ABC7
— U.S. jobs report shows 16.6M Americans applied for unemployment since
coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/finance/us-jobs-report-shows-166m-applied-for-unemployment-in-3-weeks/6089323/
NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Cases: A Look at the Numbers by ZIP Code
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-cases-a-look-at-the-numbers-by-zip-code/2252635/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New coronavirus prediction for Illinois: Fewer deaths, earlier peak – Joe
Mahr
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-peak-illinois-new-projection-20200409-45rjws77kzch5hdehlqbq3cjai-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s ‘super-spreader’ — How COVID-19 raced through meals, funeral hugs,
a birthday party and a church collection plate A Chicago cluster that included
three deaths underscores the need for social distancing, according to the CDC.
– Jon Seidel and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/8/21214375/super-spreader-coronavirus-spread-chicago-patients-deaths-cdc-covid-19
— UN health agency on defensive after Trump slams it on virus “We’re now still
in an acute phase of the pandemic. This is not the time to cut back on
funding,” Dr. Hans Kluge told reporters, but ignored a question about whether
European nations could help mop up any funding gaps. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/8/21213731/un-health-agency-on-defensive-after-trump-slams-it-on-virus-coronavirus-covid-19-washington
— Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus People fleeing
violence and poverty to seek refuge in the U.S. are whisked to the nearest
border crossing and returned to Mexico without a chance to apply for asylum. –
AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214969/trump-shuts-down-asylum-at-us-borders-to-fight-virus-coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-border
— HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted The Department
of Health and Human Services told The Associated Press Wednesday that the
federal stockpile was in the process of deploying all remaining personal
protective equipment in its inventory. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214926/hhs-federal-stocks-protective-equipment-depleted-ppe-coronavirus-covid-19-medical-supplies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Census response rates align with income data for south suburban communities
– TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-census-response-rates-st-0409-20200408-jodblpo3avgafn3hh2l5yaj54u-story.html
— The Navy secretary’s subservience couldn’t save him – Steve Chapman
(DIERSEN: The operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents are
“shameless toadies.” I should write a book about them. I would focus
on those shameless toadies who have lots of religious, government, political,
and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and
Illinois.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-navy-secretary-trump-roosevelt-chapman-20200407-kyughqkpxjc3xctm5oxd7qhodm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
trick to surviving in Donald Trump’s administration is being a shameless toady,
willing at any moment to lavish praise on the president. But acting Navy
Secretary Thomas Modly found that staying on Trump’s good side can be
impossibly tricky. He resigned Tuesday in the apparent realization that his
strenuous self-abasement was not enough to appease the president.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: India’s free press attacked by Modi – Vindu Goel,
Jeffrey Gettleman and Saumya Khandelwal
https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/2020/04/03/under-modi-indias-press-is-not-so-free-anymore
— Is America a roaring giant or crying baby? – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-america-roaring-giant-hanson-20200408-yo6i4sdaxvhqnbavnwni3p57bq-story.html
— Lightfoot’s liquor curfew might rile some, but she’s doing the right thing –
John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-coronavirus-lightfoot-liquor-stores-kass-20200409-q6waa37gpfhq3bzpmwz5r67wii-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Those who ignore distancing put everyone else at risk – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200409/editorial-those-who-ignore-distancing-put-everyone-else-at-risk
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Can we trust ‘Fair Tax’ if we don’t have Fair Maps? – Editorial (DIERSEN:
What do you say to the many fair map promoters who want districts to be drawn
that give even more preference to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant,
anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White,
anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German
Americans, anti-0draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time?)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20200408/editorial-can-we-trust-fair-tax-if-we-dont-have-fair-maps
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Medical fight isn’t only one on local doctor Pliura’s plate – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/coronavirus/jim-dey-medical-fight-isn-t-only-one-on-local-doctors-plate/article_55670388-a50a-5d15-be12-bd24775a115c.html
WREX
— Rise in unemployment creates a unique burden for the economy
https://wrex.com/2020/04/08/rise-in-unemployment-creates-a-unique-burden-for-the-economy/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois receives more than $52M from CARES Act
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-receives-more-than-52m-from-cares-act
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats debate how to hit Trump on virus, economy amid crisis – AP
(DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs have blamed Trump, are blaming Trump,
and will increasingly blame Trump for coronavirus and for everything else that
is bad. I should write a book about how RINOs, their operatives, and their
dupes who have blamed me, are blaming me, and will forever blame me for the
problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: Milton
Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee,
Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political
Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dems-debate-how-to-hit-trump-on-virus-economy-amid-crisis
CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater blames Trump for John Prine’s death.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/john-prine-obituary-covid-coronavirus-holstein-fulks/Content?oid=79109489
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Businesses Rack Up $120,000 In Fines To City For Not Following Stay At Home
Order “We encourage and we plead with businesses to do the right thing
because the last thing you want is to have more violations on the record.”
– Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/08/businesses-rack-up-120000-in-fines-to-city-for-not-following-stay-at-home-order/
CENTER SQUARE
— Cities across Illinois consider civil fines to stack on top of possible
criminal charges for violating governor’s stay-at-home order – Greg Bishop
(DIERSEN: What is your municipality considering?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/cities-across-illinois-consider-civil-fines-to-stack-on-top-of-possible-criminal-charges-for/article_84e81a80-79dd-11ea-bb30-074b68994d82.html
WIREPOINTS
— Here are the details on COVID-19 hospitalization numbers Illinois should
have collected and published weeks ago – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/here-are-the-details-on-covid-19-hospitalization-numbers-illinois-should-have-collected-and-published-weeks-ago-wirepoints/
— With Not a Dime of Spending Cuts Anywhere, Illinois Banking on Federal
Bailout – Quicktake (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats take the lead in America, if
not the world, in promoting hatred against Trump.)
https://wirepoints.org/with-not-a-dime-of-spending-cuts-anywhere-illinois-banking-on-federal-bailout-quicktake/
— “It’s time for shared sacrifice in Illinois” – Ted Dabrowski
(DIERSEN: Has your income and/or your net worth not gone down dramatically yet
because of coronavirus? Have your expenses not gone up dramatically yet because
of coronavirus? What do you say to those who want to take your income and/or
your net worth away from you and give that money to those who have been harmed
by coronavirus? What about due process? (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process )
To defeat Trump, will Democrats promise to use government a) to take money away
from those who have not been dramatically harmed by coronavirus and b) to give
that money to those who have been dramatically harmed by coronavirus? To
determine how much money government should transfer, who it should take that
money from, and to who it should give that money, will government require
everyone in America to complete forms that disclose a) their income, b) their
expenses, c) their financial, real estate, and other assets, d) their debts,
and e) exactly how much coronavirus has impacted them financially?)
https://wirepoints.org/its-time-for-shared-sacrifice-in-illinois-ted-dabrowski-on-the-illinois-channel/
CAPITOL FAX
— 6.6 million new jobless claims
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/66-million-new-jobless-claims/
— National stockpile runs dry as feds stop supporting drive-through sites
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/national-stockpile-runs-dry-as-feds-stop-supporting-drive-through-sites/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Poor harder hit by virus – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/letters-editor-poor-harder-hit-virus/
— Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/9/trump-quietly-shuts-down-asylum-at-us-borders-to-f/
— Immigrants seize pandemic as opportunity to prove worth to U.S. economy –
Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Immigrant advocates stress that immigrants are happy to
take jobs that many Americans would not stoop to take, jobs like I took doing
yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966;
cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering
mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard
in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971;
pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing
federal agencies 1980-1997. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives,
and their dupes would never stoop to take any of the aforesaid jobs. I should
write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/immigrants-coronavirus-pandemic-essential-economy/
BREITBART
— Open Borders Lobby Sees COVID-19 as Sick Opportunity to Paint Immigration
Enforcement in Negative Light – DAVID KAY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/exclusive-ray-open-borders-lobby-sees-covid-19-as-sick-opportunity-to-paint-immigration-enforcement-in-negative-light/
— Progressives Want Coronavirus Bailout for Illegal Immigration – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/04/08/progressives-urge-coronavirus-bailout-for-illegal-immigration/
— Immigrants Self-Deporting from U.S. to Avoid Possible Coronavirus Infection
– JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/immigrants-self-deporting-from-u-s-to-avoid-possible-coronavirus-infection/
— WHO Chief: Don’t Politicize Coronavirus ‘If You Don’t Want to Have Many More
Body Bags’ – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/who-trump-coronavirus-body-bags/
GOPUSA
— Coverup? Only Males, Females Being Reported As Victims Of Coronavirus
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87284
— Biden’s ‘Return To Normalcy’ Message Doesn’t Appeal To Young Progressives
(DIERSEN: Young progressives want Biden to use the federal government to get
rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies,
governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative,
patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners,
German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America
for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87319
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE CORONAVIRUS: TRUMP’S MEDICAL ADVICE WAS CONTRADICTORY, INCONSISTENT —
AND WRONG – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-coronavirus-trumps-medical-advice-was-contradictory-inconsistent-and-wrong/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mayor Lightfoot: A Modern-Day Marie Antoinette – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/08/mayor_lightfoot_a_modern-day_marie_antoinette_142893.html
CNS NEWS
— Trump: We Have to Be on the Downside of the Slope to Reopen the Country –
Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/trump-we-have-be-downside-slope-reopen-country
DAILY WIRE
— AG Barr: When Pandemic Ends, Americans Will Realize Trump Saved A Lot Of
Lives By Closing Border – Editorial
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-when-pandemic-ends-americans-will-realize-trump-saved-a-lot-of-lives-by-closing-border
DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Sanders: Trump Isn’t To Blame For Coronavirus – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/08/bernie-sanders-trump-blame-coronavirus/
PJ MEDIA
— Majority of Americans Support November Mail-In Ballots if Pandemic Lingers –
RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/majority-says-they-support-november-mail-in-ballots-if-pandemic-lingers/
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger to Newsmax TV: Coronavirus Pandemic Not Comparable to
War (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who advise Kinzinger to dump Trump to
get reelected?)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kinzinger-cove-19-coronavirus/2020/04/07/id/961828/
TOWNHALL
— Liberal Nonsense Is Looking Dumber Than Ever Now – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/04/09/liberal-nonsense-is-looking-dumber-than-ever-now-n2566597
EPOCH TIMES
— Next on Trump’s Agenda: Economic Rebirth – Conrad Black
https://www.theepochtimes.com/next-on-trumps-agenda-economic-rebirth_3303677.html
THE HILL
— Mnuchin says he thinks US businesses could reopen in May – MORGAN CHALFANT
(DIERSEN: How many businesses that employed how many people will never reopen?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491968-mnuchin-says-he-thinks-us-businesses-could-reopen-in-may
— Pandemic sparks partisan brawl over voting by mail – JONATHAN EASLEY AND
MAGGIE MILLER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/491862-pandemic-sparks-partisan-brawl-over-voting-by-mail
— Sanders’s influence endures as campaign ends – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: To
get votes from Sanders supporters, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green
plant, and RINO political consultants will advise Republican candidates to dump
voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491903-the-memo-sanderss-influence-endures-as-campaign-ends
POLITICO
— Blaming the WHO and China Is Not Scapegoating Trump takes more than his
share of potshots, but that doesn’t mean he’s always off the mark. – RICH LOWRY
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/08/who-china-trump-coronavirus-176242
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters want vote-by-mail because it harms
Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/trump-voting-by-mail-174695
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dems Debate How to Hit Trump on Virus, Economy Amid Crisis Democrats are
wrestling over how best to assail President Donald Trump for how he’s handling
the coronavirus pandemic and the economy’s shutdown. – Alan Fram (DIERSEN: Of
course, Democrats and RINOs have blamed Trump, are blaming Trump, and will
increasingly blame Trump for coronavirus and for everything else that is bad. I
should write a book about how RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes who have
blamed me, are blaming me, and will forever blame me for the problems that the
following have had, are having, and will have: Milton Township Republican
Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican
Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois
Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest
Chapter, etc.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-04-08/dems-debate-how-to-hit-trump-on-virus-economy-amid-crisis
CNN
— How coronavirus may finally end the handshake in politics – Chris Cillizza
http://www.wicz.com/story/41991623/how-coronavirus-may-finally-end-the-handshake-in-politics
REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say that they are treading carefully in
attacking Trump on coronavirus.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3
NEW YORK TIMES
— 6.6 million more filed unemployment claims in the United States last week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Is Pushing a False Argument
on Vote-by-Mail Fraud.”
https://www.nytimes.com/article/mail-in-voting-explained.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say no evidence
exists that expanded voting measures is ripe for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/republicans-vote-by-mail.html
— C.D.C. Issues New Return-to-Work Guidelines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html
— Biden vs. Trump: The General Election Is Here, and Transformed The
coronavirus crisis means many questions remain about how the 2020 race will
proceed, but the top of the ticket is now clear. – Alexander Burns and Jonathan
Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-2020-election.html
— ‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents,
and Their Rules – Dan Levin (DIERSEN: Did you live with your parents while you
attended college? I did while I took courses at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during
my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I worked for the Park
Forest Post Office part-time while classes were in session and full-time during
the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-college-students.html
NEW YORK POST
— Unmasking WHO as a China apologist: Devine – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/unmasking-who-as-a-china-apologist-devine/
WASHINGTON POST
— CDC case study of Chicago coronavirus outbreak shows why it is dangerous to
go to church on Easter – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/04/09/daily-202-cdc-case-study-of-chicago-coronavirus-outbreak-shows-why-it-is-dangerous-to-go-to-church-on-easter/5e8eaadf88e0fa101a75eb00/
— The CDC recommends masks. In some cities and counties, they’ll be mandatory.
– Rebecca Tan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-cdc-recommends-face-masks-in-some-cities-and-counties-theyll-be-mandatory/2020/04/08/60d67304-79d7-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html
— Eyeing House majority, top Republican super PAC books $43 million in fall
ads – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/eyeing-house-majority-top-republican-super-pac-books-43-million-in-fall-ads/2020/04/09/5cd8886c-79e8-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
— Among the most vulnerable to coronavirus: The tens of millions who carry HIV
and tuberculosis – Max Bearak and Joanna Slater
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hiv-tuberculosis-coronavirus-high-risk-africa-south-asia/2020/04/08/78820db6-737d-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Countries World-Wide Log Record Coronavirus Cases U.S. total passes 430,000
as global tally nears 1.5 million – Frances Yoon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-world-wide-log-record-coronavirus-cases-11586425347
— Nearly a Third of U.S. Apartment Renters Didn’t Pay April Rent Some tenants
will be temporarily protected from eviction by a patchwork of federal and local
laws – Will Parker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nearly-a-third-of-u-s-renters-didnt-pay-april-rent-11586340000
— Trump’s Wasted Briefings The sessions have become a boring show of President
vs. the press. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-wasted-briefings-11586389028
— Mayors Move to Address Racial Disparity in Covid-19 Deaths Divide is caused
by more pre-existing medical conditions, less access to health care, jobs requiring
physical contact – Joe Barrett, Coulter Jones and Ebony Reed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-hispanic-new-yorkers-account-for-disproportionate-number-of-coronavirus-deaths-11586359447
— Illinois, New York Residents Among First to See Bigger Virus Unemployment
Payments The two states disburse $600 payments as others are under pressure to
quickly distribute the funds – Sarah Chaney and Kate King
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-new-york-residents-among-first-to-see-bigger-virus-unemployment-payments-11586362632
FORBES
— The Glass Ceiling For Women CEOs Remains Firmly Entrenched, Says WSJ – Eric
Bachman (DIERSEN: To recruit, retain, and promote young Democrat women and
young Democrat minorities, the federal government wastes the careers of and
gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran
who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently
$119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive
Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2020/04/09/the-glass-ceiling-for-women-ceos-remains-firmly-entrenched-says-wsj/
USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Gauge risks before you choose to save or invest –
Erin Lowry (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that to defeat
Trump, they will drive the stock market down and destroy America’s economy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2020/04/08/should-save-should-buy-stocks/2943920001/
— When will life return to normal? Expert says US testing is too far behind to
know, expects second wave of cases – Adrianna Rodriguez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/08/coronavirus-cases-how-long-social-distancing-marc-lipsitch/2963430001/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to turn Asian-Americans
against Trump.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241731276.html
ACLU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters blame coronavirus on
individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors
have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/if-covid-19-doesnt-discriminate-then-why-are-black-people-dying-at-higher-rates/
VOX
— Covid-19 risk factors: Age, underlying conditions, genetics, and unknown –
Brian Resnick
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/4/8/21207269/covid-19-coronavirus-risk-factors
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a few clear risk factors, including age and
underlying medical conditions. . .Potential risk factors need a lot more
research: Are there some genetic variations that make one person more
susceptible than another? And why are men dying in higher numbers than women?.
. .Men could have more underlying health risk factors than women. They could
also be engaging in more risky behaviors (perhaps greater rates of smoking and
drinking alcohol among men are in play.) There’s also evidence women may have a
stronger immune response than men (and are also more at risk for autoimmune
diseases because of it), as the Washington Post explains. We just need more
research here. . .We know Covid-19 is an illness that disproportionately
impacts some groups more than others. Namely, older people are most clearly at
risk. . .Underlying conditions like diabetes and heart disease appear to be
risk factors. . .Seventy-eight percent of all people put into intensive care
for Covid-19 in the US have had an underlying condition like diabetes or heart
disease: 32 percent had diabetes, 29 percent had heart disease, 21 percent had
chronic lung disease, and 9 percent had compromised immune systems. . .It’s
also possible that exposure to air pollutants can play a role. An epidemiology
team from Harvard recently reported increased risk of dying from Covid-19 is
also correlated with exposure to air pollution.)