Coronavirus Daily Information Update: 3 March 2020

HERE ARE TODAY'S links to what seem the most reliably informative (and therefore presumably useful) Internet reports on the rapidly spreading Coronavirus epidemic: 
 

Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9

Lack of preparedness puts US health care workers at greatest risk from coronavirus

A disconnect between Trump and health officials on virus

How the Senate Paved the Way for Coronavirus Profiteering, and How Congress Could Undo It

Governments skimp on funds to fight the coronavirus, open cash spigots for the banks

 

Asian stocks higher but Dow sinks 2.9% after rate cut fails to stem market's dread

Pence and Azar’s Coronavirus Media Tour Revealed That Their Main Concern Is Protecting Trump

This is a bit later than usual because I encountered a formatting problem -- obvious to anyone with a discerning eye -- that I gave up trying to solve after an effort of nearly two hours led to naught but failure. Hence the lack of descriptive commentary on the reports; hence too my apology.

LB/3 March 2020 22:15 PST

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