,000 tests in each country, this means South Korea has tested 1-in-127 people; the United States: 1-in-817 people. https://t.co/2PxABCaUrf

— James Melville (@JamesMelville) March 25, 2020

So many coffins are piling up in north Italy that military trucks are being used to pick them up and transport them pic.twitter.com/ioOmTrqfjW

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 25, 2020

As of Wednesday morning, India's 3-week lockdown has gone into effect, bringing the streets of the 1.3 billion-person country to an eerie, empty halt pic.twitter.com/BFarAXeAdS

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 25, 2020

Anyone who thinks MAGA twitter is bad should read the Hindu nationalists (see below). @dhume you have my deep sympathy. https://t.co/nQWW5J7qP9

— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) March 25, 2020

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Thursday 26 March https://t.co/JWIO3H2u2s pic.twitter.com/etZ4tRUP7T

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 25, 2020

Now confirmed by @10DowningStreet that @ukchancellor will make an announcement about Self Employed support packages tomorrow. @SDLPlive

— Sinead McLaughlin (@SMcLaughlinmla) March 25, 2020

Powerful message #FightBack #COVID19 #StayHome https://t.co/E6j9ruC31s

— Belfast Trust (@BelfastTrust) March 25, 2020

BREAKING: Parliament

Commons to rise TONIGHT and not come back for at least four weeks

One source says: "It's basically turning the lights out"https://t.co/iNWzKgBvNn

— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) March 25, 2020

Absolutely. During this crisis – and when so many of our basic civil rights have been curtailed – Parliament should be sitting. Every single day. https://t.co/oscxfLSgBK

— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) March 25, 2020

NEW: Tory MP Owen Paterson makes £100,000-a-year from a company that is selling private coronavirus testing kits to consumers for £120 each. https://t.co/L93lNHFFS6

— BuzzFeed News UK (@BuzzFeedNewsUK) March 25, 2020

The statement that Prince Charles “met the criteria required for testing” by the NHS in Aberdeenshire is puzzling. The NHS Scotland website states that, generally, testing for Covid-19 will only be carried out “if you have a serious illness that requires admission to hospital.” pic.twitter.com/KLnu61rya7

— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) March 25, 2020

Camilla has no symptoms, has ignored government instructions to stay in place and not travel, and yet has received a test which even doctors and nurses in the front line cannot get? Absolutely fucking outrageous https://t.co/3oxa0LEDXf

— Like a Mat out of Hell (@MatofKilburnia) March 25, 2020

“Hello, is that reception? Susan? Oh, hi. Can you make pornography come on my telly please? Oh, that’s very nice of you. Thank you” pic.twitter.com/wppeHL16TU

— Mo' (@mocent0) March 25, 2020

Trump says by Easter he wants packed churches all over our country…I think it’ll be a beautiful time," while the US passes 50,000 cases and counties and states announce closings, and a growing number of infections and deaths. https://t.co/XLv25zyUZO

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 24, 2020

President Trump starts press briefing by saying easing the coronavirus guidelines by April 21 would be a "great thing for our country" and that officials are "working hard to make that a reality."

"Easter is our timeline," he said. "What a timeline that would be."

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 24, 2020

President Trump: "I said earlier today that I hope we can do this by Easter, I think that would be a great thing for our country and we're all working very hard to make that a reality." pic.twitter.com/0ME91RAwM3

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020

Trump just said he wants to reopen the country by Easter, to which a Fox News host says it would be "a wonderful American resurrection."

You need to understand something. The Cult of Trump is a merging of white supremacy, religion, nationalism, and the worship of capitalism.

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— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 24, 2020

I'm don't know where this widespread conservative Christian "Ignore public health officials" impetus comes from. Hatred of government? Arrogance in thinking we're too holy to get infected? Selfishness? Stupidity? Whatever it is, it is endangering lives, and therefore anti-life. https://t.co/di6l0qJuHG

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) March 24, 2020

With an election on the horizon, the president and his allies are attempting to craft a new narrative https://t.co/dpJ3nZeOZ1

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 24, 2020

For the first time, it is now possible to quantify the cost of the slow response to the coronavirus, as President Trump was claiming as recently as February that in a “couple of days” the number of cases in the U.S. “is going to be down to close to zero.” https://t.co/ZwMjPfuezh

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 25, 2020

He thinks he cured the virus and it will be all over in a week or so. https://t.co/bLWIsL8dxd

— digby (@digby56) March 24, 2020

Can’t wait for Easter pic.twitter.com/Lwt75nyXD4

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) March 24, 2020

I never thought living in a dystopia would be so stupid https://t.co/kmuO7TKI2y

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 24, 2020

.@chrislhayes on why we aren't playing sound from Trump today:

“In the midst of a global pandemic, the President went out and said things that are flat out wrong, that are lies, and that are dangerous…Frankly, the President has become a genuine threat to public health.” pic.twitter.com/AAgPxlv4ey

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 25, 2020

When he says “I” he means of course “you” https://t.co/3hoSO9BMZF

— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 24, 2020

JUST IN: Fauci says Trump's Easter goal for lifting coronavirus restrictions should be "very flexible" https://t.co/bRzT6xP3OX pic.twitter.com/s9ilzH7QSY

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020

In Oval meeting last week, health officials Fauci, Hahn and Redfield all warned Trump about malaria drugs for coronavirus, urging him to wait for clinical trials. HHS Secretary Azar said he would unilaterally approve them immediately, stunning others. https://t.co/ZUkBO3QXwc

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 25, 2020

If you need a wake-up call, here it is: My husband was on a large conference call of American med school deans last night. One asked about legal coverage for pulling people off ventilators to give to others more likely to survive. I.e., not being charged with murder. Here we are.

— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) March 24, 2020

Latest case trajectories for major countries and outbreaks:

• US case count continues to set the pace
• Record new number of UK cases. No sign of slowing here
• Turkey joins this chart, cases rising alarmingly fast

• Read about flattening the curve: https://t.co/7A0ICnzEVm pic.twitter.com/0NBOdgkK5h

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 24, 2020

probably not even a page lead right now tbh https://t.co/Wc7lpeH2rn

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 24, 2020

Obama spent years dealing with bad-faith attacks from the arsonists in the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus and now Mark Meadows steps in as WH Chief of Staff to manage a $6 trillion stimulus. What a journey for these totally sincere deficit hawks. https://t.co/BExGxPHG2m

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) March 24, 2020

Trump doesnt actually DO anything https://t.co/CBAxgkDOg9

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 24, 2020

JUST IN: Sanders plans to participate in April DNC debate https://t.co/CCRikzeo1R pic.twitter.com/RJJKkl58YU

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020

Guardian front page, Tuesday 24 March 2020 – PM: 'Stay at home, this is a national emergency' pic.twitter.com/iE2vppvrve

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 23, 2020

‘You must stay at home’: Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons to stay at home to halt the spread of coronavirus, imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime https://t.co/Ou1FLx4dOj pic.twitter.com/9GsGPJVpZA

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 23, 2020

Boris Johnson unveils the lockdown that isn't quite a lockdown | John Crace https://t.co/fkktuNegB1

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) March 23, 2020

Nicola Sturgeon:

Nae shite. It’s a lockdown.

Boris Johnson:

Stay home. Unless you need to go out. Or want to, for exercise. Or to help a friend. Or you know, whatever, but then straight home. Yes.

— Kerry-Anne Mendoza (@TheMendozaWoman) March 23, 2020

Don't mock the panic-buyers in Asda. Ask why Boris Johnson lost the public's trust https://t.co/F3DEKiWlZo

— The Independent (@Independent) March 23, 2020

This means that ONLY 5,605 people were tested in a day! Where are the 25,000 tests a day that Boris Johnson promised? Or even the 10,000 tests a day that were claiming they were about to bring in over a week ago! What is the reason for the delay? HELLO JOURNALISTS…? #UKlockdown https://t.co/AwqOIAXgAX

— Pete Sinclair (@pete_sinclair) March 23, 2020

The hyperbole contest is closed for the month. I wonder if @NUJofficial, my union, will ever have anything to say. https://t.co/vI7isugECF

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) March 23, 2020

Funnily enough it’s what Churchill supposedly (ie probably didn’t) used to say of the Americans, no? Boris Johnson has done the right thing after exhausting all other available options.

— Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie) March 23, 2020

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Trump needs to do what Boris Johnson just did.

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 23, 2020

Trump Suggests Businesses Might Open Again Soon, Defying Experts' Warnings About The Coronavirus https://t.co/ekicbXuszb

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) March 24, 2020

With Dr. Fauci nowhere to be seen, Trump touts unproven, dangerous drugs that he thinks could treat coronavirus pic.twitter.com/5QZHl5iCXI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 23, 2020

Fact check: President Trump claims 'normal life will return soon.' Doctors and scientists caution otherwise. https://t.co/ba4qo5bw3j

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 24, 2020

The virus is playing chess and Trump is playing checkers or something https://t.co/HMAjHFFh4H

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 23, 2020

"Trump’s latest noises are those of a man who believes more deaths are not as bad as more economic hardship—and someone who gives the appearance he is willing to pave the way to electoral victory with the bodies of fallen Americans." Please read my latest.https://t.co/zrpS2HC2qV

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 23, 2020

He is repeating mantras: we can do two things at one time, we’ve learned a lot, we are built to be open. Buckle up, because he’s going to tell America to get back out there in about six or seven days.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 23, 2020

Credit where credit is due. https://t.co/wIoIQxZZ7M

— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) March 24, 2020

I'm watching the "just let the virus do it's thing and keep the economy humming" school of thought grow on the right. And it seems worth noting something crucial.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 23, 2020

We’ve gone from Republican scaremongering that Democrats were out to kill Grandma with socialized health care — to Republicans now calling upon Grandma to die to save capitalism. https://t.co/Y0XNQD9Moe

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) March 24, 2020

NEW: Frustrated by his inability to rally the markets or campaign the way he wants vs Joe Biden, Trump is considering defying health experts and begin to reopen American economy and society amid pandemic https://t.co/GSncknaQ52

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 23, 2020

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: "We're seeing milestones in the growth of this disease that are just absolutely staggering. Things we could not have imagined even a week or two ago we've now passed by quite a bit." https://t.co/Z3azdNU1nk pic.twitter.com/HGF6QZizpH

— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2020

This is why #COVID19 is so hard to get under control in the United States: 62% of Americans think the media is exaggerating the risks. https://t.co/mCuq6QXuZa

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 23, 2020

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says coronavirus crisis is a media trick https://t.co/sVNpwnxdQZ Yes. Really.

— Gerry Lynch (@gerrylynch) March 23, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s initial test for coronavirus came back negative. Merkel, 65, went into quarantine on Sunday after coming into contact with an infected doctor https://t.co/69xqcfPFwH pic.twitter.com/k5JTLvNY4T

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 23, 2020

As predicted https://t.co/NYvBMnUvUA

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) March 23, 2020

Denmark: government will pay wages if firms don't fire workers

Netherlands: government will pay wages if firms don't fire workers

UK: government will pay wages if firms don't fire workers

US: The Fed will distribute some money

https://t.co/SqL77Mfcdy

— Gabriel Zucman (@gabriel_zucman) March 23, 2020

Amid criticism that they’re delaying a coronavirus response bill, House Democrats released a counterproposal that bars companies using bailout money to buy back stock and boosts unemployment insurance. This could pressure Senate Republicans to make a deal. https://t.co/H1mc9CrZA6

— NPR (@NPR) March 23, 2020

The GOP bill:

—Creates a $500B slush fund for corporations that Mnuchin has complete control over
—Provides only a 1-time $1200 check & just $600 for those who need it most

Don't listen to the pundits trying to spin this. Senate Dems were right to reject this corporate bailout. https://t.co/nRxy6KlXPl

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 23, 2020

Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduces Democratic coronavirus relief bill as negotiations stall in Senate: “We require that any corporation that takes taxpayer dollars must protect their workers’ wages and benefits — not CEO pay, stock buybacks or layoffs.” https://t.co/Y3X21xfl77 pic.twitter.com/fsQVo8LXqh

— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2020

The federal government is already lagging badly in its response to the coronavirus crisis. People are losing their jobs, and their businesses, with every passing day. It is time to act. https://t.co/GASWdXsRlK

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 23, 2020

Trump won’t commit to exempting his business from emergency coronavirus stimulus legislation that Congress is negotiating —

Which is exactly why he wants Mnuchin to be in charge of who gets what (in secret).https://t.co/B2IthCWY02

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) March 23, 2020

Six of the Trump company’s seven top-performing clubs and hotels closed because of the coronavirus. It is possibly costing his business millions, @Fahrenthold, et al. report. It isn’t difficult to connect the dots between this news and his current posture. https://t.co/hxCv8qH9sy

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 23, 2020

EXCL @realDonaldTrump's last visit to his flagship overseas resort in Scotland incurred a bill for US taxpayers totalling nearly $1m, although auditors say they "could not determine" how much Trump's resort gained in profits. My @TheScotsman story: https://t.co/UKp1zMf585

— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) March 24, 2020

Stated plainly: Republicans are using pandemic as cover to launch a major injection of wealth into the best connected companies of which the Trump Organization is first. It is the duty of reporters to report this not to regurgitate nonsense about "partisan bickering".

— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) March 23, 2020

Asked about the proposed provision in the relief package to allow Treasury to dole out money to companies as it sees fit, Trump says: "Look, I'll be the oversight. I'll be the oversight."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 24, 2020

As the Senate squabbles, the Dow closes at 18,591, down 3% for the day and 6% below where it was the day that Trump took office. https://t.co/v1TNXf189f

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 23, 2020

#BREAKING: Trump orders National Guard, building of medical facilities in NY, Calif., Wash. https://t.co/KDFEtRgNPN pic.twitter.com/LS4G4dJq9I

— The Hill (@thehill) March 22, 2020

Nearly 5,500 National Guard troops deployed to combat coronavirus https://t.co/1Vf5W90hMj

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) March 22, 2020

Trump: We will be "totally victorious," and then "get our economy up to a level that it was, and in my opinion, beyond," and then "a lot of great things will happen." He tells Americans: "You're very special people."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

The Trump admin is suing RIGHT NOW to destroy protections for pre-existing conditions overnight. https://t.co/A6oUWpB7Y1

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 22, 2020

More than 3 years into the Trump presidency, reporters still don't know how to ask Trump proper, let alone tough, questions. Why would you ask *him* an 'opinion' question? "Are you rethinking that?" Who cares? He's a serial liar. He's not going to tell you! FFS. https://t.co/i2VclsYqmC

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 23, 2020

With Dr. Fauci nowhere to be seen, Trump again touts unproven and dangerous drugs as potential coronavirus treatments pic.twitter.com/q7tscrp3CU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2020

During the coronavirus news conference, Trump takes credit for Veterans Choice, which was actually signed into law by President Obama in 2014 pic.twitter.com/0BOr6V3IDC

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2020

I’d like to hear from those governors whether this is their understanding. https://t.co/O3uJUz3i2y

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) March 22, 2020

Equity futures crater while Trump is speaking.

Congress doesn’t have an economic stimulus bill in place and Trump is engaging in more coronavirus performance art during his live presser. https://t.co/MoeHW19fTi

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 22, 2020

Navarro is giving a convoluted and thoroughly nonsensical explanation right now for why it's not necessary to use the Defense Production Act.

It boils down to Trump being such a great leader that he has all the "soft power" he needs to make companies do what he wants without it.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) March 22, 2020

“Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned.” https://t.co/TR44aKFoHT

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 22, 2020

Here’s New York Gov. Cuomo saying the coronavirus lockdown could last as long as 9 months and that up to 80% of the population will get the virus pic.twitter.com/ghsmthfRmU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2020

Members of Congress are facing a potential crisis of government. They were warned. https://t.co/gxMUoUM9KY

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) March 22, 2020

Goldman Sachs: GDP might drop by 25% in second quarter

Fed Reserve President Bullard: Hold my beer

'US unemployment might hit 30% in Q2 because of coronavirus shutdowns, and GDP might drop by 50%.'

That is not with the "if Congress does nothing" caveat.https://t.co/hOyvjd4uPO

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 22, 2020

Stimulus checks: Congress 'very close' to deal on US coronavirus relief plan involving $1,200 per person https://t.co/J3ENHYAWxM

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 22, 2020

If you’re surprised Congress is struggling with this deal, I imagine you’ve not watched Congress at all in the last 12 or so years.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 22, 2020

Mitch McConnell wants to give this guy, Steve Mnuchin, the discretion to decide how to dole out $500 billion in taxpayer funds and then allow him to hide the identity of the bailout recipients from the public for up to six months. This does not seem like a good idea. pic.twitter.com/28P1gmp9cM

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) March 22, 2020

Rand Paul delayed Congress' response to coronavirus.

Now he has it. pic.twitter.com/jMWGZ3tglt

— jordan (@JordanUhl) March 22, 2020

Rand Paul becomes first U.S. senator to announce positive coronavirus test https://t.co/ycP1LGX5pp pic.twitter.com/U1rmMVLD28

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 22, 2020

Trump: "Romney's in isolation? Gee, that's too bad."

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 22, 2020

My lovely Christian mother just yelled “OH FUCK YOU!” at the TV when he said that. So this presser is going well.

— Jason Robinson (@jrobins540) March 22, 2020

His staff gave him a bunch of facts and figures, and prayed that he could hold it together long enough to get through them, and he just couldn’t. And now the story – rightly – will be his utterly dick reaction about Romney, a man old enough for COVID to be more life-threatening.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 22, 2020

Super funny joke! One of our incredible colleagues died from this on Friday. https://t.co/cl7pf1mTwn

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 22, 2020

The prolonged process of President Trump’s humbling—the time it took him to recognize the power of the global pandemic that has emptied our streets—has put untold numbers of Americans at risk. https://t.co/pdQBiirJ23

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 22, 2020

President Trump is "not going to come to anybody's rescue, and the faster we realize that, the better off we'll be," @DanRather said on my @CNN program today https://t.co/JW0dmRW59B

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 23, 2020

"war against the truth" https://t.co/zbysPq6Eyd

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 22, 2020

“It turns out in a time of crisis a conman is not up for the task. We have had terrible presidents before and will again, but unlike those who came before, Trump has shown us the worst of ourselves.” @SeanWoods12, on how Trump’s legacy is now being shaped. https://t.co/8kG3tXNuAj

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 22, 2020

Angela Merkel in quarantine after doctor tests positive for coronavirus https://t.co/LHk0ySfFyY pic.twitter.com/Zti1j8jEEa

— The Hill (@thehill) March 22, 2020

Merkel buying 4 bottles of wine & some toilet paper while doing her own grocery shopping for the weekend is so oddly comforting pic.twitter.com/e1LfO5JgXE

— Alex Leo (@AlexMLeo) March 22, 2020

Italy bans internal travel as death toll rises a further 651 https://t.co/Ye4n2A3Xdt pic.twitter.com/hqa2w1WSB1

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 22, 2020

Pakistan locks down province, bans flights as coronavirus spreads https://t.co/8JWbyt5qA1

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 22, 2020

It seemed simple: Stop travel, stop the virus from spreading around the world. We analyzed the movements of millions to show why that didn’t work. https://t.co/CLbpaTwp4n pic.twitter.com/PPcPtrgoAa

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 22, 2020

McDonald's is to temporarily close all their restaurants in Ireland https://t.co/YWZZUOvdBx

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 22, 2020

A shift manager at a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., asks why a company that earned $5.3 billion last year can’t guarantee paid sick leave for all of its workers. https://t.co/5AWIY3UORc pic.twitter.com/u1YgHy1rNC

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 22, 2020

This absolutely https://t.co/lDVCyT3t2o

— Martin Dickson (@martin_dickson) March 22, 2020

Why was this not announced at 5pm (or, actually, last week, before Londoners scarpered to Cornwall etc)? https://t.co/Hu6UTuPPmD

— JayneHowarth (@JayneHowarth) March 22, 2020

I watched the Prime Minister’s press conference in despair. In a public health emergency communication and information saves lives. Yet time & again the Government keeps failing to push out a strong clear message to everyone. For all our sakes they urgently need to get a grip.

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) March 22, 2020

"I stopped him and said, 'Look, this isn't a movie. You are not Will Smith in I Am Legend. Go home."
This is the updated compilation of Italian Mayors losing it at people violating #Covid19 quarantine. Yes, subtitles are accurate. pic.twitter.com/60V4Csuonb

— 🌈 (@protectheflames) March 22, 2020

Cheltenham race-goer who lives close to two virus clusters tests positive for Covid 19 https://t.co/7r5khdFHBw

— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) March 22, 2020

And there it is, the moment Ireland finally lost it…#COVID19ireland #COVIDー19 #coranaireland #COVID19
pic.twitter.com/43ChxgJjQz

— Caolán Mc Aree (@Caolanmcaree) March 22, 2020

I hesitate to share this, even though it's the best description I've read. Please think carefully before reading it (or ask the bravest person you know to do so first, or save it for later, or give it a miss. No shame in doing so.). https://t.co/jw8NZFpmt1

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) March 22, 2020

The White House is launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies that focuses on accusing Beijing of orchestrating a "cover-up" and creating a global pandemic, according to two U.S. officials and a cable obtained by The Daily Beast. https://t.co/UnaOttKmts

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 21, 2020

“I don’t think Trump can propaganda his way out of letting COVID-19 wipe out our parents’ savings and make our grandparents sick. But because he’s Trump, he’s sure as hell going to try.”
Worth reading from ⁦@MollyJongFast⁩. https://t.co/z823aA0ksN

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 21, 2020

I thought this would happen tomorrow.

We are now the 3d most infected country in the world, after only Italy and China. Last week, we were 8th.

Total infections went up *today* 34%, to 26,896.

Death rate a little slower: Up *today* by 24%

We blew our chance to stop this.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 22, 2020

During Saturday’s coronavirus task force update, Trump once again blamed his administration's bungled response on Obama. https://t.co/N0aYcJO6Z9

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 21, 2020

Thinking about the fact that the Trump administration has known since January that the United States was facing the threat of a pandemic https://t.co/FHzQerOSLe 1/8

— Heather Boushey (@HBoushey) March 21, 2020

WATCH: Trump lashes out at Washington Post after report of early intel warnings over coronavirus https://t.co/bskshI6oQw

— The Hill (@thehill) March 22, 2020

As they try to manage a deadly global pandemic, Trump's endless, bottomless, sociopathic, sucking black hole of need for fulsome praise requires constant babying from everyone around him. https://t.co/UoVeEvNzuK

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 21, 2020

Trump is using the release of COVID19 funds as a swing state campaign strategy.

Florida, a state that won't even close its fucking beaches, got 100% of what they asked for.

Oregon got 10%
New Jersey got less than 6%.

This evil motherfuckerhttps://t.co/Sbb8sDj8pS

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) March 21, 2020

Maddow: If Trump is going to keep lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, we should, all of us, stop broadcasting it. Honestly, it's going to cost lives. pic.twitter.com/tMvyrE3YTK

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 21, 2020

Today @NYGovCuomo made comments towards the end of this press conference about the necessity of competent government, and why government isn't about who has the most celebrity or Twitter followers. He said this will change the lens on how we view government- and why we need it. pic.twitter.com/SYqNeapjAX

— Justin Hendrix | wash your hands & stay at home (@justinhendrix) March 21, 2020

"I'm happy to see you," a man said, stopping to greet a friend on the sidewalk in Harlem on Saturday. "I wish I could give you affection."https://t.co/wqdfUGGyoo

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 22, 2020

The agency advised air traffic controllers to “stop all departures” to airports in the region. https://t.co/JuGVb6YtE6

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 21, 2020

DOJ Wants to Suspend Constitutional Rights During Coronavirus Emergency https://t.co/TbUkp0uqbv via @RollingStone

— JW (@TheMermaidsSong) March 21, 2020

Can you imagine how sick you have to be, to be in the middle of the worst health and financial crisis our nation has faced in decades—and to be peddling irrational fear of strangers and picking off your neighbors?

We're trying to have a humanity here @NRA. You're not helping. https://t.co/RSMbe3oiJB

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) March 22, 2020

793 people died of the virus in Italy today.
2 weeks ago they had the same death toll as we have now.

Meanwhile: https://t.co/meP4PAZBbh

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 21, 2020

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: NHS facing Italian style crisis if we don’t stay at home says ⁦@BorisJohnson⁩ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/EDnD0ON9ZI

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 21, 2020

NEW: Saturday 21 March update of our coronavirus mortality trajectories tracker

• Today we add annotations showing when each country locked down
• UK & US already have more deaths than when China, Spain, France & others locked down

Live version here: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF pic.twitter.com/Nie5jBSX24

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 21, 2020

13 countries in EMEA and APAC have closed their borders or enforced strict border control measures. #CoronavirusPoliticsDaily – the re-opening of these borders will be a political question, as well as an epidemiological one.https://t.co/r6BOPrxHkZ

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 22, 2020

Until yesterday the British government was happy for pubs to stay open… https://t.co/kRIPCJsjSt

— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) March 21, 2020

Nick Phin, Deputy Director of the National Infection Service, Public Health England, on Newsnight, 13th March: If you have don't have symptoms you are not infectious. Visit your elderly relatives. Go to the pub. Go to weddings. Book your foreign holidays. pic.twitter.com/cMLUBTcXkf

— Jo Michell (@JoMicheII) March 21, 2020

No10 is particularly concerned that millennial men are the worse offenders in terms of ignoring social distancing advice — continuing to visit pubs, meet up and travel widely despite being told that doing so risks the lives of the elderly and vulnerablehttps://t.co/TnSpbdZXkA

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) March 21, 2020