Saturday, April 04, 2020

While Trump fiddled


One thousand deaths due to covid-19 were reported in the US yesterday, 300 of them here in New York City. And infections are reaching into every part of the land and city, though not at the same rates. Inadequate testing means we're far from knowing how many people are affected but it's clear that, while people of every age and class are dying, the toll will be highest in the most vulnerable populations.