The Global Pandemic Is No April Fools Joke

Pandemic Profundity Podcast: As a new month starts, the number of coronavirus cases grows as fast as concerns about our government’s response

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Illustration by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020.

By Karen Weil and John Guzzon

Published April 1, 2020

As of today, the number of people with coronavirus worldwide stands at almost 930,000 (according to John Hopkins University data) — a few days ago, it was half that. The worldwide death count is more than 46,000, with some countries including the United States, Italy and China the hardest hit.

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are staying at home as a way to “flatten the curve” and stop the spread of a new virus that leads to COVID-19.

As we all adjust to what’s being called “the new normal,” will national political leadership be able to cope? (So far, especially when it comes to Donald J. Trump, the answer is “not really.”) In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss this, what U.S. Attorney General William Barr is proposing and the Keystone Pipeline.

The Global Pandemic Is No April Fools JokePODCAST

Item No. 1 — Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS CoV-2 Grips The World.
See data from Johns Hopkins.
California. Read more at The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona. Read more at FOX 10, KTAR, AZ Family.
United States. Read more at CNBC, CNN, Forbes, Sacramento Bee.

Item No. 2 — Other Things To Consider
Barr presents emergency legal plans. Read more at Politico, Fox News.
Keystone XL is still under construction. Read more at EcoWatch.