Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter, honored more widely for his humanitarian work around the globe after his presidency than for his White House tenure during a tumultuous time, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 100.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner died at his home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced. In November 2023, his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, also passed away in the modest house they built together in 1961, when he had taken over his father's peanut warehouse business and was only beginning to consider a political career.

In February 2023, he had announced he was ending medical intervention and moving to hospice care.

Jason Carter had visited his grandparents at the time of the announcement and said "They are at peace and – as always – their home is full of love," he posted on Twitter. 

At peace, perhaps, but still political: The former president vowed he wanted to cast a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

After serving a single term in the White House, Jimmy Carter became one of the most durable figures in modern American politics. Evicted from the White House at age 56, he would hold the status of former president longer than anyone in U.S. history, and in 2019 he surpassed George H. W. Bush as the nation's oldest living ex-president. 

Carter remained remarkably active in charitable causes through a series of health challenges during his final years, including a bout with brain cancer in 2015. He was admitted to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta in November 2019 for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, a consequence of bleeding that followed a series of falls. A few months earlier, in May, he had undergone surgery after breaking his hip.

In the White House from 1977 to 1981, Carter negotiated the landmark Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt, transferred the Panama Canal to Panamanian ownership, dramatically expanded public lands in Alaska and established formal diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China.

But the 39th president governed at a time of soaring inflation and gasoline shortages, and his failure to secure the release of Americans held hostage by Iran helped cost him the second term he sought.

“He’s never going to be ranked as a great president; he’s middling as a president,” said historian Douglas Brinkley, author of a 1998 book on Carter, "The Unfinished Presidency." “But as an American figure, he’s a giant.”

After losing his reelection bid to Ronald Reagan, and until well into his 90s, Carter continued working as an observer of elections in developing countries, building houses through the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity and teaching Sunday school at the tiny Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, his hometown.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, 22 years after he left the White House.

"I can't deny that I was a better ex-president than I was a president," he said with a wry laugh at a breakfast with reporters in Washington in 2005.

"My former boss was humiliated when he lost in 1980; he felt he let himself and the American people down," David Rubenstein, a young White House staffer for Carter who became founder of the Carlyle Group and a billionaire philanthropist, told USA TODAY in an interview in 2019.

"For a long time, he was basically the symbol of a weak president and a terrible person. And today, 40-some years later, he's seen as a very incredible person who has had many good things he did, though he didn't get reelected," Rubenstein said.

Peanut farms and nuclear subs

James Earl Carter Jr. was born on Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains to Earl Carter, a peanut warehouser who had served in the Georgia Legislature, and “Miss Lillian” Carter, a registered nurse and formidable figure who joined the Peace Corps when she was in her 60s.

He grew up on a peanut farm in Plains, then graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. In the years after World War II, he served in the Navy's submarine service in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. After doing graduate work in nuclear physics, he became a pioneer in the introduction of nuclear power in submarines.

When his father died in 1953, Carter resigned his naval commission and took over operation of the family peanut farms with Rosalynn, his hometown sweetheart. After a rough early patch, the business flourished, and Carter became increasingly active in community affairs and politics.

During two terms in the Georgia state Senate, he gained a reputation as an independent voice who attacked wasteful government practices and helped repeal laws designed to discourage Black Americans from voting.

But in 1966, he lost a race for governor to segregationist Lester Maddox in an election that analysts said reflected a Southern backlash against national civil rights legislation enacted in 1964 and 1965. In a second bid for governor in 1970, Carter minimized his appearances before Black audiences and won endorsements from some segregationists.

After he was elected, though, Carter declared that the era of segregation in Georgia was over, and he was hailed as a symbol of a new, more inclusive South.

Still, he was an unlikely presidential contender. When he launched his bid for the 1976 Democratic nomination, the former one-term governor was so obscure outside the Peach State that “Jimmy who?” became a campaign trope. He perfected the meticulous cultivation of voters in Iowa, and his unexpected victory in the opening presidential caucuses there provided a launching pad that long-shot contenders tried to emulate for decades.

The Watergate scandal boosted Carter's prospects. In the aftermath of President Richard Nixon’s decision to resign in 1974 rather than be impeached, Carter pitched himself to voters as an outsider who would reject Washington’s unsavory ways. “I’ll never lie to you,” he told them.

In 1976, he narrowly defeated President Gerald Ford, whose campaign was damaged by verbal missteps and by controversy over his decision to pardon Nixon.

Four years later, Carter would be ousted himself. He faced a damaging challenge for the Democratic nomination from the left by Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and then a landslide defeat in the general election from the right by Reagan.

The former California governor tapped into discontent with Carter’s leadership. “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Reagan asked voters in the iconic closing of their only campaign debate.

Presidential achievements eclipsed?

Carter’s defenders argue that he was a better president than generally recognized.

"I think that he is the most underappreciated modern president that we've had," said Stuart Eizenstat, a veteran Washington official and ambassador who was Carter’s chief domestic policy adviser in the White House.

"The reason for that is the lingering memories of his presidency are negative ones – gasoline lines, high interest rates and inflation, the Iran hostage crisis, the Desert One failed rescue effort – and those totally obscure a really remarkable set of accomplishments both at home and abroad, which in many ways didn't materialize until after he left office."

Eizenstat, author of "President Carter: The White House Years," published in 2018, said Carter's policies and appointments laid the groundwork for a stronger economy, energy independence, environmental protection, business innovation in transportation and more.

On foreign policy, Carter painstakingly negotiated the 1978 Camp David Accords, a historic agreement between Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat that led to a formal peace treaty between the two countries the next year. 

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But he stumbled when he came to the politics of the job.

Despite having the advantage of a solidly Democratic Congress, many of his legislative proposals, including a consumer protection bill, stalled. The no-backroom-deals approach that helped him win the White House contributed to his difficulties in actually governing once he got there. He was mocked for charging members of Congress for their breakfast when invited to meet with him at the White House and for eliminating alcohol from most evening events.

He was seen by some, then and later, as prickly and sanctimonious.

Meanwhile, unemployment rose, interest rates for home mortgages climbed into double digits and Americans found themselves waiting in lines to buy gas in an oil crisis created by OPEC, the powerful international energy cartel. In a speech to the nation in July 1979, Carter described a “crisis of confidence" among the American people. Although he never said the word, it became short-handed as his “malaise” speech.

"He lacked the political and managerial skills needed to make best use of the office he held," said Robert McClure, a political scientist at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Damaged by the hostage crisis

Most damaging of all was the Iranian hostage crisis.

Carter had agreed to allow Iran's deposed shah, a former U.S. ally who was living in exile, to receive cancer treatment in the United States. In protest, Iranian Islamist radicals overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans captive. The confrontation, which began on Nov. 4, 1979, would end only as Reagan was being inaugurated 444 days later.

Carter chose diplomacy and economic sanctions over military action. He halted oil imports from Iran and froze Iranian assets in the U.S. He severed diplomatic relations with Iran and imposed a full economic embargo on the country.

Finally, he approved a top-secret military mission to free the hostages, but it ended in catastrophe. Three helicopters developed engine trouble in a remote staging area in the Iranian desert, forcing the mission to be aborted. Eight U.S. troops were killed when a helicopter and a plane collided while forces were being withdrawn.

It all added to the impression that Carter was out of his depth.

"The hostage crisis left a bitter taste in voters' mouths, which Carter was never able to overcome," said Stephen Hess, a Brookings Institution scholar who worked on Carter's transition team when he was president-elect.

On the day of Reagan's inauguration, Jan. 20, 1981, Iran agreed to accept $8 billion in frozen assets and a promise by the U.S. to lift trade sanctions in exchange for the release of the hostages. Minutes after Carter's successor took the oath of office, the hostages were freed.

Finally, a Nobel Peace Prize

Carter left the White House, but he didn’t retire.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter established the Carter Center in Atlanta, their home base for decades as they worked on global health and democracy. He helped negotiate an end to the long civil war in Nicaragua between the Contra rebels and the Sandinistas. He met with North Korean leaders to try to end its nuclear weapons program. He mediated conflicts in Ethiopia, Liberia, Haiti, Bosnia, Sudan, Uganda and Venezuela. He led dozens of delegations of international observers to various countries to help assure elections were free and fair.

For decades, the Carter Center also led an international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, a devastating tropical ailment that in 1986 afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people in Africa and Asia. In 2020, it was on the verge of eradication; just 27 cases were reported in six African countries.

For a week each year, the Carters volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, a charitable group that renovates and builds homes for poor people around the world.

He also wrote more than 30 books – controversial ones on the Palestinian territories and the Middle East and less controversial ones on Christmas memories and fly-fishing. He published a collection of his poems and a collection of his paintings. Again and again, he returned to writing about the lessons and demands of his Christian faith.

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Carter, who attended Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, at times criticized the 45th president. In June 2019, at a Carter Center conference in suburban Virginia, he questioned the legitimacy of Trump's election, citing allegations of Russian interference that were later called into question.

Trump responded at a news conference by calling Carter a "nice man, terrible president."

But there were also times when Carter reached out to Trump. On the 40th anniversary of the normalization of U.S.-China relations, in 2019, he sent Trump a letter offering advice on managing that relationship. Carter said the phone conversation that followed was the first time the two men had spoken.  

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In 2002, Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that supporters thought he had deserved years earlier, when it had been presented to Begin and Sadat. The Nobel committee honored Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development."

"The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices," Carter said in accepting the prestigious award. "God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must."

Friendly skies: Jimmy Carter shakes hands of every passenger on his flight

When he left the White House, Carter moved back home to Plains. Unlike most other modern presidents, he didn't choose to make money by delivering high-priced speeches or serving on corporate boards. But he did regularly speak to hundreds of visitors who would gather for his Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church.

In November 2019, he told those gathered that he didn't fear death.

"It's incompatible for any Christian not to believe in life after death," Carter, then 95, told them, although he acknowledged he had wrestled with doubts throughout his life. In his prayers, he said, "I didn't ask God to let me live, but I just asked God to give me a proper attitude toward death. And I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death." 

In July 2021, he and his wife hosted a 75th anniversary party in Plains attended by about 300 friends, family members and fellow pols, among them Bill and Hillary Clinton. Carter, his fragility apparent, made a point of greeting the guests at each table for what many of them assumed would be the last time they saw him. 

"He was not a self-promoter in the White House or afterwards, and I think that hurt, because it leaves all the sour tastes from the failures and didn't allow the positives to shine through," Eizenstat said. When Eizenstat visited Carter in Plains in 2018, Carter told his former aide he was comfortable with letting history judge.

Historic photo: George H.W. Bush, George W. and Laura Bush, the Clintons, the Obamas and Melania Trump huddle for a picture

As he approached his 90th birthday, Carter mused about his legacy in an interview with USA TODAY.

"One is peace," he said. "I kept peace when I was president and I try to promote peace between other people and us, and between countries that were potentially at war, between Israel and Egypt for instance. And human rights. ... I think human rights and peace are the two things I'd like to be remembered for – as well as being a good grandfather."

Contributing: Richard Benedetto

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jimmy Carter, 39th US president and noted humanitarian, has died

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Hawaii Drivers

are the worst.

Hawaii motorists exhibit the worst driving behavior in the nation, according to a recent report by Forbes Advisor.

Based on a survey of 5,000 Americans with a driver’s license — 100 respondents in each state — Hawaii ranked first for changing lanes or turning without signaling, going 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit and running red lights.

Hawaii drivers also ranked high for other bad behavior on the road, such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and texting while driving.

Following behind the Aloha State in the bad-­behavior rankings were drivers in Oregon, New Mexico, Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas and West Virginia. Motorists in Mississippi were the best behaved, according to the report by Forbes Advisor, which provides consumer advice on insurance, banking and other financial products and services.

Local drivers who spoke to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser indicated that distracted driving and impatient motorists were larger concerns than some of the other traffic-related behaviors cited in the report.

Kakaako resident Lienny Young, 37, said the number of people with poor driving habits in Hawaii is “outrageous.” She said that on a number of occasions she’s observed drivers who seem to “go crazy” due to impatience.

The Oahu native believes part of the problem may be some mainland transplants who might have different driving habits and a disregard for local rules of the road. But driver behavior also may be a result of increased development on the island in recent years and a “hustle and bustle” city environment that puts people in a mindset to rush around and become more selfish in their driving behavior, she said.

The Forbes Advisor report said 20% of Hawaii respondents admitted changing lanes or turning without signaling; 13% said they drove 20 mph or more over the speed limit in the past month; and 8% indicated they had run a red light.

Nearly half — or 47% — of the Hawaii motorists surveyed admitted speeding less than 10 mph over the limit in the past month.

The survey also revealed that Hawaii drivers ranked second for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; third for speeding 10 to 19 mph over the limit; and fourth for texting while driving, speeding to get through a yellow light and angrily honking at another driver.

Local motorists ranked sixth for refusing to yield to another driver and seventh for cutting off another driver.

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8/23/23 - Five takeaways from the Republican debate

8/9/23 - Trump won't sign GOP loyalty pledge required for first debate

7/24/23 - Kamala Harris and DeSantis sparring over Florida's take on black history

7/12/23 - Chris Christie takes the high road (?) in response to Trump

7/11/23 - DeSantis trails Trump by 20 points in Florida

6/15/23 - Miami GOP mayor Frank Suarez enters the race

6/8/23 - Will Trump pick Kari Lake as running mate?

6/7/23 - Pence says he chose the constitution over Trump

6/6/23 - Newsom threatens DeSantis with kidnapping charges

6/4/23 - Pence, DeSantis, Haley criticize Trump for praising Kim Jong Un

6/3/23 - Stone and Gutfield comment on Christie entering the race

5/31/23 - Pence and Christie planning to enter the race

5/25/23 - DeSantis would consider pardoning Trump

5/25/23 - The "real" Donald Trump response to DeSantis announcement

5/24/23 - DeSantis jumps into the the race

5/19/23 - Tim Scott enters the race

5/4/23 - Poll says Trump/DeSantis or Trump/Lake would defeat Biden/Harris

4/25/23 - Biden announces he's running for re-election

4/2/23 - Asa Hutchinson announces candidacy

3/15/23 - Joe Exotic announces presidential run despite being in prison

3/4/23 - Undaunted Marianne Williamson launches 2024 campaign

2/17/23 - Ann Coulter says Haley should go back to her own country

2/16/23 - MTG calls Haley Bush in heels

2/14/23 - Nikki Haley announces bid for the presidency

2/12/23 - Trump still deciding what insulting nickname to use against Ron DeSantis

11/15/22 - Trump announces third presidential bid

Coronavirus

9/26/24 - American can now again order free COVID tests

3/1/24 - CDC drops five day isolation guideline

1/11/24 - Nearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month

12/31/23 - Hawaii COVID death toll up to 2104

9/2/23 - COVID hospitalizatons on the rise going into Labor Day

7/17/23 - Excess deaths in America back to pre-pandemic levels

7/6/23 - Hawaii COVID cases pretty steady since May

5/5/23 - WHO declares COVID is no longer a global health emergency (but still a global health threat)

4/3/23 - Hawaii had the lowest COVID death rate in the nation

3/23/23 - White House to disband Covid response team in May

12/24/22 - U.S. hits 100 million reported cases

12/19/22 - China has reported 2 deaths

12/18/22 - COVID model projects over 1 million deaths in China through 2023

12/13/22 - Tony Green was a COVID denier

12/9/22 - New Omicron Subvariants XBB, BQ.1.1 BQ.1 on the rise in the U.S.

11/29/22 - Twitter now allowing COVID misinformation

11/11/22 - COVID deaths have dropped by 90%

10/27/22 - Immune-evasive variants are growing

10/16/22 - ABC interview with Fauci

9/22/22 - The "end" of COVID is still worse than the flu

9/14/22 - Pandemic end in sight says WHO director

9/6/22 - Scientists predict COVID-19 will linger far into the future

8/31/22 - FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters

8/31/22 - U.S. life expectancy drops again in 2021

8/29/22 - U.S. to stop sending free COVID tests due to lack of funding

8/25/22 - 16 million suffering from long COVID symptoms

8/22/22 - Dr. Fauci to leave federal services in December

8/16/22 - Jill Biden tests positive

8/11/22 - CDC drops quarantine and distancing recommendations

8/3/22 - People receiving multiple boosters after being infected are prone to reinfection says Robert Malone

7/30/22 - Biden gets rebound case of COVID

7/21/22 - Biden tests positive, experiencing mild symptoms

7/18/22 - Fauci says he'll step down before 2025

6/29/22 - Ted Cruz now feuding with Elmo

6/15/22 - Fauci catches COVID

5/24/22 - Hawaii COVID surge to peak in June say researchers

5/16/22 - Fauci says he'd leave if Trump is re-elected

5/6/22 - FDA restricts Johnson & Johnson vaccine

5/5/22 - WHO reports 14.9 million deaths associated with COVID (up from 5.4 million).

4/27/22 - Fauci says U.S. out of pandemic phase

4/26/22 - Kamala Harris tests positive, but is not exhibiting symptoms

4/13/22 - Blangiardi tests positive

4/7/22 - Pelosi tests positive

4/1/22 - COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to pandemic low in the U.S.

3/19/22 - Study finds no evidence that ivermectin is clinically useful against COVID

3/13/22 - Obama tested positive

3/9/22 - Hawaii to end mask mandate on March 25

3/7/22 - Florida to recommend against COVID vaccination of healthy children

2/28/22 - Blangiardi announces end of COVID restrictions for Oahu

2/20/22 - Queen Elizabeth II test positive

2/18/22 - Surgeon General Murthy tests positive

1/21/22 - Psaki has contracted COVID-19

1/18/22 - How to order your free COVID tests

1/15/22 - Hawaii will stop processing negative test results due to overwhelming number of cases

1/13/22 - Supreme Court blocks OSHA mandate for businesses

1/13/22 - Coulter clarifies DeSantis booster status

1/12/22 - Psaki explains why COVID is a pandemic of the unvaccinated (despite breakthrough infections)

1/12/22 - Fauci says Omicron will find just about everybody

1/11/22 - Omicron may have peaked in Britain with U.S. to follow

1/8/22 - Gorsuch slammed for inaccurate comparison of flu to COVID-19

12/29/21 - Kareem responds to LeBron's meme

12/27/21 - CDC shortens recommended quarantine time

12/26/21 - Alex Jones' holiday message to Trump

12/24/21 - Trump needed to be praised by Biden before endorsing vaccines says Jerome Adams

12/22/21 - Researcher says South Africa has passed Omicron peak

12/21/21 - Trump gets booed after revealing he got the booster shot

12/19/21 - Elizabeth Warren and Corey Booker test positive

12/17/21 - America is not ready for Omicron

12/17/21 - Omicron reinfection risk five times higher than Delta

12/7/21 - Americans are getting booster shots at a rate of one million a day

11/26/21 - World races to contain the omicron variant

11/22/21 - Delta variant may mutate itself out of existence

11/14/21 - Studies show various losses of vaccine efficacy after six months

11/9/21 - Surgeon General releases brochure warning against health misinformation

11/7/21 - Japan reports no COVID deaths for the first time since August 2020

11/7/21 - Ted Cruz calls out Big Bird for getting vaccinated

11/5/21 - Pfizer experimental pill cuts COVID deaths and hospitalizations by 89%

10/31/21 - Psaki tests positive for COVID

10/27/21 - Cavuto gets death threat after encouraging vaccinations 

10/23/21 - Unvaccinated people should expect to catch COVID-19 once every 16 months

10/16/21 - Twitter responds to Marjorie Taylor Greene's take on Kyrie Irving

10/13/21 - If you've had COVID, do you need the vaccine?

10/4/21 - Maruyama fed up with state not allowing any fans at UH football games

10/3/21 - Ige remains unmalleable

10/3/21 - The numbers have been down and up and down

9/19/21 - Some anti-vaxers turn to monoclonal antibodies

9/15/21 - Global cases drop for the first time in two months

9/15/21 - Fauci dares think he knows more than Nicki Minaj about swollen testicles

9/15/21 - 1 in 500 Americans have died from COVID-19

9/10/21 - GOP governors plan to sue over Biden's upcoming vaccine mandate

8/24/21 - The Epsilon variant

8/23/21 - FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine

8/22/21 - Trump booed after recommending taking the vaccine

8/21/21 - Florida threatens to pull funds from schools with mask mandates

8/19/21 - COVID hospitalizations reach record highs

8/19/21 - Alabama has run out of ICU beds

8/19/21 - School defy DeSantis on anti-mask order

8/19/21 - Fox News says their employees must disclose their vaccination status

8/18/21 - Pope Francis encourages vaccination

8/17/21 - Texas governor Abbott tests positive

8/17/21 - U.S. to recommend booster shots after 8 months

8/17/21 - India vaccinations near record, cases at five-month low

8/17/21 - Raiders will require fans to be vaccinated

8/13/21 - Trump showing little interest in running a pro-vaccination campaign

8/11/21 - Defiance of Texas ban on mask mandates is growing 

8/6/21 - Questions and answers on handling COVID

8/4/21 - Thoughts from an ICU doctor

8/3/21 - Biden tells governors "if you're not going to help, at least get out of the way"

8/1/21 - Vaccinations rising as Delta variant surges

7/31/21 - Study finds vaccinated people with breakthrough infections are not less likely to pass along infection

7/30/21 - CDC says the war has changed due to the Delta variant

7/28/21 - McConnell says bad advice should be ignored

7/26/21 - Rolovich's decision to decline vaccination raises controversy

7/23/21 - Alabama governor says it's time to blame the unvaccinated folks

7/20/21- Delta variant now accounts for 83% of infections

7/20/21 - Fauci tells Rand Paul he doesn't know what he's talking about

7/20/21 - Hannity says he believes in the science of vaccination

7/7/21 - Delta variant already dominant in U.S.

7/4/21 - U.S. falls short of Biden's July 4 goal

6/28/21 - Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may provide lifetime protection

6/24/21 - Fully vaccinated people account for 0.1% of COVID-related hospitalizations and 0.8% of deaths in the U.S.

6/22/21 - Fauci calls delta variant greatest threat to attempt to eliminate COVID

6/5/21 - Trump trying to rewrite history

6/2/21 - Fauci's early COVID emails published

5/25/21 - Over 50% of U.S. adults now vaccinated

5/18/21 - U.S. deaths fall to lowest level since March 2020

5/13/21 - CDC advises that vaccinated can stop wearing masks in most settings

5/11/21 - Josh Green expecting Hawaii cases to drop

5/4/21 - Herd immunity unlikely in the U.S.

4/28/21 - CDC says vaccinated need not wear masks outdoors 

4/23/21 - CDC recommends restarting JNJ vaccine with warning label

4/19/21 - Obama, Shaq, Barkley urge people to get vaccinated

4/13/21 - Johnson & Johnson vaccine put on pause after blood clot cases reported

4/12/21 - Gupta doesn't dismiss Redfield's view that the COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab

4/3/21 - Fauci responds to Navarro

4/2/21 - CDC study suggests fully vaccinated people can't transmit the virus and are safe to travel

3/18/21 - Rand Paul questions Fauci on masks

3/11/21 - Biden signs $1.9 trillion relief bill

3/6/21 - Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill along party lines

3/5/21 - Bolsonaro says "enough fussing and whining" after 260,000 deaths in Brazil

3/4/21 - 90% of COVID deaths were in countries with overweight populations

2/28/21 - Bill Gates surprised at conspiracy theories targeting him and Fauci

2/28/21 - Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine authorized by FDA and recommended by CDC

2/24/21 - Oahu to move to Tier 3

2/18/21 - U.S. life expectancy declines by one year

2/12/21 - CDC provides roadmap for reopening schools

2/9/21 - WHO concludes that it was extremely unlikely that virus came from Wuhan lab

2/8/21 - "Only" 96000 COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. on Sunday

2/5/21 - Hawaii seeing lower hospitalizations and infections after receiving vaccines

2/2/21 - Why some test positive even after being vaccinated

2/2/21 - Sputnik vaccine is 91.6% effective

2/1/21 - Signs of progress in the U.S.

1/29/21 - Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine 66% effective

1/25/21 - United States reports 21% drop in new COVID-19 cases last week

1/20/21 - Pfizer vaccine might prevent transmission

1/12/21 - Woman walks husband on leash to get around COVID rules (unsuccessfully)

1/10/21 - Fauci explains how people catch COVID

1/7/21 - Josh Green calls on Hawaii residents to avoid social gatherings for two weeks

1/3/21 - Fauci says COVID deaths are real deaths

1/2/21 - Larry King in hospital with COVID

12/27/20 - Trump signs the coronavirus relief package

12/25/25 - Governors frustrated with Federal response

12/24/20 - GOP votes down $2000 stimulus checks

12/23/20 - Trump calls COVID bill a disgrace

12/22/20 - Bill Gates: two reasons to be hopeful for 2021

12/21/20 - Biden's turn to get the vaccine

12/20/20 - Lawmakers finally agree on $900 billion stimulus deal

12/19/20 - Bolsonaro suggests that vaccine could turn people into crocodiles

12/19/20 - Pelosi and McConnell receive vaccine

12/18/20 - Pence gets the vaccine on live television

12/17/20 - Macron tests positive

12/15/20 - Wild mink tests positive

12/14/20 - U.S. administers first doses of Pfizer vaccine

12/10/20 - Ellen tests positive

12/9/20 - U.K. begins vaccinations

12/3/20 - Biden asks Fauci to continue on

12/3/20 - Ivanka offers to take vaccine publicly too

12/2/20 - U.K. approves Pfizer vaccine

11/29/20 - Suicides outnumber COVID deaths in Japan

11/23/20 - Trump supporter wearing floatation device arrested for assault after breathing on women

11/22/20 - U.S. inoculations could start as soon as December 11 

11/20/20 - Redfield says schools are one of the safest places for kids

11/17/20 - Healthcare organizations urge data and information to be shared

11/17/20 - Moderna's vaccine has huge advantage over Pfizer's

11/16/20 - Moderna says their vaccine is 94.5% effective

11/12/20 - COVID fatality rate down 30% compared to April / but deaths projected to rise

11/11/20 - U.S. hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations

11/9/20 - Pfizer vaccine reportedly 90% effective

11/5/20 - Counties with the highest number of cases voted for Trump

11/3/20 - Birx says we are entering the most deadly phase of this pandemic

11/1/20 - Trump responds to chants of "Fire Fauci" (Can he?)

11/1/20 - Stanford researchers conclude that Trump rallies led to 30,000 COVID cases and 700 deaths

10/30/20 - Trump claims doctors are inflating COVID deaths to get more money  

10/30/20 - Trump Jr. says the number of COVID deaths is almost nothing

10/28/20 - Americans are dying of COVID at a rate of one every 107 seconds

10/27/20 - Trump says cases are up due to Fake News Media Conspiracy

10/20/20 - CDC reports 285,000 more U.S. deaths than normal

10/19/20 - Trump calls Fauci a disaster

10/18/20 -  Twitter removes Scott Atlas mask tweet

10/15/20 - France reports record number of cases

10/15/20 - Trump says everybody knows Fauci is a Democrat (well, maybe now)

10/15/20 - McConnell says he won't be able to sell Trump's proposal to Republicans

10/14/20 - Pelosi clashes with Wolf Blitzer on stimulus negotiations

10/14/20 - Group from Stanford Medical School push back on claims of Scott Atlas

10/13/20 - Fauci says there's no chance he's giving up

10/13/20 - Trump says Fauci's pitching arm is more accurate than his prognostications

10/11/20 - Fauci did not sign off on clip used in Trump ad

10/10/20 - Trump's stimulus proposal draws bipartisan opposition

10/9/20 - Trump official points to vaccine delivery starting January

10/7/20 - Fauci's advice for Hawaii

10/6/20 - Trump stops COVID relief talks until after the election

10/6/20 - Face masks: what the data say

[10/3/20] Trump and masks

[10/1/20] Cornell University researchers reveal the top source of coronavirus misinformation

[9/28/20] How the pandemic will end

[9/25/20] It's going to go away said Trump, 22 times (so far)

[9/23/20] Fauci vs. Rand Paul

[9/23/20] Caldwell announces 4 tier COVID-19 Recovery Framework

[9/22/20] Fauci says divisive state in society gets in the way of his message

[9/22/20] Trump tells U.N. that China must be held accountable for unleashing plague

[9/18/20] CDC reverses guidance on asymptomatic testing

[9/18/20] U.S. favorability ratings are at record low

[9/17/20] Ige announces new leadership team for COVID response

[9/17/20] Trump allies side with Trump vs. Redfield on vaccine

[9/13/20] Emily Roberson taking charge

[9/12/20] Josh Green tests positive

[9/11/20] Fauci disagrees with Trump that the U.S. is rounding the corner

[9/9/20] The best way to manage the coronavirus (according to Dilbert)

[9/9/20] Trump admitted he downplayed the Coronavirus, Fauci describes Trump's attention span

[9/8/20] 20% of cases in August linked to Sturgis Rally

[9/8/20] How Trump's response compares to Europe

[9/6/20] Josh Green presents plan to stop the spread of COVID

[9/6/20] Doonesbury makes a color adjustment

[9/5/20] Emily Roberson is back on the job

[9/4/20] COVID testing on the H3 continues

[9/4/20] Sarah Park put on paid leave

[9/4/20] Dr. Scott Atlas, Trump's new coronavirus adviser

[9/2/20] Dr. Emily Roberson requests a leave of absence until chain of command issues are worked out

[9/1/20] Morningstar's analysis: a slow burn

[8/31/20] Bruce Anderson, Department of Health Director, is retiring
[8/28/20] Hawaii expects cases to go higher as tests increase
[8/26/20] CDC changed testing guidelines for those without systems / Fauci
[8/26/20] Caldwell announces stay-at-home order to start Thursday
[8/26/20] Oahu to conduct 5000 free COVID-19 tests a day for two weeks
[8/26/20] Hundreds of contact tracers to be hired on Oahu
[8/23/20] Dr. Jonathan Dworkin calls out Hawaii's response
[8/23/20] Trump announces emergency authorization of convelescent plasma
[8/23/20] 83% of Republicans think Trump has done a good job managing the pandemic
[8/23/20] 57% of Republicans think the number of U.S. coronavirus deaths is acceptable
[8/18/20] Female-led countries have done better
[8/14/20] A look at Biden's response to H1N1
[8/13/20] How China controlled the virus
[8/13/20] Nanobody spray could prove effective against coronavirus
[8/11/20] Cases doubled in six weeks
[8/11/20] Russia approves coronavirus vaccine
[8/11/20] Trump says 1917 pandemic probably ended the Second World War
[8/10/20] Europeans astonished by United States response
[8/8/20] Trump signs executive order after Democrats and Republicans fail to agree on relief bill
[8/7/20] Trump says we're doing very well
[8/4/20] Trump Axios/HBO interview (Washington Post)
[8/2/20] Dr. Birx says the U.S. in a new phase against the coronavirus
[8/2/20] Pelosi says she has no confidence in Dr. Birx
[8/2/20] Trump calls Fauci wrong
[7/29/20] Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive
[7/28/20] Trump impressed by doctor who says medicine is being made from DNA from aliens
[7/27/20] Fauci baseball card breaks record for sales
[7/24/20] Fauci says he's had serious threats made against him
[7/24/20] Fauci throws socially distant first pitch
[7/24/20] Dogs trained to identify people infected with COVID-19
[7/23/20] Wearing masks may reduce the severity of the disease
[7/23/20] U.N. Report suggests temporary universal basic income for the poor
[7/21/20] Why did Schumer suggest that Trump should be kept away from the podium?
[7/19/20] Trump says he'll be right eventually that the virus will disappear
[7/18/20] Acosta takes McEnany out of context regarding re-opening of schools
[7/17/20] Mnuchin vs. Kudlow?
[7/16/20] Zuckerberg interview with Fauci
[7/16/20] Woolery deletes twitter account after son tests positive
[7/15/20] Anthony Fauci interview with Nora O'Donnell
[7/15/20] Fauci can't explain Navarro
[7/15/20] Oklahoma governor tests positive
[7/15/20] What's the risk? (of 10 activities)
[7/13/20] Trump trading Fauci for Chuck Woolery
[7/13/20] Trump vs. Fauci / former CDC directors op-ed
[7/13/20] No COVID deaths in New York City for the first time since March 11
[7/12/20] Trump seen wearing a mask
[7/11/20] Trump at odds with Fauci
[7/8/20] Tulsa cases surge after Trump's rally
[7/4/20] Mexico closes border with U.S.
[7/3/20] Hawaii public schools reveal plans to re-open
[7/2/20] Alabama students throwing COVID parties to see who contracts the virus first
[6/30/20] Even Hannity thinks masks work

[6/30/20] Steve Doocy thinks Trump should wear a mask to set a good example
[6/28/20] United and American Airlines plan to start booking flights at full capacity
[6/28/20] WHO chief scientist says "in a four to five year timeframe, we could be looking at controlling this"
[6/28/20] Pence encourages wearing of masks
[6/28/20] 36 states are seeing a rise in new cases
[6/26/20] Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Idaho, Utah record new single-day COVID-19 case highs
[6/26/20] CDC estimates over 20 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19
[6/23/20] Global Deaths Due to Various Causes and COVID-19 (a flourish graph)
[6/22/20] Two players test positive after playing in Djokovic tennis tournament / Djokovic too
[6/22/20] Coronavirus cases soaring in Brazil
[6/22/20] South Korea confirms second wave
[6/22/20] Kudlow says there is no second wave coming
[6/22/20] Democrats say administration sitting on $14 billion allocated for testing and contract tracing
[6/20/20] White House now claims Trump was joking about slowing down testing
[6/18/20] Biden got failing grades on handling H1N1 (fact check)
[6/16/20] London researchers find drug to treat complications from COVID-19
[6/15/20] FDA rescinds emergency use of hydroxychloroquine
[6/12/20] Common cold might give immunity to COVID-19
[6/12/20] United States is still in the first wave
[6/11/20] - Harvard expert predicts 100K more COVID-19 deaths by September
[6/9/20] Fauci says COVID-19 turned out to be his worst nightmare

[6/9/20] Study estimates shutdowns prevented 60 million cases of coronavirus

[6/5/20] Authors of hydroxychloroquine study retract report
[6/5/20] New York City shows no new daily coronavirus cases for the first time in three months
[6/2/20] Wuhan testing finds no new cases
[6/1/20] Spain reports no deaths today
[6/1/20] Some Italian doctors say coronavirus is getting weaker
[6/1/20] Fauci says meetings with Trump have dramatically decreased
[5/29/20] Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India

[5/28/20] Why was New York hit so bad?
[5/26/20] Peak dates for every state
[5/22/20] Trump tours Ford plant without mask, blames press
[5/21/20] Oahu restaurants will be allowed to reopen for indoor dining on June 5 with restrictions
[5/21/20] Scientists give a cautious green light for Americans to go outside — with important caveats
[5/20/20] New York to launch pilot program to disinfect subway with ultraviolet light
[5/20/20] Apple and Google roll out contract tracing notification system, receive push back from health officials
[5/19/20] Florida scientist says she was fired for refusing to manipulate data
[5/19/20] Ige unveils four phase opening strategy
[5/19/20] Nancy is concerned about morbidly obese Trump
[5/18/20] Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine
[5/18/20] Coronavirus vaccine from Moderna shows promise
[5/18/20] After administration criticized, Trump calls Obama grossly incompetent
[5/17/20] How safe is it to go outdoors?
[5/16/20] Beaches and outdoor courts officially open
[5/16/20] Oahu's major malls reopen with some restrictions
[5/14/20] Dr. Rick Bright testifies before Congress after filing whistleblower complaint / NYT opinion
[5/14/20] Trump terms Fauci's answer to opening schools unacceptable
[5/12/20] Wuhan plans to test all 11 million residents after 6 new cases reported
[5/12/20] U.S. leads the world in total testing, but not per capita
[5/11/20] Biden op-ed on Trump's coronavirus response
[5/9/20] Obama privately calls administration's response an absolute chaotic disaster
[5/9/20] Fauci in modified quarantine
[5/8/20] Roy of Siegfried and Roy passes from coronavirus
[5/8/20] AP reports that White House shelved CDC guidance
[5/8/20] Social networks battle Plandemic video
[5/8/20] Unemployment hits 14.7%, highest since The Great Depression
[5/7/20] WHO suggests infecting volunteers could speed up process of developing vaccine
[5/7/20] American Samoa has yet to have a single confirmed case
[5/6/20] Scientists are looking for the virus in the sewer
[5/4/20] Mourning in America video / Trump responds with a nickname for Kellyanne's husband
[5/4/20] Trump claims Fauci said it's "not gonna be a big deal"
[5/3/20] Bush calls for unity, Trump responds (so much for unity)
[5/3/20] Russia records over 10,000 cases in one day
[5/4/20] China responds with Once Upon a Virus video
[5/3/20] Pompeo states there is enormous evidence that the virus originated in a Wuhan laboratory [5/3/20] China reportedly concealed severity of the outbreak to stock up on medical supplies
[4/29/20] Fauci calls results from Gilead drug remdesivir "highly significant"
[4/29/20] U.S. coronavirus deaths top 60,000
[4/28/20] Coronavirus vaccine works on monkeys
[4/28/20] Pence explains why he didn't wear a mask at the Mayo Clinic / now says he should have worn a mask
[4/28/20] Toilet paper manufacturers starting to meet demand
[4/28/20] Klobuchar defends Dr. Birx on The View
[4/28/20] U.S. cases top 1,000,000
[4/28/20] WHO says children will die as coronavirus causes a shortage of vaccines for other diseases
[4/28/20] Coronavirus could return every year like the flu
[4/28/20] Pug tests positive for coronavirus / CDC recommends social distancing
[4/27/20] What can we learn from the film Contagion
[4/27/20] Million Australian download coronavirus tracker app
[4/27/20] Wuhan now has zero hospitalized coronavirus cases
[4/27/20] White House cancels Monday's briefing / never mind
[4/26/20] And now 260,000 words from our President
[4/25/20] Dr. Fauci's casting dream come true
[4/24/20] WHO joins global effort for development of vaccines and therapeutics (without United States and China)
[4/24/20] Trump cuts off daily briefing without taking questions
[4/24/20] Trump signs fourth coronavirus relief package
[4/24/20] Navy recommends reinstating Crozier
[4/24/20] Lysol manufacturer issues statement that their products should not be administered into the human body / sarcastic? / USA Today
[4/23/20] 31 photos of the world during the coronavirus crisis
[4/23/20] Coronavirus has (more than) wiped out jobs created since 2008
[4/23/20] Africa sees 43% jump in cases in the last week
[4/23/20] China to give WHO $30 million more
[4/23/20] China could have 4 times the amount of infections officially reported
[4/22/20] Germany greenlights trials of coronavirus vaccines
[4/22/20] Mnuchin anticipates most of economy will restart by end of August
[4/22/20] After productive meeting with Trump on testing, Cuomo announces that Bloomberg will fund $10 million coronavirus tracking pilot program
[4/21/20] Sessions says it's great news that Trump is putting his immigration plan in action
[4/21/20] Democrats comment on Trump's immigration plan
[4/21/20] Evidence suggest virus was not manipulated or constructed in lab according to WHO
[4/21/20] Nurses protest outside White House
[4/21/20] Deal reached for $424 billion more in aid
[4/20/20] Trump tweets he will suspend immigration by executive order
[4/20/20] South Koreans returning to work
[4/20/20] Germany re-opens some shops as first step
[4/20/20] Over 1800 inmates in Ohio prison test positive
[4/20/20] Fauci warns protests could backfire
[4/20/20] U.A.E. plans to test all citizens for coronavirus
[4/20/20] Trump to use Defense Production Act to produces more swabs
[4/19/20] Governors calls for more testing
[4/19/20] Director says Wuhan lab is not the source of the virus
[4/18/20] Singapore sees surge in cases
[4/17/20] Trump tweets for liberation of social distancing restrictions
[4/17/20] Gilead drug getting good results in clinical trial
[4/17/20] TV doctors drawing criticism for comments
[4/17/20] Wuhan death count revised upward by 50%
[4/16/20] Taiwan and China took different approaches (Michael Tseng)
[4/16/20] Andrew Cuomo hires McKinsey to create science-based plan for re-opening economy
[4/16/20] U.S. and Canada funded Wuhan lab where coronavirus likely originated (Fox News) / Newsweek
[4/16/20] Trump calls Pelosi a weak and pathetic puppet (after Pelosi called him a weak person and a poor leader)
[4/16/20] Seventeen House Republicans write letter supporting withholding of funding for WHO and calling for resignation of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
[4/16/20] Romney somehow the only Republican senator not chosen for task force
[4/14/20] Caldwell will require everyone on Oahu to wear a mask
[4/14/20] Sweden's approach could be backfiring
[4/14/20] Trump halts funding to WHO
[4/14/20] New York Times reports says Trump's use of her clip was misleading
[4/14/20] Cuomo says we don't have a king
[4/14/20] After resisting stay at home order, South Dakota is now a hot spot
[4/14/20] Tour de Fance called off
[4/13/20] where to buy a face mask
[4/13/20] Trump shows campaign video to defend his response / CNN cuts away / Paula Reid
[4/13/20] South Korea to send 600,000 testing kits to U.S.
[4/13/20] Trump not firing Fauci despite his re-tweet says Hogan Gidley
[4/13/20] Abe criticized for stay home tweet
[4/13/20] Russia's cases jump significantly, Moscow's hospitals flooded with patients
[4/13/20] China reports 108 new cases after easing lockdown
[4/12/20] Biden's plan to re-open America
[4/11/20] The virus is hidden and very smart
[4/11/20] Apple and Google teaming up to develop contact tracing technology
[4/11/20] air pollution falls
[4/11/20] U.S. passes Italy for most confirmed covid-19 deaths with over 20,000
[4/11/20] Trump pledges assistance to Italy
[4/11/20] White House response timeline (New York Times) / five takeaways / Fauci confirms pushback / signs missed and steps slowed
[4/11/20] Why New York has been hit so hard
[4/10/20] hydroxychloroquine has side effects
[4/10/20] The cough simulation
[4/10/20] Worldwide death toll passes 100,000
[4/9/20] Pence blocks health officials from CNN, then reverses
[4/8/20] Wuhan lifting lockdown
[4/8/20] Some doctors thinking twice about using ventilators
[4/8/20] Projected U.S. deaths lowered from 82,000 to 60,000
[4/8/20] Make a face mask without sewing machine
[4/8/20] New Zealand has tried to eliminate the curve
[4/8/20] Frustrated EU chief scientist quits
[4/8/20] CNN poll indicate public disapproves of federal response to the virus
[4/8/20] Biden says Trump was gracious in phone conversation
[4/7/20] Detroit representative thanks Trump and hydroxychloroquine for saving her life
[4/7/20] Japan declares state of emergency
[4/7/20] New York cases leveling but still rise past Italy
[4/7/20] 3M to supply 55 million N95 masks per month to U.S.
[4/7/20] Trump had a nice conversation with Biden
[4/7/20] How to make your own face mask
[4/7/20] Modley apologizes for comments after firing Crozier / Modley submits letter of resignation
[4/7/20] Navarro warned of pandemic in January and February
[4/6/20] Boris Johnson transferred to ICU
[4/6/20] Navarro clashes with Fauci on hydroxychloroquine
[4/6/20] Governor Cuomo suggests possible flattening of the curve
[4/4/20] George W. Bush started a pandemic plan in 2005
[4/4/20] Spain cases pass Italy
[4/3/20] Obama warned about pandemic, but failed to replenish federal stockpile of N95 masks
[4/3/20] Care homes overwhelmed in Spain
[4/3/20] Fauci and others call for wet markets to be shut down
[4/3/20] Germany accuses U.S. of piracy of masks
[4/3/20] Trump announces CDC guidance to wear face coverings (but isn't planning to wear one himself)
[4/2/20] New England Patriots plane brings back 1.2 million masks from China
[4/2/20] 6.6 million file for unemployment in U.S.
[4/2/20] Study projects Hawaii could see 372 deaths by July with a peak of 12 deaths a day starting in May / U.S. peak of 2644 deaths per day on April 16 with 93,531 deaths by August 4
[4/2/20] Confirmed cases top 1 million, death toll passes 50,000
[4/2/20] Putin orders Russian to stay off work
[4/1/20] Wimbledon cancelled for 2020
[4/1/20] Model predicts as many as 2.2 million U.S. deaths without mitigation and between 100,000 and 240,000 with mitigation / revised upward
[3/31/20] Mathematical model predicts more than 2000 people could die per day at U.S. peak on April 15
[3/31/20] Today's Trump fact check
[3/31/20] Chris Cuomo infected as U.S. deaths pass China
[3/31/20] Ford and GE Healthcare teaming up to make 50,000 ventilators
[3/31/20] Italy could be virtually free of new cases by the mid-May
[3/30/20] What's needed beyond social distancing?
[3/30/20] Trump extends social distancing guidelines until end of April
[3/29/20] Dr. Fauci says U.S. could have over 100,000 deaths and millions of cases
[3/28/20] FDA authorizes 5-minute coronavirus test from Abbott Labs
[3/27/20] Trump tells Pence not to call the governors of Washington and Michigan -- "it doesn't make any difference what happens"
[3/27/20] New York City currently third worst behind Wuhan and Italy (Lombardy region)
[3/27/20] How will the U.S. pay for the $2 trillion stimulus package?
[3/27/20] House passes $2 trillion COVID-19 emergency bill
[3/27/20] Boris Johnson tests positive
[3/27/20] Peter Navarro named Defense Production Act policy coordinator
[3/27/20] Hundred die in Iran after consuming methanol
[3/27/20] $2 trillion coronavirus bill signed into law
[3/27/20] Trump only wants to be appreciated
[3/27/20] MLB uniform manufacturer switching to making masks and gowns
[3/26/20] UK claps for NHS
[3/26/20] U.S. now leads world in coronvirus cases
[3/26/20] Comparing COVID-10 to the flu
[3/26/20] How COVID-19 compares to previous pandemics
[3/26/20] Trump statement on US testing is misleading
[3/25/20] Fact checking Trump's suicide claim
[3/25/20] Andrew Cuomo says stimulus bill will short-change New York
[3/25/20] Senate and White House reach agreement on $2 trillion stimulus package
[3/25/20] The Endgame (Ed Yong, The Atlantic)
[3/24/20] Hawaii public schools closed through April 30
[3/24/20] Hillary cautions against taking medical advice from Trump
[3/24/20] 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021
[3/24/20] Trump to New York: Drop Dead (New York Times opinion)
[3/23/20] Arizona man dies after taking chloroquine phosphate
[3/23/20] Probably influenced by watching Steve Hilton, Trump wants to re-open the country in weeks not months, saying "we can't have the cure worse than the problem."
[3/23/20] PearlRidge Center shuts down
[3/23/20] U.S. on similar course as Italy
[3/22/20] Mayor Caldwell issues shelter-in-place order
[3/22/20] Worldwide cases up to 330,00 with U.S. cases up to 32,000 (up ten-fold in a week)
[3/22/20] Rand Paul tests positive
[3/22/20] Russia to send help to Italy
[3/21/20] Watch how coronavirus spread across the United States
[3/20/20] Obama administration tried to prepare Trump administration for pandemic
[3/20/20] Italy death toll jumps 627 to 4032, surpassing China
[3/20/20] Hawaii cases up to 26, including Daniel Dae Kim
[3/19/20] Global death toll passes 10,000, California residents told to stay home
[3/19/20] New cases falling in China and South Korea, but no so elsewhere
[3/19/20] Trump coronavirus time line
[3/18/20] Do the five to stop spreading the Coronavirus
[3/18/20] Why does Trump call it the Chinese virus?
[3/18/20] Corona cases worldwide top 200,000 with 8000 deaths [John Hopkins]
[3/18/20] British model predicted the corona virus could kill 2.2 million in the United States
[3/17/20] U.S. death toll passes 100, West Virginia reports first case
[3/17/20] Ige asking visitors to Hawaii to postpone their trips for 30 days
[3/17/20] Hawaii corona virus cases climb 4 to 14 (40% increase)
[3/17/20] Wrestlemania to air without audience, Al Roker doing weather reports from home
[3/17/20] Coronavirus myths
[3/17/20] Bloomberg pledges $40 million to help fight COVID-19
[3/17/20] U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 5000, up five-fold from last week
[3/16/20] For every confirmed case, another five to ten are undetected
[3/16/20] A warning from Italy
[3/16/20] Social distancing: dos and don'ts
[3/16/20] Romney proposes sending every American $1000
[3/16/20] Stock market has second worst day
[3/16/20] Trump gives himself a 10 on coronavirus response
[3/16/20] 15 days to slow the spread
[3/16/20] Social distancing is the most important thing you can do
[3/15/20] Italy records 368 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
[3/15/20] Hawaii cases triple to 6
[3/14/20] Social distancing for low-risk individuals
[3/14/20] Who closed the pandemic response team? / John Bolton / USA Today
[3/14/20] Trish Regan and Kennedy on hiatus

[3/13/20] Between 160 million and 214 million people in the United States could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to a projection that encompasses the range of the four scenarios. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die.

The assumptions fueling those scenarios are mitigated by the fact that cities, states, businesses and individuals are beginning to take steps to slow transmission, even if some are acting less aggressively than others. The C.D.C.-led effort is developing more sophisticated models showing how interventions might decrease the worst-case numbers, though their projections have not been made public.

[3/13/20] House passes econonomic relief bill
[3/13/20] How the U.S. compares to other countries
[3/13/20] Trump declares national emergency
[3/13/20] The Trump presidency is over [The Atlantic]
[3/12/20] UFC plans to continue holding events
[3/12/20] NCAA cancels March Madness
[3/12/20] Major League Baseball suspends operations
[3/12/20] Will Trump administration response lead to worldwide Depression?
[3/12/20] California Disneyland temporarily closing
[3/12/20] Dow Jones sets record point drop
[3/12/20] Duke and Kansas suspends athletic activity
[3/11/20] Frank De Lima: Corona Corona
[3/11/20] Trump suspends travel from Europe to the United States
[3/11/20] NBA suspends season until further notice
[3/11/20] Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson test positive for Coronavirus
[3/11/20] Anthony Fauci basing statements on science undercutting Trump
[3/11/20] NCAA tournament to be played without fans
[3/11/20] New York's late night shows will drop live audiences
[3/11/20] Warriors will host Nets without fans in arena
[3/11/20] W.H.O. declares pandemic
[3/10/20] Morningstar's view
[3/10/20] Flattening the curve
[3/7/20] Bret Jensen's silver lining: won't be as bad as the flu season of 2018 (opinion)
[2/25/20] Connecticut’s senators call administrations response too little too late / Pelosi too
[2/14/20] Coronavirus myths (video)
[2/13/20] Will coronavirus go away in April?