Lasting Damage: Another 2,981,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the pandemic total to 36 million lost jobs. The unemployment rate is 15.7 percent and probably worse because a lot of people have been unable to get through to …

Warning Signs: Re-opening the country too soon could create a second wave of Covid-19 disease, the country’s top epidemiologist testified by video before Congress yesterday.   Speaking from his home to an eerily empty hearing room, Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “There is a …

In the House: In a display of the reach and threat of the coronavirus, three top members of the President’s coronavirus task force, including the epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, are in isolation after exposure to White House staffers who tested positive …

April Showers: A stunning 20.5 million jobs were lost in April and the US unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent. It’s a devastating situation not seen since the Great Depression.    In February, the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, a 50-year low.     By comparison …

Layoff: Another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment last week in the 7th week of crushing job loss caused by the coronavirus shutdown. This brings the total of job losses to more than 33 million.   Heaviest hit are the services industries including …

Mutant Ninja Virus: In a frightening pandemic development, scientists say they have identified a mutated strain of the coronavirus that is more contagious and has become the dominant strain of the virus.   The mutant strain also multiplies more quickly in the …

3,000: With at least 42 states loosening restrictions to stop the coronavirus, an internal Trump administration projection says the daily death toll in the US may reach 3,000 by June 1st, roughly double the current numbers, The NY Times reports.   By comparison, 1,248 …

Death’s Door: The death toll from the coronavirus in the US may reach as high as 100,000 people, President Trump said last night during an appearance on Fox News.   “We’re going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 people,” he said …

Herd Infection: The coronavirus is likely to keep spreading at least another 18 months to two years until 60 percent to 70 percent of the population has been infected, a team of US pandemic experts predicted in a report released this week.   “The …

What to Do Now: With the President’s guidelines expired, the states are wrestling today with when and how to let Americans return to restaurants, movie theaters, and shopping malls. Governors in at least 30 states are planning gradual re-openings.   Coronavirus infections …