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So, to recap, in the wealthiest country in the world by far, which has more than enough money to protect its citizenry from this virus but has chosen not to allocate that money wisely (or not at all), and whose federal response to this thing has been **** poor from the outset, we should now...

Uhhh... >40% of the US population is obese. ~15% of the US population is 65 and older. Those populations interact with the everyone else on a daily basis. And it’s not “just the flu” for everyone else. Early indications are that this thing takes a lot longer to recover from, and can have...

Positive cases do matter. Deaths and icu beds aren’t the only concerns. As positive cases increase, the chances of spread to vulnerable populations also increases. And we have no idea of the long-term health implications of this virus, but early indications are that even young people can...

Uh, you can’t isolate everyone over the age of 65. That’s about 50 million people in the US. They interact with younger people all the time. They teach in schools and universities. Many of them have jobs. They go to bars and restaurants. They are in the same environments as everyone else. So...