Social distancing is the hot new phrase. The CDC and health associations around the world are encouraging people to avoid crowds and big social events. One of our kids and her husband had a summer vacation booked to Europe, and both have now been told by their employers that if they take the trip they must self-quarantine for two weeks before they will be allowed to return to work.

Louise and I have stopped going to restaurants until there are enough test kits and enough testing has been done to determine what the level of risk is here in Portland. Our local newspaper reported this morning that Oregon will be out of test kits today, after having only tested about about 150 people, because the federal government is limiting the test kits being sent to the states. But even with that limited number, there are hundreds of people here who the state Health department or local medical authorities have requested be isolated or self-quarantine because they're showing symptoms of the virus but can't be tested because of the lack of kits, and the Oregon state government has declared a state of emergency.

How has the coronavirus affected you and your family, and what are you doing to stay well?

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump, Pence Meet With Health Insurance Executives About Coronavirus" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Dow sees a nearly 1,000-point swing as coronavirus-induced volatility wages on" by Catherine Thorbecke.

Article: "Social distancing could buy U.S. valuable time against coronavirus" by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Lena H. Sun and Andrew Freedman.

Article: "Oregon's supply of coronavirus tests could run out Wednesday without infusion of kits from feds" by Brad Schmidt.

Article: "Chinese restaurant chain in California kicking out diners with fever amid coronavirus crisis" by Lee Brown.

Tweet: "Some other information circulating right now is that there were actually TWO people at CPAC infected.
They may be the SAME people as the AIPAC guests.
They shared a room throughout CPAC." by Raheem Kassam.

Tweet: "This was just text to me from a high profile CPAC attendee:
"Went to doc today, VA. Referred to health dept if I want a test for COVID-19. Doc told me health dept won't give tests without full name of the person diagnosed that you came into contact with. Symptoms irrelevant."" by Raheem Kassam.

Article: "Trump demands name of whistleblower: 'I deserve to meet my accuser'" by Carlin Becker.

Tweet: "So random person on a plane, touches the seat buckle, picks up the virus, can't get tested because they don't know the name of the diagnosed person?" by Idyll.

Tweet: "I can't get test. Very sick. 63 yrs old. My 89 yr old mom lives with me. Trump is killing us." by carol.

Article: "Any American Can Now Be Tested for the Coronavirus, Pence Says" by Noah Weiland, Katie Rogers and Emily Cochrane.

Article: "It Took Me 3 E.R. Visits to Get a Coronavirus Test in New York" by Robin Shulman.

Article: "Mike Huckabee: DNC changed its debate rules to help Bloomberg and hurt Gabbard" by Joshua Nelson.

Article: "Sanders, Biden camps clash over Arizona debate format" by Marc Caputo, Holly Otterbein.

Article: "Fox Business host claims coronavirus is 'yet another attempt to impeach' Trump" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Hits U.S. Officials Downplaying Coronavirus: 'Spent Weeks Minimizing' a 'Very Serious Problem'" by Josh Feldman.

Are We on the Tip of Another Recession? - Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Understanding Marxism / Understanding Socialism

Article: "Stock Market Crash 2020: Everything You Need to Know" by Sean Williams.

Article: "The American Dream - in crisis" by Erica Pandey.

Article: "US Socioeconomic Status Now Harder to Change" by Penn Almanac.

Article: "Global markets pick up after plunge on virus, oil" By Joe McDonald.

Article: "Airlines move to cut capacity and rein in costs as coronavirus effect intensifies" by Ciara Linnane.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Site: What's Medicare?

Site: Medicaid.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Plummeting Oil Prices Could Force A Reckoning For The American Fracking Boom" by Alexander C. Kaufman.

Article: "The next dominoes in the coronavirus economy" by Dion Rabouin, Dan Primack.

Article: "Biden gets into testy exchange with man over gun rights" by Sarah Mucha and Devan Cole.

Article: "Facebook labels manipulated video of Biden 'endorsing' Trump as 'partly false'" by Jon Fingas.

Article: "UPDATE: Facebook reverses course, removes over 1,000 deceptive Trump campaign ads" by Judd Legum.

Article: "What to watch for in the March 10 primaries" by Sarah Ewall-Wice, Musadiq Bidar, Adam Brewster, Alex Tin, And Caitlin Conant.

Article: "Ho ho ho: IRS cuts audits of rich, steps up audits of poor after budget cuts" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "German Hospital Creates Drive-through For Coronavirus Tests" by Michelle Fitzpatrick.

Article: "Trump goes to Capitol Hill to push economic relief plan amid coronavirus concerns" by Libby Cathey.

Article: "Mnuchin Lied About His Bank's History Of Robo-signing Foreclosure Documents" by David Dayen.

Article: "Trump Cannot Be Trusted with a Social Security Payroll Tax Cut, CEPR Economist Says" by Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

Article: "The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application" by Stephen A. Lauer et al.

Article: "Coronavirus at-home testing kits to be provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Seattle area residents" by Chevaz Clarke.

Article: "Nikki Haley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tammy Duckworth" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hiding Behind False and Misleading Claims, Biden Refuses to Commit to Signing Medicare for All Bill as President" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "National Guard heads to New Rochelle for coronavirus 'containment area'" by Jon Campbell and Joseph Spector.

Article: "NY gov deploys National Guard, creates containment zone for town hard hit by coronavirus" by Rebecca Klar.

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "Trillion-dollar coin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Modern Monetary Theory" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kamala Harris Fails To Explain Why She Didn't Prosecute Steven Mnuchin's Bank" by David Dayen.

Article: "COVID-19 and Animals" by CDC.

Article: "Colorado governor declares state of emergency, calls to increase COVID-19 testing" by Kaelan Deese.

Video: Washington planning ahead for expected coronavirus surge.

Article: "Master Cleanse" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Italy suspends mortgage payments during coronavirus shutdown" by Marty Johnson.

Documentary: Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore.

Article: "Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863)" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "This is your daily reminder that it took Barack Obama until October of 2009 to declare Swine Flu a National Health Emergency
It began in April of '09 but Obama waited until 20,000 people in the US had been hospitalized & 1,000+ had died
Where was the media hysteria then?" by Charlie Kirk.

Site: Public Health Emergency Declarations.

Article: "Did Obama Declare Swine Flu an Emergency Only After 'Millions' Were Infected?" by Dan Evon.

Article: "Coronavirus: Why is Italy the second worst affected country after China?" by Aine Fox.

Article: "Matt Gaetz, Who Mocked Coronavirus by Wearing Gas Mask on House Floor, Is Now in Quarantine" By Ryan Bort.

Article: "Coronavirus USA Update: Trump Plays Golf While More Americans Die Of COVID-19" by Arthur Villasanta.

Article: "WTO suspends meetings until March 20 after coronavirus case: statement" by Reuters.

Article: "Coronavirus: crucial developments over the weekend" by Najmeh Bozorgmehr.

Article: "Streets deserted as Italy imposes unprecedented coronavirus lockdown" by Angelo Amante, Crispian Balmer.

Article: "Alex Azar, Health and Human Services chief, says 'we don't know' how many Americans have been tested for coronavirus" by Chandelis Duster.

Article: "RBS: Banks in Europe will delay mortgage payments for coronavirus victims" by Charles Riley.

Article: "Germany Moves to Slow Virus With Empty Stadiums, Furlough Pay" by Arne Delfs and Patrick Donahue.

Article: "A Philly parade and a bad flu season: in 1918 it triggered doom" by David Wenner.

Article: "Soccer-Dortmund v Schalke derby to be played in empty stadium" by Reuters.

Article: "India Suspends Visas For Nationals Of France, Germany, Spain" by NDTV.

Article: "Brexit Bulletin: Could Coronavirus Force Johnson to Delay?" by Edward Evans.

Article: "Coronavirus live updates: South Dakota confirms first 5 cases and at least 1 death" by Cox Media.

Article: "Police order tourists away from cordoned off Trevi fountain in Rome" by Newsflare.

Article: "Greece Shuts Schools, Universities to Halt Coronavirus Spread" by Reuters.

Article: "Hospitality operators warn that virus could decimate the sector" by Alice Hancock.

Article: "Airlines slash flights, freeze hiring as virus cuts travel" by David Koenig.

Article: "Free breadsticks during a coronavirus outbreak" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Olive Garden's parent begins offering paid sick leave to all employees amid coronavirus outbreak" by Amelia Lucas.

Article: "Citing Coronavirus, Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments" by Alan Blinder and Billy Witz.

Article: "France pushes for EU-wide fiscal response to coronavirus" by Sam Fleming.

Article: "Coronavirus: Harvard moves classes online, tells students don't return after spring break" by Noah Higgins-Dunn.

Article: "DRC records first case of coronavirus, 11th African country infected" by AfricaNews.

Article: "EU to Suspend Airline Rules as Travel Plummets Due to Coronavirus" by John Bromels.

Article: "UK coronavirus cases rise to 373 with 54 more confirmed after sixth patient dies" by Jacob Jarvis, Patrick Grafton-Green.

Article: "Kansas City's Mayor Was Turned Away When He Tried to Vote" by Matt Stevens.

Article: "U.S. soldier is infected with coronavirus as South Korean virus cases jump again" by AP.

Article: "Pearl Jam postpones North American tour due to coronavirus" by August Brown.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "2019 was worst year for US rural hospital closures in a decade, report finds" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "COVID-19 In Iceland: 16 Confirmed Cases, Quarantined Will Receive Pay" by Andie Sophia Fontaine.

Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking with Roger Hallam British environmental activist, Organic farmer & Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion & cooperative federation organisation Radical Routes / Author - Common Sense for the 21st Century : Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse

Plus, how did yesterday's elections go?

And no doubt there will be news of the corona virus and the markets

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