We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best (most interesting, weirdest) articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.
Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.
If we were religious we'd wonder if coronavirus were a biblical plague sent to punish the kind of people who are wishing death and disease on peaceful protesters asking for freedom of assembly and the right to earn a living. The hard hit areas do seem to be full of such people, perhaps in part because they were fans of government mass transit, which seems to be a vector for infection.
1) PornHub creates website on how to wash your hands. (WeAreSocialMedia)
3) Hydroxychloroquine death may be homicide. (FreeBeacon)
4) Poorer, unbanked people are having trouble getting coronavirus stimulus checks. (ProPublica)
5) The Supreme Court begins streaming proceedings as a socially distanced alternative to allowing people into its gallery. (reason)
6) Taxpayers filing jointly with immigrant spouses having trouble getting stimulus funds. (Common Dreams)
7) A major strike of delivery people is planned for May 1. (The Intercept)
9) Media ignore New York state's policy that infected nursing home residents. (The Federalist)
10) Who is more foolish, President Trump or the media covering his press conferences? (National Review)
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