Coronavirus: US Navy removes Captain Brett Crozier who raised alarm

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52145230

 

The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has been removed after saying the US Navy was not doing enough to halt a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier.

But acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said the commander "exercised extremely poor judgement".

On Thursday, Mr Modly told reporters that Capt Crozier was being fired for allegedly leaking the letter to the media.

He said the letter "created the impression the Navy was not responding to his questions".

"It creates the perception the Navy is not on the job; the government is not on the job. That's just not true."

Trump passes the buck as deadly ventilator shortage looms

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/donald-trump-ventilators-leadership-coronavirus/index.html

Navarro said the President had ordered General Motors to manufacture ventilators in "Trump time -- which is as fast as possible," even though the President rebuffed calls for weeks from critics to fully utilize the Defense Production Act to surge their manufacture. On Monday, the President said that Ford had agreed to repurpose production lines to build 50,000 ventilators in 100 days.

"Trump time" is not going to be fast enough for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said on Thursday his state has about six days at the current "burn rate" of ventilators.

"It's very simple: A person comes into the ICU unit. They need the ventilator, or they die. It's that basic proposition," Cuomo said during a CNN town hall on the coronavirus.

Cuomo said the state had bought 17,000 ventilators but they have yet to be delivered because they are coming from China and 50 states and the federal government are competing for the equipment. New York has only 4,000 ventilators in the state, Cuomo said.

"Obviously, nobody would say that this was the best way to do it," Cuomo said, "to have 50 states compete, but that's where we are."

 

DeSantis risked the lives of Floridians

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/02/opinions/desantis-risked-the-lives-of-floridians-louis/index.html

Despite surging numbers of fatalities in New York and Washington and a rising tide of Florida editorial boards demanding action, DeSantis did not issue a statewide stay-at-home order until April 1. That made Florida the last state with more than 5,000 coronavirus cases to implement a statewide shutdown.

"Unlike some other governors, DeSantis ignored the obvious for too long, and Floridians likely are sicker for it," the Miami Herald said in a scathing editorial. "His statewide essential-services-only order, though welcome, is indeed, too late."

On March 22, the same editorial board has issued another action under the pointed headline: "Coronavirus is killing us in Florida, Gov. DeSantis. Act like you give a damn."

 

Jewish doctor urges Israel to follow his off-label coronavirus treatment

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/jewish-doctor-urges-israel-to-follow-his-off-label-coronavirus-treatment-623355

  Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, a Jewish family medical practitioner from Monroe, New York, who claims to have an off-label treatment for the  coronavirus, sent a letter on Wednesday to Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov, urging him to follow his protocol.

 While some anecdotal studies indicated that these drugs might be effective, other doctors have criticized Dr. Zelenko’s protocol, saying that more research is needed, and warned about the drug's side effects. Another point of criticism was that not all of Zelenko’s patients were formally diagnosed with COVID-19 because of a shortage of tests. 

 “He reports that after a follow-up period of eight days, there have been no deaths, no incubation and only four hospitalizations,” Dr. Dinerstein added. “So there you have it, a bunch of patients, no firm diagnostic information, no ages, no co-morbidities, and a follow-up period that is several days shy of adequate. Could he be right? Perhaps, but this report doesn't clarify.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-vladimir-zelenko-hydroxychloroquine-cure-20200402-s4rwdsfi5ncx7oyxoiwgmoml7y-story.html

 Zelenko’s treatment arrived at a useful moment for Trump and his media supporters, who have at times appeared more interested in discussing miracle cures than testing delays or ventilator shortages.

Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, quickly promoted Zelenko’s claims on his TV and radio shows. Mark Meadows, the incoming White House chief of staff, called Zelenko to ask about his treatment plan. And Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, praised him in a podcast interview this week for “thinking of solutions, just like the president.”

Few people have been as hopeful about hydroxychloroquine as Trump, who has enthusiastically promoted it for weeks as “very effective” and possibly “the biggest game changer in the history of medicine” —even as health experts have cautioned that more research and testing are needed.

In virus epicenter NYC, disaster guru puts blame squarely on Trump White House

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-virus-epicenter-nyc-disaster-guru-puts-blame-squarely-on-trump-white-house/

 I think President Trump continues to be talking about the preposterous idea that somehow the state and city do not know what they need,” Redlener said. “He keeps questioning the needs expressed by the city.” He called the president’s recent consideration of a mandatory quarantine for New York “kind of an inappropriate suggestion” and said that he was happy the president decided not to go through with the idea.

What the Nurses See: Bronx Hospital Reels as Coronavirus Swamps New York

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-nurses-see-bronx-hospital-reels-as-coronavirus-swamps-new-york-11585702641

The pandemic has hit the borough hard, and Christina Norstein has witnessed things she never has before

why was Rivka afraid of her husband - two views

העמק דבר בראשית פרק כד פסוק סד
(סד) ותשא רבקה וגו' ותרא את יצחק. בעודו עומד ומתפלל והי' אז כמלאך אלהים נורא מאד, וכמבואר ברבה שראתה ידיו שטוחות בתפלה, על כן נבעתה מאד:
ותפל מעל הגמל. מרוב פחד ואימה, אמנם לא ידעה ממי היא מתפחדת, ואלו לא היתה יושבת עם העבד על גמל אחד, והיתה יושבת מאחוריו עד שראתה שאח"כ האיש הולך לקראת העבד ועומד ומדבר עמו ככל אדם, והי' דעתה מתקרר בתוך כך, עד שבהודעה אח"כ מי הוא האיש הי' כבר סר הפחד ממנה, אבל בהיותה יושבת עם העבד, ובתוך הפחד שאלה את העבד:
העמק דבר בראשית פרק כד פסוק סה
(סה) ותאמר אל העבד. אחר שפסק מתפלה, וראתה שאותו האיש שנתפעלה ממנו הולך לקראתם, על כן שאלה, מי האיש הלזה. אשר אני מתפעל ומפחד ממנו, וכמבואר בב"ר על לשון הלזה, משמעו אדם מאוים ונורא, על כן כששמעה ממנו שהוא אישה, ותקח הצעיף ותתכס. מרוב פחד ובושה כמו שמבינה שאינה ראויה להיות לו לאשה, ומאז והלאה נקבע בלבה פחד ממנו, ולא היתה עם יצחק כמו שרה עם אברהם, ורחל עם יעקב, אשר בהיות להם איזה קפידא עליהם או שינוי דעה לא בושו לדבר רתת לפניהם, משא"כ רבקה. וכל זה הקדמה להסיפור שיבוא בפרשת תולדות שהיו יצחק ורבקה מחולקים בדעות, ומכ"מ לא מצאה רבקה לב להעמיד את יצחק על דעתה בדברים נכוחים כי היא יודעת האמת כי עשו רק ציד בפיו, וכן בשעת הברכות, וכל זה הי' סיבה מהקב"ה שיגיעו הברכות ליעקב דוקא באותו האופן וכאשר יבואר במקומו טעם הדבר, ואלו היתה רבקה עם אישה כמו שרה ורחל עם אנשיהן, לא הי' מגיע בזה האופן, והכל בהשגחה פרטית מראש שתגיע רבקה ליצחק בשעה שתבהל ממנו, ויצא אחרית דבר כפי רצונו ית':

מדרש אגדה (בובר) בראשית פרשת חיי שרה פרק כד סימן סד
ותפל מעל הגמל. נפילה ממש, ובאותה נפילה איבדה בתוליה

 ילקוט שמעוני תורה פרשת חיי שרה רמז קט
ותפול מעל הגמל [כ"ד, ס"ד] לפי שראתה ברוח הקדש שעתיד לצאת ממנו עשו הרשע נזדעזעה ונעשית מוכת עץ ויצא ממנה דם בתולים מיד אמר הקדוש ברוך הוא לגבריאל רד ושמור את הדם שלא יסריח ולא יהיה בו מום בא יצחק עליה ולא מצא לה בתולים חשדה מאליעזר אמר לה בתולותיך היכן הן אמרה לו כשנפלתי מן הגמל נעשיתי מוכת עץ אמר לה שקר את מדברת אלא אליעזר פגע בך ונשבעה לו שלא נגע בה הלכו ומצאו העץ צבוע דם מיד ידע יצחק שהיא טהורה אמר הקדוש ברוך הוא מה אעשה לעבד הזה שהיה חשוד אמר למלאכי השרת הכניסוהו חי בגן עדן הוא אליעזר בן נמרוד והוא תמיה גדולה יצחק יצא מגן עדן חי ואליעזר נכנס לגן עדן חי:

Pakistan overturns murder conviction in Daniel Pearl slaying

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pakistan-overturns-death-sentence-for-briton-convicted-over-daniel-pearl-murder/

  A Pakistani court Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Instead, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

In January 2011, a report released by the Pearl Project at Georgetown University following an investigation into his death made chilling revelations, claiming that the wrong men were convicted for Pearl’s murder.

The investigation, led by Pearl’s friend and former Wall Street Journal colleague Asra Nomani and a Georgetown University professor, claimed the reporter was murdered by Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 2001 attacks, not Sheikh.

Trump's Covid-19 reelection strategy

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/opinions/trump-covid-19-response-reelection-strategy-lockhart/index.html

All of this confirms that while the president was slow off the mark to respond to the pandemic, he was always working off a political plan that had his reelection as the top priority.

In January and February his administration didn't see a political benefit in getting out ahead of this. In late March as the cases grew, that changed. But judging from his actions, it's still politics and reelection that are largely driving his response.

 

Boston Globe Editorial Board: Trump 'Has Blood On His Hands' | The Last Word | MSNBC

National Stockpile Of Emergency Equipment Nearly Gone, Trump Says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marleycoyne/2020/04/01/national-stockpile-of-emergency-equipment-nearly-gone-according-to-report/#119de12f88be

 Topline: The national stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, masks and gowns needed to shield healthcare workers from coronavirus exposure, is nearly gone, Trump said Wednesday—an increasingly dire problem as the number of reported infections swells to 200,000 nationwide.

 

Maddow: Lack Of US National Coronavirus Policy Is Insane. And Fatal. | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Aircraft Carrier Capt. Begs Navy For Help As 93 Sailors Test Positive For COVID-19 | All In | MSNBC

Cuomo to Dr. Gupta: You were right about this Covid-19 symptom

הידבקות ליצמן: הרבי מגור, נתניהו וראש המוסד - לבידוד

https://www.kikar.co.il/354179.html

לאחר חצות לילה הודיעו בלשכת שר הבריאות כי השר ורעייתו חלו בקורונה וצמרת המדינה נכנסה לסחרחורת • ראש הממשלה וראשי מערכת הבריאות ייכנסו לבידוד, כך גם גם האדמו"ר מגור

Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman and wife diagnosed with coronavirus

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Health-Minister-Yaacvov-Litzman-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-623267

 Health minister Ya'acov Litzman and his wife have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and will go into home-quarantine, according to a spokesperson for the Health Ministry.

"The health minister is feeling well," a statement by the Health Ministry informed the public on Thursday. 

 An epidemiological investigation is being carried out, and messages will be sent to those who came into contact with Litzman and are required to enter isolation. It is expected that the head of the National Security Council Meir Ben-Shabbat and Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov, as well as several other senior officials, will be asked to home-quarantine.

Haredim have finally begun embracing social distancing. Why did it take so long?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-have-finally-begun-embracing-social-distancing-why-did-it-take-so-long/

Information took too long to filter into the insular ultra-Orthodox world, and some key rabbis didn’t grasp the pandemic danger. Now Israel braces for the consequences of the delay

 

Pence blames China and CDC for any delay in Covid-19 response

Pelosi responds to claim that impeachment distracted Trump from virus

Experts do an about-face, begin recommending masks to fight coronavirus

https://www.jpost.com/International/Experts-do-an-about-face-begin-recommending-masks-to-fight-coronavirus-623166

 'If, in fact, a person who may or may not be infected wants to prevent infecting somebody else, the best way to do that is with a mask. Perhaps that's the way to go.'

 The World Health Organization stood by its position that masks should not be used by healthy members of the public because they are "commonly misused." Wearing a mask could provide a false sense of security and cause people to become lax with other important hygiene measures. Removing a mask so it doesn't cover your nose or touching the outside of the mask can make it less effective, according to the WHO.

 

Netanyahu: Wear masks in public

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278155

Prime Minister Netanyahu said tonight that he is working to curb the Corona pandemic, "We are all putting in a huge effort day and night to overcome the virus."

He announced new movement restrictions on the Bnei Brak area.

"I instructed all the offices to provide special assistance to the city of Bnei Brak. We decided to reduce to the minimum necessary entry and exit from the city."

"It is for the good of their lives and for the lives of all Israeli citizens. This is a time for mutual responsibility among all the state's citizens."

The prime minister also added the duty of wearing masks in public. "We ask the citizens of Israel to wear masks in the public domain. If you don't have a mask, use a scarf or any other covering that will reduce the possibility of infecting others."

 

What Explains The Bump In Trump’s Approval Ratings?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-explains-the-bump-in-trumps-approval-ratings/

Trump may be experiencing what political scientists call the “rally-around-the-flag” effect, when national leaders temporarily get more popular amid international crises. Usually, you hear about people rallying around the flag after terrorist attacks or outbreaks of war, but the coronavirus pandemic could qualify in that it too poses an imminent threat to American safety. “When a country is faced with a common threat that touches everybody, there is a tendency to unify and to look toward the leader,” Shoon Murray, a political scientist who has studied the rally-around-the-flag effect, told FiveThirtyEight. “The sense of emergency is now so high and widespread that it’s possible people could rally around the president if he was perceived as taking steps in a nonpartisan way to mitigate the crisis.”

Despite Trump’s solid approval numbers on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans aren’t as enthusiastic about it as residents of some other countries are about their leaders’ responses. That could explain why Trump’s overall approval rating hasn’t risen nearly as much as some other world leaders’. According to Morning Consult, Trump’s net approval rating rose 5 percentage points from March 11 (the day the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic) to March 24,¹ ranking sixth among the nine major world leaders Morning Consult polled. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau all experienced increases of more than 20 points in their net approval ratings.

Israel’s chief rabbis say Passover Seder can’t be held via videoconference

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-chief-rabbis-say-passover-seder-cant-be-held-via-videoconference/

The Chief Rabbinate on Tuesday issued guidelines for Passover in the age of coronavirus, saying it was not permitted to hold the traditional Seder by videoconference and dismissing a previous ruling by several rabbis who said it was allowed.

In what may have been one of the boldest rulings issued on technology in recent years, 14 Sephardic Orthodox rabbis in Israel last week declared that families may conduct their shared Seder over videoconference, despite Orthodox religious law normally banning the use of electronic devices on Shabbat and festivals.

 

They also wrote that prayers should be held alone and at home, without a “minyan” [quorum of 10 worshipers]. However, they said each congregation should announce a specific time for everyone to start the prayer.

The chief rabbis said “mikveh” ritual baths for women would remain open and that they were under strict supervision regarding cleanliness and disinfection. Ritual baths for men are closed.

Prominent rabbi: Media trying to ‘slur’ Haredim in coronavirus reports

https://www.timesofisrael.com/prominent-rabbi-media-trying-to-slur-haredim-in-coronavirus-reports/

The Israeli media is trying to “slur” Haredim by creating the impression that they are responsible for spreading the coronavirus, a prominent Jerusalem rabbi claimed. 

“It’s one big lie from the media,” Nachum Eisenstein said, arguing that the phenomenon of Haredim flouting coronavirus rules is being exaggerated, while violations by others, such as beachgoers, are being downplayed.

 

Judge rules lawsuit alleging Trump threatened free press can move forward

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/489400-judge-rules-lawsuit-alleging-trump-threatened-free-press-can-move-forward

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that some of the claims in a literary advocacy group's lawsuit against President Trump over his threats to retaliate against critical media coverage can proceed. 
U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield wrote in a 24-page opinion that PEN America had a "constitutional standing" to pursue claims for declaratory relief against Trump's practice of "selectively barring access" to the White House press corps, including by "revoking or threatening to revoke press credentials due to hostility to the reporters’ speech."
Schofield also ruled that the case could proceed on allegations that Trump revoked or threatened to revoke security clearances for government officials he dislikes. 

Schofield noted that PEN America's claims against Trump had merit, given that the White House has a history of barring press access and that it revoked CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta's credentials in November 2018. Acosta's press pass was later reinstated, though the development caused former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to release new guidelines for reporters.

 

The only place where Israelis are gathering to party: Virus quarantine hotels

https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-only-place-where-israelis-are-gathering-to-party-virus-quarantine-hotels/

With country locked down, social media footage shows patients making the most of their situation, dismissing criticism: ‘Being sad will not help’

Funeral of hardline rabbi’s wife obeys virus rules despite prediction of crowds

https://www.timesofisrael.com/funeral-of-hardline-rabbis-wife-obeys-virus-rules-despite-prediction-of-crowds/

Police said to reach agreement with leaders of Jerusalem Faction, whose members days ago defied orders, that burial would adhere to directives preventing large gatherings

 

Trump says he wouldn't have acted differently on coronavirus without impeachment

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490503-trump-says-he-wouldnt-have-acted-differently-on-coronavirus-without

 

President Trump said Tuesday that he would not have acted differently or more quickly in addressing the coronavirus if he weren’t impeached by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.

“I don’t think I would have done any better if I had not been impeached,” Trump told reporters in the White House briefing room Tuesday evening. “I don’t think I would have acted any differently, or I don’t think I would have acted any faster.”

Trump was asked whether impeachment diverted his or his team’s attention from the coronavirus, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) earlier Tuesday blamed Democrats for distracting the federal government from the outbreak because of the push to impeach the president.

 

https://time.com/5813628/china-coronavirus-statistics-wuhan/

If you believe the Chinese authorities, the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus is all but won. But that claim is clouded by a fog of skewed data, political imperatives—and unreported cases and possibly deaths.

 

Mikvah-peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel set to be released early from prison

https://www.jta.org/quick-reads

 Rabbi Barry Freundel, a once-prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi in Washington, D.C., who was convicted for secretly videotaping women in his synagogue’s mikvah, is scheduled to be released early from prison.

First, however, an assistant U.S. attorney is asking his victims whether they object to Freundel getting his freedom before his scheduled release on April 15 because the coronavirus is accelerating the release of prisoners.

That's extraordinary.' Cooper reacts to what Trump told governors

Acosta to Trump: This may be an uncomfortable question ...

הגרי"ג אדלשטיין: תפילה במניין - זה חטא; בפסח - שבו לבד

https://www.kikar.co.il/353926.html

לאור המצב הקשה בהתפשטות נגיף ה'קורונה', ראש הישיבה הגאון רבי גרשון אדלשטיין, נשא הערב (שלישי) משא מיוחד בו הזהיר מפני תפילה במניין; באשר לליל הסדר - אסר לארח ולהתארח (חרדים)

 

Inside Trump's Coronavirus Theatrics on War Powers, Ventilators and GM

https://time.com/5813277/trump-emergency-powers-gm-coronavirus-theatrics/

But if Trump’s Friday performance conveyed urgency and action, four days later, neither is anywhere in evidence. Despite the tough talk and the invocation of presidential powers, Trump and his team by midday on Tuesday had yet to formally file a single order for a GM-made ventilator. While negotiations were ongoing, they had set no mandatory timeline for delivery of the machines, or even suggested a voluntary one. And they had not informed GM of what prices the federal government will pay for the machines under Trump’s executive order. For its part, GM has continued following the plan to produce ventilators that it had discussed with the White House for weeks prior to Trump’s order, a plan that was already well underway when he issued it, according to documents reviewed by TIME.

Whatever the logic behind Trump’s public statements about GM and his use of emergency powers, the company maintains that Trump’s tough talk resulted in no change from the Mar. 23 plan they presented to his government. After his Mar. 27 statements, on Sunday, Trump was asked at the White House how negotiations GM were going since he invoked DPA two days earlier. Although nothing had changed, he responded that the automaker was now doing a “fantastic job.”

 

Reporting from coronavirus-stricken Crown Heights

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278093

Crown Heights resident David Cromby says that almost every home has someone infected and tells of special Torah scroll being written.

 

Why Is Germany's Coronavirus Death Rate So Low?

https://time.com/5812555/germany-coronavirus-deaths/

According to experts, Germany’s case fatality rate is so low due to its widespread testing. “In some countries only very symptomatic cases are tested (e.g. in Italy) and in others a broader testing strategy is done (e.g. in Germany),” writes Dr. Dietrich Rothenbacher, the director of the Institute for Epidemiology at Ulm University in Germany, in an email to TIME. That means that while Germany is currently the country with the fifth-most infections in the world, chances are that it has fewer unreported cases than many other countries, where testing is harder to come by.

 

McConnell: Impeachment trial 'diverted' attention from coronavirus crisis in China

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/mcconnell-impeachment-coronavirus/index.html

 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested on Tuesday that the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump distracted the US government from the growing coronavirus crisis in China.

In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, McConnell said that the crisis "came up while we were tied down in the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything, every day was all about impeachment."

 

Why is the Health Ministry preventing 20,000 daily coronavirus tests?

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Why-is-the-Health-Ministry-preventing-20000-daily-coronavirus-checks-623058

It’s been three weeks since news broke that the Weizmann Institute can conduct so many COVID-19 checks – so why isn’t it? "This can be the game changer Israel needs to combat the virus."

History's verdict on Trump will be devastating

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/30/opinions/history-verdict-on-trump-devastating-dantonio
/index.html

After a lifetime devoted to avoiding responsibility and accountability -- for his lies, his deceptions, his hype, and his cruelty -- President Donald Trump has met his match in the pandemic of 2020. His bluff and bluster are powerless as thousands of Americans die and the blame falls, in part, on his failure to heed the warnings and execute a robust national response. This occurred even though a pandemic playbook had been left behind by the Obama administration. Early in the crisis, Trump said "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming from China. It's going to be just fine." Weeks were wasted and now the price of this fiasco will likely be a loss of life far greater than 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina.

Kellyanne humiliated BY FOX NEWS as her defense of Trump backfires ON AIR

Democrats Are Being Much, Much More Careful About the Coronavirus Than Republicans

https://slate.com/business/2020/03/democrats-republicans-coronavirus-trump.html

There’s been a fair bit of polling showing that, in general, Democrats were much more concerned about the threat of the coronavirus than Republicans, who were presumably taking their early, lax cues from the White House and Fox News. Now, a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Democrats have generally been taking more precautionary measures as the pandemic burns on, suggesting that the differences in outlook may also be having real-world, public health consequences.

 

Cabinet approves new coronavirus restrictions

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278045

The Cabinet on Monday night approved the new emergency regulations in a way that would further restrict the civilian population as part of the efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus.

Forty-four rabbis in diaspora have died since coronavirus outbreak

https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Forty-four-rabbis-in-diaspora-have-passed-since-coronavirus-outbreak-623010

  Forty-four rabbis have died as a result of coronavirus, most of them located in the New York City metropolitan area. While the majority of the rabbis came from the Orthodox Jewish community, there is one known case of a Reform rabbi who passed away as a result of coronavirus.

Shaping the truth:Danon: UN must condemn Abbas’s false charge that IDF is spreading COVID-19

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Danon-UN-must-condemn-Abbas-false-charge-that-IDF-spreading-COVID-19-623025

“At this time, despite Israel's aid to the Palestinian Authority, we hear inciting comments coming from the Palestinian prime minister, who accuses IDF soldiers of spreading coronavirus to the PA,” Danon said. “There is no place for such senseless statements by the leadership of the PA. The UN must condemn these remarks.”

Coronavirus: US death rates v China, Italy and South Korea

Residents of ultra-Orthodox cities diverted from ER of major Israeli hospital

https://www.timesofisrael.com/residents-of-ultra-orthodox-cities-diverted-from-er-of-major-israeli-hospital/

Arriving at Sheba Medical Center, people from virus hotspots Bnei Brak, Modiin Illit and Elad reportedly to be taken straight to side area for treatment, unlike rest of population

 

Acosta reads Trump his past remarks downplaying virus

The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/trump-coronavirus-politics-us-health-disaster

“The US response will be studied for generations as a textbook example of a disastrous, failed effort,” Ron Klain, who spearheaded the fight against Ebola in 2014, told a Georgetown university panel recently. “What’s happened in Washington has been a fiasco of incredible proportions.”

 

Nancy Pelosi: Trump fiddles as people are dying

Trump's self-congratulatory presence marks stark contrast with death toll

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-2020-election/index.html

The comment suggested that at the end of a national disaster that has been exacerbated by his leadership failings, he will bill himself as a victorious wartime President who rescued many Americans from death.