Mid-Beds MP Nadine Dorries becomes the first to be diagnosed with the Corona virus
Department of Health has confirmed to Sky News that health minister Nadine Dorries has tested positive for covid-19 — Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 10, 2020
Trump’s handling of the spread of coronavirus is costing him dear and making the situation in the US far worse
New Quinnipiac poll: By 56-40, Biden is seen as better than Trump in a crisis. Among independents, that's 59-33 (!) Among women, that's 63-32 (!!!) The poll is simply awful for Trump. Turns out he doesn't have magical chaos-spreading powers, after all:https://t.co/gM5vA5UTJq — Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) March 9, 2020 This is from a powerful piece by Brian Klaas in the Washington Post The rapidly worsening coronavirus outbreak is President Trump’s Chernobyl. By putting dangerous myths above objective facts, Trump has turned…
Don’t fear the reaper. How Covid-19 will change us
It’s coming. A month ago, Covid-19 was just a news story from China. No longer. It is rife in Iran and Italy, the USA seems barely to have a handle on the scale of the problem it is facing and there have been cases on six continents. Britain has had its first deaths from the disease. It is practically certain to see many more. There is good news. It doesn’t seem as though we’re all going to die. Not of Covid-19…
UK total up 47 to 163
Coronavirus: 47 new cases confirmed – taking UK total to 163 https://t.co/kqwvbw7xPU — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 6, 2020 While the worldwide total tops 100k Mike Smithson