Guardian front page, Monday 6 April 2020: Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus pic.twitter.com/3dQh7hJxef

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 5, 2020

"The Guardian was told last week that [Boris] Johnson was more seriously ill than either he or his officials were prepared to admit, and that he was being seen by doctors who were concerned about his breathing." https://t.co/9uutV7HkEl

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 5, 2020

"I'm shaking hands. I was at a hospital the other night where I think a few there were actually coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you’ll be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands."

— Boris Johnson, on March 3rd, when asked about COVID https://t.co/lIK9SQcy9w

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) April 5, 2020

Aerial pictures show police patrolling outdoor spaces and speaking to people not adhering to rules introduced to restrict the spread of coronavirushttps://t.co/7FvIQ82XHy pic.twitter.com/7kz67xkZaG

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 5, 2020

#BorisJohnson

has an extraordinary opportunity. He could go on TV from his hospital bed & apologize for minimizing #coronavirus. He could talk directly to the world, say that he was wrong & that he's proof this can strike anyone and they should stay home.

I hope he does it.

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) April 5, 2020

"We will succeed and that success will belong to every one of us"

The Queen delivers a rallying message to the UK in its fight against coronavirus, thanking healthcare workers as well as people for staying at home and following government ruleshttps://t.co/Ku4DOhcotY pic.twitter.com/wdBsaFQjeQ

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 5, 2020

So @Telegraph has really decided to ratchet up the blame game. Yep, it's the *NHS* who's to blame for the #COVID19 lockdown. Oh – and US style healthcare would be better.

NHS staff – who's with me in boycotting @telegraph advertisers? Because this kind of accusation stinks. pic.twitter.com/UEXRmDw6k0

— Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) April 5, 2020

'Dalek' spotted on UK street telling humans to 'stay inside' and 'self isolate' https://t.co/aFv5BTSKeB

— The Independent (@Independent) April 5, 2020

. @Surgeon_General: "The next week is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment. It's going to be our 9/11 moment. It's going to be the hardest moment for many Americans in their entire lives." #MTP #IfItsSunday

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 5, 2020

Presser at 7, per White House. https://t.co/8p9nAt11UL

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 5, 2020

I’m gonna watch Trump’s last minute lie filled coronavirus propaganda press conference at 7 so you don’t have to. Nearly 10,000 Americans dead and I bet Trump will not only show up late, he will have a temper tantrum since he wasn’t allowed to go golfing this weekend. Can’t wait.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 5, 2020

Maybe I missed it, but has ANYONE seen an expression of genuine sadness, condolence, empathy, compassion or comfort for the suffering from ANY leader on Team Trump?

In my book, it’s a bad idea to give power to people who feel disdain for the people over which it will be wielded.

— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) April 5, 2020

No contingency plan — as usual.

So everyone is going to go to the GOP convention, come home with a new red hat and the coronavirus, and infect everybody in all fifty states.
Brilliant.https://t.co/XfpMbWrCpu

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) April 5, 2020

Unemployment is at the highest rate in 80 years and we may lose more Americans than in all of our post-1945 wars combined.

There was nothing inevitable about this catastrophe. Trump’s mishandling of covid-19 makes him the worst president in US history. https://t.co/SAkWgReoHI

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) April 5, 2020

Here's an incomplete list of what President Trump said and did in the past 7 days. (For reference whenever you hear about his new "tone.") pic.twitter.com/iuJNuZPMRZ

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 5, 2020

He bears a passing resemblance to the late, Great Kenneth Williams. Except without the talent, wit, and basic decency. https://t.co/2OG1REuBDt

— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) April 5, 2020

In Kuwait, where I am, ALL mosques and places of worship have been closed. The call to prayer amended to remind people to worship at home.

Meanwhile in 14 states in America … 🤦🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/ERYeR0z38a

— AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) April 5, 2020

Senator Loeffler & her husband:

1) Sold millions in stock after a private briefing.

2) Sold stock in a travel company the day before more travel restrictions.

3) Bought stock in PPE manufacturers & teleworking companies.

If this isn't insider trading, I don't know what is.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 5, 2020

Italy reports lowest single-day coronavirus death toll in weeks https://t.co/rHtMadtrC0 pic.twitter.com/PP1ys1Yn5O

— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2020

Coronavirus: Italy's doctors and nurses are in trauma over deaths of more than 100 colleagues https://t.co/Ty5ypr9Ept

— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 5, 2020

India curbs diagnostic testing kit exports as virus spreads https://t.co/jddoKfFJwS pic.twitter.com/YqztQXHCui

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2020

Pakpattan, Pakistan

Selling masks for 20 rupees each ($0.12 U.S). When a buyer jokingly said "I don't even have 20 rupees", this little boy replied "take it for free"..buyer asked won't your mother be upset..his reply was.."my mother told me a very bad disease has spread” 🥺😭❤ pic.twitter.com/ifN9bPqSG2

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) April 4, 2020

Barbados' Minister of Health just indicated in a press conference that ventilators destined for the island had been "paid for but seized in the United States". It's every country for itself out here and the small ones will be the biggest losers.

— Lisa Harewood 🇧🇧 🇬🇧 (@lisafromtherock) April 5, 2020

UAE to boost strategic stockpile, waive visa fines over coronavirus https://t.co/TJ5U2GS8HJ pic.twitter.com/CqNSkT4eoy

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2020

How the World Health Organisation’s failure to challenge China over coronavirus cost us dearly https://t.co/SvhoSp43Fi

— Leslie Vinjamuri (@londonvinjamuri) April 5, 2020

Scoop alert! Varadkar returns to practising medicine to help Coronavirus crisis (world first for a leader of government?) https://t.co/sKFepL0zAq

— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) April 5, 2020

BREAKING: A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for Covid-19. 6 other tigers and lions at the zoo are also showing symptoms. Believed to have been infected by an asymptomatic zoo worker. All doing well. To my knowledge, this is the first animal to test positive in the U.S.

— Natasha Daly (@natashaldaly) April 5, 2020

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo is the first animal in the U.S. to test positive for COVID-19. The test was confirmed on April 5 by the USDA lab in Ames, Iowa. The 4-year-old tiger, Nadia, is suspected to have contracted the virus from a zoo keeper. pic.twitter.com/Y4clIBHRTk

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) April 5, 2020

With the ‘curve’ approaching we are heading into what looks like being a very difficult few weeks for all of us. So-and paraphrasing the wonderful Dave Allen-goodnight, good luck and may your god go with you : )

— Alex.Kane (@AlexKane221b) April 5, 2020

"We have to open our country. I had an expression: The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself." — Trump's tone has reverted back to wanting to get the economy back up and running as soon as possible pic.twitter.com/SAET9020gi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2020

Why today's WH briefing was disturbing: presidential misinformation from the podium; dangerous and unconfirmed claims about hydroxychloroquine; gratuitous shots at rival politicians. pic.twitter.com/dHqUtCzkKC

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 4, 2020

Trump: "Hydroxychloroquine. Try it. If you like."

He's gone beyond saying he hopes it works and it outright telling people to get some for themselves and take it.

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 4, 2020

This is the president explicitly telling Americans, en masse, to take a drug that may have serious effects for them, that hasn't been proven safe and effective for this use, and that is needed by others with serious illnesses for which it is proven.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020

BREAKING: Trump says he may start taking Hydroxychloroquine. Ostensibly prophylactically? He makes clear this isn’t something his doctors have prescribed him as of now

— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) April 4, 2020

If the networks don't shut off the cameras when Trump says this, what's left for him to say that would trigger it? https://t.co/u7W6SIHNfS

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 4, 2020

Why would Trump take an anti-malaria drug that is unproven to treat COVID if he has tested negative twice for COVID? I just don't follow this.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 4, 2020

We’ve seen this for three yrs as govt officials confront working w/ mad man abd they decide, if I stay I can make better

imagine if those hundreds of officials had instead loudly resigned and held pressers abt what a delusional mad man Trump is https://t.co/wlAibkb4kT

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 5, 2020

The last notable time he said “what do you have to lose, it was his 2016 pitch to ask Black people for their votes. https://t.co/sWK6yZCEsd

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) April 4, 2020

“There’s never been anything so contagious as this.” People are amazed that he got out of Penn, but I’m starting to be amazed that he got out of high school at all.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 4, 2020

Always remember that the autocrat's number one target is the truth. Trump lies so often, even when he doesn't have to, because it discredits reality and presents him as the arbiter of what is real. https://t.co/vDuXKdfUDz

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 4, 2020

Trump on Easter: "Maybe we could allow special, for churches, maybe we could talk about it. Maybe we could allow them, with great separation outside, on Easter Sunday. I dunno, it's something we should talk about."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020

Please stay home on Easter Sunday and save lives. To quote the Dixie Chicks, “God hears ‘amen’ wherever we are.”

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) April 4, 2020

Old Trump: You'll be tired of all the winning.

New Trump: There’s going to be a lot of death.

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) April 4, 2020

It took 70 days from initial notification for Trump to treat the coronavirus not as a distant threat or harmless flu strain, but as a lethal force poised to kill tens of thousands.

That period now stands as critical time that was squandered. https://t.co/tmg62V8LfQ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 4, 2020

Trump is refusing to reopen ACA enrollment in the middle of a pandemic, and it's going to kill people. https://t.co/7oAH3Q6fG5

— The Nation (@thenation) April 4, 2020

Eight US governors have decided against issuing statewide directives urging their residents to stay at home as the outbreak of the coronavirus escalates and spreads across the country, the last holdouts in the nation. https://t.co/iWGqQ4cnsa

— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2020

Massachusetts governor launches first-in-the-nation coronavirus tracking program https://t.co/4I2HewHHNW pic.twitter.com/eAbFyyoecZ

— The Hill (@thehill) April 4, 2020

The EPA is focused on rolling back pollution regulations during coronavirus.

Does allowing *more* pollution seem like it would help fight a respiratory virus to you?https://t.co/ERy4PNTd8g

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 4, 2020

"We're on our knees here… and we're all trying the best we can"

Nurse Shirley Watts posted this emotional video urging people to "stay at home" after a long and difficult shift in an Intensive Care Unit treating patients with coronavirushttps://t.co/eO1DN142mg pic.twitter.com/TVN8n0VCmm

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 4, 2020

“Those who come after us will say Britons of this generation were as strong as any.”

“That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and fellow-feeling still characterise this country.”

Queen speech tomorrow https://t.co/xtlDGPia3b via @financialtimes

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 4, 2020

In her message, recorded at Windsor Castle, the 93-year-old monarch will say: "I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time" https://t.co/SxHj9DDZYv

— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 4, 2020

JUST IN: Trump administration says it will reimburse hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients https://t.co/XmYoqzsQBb pic.twitter.com/hovd0BBgnL

— The Hill (@thehill) April 3, 2020

NEWS: Trump says hospitals and healthcare providers treating uninsured patients with coronavirus will be reimbursed by the federal government through the CARES Act.

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 3, 2020

It is so disconcerting watching the president deliver important news, and being surprised by it because he is reading it for the first time as he’s trying to tell us about it.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 3, 2020

Trump claims that, when Azar said in 2019 that the thing that "keeps him up at night" is the threat of a flu pandemic, Azar was not talking about any specific pandemic but only "the concept" of a pandemic, and in fact no one anticipated a specific pandemic would actually happen.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) April 3, 2020

Trump, who has been President for 3 years, is blaming previous administrations for the failure to prepare for the current pandemic.

— Jackson Proskow (@JProskowGlobal) April 3, 2020

In March of 1960, Eisenhower ordered the planning of Bay of Pigs invasion. In April, 1961, the invasion was a disaster. JFK took responsibility, did not blame Eisenhower. Trump has now been president longer than JFK and is still trying to blame President Obama. Leadership?

— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) April 3, 2020

President Trump announces the CDC recommendation that Americans voluntarily wear non-medical face masks in public after weeks of saying they shouldn't https://t.co/LeX7PXjdOg

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 3, 2020

President Trump: "Somehow sitting in the Oval Office, behind that beautiful Resolute desk — the great Resolute desk — I think wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, I don't know, somehow, I don't see it for myself." pic.twitter.com/tJJWIlgURl

— The Hill (@thehill) April 3, 2020

Once again the President is focusing more on the health of companies than on the health of the American people.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 3, 2020

Trump spars with governors, 3M CEO as criticism and chaos grows @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/uLd2i4mspG

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 3, 2020

this is low even by the current standards of the White House https://t.co/WWwzIVUdwl pic.twitter.com/PMco5TKlzl

— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 3, 2020

Trump flips out at a reporter asking about Jared Kushner's claim that the national stockpile is "our" stockpile, says "the federal government needs it too, not just the states" pic.twitter.com/H8z40yTxAn

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 3, 2020

THE STATES ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

STATES.
UNITED *STATES.*

SEE? IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE NAME.

I just can't. https://t.co/mnUNDcxvxw

— Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755@mastodon.social) (@jbf1755) April 3, 2020

BREAKING: Gov. Ivey issues shelter in place order for the state of Alabama effective Saturday at 5pm

— Jonathan Hardison (@FOX6Hardison) April 3, 2020

The states that have yet to issue a statewide stay-at-home order are Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, and Utah all have more than 1,000 cases.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 3, 2020

As more of the U.S. comes under stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus, a clear trend has emerged:

—Those who make more money are traveling less and limiting their exposure to the virus.

—Many lower-income workers don't have that luxury. https://t.co/lEbAsCht44

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 3, 2020

Talk of a "national pandemic" is obscuring how wildly disparate the toll is.

NYC is over 1,500 deaths. Detroit is near 200, NOLA at 125.

Meanwhile, Philly has 13, DC has 15, Denver has 11. All these and many more are below 10: SF, Balt, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Austin, Cincy…

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) April 3, 2020

This is stunning, even for The Federalist. pic.twitter.com/gCia5HSRPs

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) April 3, 2020

REPORTER: Can you assure New York that going into next week that they’re going to have the ventilators that they're going to need?

TRUMP: No. They should have had more ventilators at the time. …We happen to think [Cuomo] is well-served with ventilators. We’re going to find out. pic.twitter.com/McP8tNylX0

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 3, 2020

The president is explaining how this pandemic is really hurting Russia and Saudi Arabia because oil is now cheaper than it’s been in 70 years.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 3, 2020

Navy captain who was fired for raising concerns about the spread of coronavirus aboard the aircraft carrier he commanded was sent off by hundreds of sailors with applause and cheers. They chanted his name and one called him the GOAT, greatest of all time. https://t.co/BBNGwgHELP

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 3, 2020

Retired Navy Captain Larry Seaquist is not mincing words, in support of Captain Brett Crozier, who was just relieved of command of the USS Teddy Roosevelt. pic.twitter.com/lC2gpqjcC9

— VoteVets (@votevets) April 3, 2020

Two industries doing well: alcohol and guns. Both selling briskly. Guns+Booze. What could possibly go wrong

— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) April 3, 2020

Our deaths per capita are considerably lower than much of Western Europe. Whether that will be true 6 weeks from now is another question entirely. But the charts don't give you much indication of the wide difference in per-capita rates, and it's an important part of the story.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 3, 2020

"It was always going to come to this. The federal government that Donald Trump leads was going to miss the credibility and clarity it squandered. Trump… is now struggling to convince Americans to do the very things he needs them to do… stay home" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/5LPg66WiP2

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 3, 2020

Jim Jordan called for and sat on the new and special committee that was set up to "investigate" Benghazi in 2014.

4 Americans died in Benghazi. 200,000 may die from Coronavirus. https://t.co/aXcR90FByf

— Doug Gordon (@dgordon52) April 3, 2020

Trump grew impatient as Birx talked about waiting til “we get through all this” before we ask questions about what we could’ve done better as global community.

He edged closer to microphone.
Then he gestured for reporter question.

“That was a *long* answer,” he said of Birx. pic.twitter.com/DhKEmBjDpB

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 3, 2020

Senate's McConnell: Congress will do another coronavirus relief bill https://t.co/4VRGENY1OM pic.twitter.com/gHxanfxBae

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2020

"The general election will happen on November 3rd," Trump said. He said he doesn't want mail-in ballots either. "I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting."

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) April 3, 2020

Mark the date: If Trump loses in November, he'll be saying that he warned people back in April that Democrats planned to cheat by using mail-in ballots.

— David Lauter (@DavidLauter) April 3, 2020

Fox News Stars Now Pretend They Never Said What They Said About the Coronavirus https://t.co/LdOWRKx24O via @thedailybeast

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 3, 2020

Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump.

Today, we salute the Heroes of the Pandumbic. pic.twitter.com/35WLDgoHcf

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) April 3, 2020

Official Chinese statistics put Wuhan’s coronavirus death toll at 2,563. Evidence coming out of the city suggests it was actually more than 40,000. Our latest: https://t.co/6D2zHtAd17

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) April 3, 2020

WHO: More young people 'experiencing severe disease' amid coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/kmVkceKviq pic.twitter.com/vOXVOtVlvU

— The Hill (@thehill) April 3, 2020

This is Health Secretary @MattHancock launching the new field hospital NHS Nightingale today, with everyone behind him ignoring his social distancing instructions. Just about sums up this Govt's endless, incredibly dangerous mixed messaging. pic.twitter.com/xY7y0LsJfe

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2020

Can you help? The new Nightingale Hospital needs colourful children's artwork to brighten up the walls for people working and receiving care there: https://t.co/yGZIsiKqtS Thank you.
#teamCNO #YourNHSNeedsYou

— Ruth May 💙 (@CNOEngland) April 3, 2020

Officials in the UK say face masks don't protect us. In China they agree but wear them because they protect others 😷 https://t.co/mZATTRnR8G

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 3, 2020

Boris Johnson had weeks of warning this was coming. The government spent it confusing people and mixing messages. Well here's your exceptionalism Britain. Exceptionally bad. https://t.co/49dnP4LxVK

— Otto English (@Otto_English) April 3, 2020

See how the virus has travelled throughout the country as the number of identified cases in Britain continues to grow.

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) March 20, 2020

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has refused to say he will resign if we don’t hit his target of 100,000 tests by the end of April@LBC

— Matthew Thompson (@mattuthompson) April 3, 2020

Despite what Matt Hancock says, the government's policy is still herd immunity | Anthony Costello https://t.co/8O9RvdoQut

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 3, 2020

Amazing isn't it – we're told that everyone in Britain understood Brexit and the complexity of our relationship with the EU, but a good number of citizens also seem to think that 5G caused Covid. https://t.co/AblSTA9lPj

— Otto English (@Otto_English) April 3, 2020

did Big Ben bong for Brexit I can’t remember

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) April 3, 2020

Possibly the only good thing about the recent turmoil is that Matt Damon was in Dublin for a shoot when the travel restrictions came in so he's been stuck there ever since and is, by all accounts, having a great time going for wee jogs and saying hi to old ladies in dalkey

— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) April 3, 2020

The Irish don’t know how to grieve in isolation. It goes against our traditions going back millennia. It feels like people are vanishing from the world unmarked and unmourned. When this is over there will be an Irish wake to end all others. Or I hope there will. It seems right.

— Cahir O’Doherty (@randomirish) April 3, 2020

UPDATE: Coronavirus cases in US now surpass 230,000, with 5,586 deaths.

Highest state case totals:

• New York: 92,381
• New Jersey: 25,590
• California: 9,927
• Michigan: 9,334
• Louisiana: 9,150
• Florida: 8,010

(As of 2:00 p.m. ET, April 2)

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 2, 2020

All this mayhem & disaster just to “own the libs” 🤨 https://t.co/c5FsCk4Xws

— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) April 2, 2020

A lot of time could be saved at these press briefings if the president was just wearing an actual ring that the other speakers could kiss

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) April 2, 2020

Trump: They say 2.2 million people would've died if I'd listened to the "ride it" people (he was the nation's leading "ride it" person). He adds, of that model number: "Whether it's true, or almost true, or maybe not true enough." ?

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020

You mean like Pence and Trump?

— Patti O'Brien (@OBrieninDC) April 2, 2020

Inside the White House’s 240,000 coronavirus estimate: rushed work, baked-in assumptions & questions about reliability @thewanreport @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker @JoelAchenbach https://t.co/xmuFUoc7oX

— Carol Eisenberg (@Eisey) April 2, 2020

"That's normally how things work" Admiral Polowczyk says most of the airlifted supplies are going to the commercial market "I am putting volume into that system" and not going directly to FEMA

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 2, 2020

Sorry, @nytimes, it's not the pandemic that's "upending" the economy – it's Trump *mishandling* of it.

Don't believe me? "In February — even as virus cases spread — South Korea’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3% while Japan’s is set to hold at 2.4%."https://t.co/VKkIQigqEL https://t.co/m82zl0Zgex

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 2, 2020

Trump says 100,000 ventilators are being built now or "soon to be started."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020

We need supplies.

We need your help.

If you can manufacture PPE I implore you to do so. NYS will pay a premium.

Email Covid19supplies@esd.ny.gov

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 2, 2020

New York state is paying:

-15x normal price for masks
-4x normal price for gloves
-3x normal price for X-ray machine
-2x normal price for infusion pumps

"Price gouging laws in New York state and New York City do not apply to state and city purchases"https://t.co/5UU6p2n2pg

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 2, 2020

The coronavirus death rate in New Orleans is twice that of New York and more than four times that of Seattle. According to experts, obesity and related ailments might be part of the problem https://t.co/XuGKuPMeJN pic.twitter.com/ue186yUtQI

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Schiff tells @ThePlumLineGS he wants to look into Trump's allocation of PPE and ventilators. “We need to make sure there’s no favoritism in terms of political allies, no discrimination against states or governors based on lack of presidential flattery.” https://t.co/YmpiRQVoQT

— Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) (@saletan) April 2, 2020

Trump slammed for begging Congress to not investigate his coronavirus response failures
https://t.co/ad8OVkcHeb

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 2, 2020

Well, there's certainly no doubt Trump wrote this himself. It opens: "Thank you for your Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites, which are wrong in every way." https://t.co/TffvmddEVT

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 2, 2020

Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread – The New York Times https://t.co/xGDA8g4jvK

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

First it was you don’t need a mask. Then it was a mask doesn’t really work. Then it was only health care workers need masks. Now they’re saying everyone should wear a mask. https://t.co/mQcmE0OOxY

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 2, 2020

I cannot believe I am listening to the president’s moron son-in-law in the middle of a national emergency. This is the darkest timeline.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 2, 2020

Ivanka imagines "pretty much every parent" around the county is doing something similar to her (taking Greek mythology courses and learning the guitar) https://t.co/aGJPmadkiq

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 2, 2020

Here's Jared Kushner going for the world record of most meaningless corporate buzzwords used in a single one-minute video clip pic.twitter.com/Vy1QJEhLQa

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 2, 2020

Trump eliminated his pandemic response coordinator. Now that job is being done by Jared Kushner. https://t.co/GtrS4cK32U

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 2, 2020

The Trump-era book I want to read more than any other is a look at EVERYTHING Jared Kushner has been part of in the White House — from the Comey firing to immigration to the shutdown to Saudi to coronavirus, all layered with his conflicts and non-expertise.
Who will write it? https://t.co/COVd7Rf1GN

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) April 2, 2020

"In conversations with advisers to the pres., many of whom were stunned by the remark,Mr. Kushner has stressed what he sees as his own abilities,saying that he’s figured out how to make the government effective." @peterbakerNYT @noahweiland @KannoYoungs https://t.co/SHlFg9drdT

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

We’ll bring the synergy to the room that allows us to holistically create actionable goals in real time using dynamic data https://t.co/ynTQt9gG0Y

— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) April 2, 2020

Coronavirus has spread to every county in New York, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said is a precursor to what will happen across the country https://t.co/jAtdGg2JUP

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 2, 2020

If it wasn’t clear enough that our health system is broken. https://t.co/HrITgieyEG

— Slate (@Slate) April 2, 2020

Despite dire test shortages in areas where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, grift wins the day in Trump's America. https://t.co/VhkbdIcquw

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 2, 2020

Trump: ‘Complainers’ should've stocked medical supplies before coronavirus outbreak @kaitlancollins reports https://t.co/k627imQ6hi pic.twitter.com/th89ZDq3vF

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 2, 2020

Governors who dithered over stay-at-home orders have many more unpleasant surprises ahead of them. @juliettekayyem writes: "The decisions that public officials—and especially governors—will have to make are only going to get harder." https://t.co/3k1d9lem6d

— Dante Ramos (@danteramos) April 2, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was stern when asked about California churches remaining open during the pandemic.

“With all due respect,” he said, “it’s essential that we practice physical distancing everywhere. Period. Full stop.” https://t.co/ZHUh1k5UEb

— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2020

The Pro-Lifers are gonna kill us all!https://t.co/fXkWasKCEm

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 27, 2020

"The pervasiveness of denial among Trump’s followers from early in the outbreak to the sharp pivot to finding fault once the crisis deepened, is a pattern that one expert in the spread of misinformation resembling textbook propaganda campaign."
https://t.co/hRYHOlbTxy

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) April 3, 2020

U.S. paying Russia for entire planeload of coronavirus equipment sent by Moscow: U.S. official https://t.co/cPFAylwQqM pic.twitter.com/KY420O2jCm

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Can anyone explain why Trump shipped our PPE supplies to China and all of these unusual actors are buying PPE supplies from China or handing them out as donations? https://t.co/QYfCaEbJ7i

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 2, 2020

Today it is exactly 18 months since Washington Post journalist Jamal #Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by agents of the Saudi Arabian government inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. https://t.co/HrkWZTTHw8

— Patrick Corrigan (@PatrickCorrigan) April 2, 2020

Trump’s Company Seeks Financial Help as Coronavirus Takes Toll – The New York Times https://t.co/nKWKs7goaq

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House doctor: Trump tested again for COVID-19, results negative, president 'healthy and without symptoms.'

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 2, 2020

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 1 Million Globally https://t.co/aKtKYIC6ZT pic.twitter.com/ZS9lcUeLPx

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 2, 2020

Now daily new deaths:

• US & UK are straight lines angling upwards on a log scale. This is not good.
• In both countries, over the last week every day brings ~25% more new deaths than the day before
• No other countries are on that steep a trajectory at this stage of outbreak pic.twitter.com/aXJUEGPZVr

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 2, 2020

"Italy… looked to China and thought 'that isn't us'… the rest of Europe and the United States looked at Italy and thought 'that's not going to happen to us either'… This virus certainly doesn't care what nationality you are" – @jasondhorowitz w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/gECxKw2Oui

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 2, 2020

The FDA has approved a new test for coronavirus antibodies that may help scientists learn how widespread the infection is, and how long people remain immune after recoveringhttps://t.co/TkIRdm4tml

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2020

Matt Hancock: “At each point we have been following medical and scientific advice.” You can see what’s happening: the government is going to blame health experts and scientists for their catastrophic policy failures. pic.twitter.com/Sg7ZOZDhn4

— richard horton (@richardhorton1) April 2, 2020

WATCH – cometh the hour cometh the Tory lie; in January Hancock told Parliament we had a world leading test for Convid-19, that the NHS was ready and that the whole of the UK was well prepared…today we're facing reality and they want you to believe another set of their claims! pic.twitter.com/lhtel0V0wN

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 2, 2020

BBC Question Time @YvetteCooperMP asks @MattHancock ‘By World Health Organisation standards, shouldn’t you still be self-isolating?’

His reply … I’m following our own recommendations and science’

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) April 2, 2020

The warnings were loud, clear and insistent. But the government did not act. https://t.co/NkjiGtXP5w

— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) April 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/b652oBHWWi

— Scott Stemp (@scottstemp) April 2, 2020

FACT CHECK: South Korea is a democracy and is certainly a free country. https://t.co/E4oQqjs4MC

— Ashlee Explains It All (@ash_says_what) April 2, 2020

Istanbul mayor says time running out to halt coronavirus spread https://t.co/F704PS3fl5 pic.twitter.com/faAE8oenlX

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Brazil's Bolsonaro isolated, weakened by coronavirus denial https://t.co/h8CbhwHO5E

— Bruno J. Navarro (@Bruno_J_Navarro) April 2, 2020

New from me: A state of denial: is this the world’s worst coronavirus response?https://t.co/eq4qwwluu1

— Paul Canning 🇺🇦 (@pauloCanning) April 2, 2020

To be fair, that’s Duterte’s response to everything https://t.co/jp0EgekTWG

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is on a strikingly similar course to that charted for climate change. It is critical that we pay attention to these similarities and what we might learn from them. https://t.co/89oximqEDl @AIEnvironment

— The Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) April 2, 2020

Judas!!! You logged in mate? pic.twitter.com/UQZsTJDCcQ

— Jesus Christ! Actually real and in no way a parody (@ThatBloke_Jesus) April 2, 2020

John King is absolutely right. This is a must-watch clip:

"[Trump's] efforts to rewrite the history of what he said early on … he has the Defense Sec., the Attorney General, and the Nat'l Sec. Advisor come to the podium and thank the president and tell him how great he is." pic.twitter.com/9dg7oJ587a

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) April 1, 2020

Trump praises Mike Pence for not answering a question about people who don't have access to healthcare pic.twitter.com/Qi13DOAzy5

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 1, 2020

Also, FWIW, Trump saying he'll look at it and embarrassing Pence is also not addressing the substance of the matter — where people without healthcare are going to get help.

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 1, 2020

It's an old story but Trump doesn't want people to have affordable healthcare. It's that simple. It's that deplorable. It's that petty. https://t.co/ywgAPSAgQp

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) April 1, 2020

"We're soon going to have more ventilators than we need," Trump says

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 1, 2020

Asked why not issue a national stay-at-home order, Trump says, "States are different. States are different." He claims some states "don't have much of a problem…they don't have thousands of people that are positive…or even think they might have it…or hundreds of people."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 1, 2020

"We really believe this is a time when people should avoid gatherings of more than 10 people," Vice President Mike Pence tells @Nightline. "And, and so, we continue to urge churches around America to heed to that." https://t.co/QEarou3FQ1

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 1, 2020

ah the new Trump tone https://t.co/bdGWBXtil9

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 1, 2020

🤥Pence: I don't believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.

Wolf recites Trump's words: He called it a hoax, said numbers will go from 15 – zero, will disappear quickly, etc.

😬Pence: The president is an optimistic person.

🤯Lies are now optimism. pic.twitter.com/DQss5PsmrC

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) April 1, 2020

The problem with having White House beat reporters at these corona-conferences is that they are interested in the next 'beat' of the story, how it's moved forward from yesterday till today. We need experts who can challenge the WH line & rebut falsehoods in real time.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 1, 2020

The White House Correspondents' Association is booting OAN from the rotation for a seat in the briefing room after its correspondent violated the rules.

"This is a matter of public safety." pic.twitter.com/8PCFpjVrdc

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 1, 2020

Trump says he doesn’t know whether Chinese officials have lied about its number of coronavirus cases but notes that they’re buying lots of US farm products

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 1, 2020

Trump keeps bragging about his trade deal with China, but it's all B.S. US exports to China have declined for 3 straight years under Trump and are now lower than they were in 2012. The losses will never be recovered. #TrumpPressConference #FailureInChief https://t.co/tavpvTOjzP

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) April 1, 2020

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley says drug cartels will "try to take advantage” of coronavirus pandemic: “We’re at war with COVID-19, we’re at war with terrorists and we’re at war with the drug cartels … You will not penetrate this country.” https://t.co/07pnEZYTdy pic.twitter.com/JkQRsmk6X8

— ABC News (@ABC) April 1, 2020

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS: A DRUG ENFORCEMENT SURGE?? in Latin America?! US Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard mobility assets should be assisting the US continent governors like the disaster it is. #IncompetentInChief https://t.co/3wmNjanghr

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 1, 2020

I feel so much safer https://t.co/0akjG9rSa7

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 1, 2020

Another potential crisis on the horizon- #Trump elaborates on alleged threat from #Iran and/or proxies – “It would be a very bad thing for them” if they do it he says

— Suzanne Lynch (@suzannelynch1) April 1, 2020

It’s the OAN lady again, trying to formulate a question about the president*’s imaginary Iranian sneak attack, and now Esper is mongering a little war for her.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 1, 2020

Trump claiming Iranians are "dying to make a deal" but John Kerry has talked them out of it

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 1, 2020

The fact that so many GOP big state governors-in TX, FL & GA-all tightened statewide restrictions immediately after Trump finally let his advisers frame the full risk from the WH podium underscores how much his earlier minimizing contributed to the critical delays in those states

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 1, 2020

Is there a legal basis for a state discriminating based on state residency in providing emergency services (as opposed, say, to in-state college tuition and the like)? https://t.co/grbwEnKGfB

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 1, 2020

“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.” https://t.co/e4Xob5bhHC

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 1, 2020

Bill Gates: Here’s how to make up for lost time on covid-19https://t.co/1H1c3e7w0C

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2020

Some warned about this pandemic — and how to combat the next one. https://t.co/ZypDAM4Nak

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 1, 2020

For me, this chart is the most alarming of the latest batch.

US & UK daily death tolls are accelerating in a straight line on a log scale chart, i.e still increasing exponentially.

~All other countries had begun slowing the rate of increase in deaths by now. https://t.co/3zLPMbPgCg

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 1, 2020

US/EU coronavirus comparisons more useful than Italy, Spain, UK given scale (and that so few people consistently report per capita numbers): pic.twitter.com/gF7OpkE0jD

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 1, 2020

Most coronavirus deaths.

Italy: 13,155
Spain: 9,053
US: 4,516
France: 3,523
China: 3,312
Iran: 3,036
UK: 2,352
Netherlands: 1,173
Germany: 858
Belgium: 828
Switzerland: 461
Turkey: 277
Sweden: 239
Brazil: 206
Portugal: 187
S Korea: 165
Indonesia: 157
Austria: 146
Canada: 108

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 1, 2020

when the side you picked in the culture war badly mishandles a pandemic. https://t.co/jiikXuFosv

— Sarah Creighton 🍂 (@Saraita101) April 1, 2020

ANALYSIS: PM’s rhetoric on testing doesn’t match the reality. He said we could “turn the tide" on virus in 12 wks if we followed rules to slow the spread. That was our bit of the bargain. His was to materially scale up testing. So far he’s fallen short https://t.co/AbUkdZVp67

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) April 1, 2020

Am I alone in thinking this government statement borders on gibberish? https://t.co/biBxMF9FiZ

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) April 1, 2020

Brexit is a self-indulgence from another age. It should be shelved for an indefinite period until we have dealt with the long-term economic and social fall out of COVID-19. There can be no justification for imposing a second, voluntary shock on the country in early 2021. https://t.co/W8rpP00ogO

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) March 30, 2020

Very pleased (“stoked”) to get both “toey” and “nosey parkers” into this item today #kiwilinguistics @newsroom: https://t.co/GkEH9f4UHd

— PeterBale (@PeterBale) April 1, 2020

So talented and kind. Heartbreaking news. https://t.co/YnuWv0LHqQ

— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) April 1, 2020

Today's briefing makes one thing very clear — the U.S. government is expecting its citizens to suffer waves of tragedy in the coming weeks. There's no best-case scenario anymore.

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) March 31, 2020

Started covering the White House in 1996 and it's hard to remember many briefings as grim or sober as this one. The best case scenarios outlined today envision about twice as many dead Americans as the entire Vietnam War or more.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 31, 2020

"What would've happened if we did nothing? Because there was a group that said, 'let's just ride it out.' … 2.2 million people would've died" — here's Trump laying the groundwork to claim up to 200,000 American deaths as a victory on the campaign trail this year pic.twitter.com/zlTFxiqIT6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 31, 2020

The statement he should have made in February. Or the 1st of March, while he also gave clear and truthful details of massive national testing program rollout by weeks ago.

This is just tired-ass failed governing. https://t.co/W38FUrbJ2o

— Craig Newman (@craignewman) March 31, 2020

Trump says "a lot of people" wanted him to just "ride it out" as if it was "the flu."

"It's not the flu," he says, correctly.

But *HE* repeatedly likened it to the flu. He said four days ago that you can call it a flu.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 31, 2020

"Being untethered from linear time allows Trump to deny reality with impunity… Pointing out to Trump that he said something different yesterday, last week, or an hour or a year ago, doesn’t faze him."https://t.co/W7qEZ6dvAW https://t.co/kIoLVoMUKF

— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) March 31, 2020

It is really rich for this President who called this virus a hoax criticizing the states of NY and NJ for getting off to a late start. We are where we are because of what you refused to do.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 31, 2020

Trump declined to address the substance of Cuomo's criticism of this ventilator acquisition process that pits states against other states. Instead, he accuses Cuomo of being a complainer and says he should appreciate what the state has been given.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 31, 2020

Correct. He and the rest of Putin's Choir (Hannity, Falwell, Limbaugh, Ingraham, Rand Paul) sang a song of "NO BIG DEAL!" pic.twitter.com/enUM0AIVxa

— Mindful Primate (@MichellesDude) March 31, 2020

Trump is now blowing up the “impeachment hobbled his response“ because he can’t bring himself to admit that he didn’t do as well as he wants to think he did.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 31, 2020

I warned everyone yesterday, but who listens?

Don’t fall for Trump’s effort to recast himself as the benevolent leader of a unified countryhttps://t.co/C9UrUCsCUx https://t.co/QyNXtIKOGR

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) March 31, 2020

Trump went from bragging that he would keep the virus from killing a single American to bragging that he'll keep it under a quarter million deaths.

Wrap your head around that. Don't let the normalization of his lies numb it.

250,000 living, breathing humans.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 31, 2020

"[W]hen you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done."
–Donald Trump, Feb. 26, 2020 https://t.co/MW1SPSsEYI
Today: 100,000 deaths at low end of prediction https://t.co/hrWnyI6bdX

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) March 31, 2020

And here we go, with the preemptive attempt to claim credit for not taking the “do-nothing” option. As if that was really an option.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 31, 2020

Fauci: "We have to brace ourselves….We will continue to see things go up." He explains mitigation may not be seen in the numbers for 2 weeks or so. "Press it down on the accelerator…for the next 30 days," he says about mitigation/social distancing. "This will be the answer." pic.twitter.com/bvYAKHWWBm

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 31, 2020

NEW. My interview with Fauci:https://t.co/gpUi6GOcds

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) March 31, 2020

When Trump turns it over to Dr. Birx, CNN goes live from the White House. pic.twitter.com/7GDPit8o8f

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 31, 2020

Dr Birx on what is a call to battle for everyone: "There's no magic bullet, there's no magic vaccine or therapy.
It's just behaviors. Each of our behaviors translating into something that changes the course of this pandemic over the next 30 days"

— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) March 31, 2020

This is now the media scenario. It could be worse, if our fellow citizens refuse to stay at home and abide by the recommendations. It's up to us to make sure we help our frontline healthcare experts can confront this. If we fail, many will die- including many of them.

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) March 31, 2020

Trump: "We have some hospitals in some states that think they need ventilators and we don't think they do."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 31, 2020

Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a stay-at-home order for Los Angeles before New York did. Now, the city could see an increase in cases. In conversation with @EmilyJaneFox, Garcetti explains how southern California is bracing for the worst https://t.co/v3OeubrEAg

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 31, 2020

Donald Trump's Blame Game https://t.co/Il4mh64Tsf via @BulwarkOnline

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 31, 2020

Extremely concerning. Unlike the administration's emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, this drug is not approved at all in the US. To be sure, EUA is not the same as approval. But there are real dangers in politicizing the FDA as the admin is doing. https://t.co/EXSgdQci5W

— Rachel Sachs (@RESachs) March 31, 2020

Stunningly worrisome story. Remember there’s no Navy Secretary right now because the last one was fired for refusing an illegal order from Trump. https://t.co/n0rJ7vuehQ

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) March 31, 2020

“What’s more important? Building an aircraft carrier … or saving a hundred thousand lives?" The Defense Production Act has been used by the military thousands of time, but with the pandemic, President Trump sees it as a "break the glass" last resort. https://t.co/9UAeHj6Um1

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 31, 2020

Trump rejects reopening Obamacare enrollment during pandemic — and sets up red states for disaster
https://t.co/VSO5YgUPgB

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 31, 2020

An "Outdoor Easter Blow Out Service. Not online. A National gathering . . . like Woodstock."

1. Buffoon
2. Moron
3. Future COVID-19 victim.

Have at it. https://t.co/TcqFyurZ6Z

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) March 31, 2020

45’s cover/fuck up of the American pandemic response is already responsible for a worse calamity than 9/11. There will be a political reckoning like the GOP has never seen. Think the drip, drip, drip of an Iran Hostage Crisis for Carter but infinitely worse: A daily body count.

— Alexander Heffner (@heffnera) March 31, 2020

65,000 EU nationals work in NHS hospitals.#WhenThisisAllOver, many thousands of EU nationals in the UK could lose their status because the government has insisted on persisting with a broken application system. https://t.co/qsp0TLyPWx

— European Movement UK (@euromove) March 31, 2020

Italy frets over lockdown, eyes eventual staggered re-opening https://t.co/i0YxNIltTh pic.twitter.com/0zl1NDfTuZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 31, 2020

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

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) 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 "A man is not a plan" 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 W. 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

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

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 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 (@EconomyBen) 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

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

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

— Dr 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

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

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) 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

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

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 (@EconomyBen) 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 Bueno, Ph.D (@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

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

— 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 3.5% 🇪🇺🐟🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🦠💙 (@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 Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@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

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@mastodon.social (@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

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@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