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100,000andconfirmedU.S. morethan2,100nursinghomes data collected from 37 states
casessurpassedhalfamillion, and other senior facilities thatrespondedtorequestsfrom
evenasofficialsvoicedcau- across the U.S., killing over theJournal,whichcontactedall
tiousoptimismthatthevi- 2,300 people, according to a 50healthdepartments.
rus’sspreadwasslowing.A6 surveybyTheWallStreetJour- Families with mothers and
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wave in coronavirus tests, beeninfected,”saidEranBen-
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THE NUMBERS | ByJoCravenMcGinty
Why the Flu Doesn’t Tank the Economy

Asone Inaddition,Covid-19dif- ashorttimeframe.” Fluvs.Covid-19 intendedtoprotectstaffwho
stateafteran- fersfromthefluinhow Covid-19outbreakshave arealsoatriskofinfec-
Comparingtheseverityofinfluenzaandthenewcoronavirus
otherissued quicklyitspreads,thelength alsobeenhighlylocalized. tion.TheUniversityofMichi-
economy- andseverityoftheillness, “You’vegotahot-spotpat- Medianhospitalstay ganMedicalCenternowre-
wreckingstay- andtheunusualdemandsa terninsteadofanevenpat- quireseveryonetoweara
at-homeor- contagionwithnocure tern,”saidEmilyMartin,an Covid-19 12days maskand,iftheyarecaring
derstocounterthespreadof placesonmedicalstaffand epidemiologistattheUniver- forCovid-19patients,agown
thenewcoronavirus,skeptics facilities. sityofMichiganSchoolof Seasonalflu 3.6days andeyeprotection.During
askedaconfoundingques- Insteadofgentlewavesof PublicHealth.“Allthepres- fluseason,thecenteruses
tion:MillionsofAmericans casescascadingacrossthe sureisconcentratedinsmall Hospitalizationrate* “dropletprotection”onlyin
gettheflueachyear,and countryoveraspanofsix areas.” somerooms.
tensofthousandsdiefromit. months,liketheflu,atidal NewYork,thestatethat 10.6% Mostpeoplehavesome
Whydoesn’ttheflucausea waveofCovid-19caseshas hasbeenhardesthit,sur- immunitytotheflu,ei-
shutdown? sweptoverahandfulofcities passed172,000confirmed therfromvaccinesorprevi-
1.3%
inhalfthetime.Theconcen- casesonFriday,accordingto ousexposure,andnearlyall
AccordingtotheCenters trationofquicklyamassing JohnsHopkins,accounting health-careworkersarepro-
Fatalityrate*
forDiseaseControland seriousinfectionsover- forabout35%ofU.S.ill- tectedbytheflushot.
Prevention,upto55million whelmedtheaffectedareas, nessesand43%ofdeaths. “It’snotunusualtohave
3.6%
Americansgotthefluthis andthefearisthatwithout complianceratesabove95%,”
season,andasmanyas socialdistancing—fornow Withtoofewbedsand Vanderbilt’sDr.Schaffner
0.1%
63,000died.Incomparison, theonlyeffectiveinterven- notenoughstafftore- said,referringtovaccina-
morethan490,000havebeen tion—otherplaceswillhavea spondtotheinflux,thestate tionsofhospitalemployees.
*Hospitalizationsanddeathsasapercentageoftotalcases.Covid-19ratecalculatedusing
diagnosedwithCovid-19,ac- similarexperience. resortedtoconvertinghotels, “That’severybody—doctors,
laboratoryconfirmedcasesasofApril10andseasonalfluratecalculatedusing2019-20CDCflu
cordingtoJohnsHopkins Asnapshotofthe2009 aconventioncenteranda burdenestimates. nurses,dietitians,peoplewho
University,andmorethan H1N1influenzapandemic tennisarenaintotemporary Sources:CDC;NewEnglandJournalofMedicine;CovidTrackingProject cleanatnight—everybody.”
18,000havedied. showsthedifferenceinthe hospitalsandcalledonre- Currently,thereisnovac-
Butthosenumbersdon’t speedoftransmissionbe- tireddoctorsandnursesto tireseason. withseasonalfluis3.6days, cineorspecifictreatmentfor
tellthewholestory. tweenaragingfluandthe returntowork.Thiskindof “Usually,ahospitalisa accordingtoresearchpub- Covid-19.
Forstarters,theflutallies newcoronavirus.Comparing onslaughtdoesn’thappen bunchofmedicalpatients, lishedinthejournalClinical Butthereisonequality
areestimatesoftotalflubur- onlylaboratory-confirmed withtheflu. surgerypatientsandcancer InfectiousDiseases. thatmightmakeCovid-19
den,whiletheCovid-19fig- cases,inthefirst102daysof Otherregionsofthecoun- patients—it’samix,”said InnineSeattle-areahospi- lessproblematicthanflu.
uresareconfirmedcases theH1N1flupandemic,the tryarebracingforasimilar AdamLauring,anassociate tals,where12of24Covid-19 “It’snotchangingandmu-
only.Eventually,theCDCwill CDCreported43,677illnesses deluge.Lastweek,theUni- professorofmicrobiology patientsdiedthroughMarch tatingattheratetheflucan
estimatethetotalCovid-19 and302deaths.In22fewer versityofMichiganMedical andimmunologyattheuni- 23,themedianstaywas12 do,”saidAllisonWeinmann,
burden,butfornow,the days,Covid-19infected11 Centersawitsnumberof versity.“Weanticipatethe daysinthehospital,9days aninfectious-diseasephysi-
numbersarenotanapples- timesasmanypeopleand Covid-19inpatientsclimbto hospitalwillbetakenoverby inICUand10daysonme- cianatHenryFordHealth
to-applescomparison. killed60timesasmany. 166.Inthecomingweek,it Covid-19andmedicalpa- chanicalventilators.(Theme- SysteminDetroit.
“Wealwaysknowcon- “Thefluseasonisspread expectstohave300to350 tients.” dianforsurvivorswas17 Thatcouldmakeiteasier
firmedcasesareanunderes- out,”saidWilliamSchaffner, coronavirus-positivepatients Notonlyaremore daysinthehospital,14in forpharmaceuticalcompa-
timate,”saidLynnetteBram- aninfectious-diseasespecial- inthehospital.Thecenter, Covid-19patientscominginto ICUand11onaventilator.) niestodevelopaneffective
mer,wholeadstheCDC’s istatVanderbiltUniversity whichhasatotalof550adult hospitals,theyrequirelonger Havingahospitalfullof vaccine—andrenderCovid-19
domesticinfluenza-surveil- MedicalCenterinNashville. beds,typicallyadmits250to care.Themedianlengthof highlycontagiouspatientsdi- nomoreremarkablethanthe
lanceteam. “Thisisbeingjammedupin 300flupatientsovertheen- stayforadultshospitalized minishesstoresofequipment seasonalflu.
U.S.WATCH Oil Ministers Fail to
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categoriesassociatedwithtravel presidentoftheAmericanSoci- OrganizationofthePetroleum oil-price war between Saudi
andtransportationasAmericans etyforthePreventionofCruelty Exporting Countries failed to ArabiaandRussia.Mr.Brouil-
stayedhomeamidthewidening Antidote: to Animals, which reviews re- completeacollectiveoiltruce lette told attendees Friday
coronaviruscrisis. portsfrom1,200animalwelfare withRussiaandotheroil-pro- that U.S. production will fall
Theairlinefaresindexde- organizationsnationwide.Shel- ducingnations. by nearly 2 million barrels a
clinedsharplyinMarch,falling Puppy Love tersinL.A.andNewYorkhave Themajorityofcountriesat daybytheyear’send.
12.6%onthemonth,andlodging seenadoublingofthenumber that meeting agreed to take NorwayandBrazilsaidthey
awayfromhomedropped6.8%. of people wanting to foster a partinoilproductioncutsto wereeithercuttingproduction
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pricesalsodroppedasconsum- “Wehavehadsomanyoffers to join production curbs and topeoplefamiliarwiththede-
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andcardealershipsbecauseof band,AsafNagler,39,wanteda stop accepting applications,” withOPECFriday,puttingthe cialsagreedtosetupaspecial
social-distancingmeasures. hypoallergenicpuppyfortheir saysSharonGesser,directorof broader international agree- committeetomonitoroilmar-
Transportationservicesslid1.9%. twogirlsandrealizedthiswasa developmentforPeakLabRes- mentinjeopardy. kets, according to the state-
Economistsexpectaweaker raremomentwhentheywould cueinApex,N.C. OPEChadexpectedFriday’s ment.
economyandlowenergyprices bothbehometotrainit. Thecoronavirusdoesn’tap- G-20meetingtoshowthatthe In a presentation seen by
tokeepinflationincheckbe- ThefirstLagottoRomagnolo peartoseriouslyaffectpets,ac- U.S., Canada, the U.K. and TheWallStreetJournal,OPEC
causeoflowerconsumerde- breeder rejected their request cordingtovets.ButaBronxZoo otherproducersnotalliedwith Secretary-GeneralMohammed
mandinthemonthsahead. foroneofthecurlyhairedItal- tiger has contracted Covid-19, thecartelcanpullback4mil- Barkindosaidglobaldemandis
“Therewerefewsignsofany ianwaterdogs.“Notagoodfit,” thediseasecausedbythevirus, lion barrels a day of output, expectedtocollapsethismonth
slideintoamorewidespreadde- shetoldthem.Soinmid-March, andadoginHongKongtested according to delegates at by20millionbarrelsadayand
flation,”notedPaulAshworthof just as stay-at-home orders positivefortheinfection. Thursday’smeeting.OPECand commercialoilstocksinindus-
CapitalEconomics,citinghigher wereloomingacrossthecoun- company.“Idon’tthinkwerec- Competition to adopt pup- its allies including Russia are trialized nations were set to
costsofrentandmedicalcarein try,theydrovetoHoltwood,Pa., ognized how prevalent it had pies at Peak Lab Rescue is so tryingtocompleteadealthat reachtheirlimitsometimethis
March.Foodpricesalsorose. and managed to buy one of spread. I didn’t get sick. But fiercethatMattFerraguto,43, wouldhavethemcut10million quarterifnoactionistaken.
TheLaborDepartmentnoted TommySmyth’sdogs. thatwasprobablyadangerous and his wife, virologist Sallie
thatdatacollectioninMarch Mr.Smythusuallygetshalf- move.” Permar,44,missedoutonthree CORRECTIONS (cid:2) AMPLIFICATIONS
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closingorlimitedoperationsof his$3,500LagottoRomagnolos. Florida,reservedallofPrideN tomeetoneinperson.Thecou-
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unavailableandimputedbythe havesold100,”saysMr.Smyth. Onecouplebackedoutafterthe oldLabmix,poppeduponthe wholiveinpovertycanoften
agency. OnSunday,March15,Curry wifelostherjob.Thebreeders website early Sunday, got the be at higher risk of contract- In some editions Friday,
—HarrietTorry and Maddie Shoff downed a immediatelyfoundanewbuyer first socially distant appoint- ing the virus and suffering thenonfictionbook“Killersof
couple of glasses of wine at fromtheirwaitinglist. mentwiththefosterfamilyfor more severe complications theFlowerMoon”wasincor-
LOSANGELES their home in Charlotte, N.C. ElisabethJamesandRevere noon and left with their new thanthegeneralpopulation.A rectlycalledanovelinaBusi-
Ms.Shoffhadlongbeenstalking LaNoueweresupposedtobeon dogat1p.m. U.S. News article Thursday nessNewsarticleaboutMar-
Weinstein Faces New
theFacebookpagesofLabrador the film-festival circuit this CoronavirusforcedElizabeth aboutcoronavirusinU.S.cit- tin Scorsese’s planned film
Sex-Assault Charge retriever breeders, and that spring, promoting their docu- MacDonald and her fiancé to iesincorrectlysaidtheyareat adaptation.
night an available puppy ap- mentary about falconers. In- postpone their May wedding
LosAngelesprosecutorson pearedonherfeed. stead,they’rehomeinDurham, and cancel their honeymoon. ReaderscanalertTheWallStreetJournaltoanyerrorsinnewsarticlesby
FridaychargedHarveyWeinstein Melody Knieriem, co-owner N.C.,withWinslowBeauregard “Wejustkindofputallofthat [email protected].
withanothersexcrime,accusing ofPrideNJoyEnglishLabs,was La Noue, an 11-week-old Cata- onhold,”saysMs.MacDonald,
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Mr.Weinstein,68yearsold,is Ms.Shoffdidrealizethatand with her friends or bounce on ter, they drove two hours to Editorialandpublicationheadquarters:1211AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,N.Y.10036
servinga23-yearsentenceata promised to dispatch her hus- the neighborhood trampoline. meetarescue-organizationrep- PublisheddailyexceptSundaysandgenerallegalholidays.
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degreecriminalsexualact. buy a carry-on puppy carrier Ms. James. “And how they’re lations executive, bought a
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College Drive-Up Testing Gets a Reprieve
Students
Federalgovernment
Demand
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BYDOUGLASBELKIN BYPETERLOFTUS
Studentsfiledlawsuitsthis The Trump administration
pastweekagainstDrexelUni- hasreworkedaplantophase
versity and the University of outfederalsupportfordrive-
Miami in an effort to recover throughCovid-19testingsites,
springtuition,roomandboard afterstirringoppositionfrom
andfeesaftertheircampuses some local officials and law-
closedandtheirclassesmoved makers at a time when U.S.
online. casesareexpectedtopeak.
The suits, which aim to be The administration began
class actions, allege the telling cities last week that
schools are failing to give federalassistanceforthetest
them the educational experi- sites would end April 10, ac-
ence they paid for, one with cordingtolocalofficials.Local
in-person instruction. Total officialsandmembersofCon-
costtoattendeitherMiamior gress objected in recent days
Drexelexceeds$70,000ayear. outofconcerntheshutdowns
Both schools said they wouldimpedeeffortstodiag- SS
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spreadofthenewcoronavirus. ofMay,accordingtolocaloffi- Adrive-throughCovid-19testingsiteattheRoseBowlinPasadena,Calif.,onThursday.ManysuchsiteswererampedupinMarch.
Someschoolsproratedrebates cials.
for room and board, but very The“community-basedtest- portbecausemanystatesindi- The city will redistribute States,” David Persse, the Covid-19, since it opened
few—if any—have reimbursed ingsites”werepartofafran- catedtheywantedtorunthe the remaining test kits to in- healthauthorityforthecity’s March21.
studentsfortuition. ticefforttorampupCovid-19 sites with communities, a doortestingsitesandprovide health department, wrote in Federal lawmakers from
That policy has prompted testing after early testing FEMA spokeswoman said. any remaining personal-pro- anApril6lettertoRearAdmi- Pennsylvania sent a letter to
widespread discontent. Stu- stumbles. Now, the agency will work tectiveequipmenttohospitals ral Erica Schwartz, the U.S. Health and Human Services
dents at about 200 schools Diagnosing the infected is with states to determine andlong-termcarefacilities,a Deputy Surgeon General, re- Secretary Alex Azar on
have started petitions de- crucial,expertssay,toidenti- whether sites want to con- spokeswomanforthemayor’s questing continued federal Wednesdayexpressingopposi-
mandingthereturnofmoney. fyingwhorequirestreatment tinue operating with direct office said. More than 2,600 supportforthesites. tion to ending federal assis-
Attorneys who represent andisolatingthemtolimitthe federal supervision and man- tests were performed at the Houstonofficialsalsoasked tance to the Montgomery
universitiessayschoolsrefus- spreadofthevirus. power, or transition to full Philadelphia site, for health- for help from members of Countytestingsite.ARepubli-
ing to reimburse tuition is Manyofthesiteswereset statecontrol. care workers and people age Congress.FEMAhasinformed can and several Democrats
rootedinfirmlegalground:By up in March. In conjunction The sites will still receive 50andolderwhowereexperi- thecityitwouldcontinuesup- askedforfederalassistanceto
continuing to hold classes for with local officials, the U.S. technical assistance from the encingsymptoms. portingtheHoustontestsites continue.
creditremotely,theyarefulfill- DepartmentofHealthandHu- federal government, and be Houston officials objected through the end of May, said On Thursday, Montgomery
ingthetermsoftheircontract. manServicesandtheFederal able to request supplies to the federal government’s Bill Kelly, director of govern- CountyCommissionerValerie
“Thestudentsaregoingto Emergency Management through FEMA under state plan,though.Thecityhadset mentrelationsintheHouston Arkooshsaidatabriefingthat
haveanuphillbattleunlessa Agency provided personnel, management, the FEMA up two drive-through sites mayor’soffice. federalofficialstoldherthey
schoolhasactuallyshutdown personal-protectiveequipment spokeswomansaid. outsidefootballstadiumsthat Montgomery County, Pa., would fund a testing site in
and they’re not getting and test kits to help run the Some municipalities have have conducted more than officialsinitiallysaidthefed- thecountythroughtheendof
credit,”saidJamesKeller,co- sites.Federalagencieshelped acceptedthemove.ThePhila- 5,500tests. eralpullbackwouldforcethem May. The Temple University
chairofthehigher-education runsomeofthem. delphiaDepartmentofPublic “Itwouldbeamonumental to close a drive-through test testing site closed Thursday
practice at Saul Ewing Arn- More than 77,000 people Health said it supported the step backward to lose this siteinaparkinglotatTemple duetostormdamage,andnow
stein & Lehr LLP in Philadel- havebeentestedatthesites, decision to close a federally criticalfederalsupportoftest- University’s satellite campus thecountyplanstorelocateit
phia,whereDrexelis.“Theba- with about 20% testing posi- supporteddrive-throughtest- ingsitesnearlytwoweeksbe- insuburbanPhiladelphia.The to a nearby community col-
siccontractualagreementis,I tive,FEMAsaid. ing site outside the Philadel- fore the projected peak of site has tested at least 3,940 lege,shesaid.
paytuition,andifIsatisfyac- Thefederalgovernmenthad phiaPhilliesbaseballstadium Covid-19casesforthefourth- people,withabout20%result- —RachaelLevy
ademicrequirements,yougive planned to pull back its sup- onFriday. largest city in the United ing in positive cases of contributedtothisarticle.
mecredit.That’sstillhappen-
ing.” Child Centers Strain to Serve First Responders
Studentshaveabroaderin-
terpretationaboutwhattheir
tuition money buys them.
Therearenearly200petitions
signedbytensofthousandsof BYLAURAKUSISTO coughing.Day-carestaffcheck
students on the website eachchild’stemperaturebefore
Change.org.Mostaskforsome ChadDunkleysaiditwould allowingthemin.Everyonere-
orallofthemoneyback,cit- makefinancialsensetoclosehis moves their shoes when they
ing the high cost of college family’s88child-carecentersaf- enterthebuilding.
and the inferior education ter the coronavirus economic Ms. Holloway said atten-
they now think they are get- crisis wiped out two-thirds of danceisdownby90%,andshe
ting. theirrevenue.ButhekeptNew has applied for loans to keep
RoyWilley,alawyeratthe HorizonAcademycentersopen payingher100employeesand
Anastopoulo Law Firm in forhisfewremainingcustom- coverotherexpenses.
South Carolina, the firm that ers:doctors,nursesandpolice “Wealwayskeepagoodlit-
filedthecasesagainsttheUni- officers who must work and tle bit of money in the bank,
versity of Miami and Drexel, might have nowhere else to butforsomethinglikethis,it’s
sendtheirchildren. devastating. A pandemic we
New Horizon has stopped didn’tpreparefor,”shesaid.
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May,though. Day-careprovidersthatremainopensaytheyhaverigidprotocolsforprotectingchildrenandstaff. campuswithworkerswhoneed
“It could be a disaster,” he childcare.Manyofherstaffare
said the schools weren’t pro- said. Apatchworkofstateregula- night shift when she got an used to give her daughters a over60yearsoldandathigher
vidingstudentswiththeexpe- Acrossthecountry,day-care tionshassprungup,withstates emailthatschoolswereclosing hug before showering after riskofseveredisease.
riencetheywerepromised. centersarefacinganeconomic suchasVermontandLouisiana afewweeksago.Forthefirst workbutnowsheasksherhus- Some30%ofchild-carepro-
In addition to academics, reckoning as they adopt pre- allowing day-care centers to time,shefeltoverwhelmedby band to take their toddler to viderssaidtheywon’tbeable
tuitionandfeescoverface-to- cautionarymeasurestoprotect lookafteronlythechildrenof what she was facing in the the back of the house so she to reopen after a closure of
face interaction with profes- childrenandstafffromthecor- essential workers. Even in comingweeks. canslipinandcleanupbefore morethantwoweekswithout
sors, mentors and peers; ac- onavirus.Child-careproviders stateswithoutsuchrestrictions, “I literally just broke down touchingthem. significant government assis-
cess to facilities such as said in interviews that atten- day-care enrollment is falling, intears,”shesaid. Providerssaytheyhaverigid tance,accordingtoasurveyby
computer labs and libraries; danceisdownasmuchas90% asparentsworkfromhomeor WithoutSugar’nSpicePre- and often costly protocols to theNationalAssociationforthe
and extracurricular activities andthattheyarelayingoffem- seek help from relatives to schools, which have remained preventthespreadofinfection. EducationofYoungChildren.
andnetworkingopportunities, ployees,whileworkingtopro- shieldtheirchildrenfromgath- open, Dr. Shipley’s husband, Tessa Holloway, owner of Congressinitsstimulusbill
thesuitsallege. videthesamestandardsofcare eringwithothers. whoworksnightshifts,would KidzKarousel,whichhasfour approved some $3.5 billion to
Last month, University of forchildren. First responders say they havetostayupalldaytaking locationsacrossLouisiana,said providechild-careassistanceto
Miami President Julio Frenk “TheCovidcrisishashada aremoredependentthanever careoftheir21-month-oldand thatteachersmustdetailwhere parentsinessentialfields,such
announcedthemovetoonline dramatic impact on the field ontheday-carecentersthatre- 7-year-olddaughters. theyhavebeeninthepast24 ashealth-careworkers,firstre-
classes in a video addressing and very quickly,” said Rhian mainopen. She said she is worried hoursandanysymptomsthey spondersandsanitationwork-
students. He said the school Evans Allvin, the CEO of the KaylaShipley,anemergency- about bringing germs home are experiencing before they ers.Industryleaderssaidthat
held 1,300 training sessions National Association for the room doctor in Lafayette, La., andinfectingherchildren,who areallowedtowork.Theyhave islikelynotnearlyenoughand
over spring break for faculty EducationofYoungChildren,a whoismarriedtoaparamedic, inturncouldpassgermsonto to show they can hold their arerequestingsome$50billion
totransferclassesonline. tradegroup. said she had just worked a children at the day care. She breathfor10secondswithout inthenextrescuepackage.
Baltimore Police Plan Aerial Surveillance, Not Without Pushback
BYRYANTRACY timore’s police commissioner U.S.DistrictCourtforMaryland The department didn’t re- time.Thecompanyofferingit, website.“Theuseofaerialsur-
says. toorderthepolicedepartment spondtoarequesttocomment Persistent Surveillance Sys- veillance is constitutionally
AscitiesintheU.S.grapple “Thisactuallycanserveasa nottodeploytheplanes.Later aboutThursday’slawsuit.Inhis tems,hassaidaversionofthe permittedinareasopentopub-
withthecoronaviruspandemic, force multiplier for the police intheday,JudgeRichardBen- remarksatlastweek’smeeting, systemwaspreviouslyusedby lic view based on Supreme
Baltimore’spoliceforcehopes department, and perhaps can nett ordered the department Mr.Harrisonsaidthetechnol- theAirForceinIraq.Persistent Courtrulings.”
tohaveaviewothercitieslack: beusedasaninvestigativetool not to undertake any flights ogy would be used to investi- Surveillance Systems declined The police department’s
aneyeinthesky. while we are practicing social while the court reviews the gate only serious crimes such tocomment. movecomesatatimewhenthe
The Maryland city is plan- distancing,” Baltimore Police suit,promisingtoissueadeci- as homicides, robberies and Whenacrimeoccurs,police city is struggling with crime.
ningassoonasthismonthto Commissioner Michael Harri- sionbyApril24. carjackings.Hesaidtheexperi- could rewind the footage to There were 348 homicides in
start experimenting with an sonsaidduringanonlinepub- The lawsuit calls the pro- mentwouldbeevaluatedbyin- look for people or cars in the Baltimore last year, the city’s
aerial-surveillanceprogram,us- lic hearing on the project on gram“themostwide-reaching dependentresearchers. area, then try to identify sus- second highest on record, ac-
ingplanesequippedwithhigh- April1. surveillance dragnet ever em- “Ifitdoesn’twork,youhave pectswithotherevidencesuch cordingtotheBaltimoreSun.
tech cameras that can cover The technology is drawing ployedinanAmericancity,giv- my commitment that we will asground-basedcamerasorli- Baltimore police have al-
90% of the city’s land area at pushbackfromsomelocalresi- ing the BPD a virtual, visual groundtheplanes,”Mr.Harri- cense-platereaders. readytriedtheplanesonce,in
anygivenmoment. dentsandactivistswhosaythe timemachinewhosegraspno son told the Baltimore City Thetechnologycan’tonits 2016,butfacedanoutcryover
The pilot program was un- camera-equippedplaneswillvi- personcanescape.” BoardofEstimates,whichsets ownidentifyanindividualand privacyconcerns.Atthattime,
veiledmonthsagotohelpBalti- olatetheirconstitutionalrights “Weareconcernedthatifit thecity’sfiscalpolicyandap- wouldassistinvestigationsonly thepublicwasn’tnotifiedfirst.
more’sstrainedpoliceforcein- toprivacyandfreedomofasso- isdeployedoverBaltimore,law provedtheexperiment. after a serious crime has oc- Last year, the department
vestigateandrespondtostreet ciation. enforcementacrossthecountry Thetechnology,calledwide- curred,thedepartmentsays. announced plans to try the
crime,ataskthathastakenon OnThursday,theAmerican is going to seek to use it as area surveillance, involves pi- “Theprogramwillnotbea technologyagaininwhatithas
newimportance,asofficerstry Civil Liberties Union sued the well,” said Ashley Gorski, a loted aircraft flying over the real-time, active surveillance saidwouldbeapilotprogram
to maintain operations amid policedepartmentonbehalfof staffattorneywithACLU’sNa- city with cameras, capturing system,” the department says startingthismonthandlasting
thecoronaviruspandemic,Bal- threelocalplaintiffs,askingthe tionalSecurityProject. 90% of the area at any given inapresentationpostedonits aslongas180days.
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Some Governors Win Broad Kudos in Crisis and falling corporate profits
will leave households and
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amongNewYorkvotersamidthecoronavirusoutbreak.Other
70%ofthestate’sRepublicans. while the virus might show a erscrowdingFloridabeaches, modestgrowthingovernment
governorsareseeingstrongapprovalonbothsidesoftheaisle.
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governor of New Hampshire ing states, she doesn’t see ordering statewide closure of inspending,atrendsincethe
Howwouldyouratethejob Approvalratingforgovernors'
and Democratic governors of muchhopeforthesametooc- beaches,relyinginsteadonso- Trump administration and
thatAndrewCuomoisdoing handlingofcoronavirus
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drew support from 60% or Amonggovernor'sparty Othersseelittleprospectfor downordersbycityofficials. 2017 and boosted outlays.
moreofmembersoftheoppos- 70% Amongopposingparty change at either level of gov- Mr. DeSantis, who said he FederaltaxreceiptsintheOc-
ingpartyinrecentpollsasking Fair/Poor ernment. wastakingcuesonthematter tober-to-March period grew
about their responses to the OhioGov.MikeDeWine(R) “I’m skeptical that this is fromPresidentTrump,enacted 6% from a year earlier to
outbreak. 60 82% anything other than a very astatewidestay-at-homeorder $1.604 trillion, while outlays
Recentpollingisn’tavailable 82% uniquemoment,”saidAlexCo- effective April 3, after most rose7%to$2.347trillion.
onallgovernors,buttheavail- nant, a Republican strategist otherbigstateshadacted. Anexpectedsharpcontrac-
able surveys find that Ameri- 50 Mich.Gov.GretchenWhitmer(D) andpartneratFirehouseStrat- Some 51% of Florida resi- tion in the U.S. economy in
cansgivehighermarkstotheir 81% egies,apublic-affairsfirm. dentsapprovedand46%disap- the months ahead means the
state’s response to the virus Excellent 61% Divisiveness will return as provedofhowMr.DeSantisad- deficit is likely to rise even
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30 69%
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Some47%ofAmericansap- Wis.Gov.TonyEvers(D) inganemergencyhospital.It’s whichsurveyedpeoplethrough Thegapgrew8%in
proveofMr.Trump’shandling 20 77% harder to build consensus April4.SupportforMr.DeSan- thefirsthalfofthe
of the pandemic, while 49% around tax cuts and new tishadasharplypartisanchar-
2019 ’20 61%
disapprove,accordingtoaReal spending,”hesaid. acter:76%ofRepublicansbut 2020fiscalyear,
ClearPoliticsaverageofpublic The lack of polling on all only 29% of Democrats ap-
polls—a rating more than 30 Sources:SiennaCollegetelephonepolls,mostrecentlyof566registeredNewYorkStatevoters, governorsmakesitdifficultto proved of his handling of the Treasurysaid.
conductedMarch22-26,2020;marginoferror+/-4.5pct.pts.andBaldwinWallaceUniversityGreat
pointsbelowthoseofMessrs. LakesPollofregisteredvoters,conductedonlineof1,025registeredvotersinOhio,997inMich., compareapprovalofthosewho outbreak.
DeWineandCuomoand10or 973inPa.,882inWis.;marginoferror+/-3.3pct.pts.inOhio,3.7inMich.,3.9inPa.,3.8inWis. quicklysignedstatewidestay- Helen Aguirre Ferre, a
more points below those of at-home ordersandotherag- spokeswomanforMr.DeSantis,
some other governors for governor. By contrast, Barack crisisends,orwhetherpolitical gressivemeasurestoslowthe said the governor has had to According to a Blue Chip
whompollingisavailable. Obama and President Trump leaderswilltrytousetheunity outbreak with those who balancethedifferingneedsof survey of several dozen eco-
Americans have tended to enjoyed little bipartisan sup- to build a durable governing moved more slowly or opted denselyandsparselypopulated nomic forecasters released
viewgovernorsthroughaless portanddrewlowlevelsofap- strategybyemphasizingprob- for voluntary measures. But partsofthestates. Friday, GDP is likely to con-
partisan lens than they view provalfromtheoppositeparty. lem-solvingandavoidingparti- the available polling suggests “Aone-size-fits-allsolution tract 24.5% in the second
presidents. Voters in states Butitisnoteworthytosee sancontroversies. thatthegovernorswhomoved is not effective in Florida, a quarter after falling 3.8% in
that usually lean toward the such high levels of support “Could this last for these fastandmadebipartisanges- largeanddiversestate,which the first three months of the
DemocraticPartyhaveelected among both parties for so governors? Yes, if the gover- tureswererewardedwithhigh iswhyGov.DeSantishasbeen year.Congresswilllikelyhave
Republicangovernorsinrecent manygovernors.Thequestion nors continue to reach out to marksfromvoters. focused on targeted policies toappropriate$2.35trillionof
years,asinMassachusettsand now is whether the develop- the other side and perform Conversely,Gov.RonDeSan- supportinglocalmunicipalef- additionalstimulustosupport
Maryland, while GOP-leaning mentwillfade,assuch“rally- well,” said Karlyn Bowman, tisofFlorida,aRepublican,has forts to contain the spread of the economy, the survey
KansastodayhasaDemocratic ingeffects’’tendtodooncea whostudiespoliticsandpublic drawnrelativelytepidapproval Covid-19,”shesaid. found.
Two Children of the 1940s Now Will Face Off in 2020 Election
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disrupted1970sandhavere- Sen.BernieSanderssaidhe nouncedtwonewpolicypro- thathescaresoffmoderate tweenthesetwomembersof
Botharechildrenofthe mainedthereeversince. waswithdrawingfromac- posalsdesignedtoappealto voterswholikelyholdthe thesamegeneration.
WorldWarIIgeneration,one Yetthosesimilaritiesbe- tivelycampaigningforpresi- Sandersliberals,oneto keytothisyear’selection. Mr.Biden,fromafamily
borninthemidstofthecon- tweenPresidentTrumpand dent.YetMr.Sandersalso lowertheeligibilityagefor Atthemoment,ofcourse, ofmodestmeans,servedin
(cid:2) flict,theother formerVicePresidentJoe signaledthatheplanstore- Medicareto60from65,the suchmaneuverstakeaback publicofficeinWashington
shortlyafterit Bidenfadeawayintheface mainathorninMr.Biden’s othertoforgivestudent seattothecoronaviruscri- for44years,whileMr.
THIS ended.Both ofthedifferencesinthe side.Hesaidhewillstayon debtsforlower-incomeand sis,whichincreasinglyisde- Trump,fromafamilyof
WEEK werehigh- pathstheytraveledontheir theballotinremainingpri- middle-classstudentswho finingthe2020campaign wealth,neverheldpublicof-
schoolsports waytowardthisweek,when mariestocontinueaccumu- attendedpublicandhistori- andturningitevenmore ficebeforebeingelected
stars,cameof anydoubtsthatthesetwo latingdelegatestogivehim callyblackcolleges. intowhatitalwayswasdes- president.
ageintheso- 70-somethingswouldface leveragetopushtheparty ThebalancingactforMr. tinedtobe:areferendumon Inthisrace,ironically,the
ciallyturbulent1960s, eachotherinthe2020presi- leftwardatitsconvention. Bidenwillbetoleanfar Mr.Trump. currentoccupantofthe
movedintopublicpromi- dentialelectionevaporated. Mr.Bidenalreadyisbend- enoughlefttoattractSand- Yetthisalsowillbea WhiteHousewilltrytorun
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CAPITAL ACCOUNT | ByGregIp
Fed’s New Role Puts Independence at Risk
OnWednes- gingitintothepartisanbat- Treasuryandmortgage- cadesavoidedusingit.Itthen loansworth10timesthat lotsofjudgmentsthatimplic-
day,investors tleground. backedbonds,lendheavilyto invokedthatauthorityinthe much. itlyorexplicitlydetermine
puttheproba- Attheoutsetofthecorona- banksandbonddealers,and 2008-09financialcrisisto Thereisanironyhere: whichfirmsandmunicipali-
bilitythat viruscrisis,theFederalRe- offercredittohundredsof lendtofinancialcompanies. manyinCongresshavespent tiesgetcredit,andanythat
FordMotor servedidn’tseemdestinedto foreigncentralbankstomeet Becauseofcontroversyover thepastdecade,attimes loseoutcouldseektheearof
Co.wouldde- beaconsequentialplayer.It dollarshortagesabroad.This bailouts,the2010DoddFrank joinedbyPresidentTrump, asympatheticcongressman,
faultonitsdebtsataround hasnopublichealthroleand wastopreventthefinancial financialreformlawforbid snipingattheFed.Yetwhen orMr.Trump.Inahotlycon-
20%.ByFriday,thathad can’tgivecashtoclosedres- systemfromseizingup,part theFedfromusingits13(3) thecrisiscame,bothrealized testedpresidentialelection,
plungedto14%. taurantsortheirlaid-off ofitsestablishedroleas powertopropupindividual nooneelsehadthenecessary theyaresuretolisten.
Whathappened?Inbe- workers.Withinterestrates lenderoflastresorttothe companies,andcoulduseit capacityandtechnocratic Thesepressureswouldbe
tween,theFederalReserve sonearzero,itsabilityto bankingsystem,albeitonan competence. unpleasantatanytime,but
announcedthataspartofits stimulategrowthwaslimited. unprecedentedscale. Forthis,ChairmanJerome theycomeasboththecountry
extensivenewprogramsto Bythisweekithad Thethirdphasewastouse Itsmovestoaddress Powellgetscredit.Hehasdem- anditsinstitutionshavebe-
supporttheeconomy,itwould emergedasperhapsthemost itsemergencyauthorityunder onstratedbothacleargraspof comeincreasinglypolarized.
theviruscrisiscould
buybondsthathadbeenin- powerfulcomponentofthe Section13(3)oftheFederal theeconomicchallengesfacing Mr.Trumphasrepeatedly
vestmentgradeuntilMarch entirefederalresponse.On ReserveActtosetuppro- dragitintoapartisan theU.S.andfinelytunedpoliti- pressuredtheFedtopursue
22butnolongerare,acate- Thursdayitunveileddetailsof gramstolendtomoney-mar- calradar,nurturingcordialre- policiesheprefers,andwhile
battleground.
gorythatincludesFord. upto$2.3trillioninloansit ketfunds,issuersofcorporate lationswithbothpartiesin Mr.Powellhasturnedthose
Thatillustratesthesweep- couldissuetobusinessesof debt,municipalgovernments, Congress.HehasignoredMr. demandsaside,histermex-
ingnewinfluencethecentral allsizesandsortsandto andmainstreetbusinesses, Trump’staunts. piresin2022.Democratsmay
bankhasovertheeconomy— statesandlocalgovernments. bigandsmall.Thisgoeswell Inthefaceofanunprece- havedemandsoftheirown,
andthepotentialperilthat TheFed’scrisisresponse beyondthecentralbank’stra- onlywiththeTreasurysecre- dentedeconomicshock,he formoreassistancetolocal
accompaniesthatinfluence. hasthreephases.Thefirst ditionalduties.Itisakinto tary’sapproval. quicklyconcludedholding governments,forexample,or
TheFedgotherebyprovingit wasthetraditionalmonetary fiscalpolicy,territorylongoff Ironically,adecadeafter backwasn’tanoption.Still, employersofkeyconstituents.
canactquickly,effectively policyresponse:itloweredin- limitstocentralbankersbe- havingitsauthoritycircum- hepointedoutThursdaythe MuchastheFedprefersto
andapoliticallyatatime terestratestonearzeroon causeitriskstaxpayerfunds scribed,theFedismoreinflu- Fedisnottargetingaidat stayoutofthepoliticalarena,
whenthefederalgovernment March15toabsorbtheblow andrequirespolitically entialthanever.Thecorona- specificcompanies,butonly thatmayproveimpossibleas
isoftenhamstrungbyparti- todomesticdemand.Thatef- fraughtdecisionsaboutwho virusresponselegislation atclassesofborrowers,and itseconomicfootprintgrows.
sandysfunction.Butitre- fectivelyexhausteditscon- getshelpandwhodoesn’t. enactedlastmonth,knownas itsprogramsmustbeap- Butthen,thealternative,stay
quirestheFedtomakedeci- ventionalammunition. TheFedfirstgottheau- CARES,authorizestheFedto provedbytheTreasurySecre- closetohomeandwatchthe
sionstraditionallyleftto Thesecondphasewasto thorityforsuchlendinginthe leverage$454billionoftax- tary. economyfounder,looks
politiciansthatthusriskdrag- purchasevastquantitiesof 1930s,butinthefollowingde- payerfunds,potentiallyto YettheFedwillbemaking worse.
Businesses Democrats
Still Await See Path
Loans To Deal on
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loansandapprovenewlenders.
The SBA’s loan portal, BYKRISTINAPETERSON
calledE-Tran,hassomebanks ANDANDREWDUEHREN
inputting borrower informa-
tionmanually,withbankem- WASHINGTON—TopDemo-
ployees spending anywhere cratssaidtheyhopedtoreach
from25to75minutesperap- a deal with Republicans and
plication, a trade association the White House next week
executivesaid.Bankssaythey over a package of emergency
have experienced crashes re- coronavirus aid, while Presi-
peatedly, including a lengthy dent Trump said he wanted
outagethatatleastsomeex- thisroundofrelieffocusedon
periencedTuesday. smallbusinessesbutwasopen
“Thesheervolumeofpeo- tobroaderDemocraticpropos-
pletryingtogetintothesys- alsinsubsequentlegislation.
tem at the same time over- HouseSpeakerNancyPelosi
whelmedit,”saidPaulMerski, (D.,Calif.)andSenateMinority
groupexecutivevicepresident Leader Chuck Schumer (D.,
of the Independent Commu- N.Y.)bothsaidtheyspokewith
nity Bankers of America, a VAL Treasury Secretary Steven
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group representing roughly ND MnuchinonFridayandagreed
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5,000communitybanks. S to continue negotiations that
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550,000 loans worth $141 bil- EricSandoval,whosayshe’saTrumpfan,says,‘Ijustknowthat[thefundsare]notgettinginthehandsofactualbusinesses.’ whenDemocratsandRepubli-
lionhavebeenapprovedunder cansrejectedeachothers’plans
the program as of Thursday. Theloans,whichhavea1% exotic-car-rental and driving- madebybusinessownersand Bankingindustryexecutives for the next relief bill tied to
Bankssaidonlysmallportions interest rate, are designed to tourbusinessinGolden,Colo., thosehelpingthemfileloanap- saidallbutahandfulofbanks thecoronaviruspandemic.
of approved loans have been keep employees on payrolls has applied for loans under plicationsacrossthecountry. were reluctant to disburse Mr.Schumersaidhehada
disbursedtobusinesses.Citing for eight weeks, limiting the both programs and said he is At Robinson Brog, a New funds because of confusion “constructive call” with Mr.
strong demand, the Treasury mountingranksofworkersap- stillwaitingforaresponse.Mr. Yorklawfirm,attorneyAdam overtheformatforapromis- Mnuchin in which they set
Department and lawmakers plying for unemployment Sandovalsaidsixbanksinitially Greenesaidtheloansof20of sorynote,adocumentneeded plansforbipartisantalkswith
havevowedtoadd$250billion checks.Borrowerswhoretain rejected his application for a hisnearly50clientshavebeen toclosealoan,untiltheTrea- Democratic and Republican
infunding,althoughthelegis- or rehire most of their em- Paycheck Protection Program suryDepartmentfinallysenta leaders on new relief legisla-
lationwasboggeddownThurs- ployeescangenerallybereim- loan,althoughhewaslaterable 550k clarification. tion. “There’s no reason why
dayinpartisanwrangling. bursed for the entire loan tofilethroughanonlinebroker Somearestillworriedthat wecan’tcometoabipartisan
“SBA,workingcloselywith amountandinterest.Borrow- andhismainbank. theSBAhasn’tprovidedautho- agreement by early next
Treasury,launchedanunprec- ers may also use the money Mr.Sandoval,42yearsold, rizationtoallowbankstofund week,”Mr.Schumersaid.
edented $350 billion assis- forrentandutilities. countshimselfasafanofPresi- loanswithitsfullguarantee. The Treasury Department
tance program in just one Meanwhile, the separate dentTrump,butsaidherolled LoanstheSBAsayswere “A week into the program, didn’timmediatelyrespondto
week,”saidJimBillimoria,an EconomicInjuryDisasterLoan hiseyeswhenTreasurySecre- approvedasofThursday there is still a lack of clarity arequestforcomment.
SBA associate administrator program, which is adminis- taryStevenMnuchinandSBA andconflictingguidance,”said Mr.TrumpsaidFridaythat
andspokesman.“Thisisahis- tered directly by the agency AdministratorJovitaCarranza Richard Hunt, chief executive he was open to some of what
toric achievement in an in- andpromisesupto$10,000in said the Paycheck Protection oftheConsumerBankersAsso- Democratshavebeenseekingin
crediblyshortamountoftime. grantsforeligibleapplicants, Programisofftoastrongstart. approved by lenders ranging ciation,whichrepresentslarge thelatestnegotiations,butnot
Duringthistime,issuesidenti- is also struggling to deliver “I just know that it’s not from top national banks to nationalandregionalbanks. forthisroundoftalks.
fiedbylendersandborrowers money. gettinginthehandsofactual smaller regional banks. But Mr.Hunt,however,saidthat The president said he
havebeenquicklyresolved.” The SBA said nearly four businesses,” Mr. Sandoval none of the loans has been the SBA has made progress would prefer states’ funding
The Paycheck Protection million businesses have ap- said. “Getting the money out funded. over the past several days in be addressed in subsequent,
Program is a linchpin of the plied for funding under this ofthegovernment’shands,out “They were expecting helpingbankstoprocessloans broader legislation that he
government’s roughly $2 tril- program—seeking $383 bil- of the banks’ hands into the money within one day,” he moresmoothly.Ofthegroup’s termed phase four, not the
lionstimulusplantohelpthe lion—whileCongresshasallo- actualbusinessowners’hands. said. “Now it’s become more 65 members, more than a currentbill,whichRepublicans
economydealwithfalloutfrom catedfarless,$17billion. That’swheretheproblemis.” realistic to think it will be dozenbankshavestartedfund- wanttokeepnarrowlyfocused
thecoronaviruspandemic. EricSandoval,whorunsan Similarcomplaintsarebeing within30days.” ingsomeloans,hesaid. onthesmall-businessaid.
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Deaths Mount Amid Some Signs of Hope
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100,000 and confirmed U.S. reallychangethecourseofthis ing out the next wave in
casesclimbedabovehalfamil- pandemic.” Covid-19testing,whichexam-
lion, even as officials voiced New York Gov. Andrew inesaperson’sbloodforsigns
cautiousoptimismthatsocial- Cuomosaidthenetnumberof of past infection instead of
distancingmeasureswereslow- intensive-careunitadmissions looking for the coronavirus’s
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probably higher because of a ber of patients in ICU beds ingthecrucifixion,arelicthat
lack of widespread testing, drop,Gov.GavinNewsomsaid wassavedfromthefire.
falsenegativesanddifferences Thursday,thoughhospitaliza- Thepandemicisnearingits
inreportingstandards. tions continued to rise. Mr. U.S.cases U.S.deaths U.S.recoveries peakinFrance,healthauthori-
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18,693, are now the second Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asking net number of virus patients
highestintheworldbehindIt- for$1trillioninadditionfed- on life support fell by 82, to
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kins.TheUniversityofWash- governments to support World-widecases World-widedeaths World-widerecoveries Francesincetheoutbreakbe-
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jected that the number of cording to a spokesman for in that same 24-hour period,
daily U.S. deaths would peak thegovernor. theworst,hopeforthebest,” days,”Mr.Cuomosaid.“Itisa OpeningOurCountryCouncil, officialssaid.
Friday, with 61,545 fatalities Like the broader U.S., pro- hesaid. consequenceoftheactionsthat tomakerecommendations. Central European govern-
estimatedbyAug.4. jected hospitalizations and The governor said he be- we take. We will determine Thegroupwillincludebusi- ments that were quick to im-
Thefreshhighscameeven deathsinNewYorkhavebeen lieved the projected needs howmanypeopleliveanddie.” ness leaders, governors and pose lockdowns have been
asfederalhealthofficialsand cutinrecentdays. didn’tmaterializebecauseofa AslockdownsacrosstheU.S. others,hesaid,addingthathe amongthefirsttoreopen.
governors in some hard-hit Mr.Cuomosaidhereliedon seriesofordersthestateissued continue,adarkeningeconomic wouldcontinuetoleanheavily InCzechRepublic,thegov-
statessignaledtentativeopti- outside expert models to in- to prevent the spread of the pictureispromptingadebate ontheadministration’spublic- ernment late Thursday said
mism that the virus’s spread formthestate’sresponse,and disease, including the forced in Washington over how healthexpertsforadvice. health workers would soon
wasslowing,thankstosocial asaresultincreasedhospital closure of nonessential busi- quicklythecountryshouldbe- “I’mgoingtohavetomakea visitshopstoseewhichstores
distancing. capacitywithagoalofreach- nessesbeginningMarch22. ginrollingbackrestrictions. decision, and I only hope to were large enough to reopen
WhiteHousecoronavirusco- ing110,000bedsforcoronavi- “YoutellmewhatNewYork- President Trump said Fri- God that it’s the right deci- withoutcrowdsforming.Med-
ordinator Deborah Birx noted rus patients. There are now ers do today, I will tell you day he was eager to restart sion,”Mr.Trumptoldreporters icalstaffwouldbeallowedto
that a broader U.S. shift was fewerthan19,000. whathappenstotheinfection theeconomyandwasassem- at the White House. “Without takevacationdaysforthefirst
being driven by an improve- “My job is to prepare for rate in two days and three blinganewpanel,namedthe question it’s the biggest deci- timesincetheoutbreakbegan.
New Tests HowAntibodyTestsWork testsweren’taccurateenough. Mental-Health Experts
“The reason that the U.K.
Scientistsaredevelopinganddeploying wentforquitealotoftestsof
To Gauge different types to begin with Are Sounding an Alarm
teststodetectSARS-CoV-2antibodies.
wastotryavarietyofdiffer-
ent ones and see which ones
Pandemic Whenthebody Antibody Antigen work,”saidChrisWhitty,the BYSTEPHANIEARMOUR National Alliance on Mental
encountersan U.K.’schiefmedicalofficer,at Illness.“We’vedoneverylittle
infectiousagent apressbriefingMonday.“In- WASHINGTON—Thefederal togrowtheworkforce.There
likeSARS-CoV-2, evitably it’s going to take a government,statesandadvo- isnotanationalmandateona
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themtobeaccurate,Anthony izeit.Theantibodies pastinfectionbythenewcor- threatens to place unprece- mental-health programs are
Fauci,directoroftheNational bindtodistinct onavirus can prevent future denteddemandonanalready- reporting a surge in crisis
InstituteofAllergyandInfec- proteinsonthe disease. But some infectious- strainedU.S.healthsystem. calls. Social workers, thera-
tiousDiseases,toldCNN. virussurface disease experts say there are A $2 trillion congressional pistsandpsychiatristsonthe
China,GermanyandFinland calledantigens. toomanyunknownsaboutthe stimulus package approved front lines in hospitals say
areamongtheothercountries immunesystem’sresponseto lastmonthincludes$425mil- theyarestrugglingtokeepup
usingtheteststobetterunder- Asthebodyfights thevirus—includinghowlong lion for mental-health and astheyhelpfamiliesdealwith
standhowthediseasespreads. offthevirus,some immunity might last and the substance-use disorders as a griefandloss.
The blood tests, known as antibodiesspecific likelihood of reinfection—to resultofthepandemic.Italso “This is the greatest crisis
serology tests, are different tothevirusremain rely on the tests to predict provides $50 million for sui- toeverhitcommunitymental-
fromtheteststhatdiagnosea inthebloodstream. completeimmunity. cide-preventionprograms. health and addiction-treat-
Covid-19 infection by looking So,thenexttime “I don’t know we have The Trump administration ment providers,” said Chuck
for a chunk of the coronavi- thevirusis enoughtrustinwhatanexpo- is increasing the ability of Ingoglia, president and chief
rus’sgeneticcodeinaswabof encountered,the sure means that it would mental-healthproviderstoof- executive of the National
apatient’snoseorthroat. bodycanmount changethewaywedeployour fertelemedicineservices,and CouncilforBehavioralHealth.
A serology test looks in a aswiftimmune workforce,”KimberlyHanson, asuicide-preventionprogram “Thenationwillexperiencea
person’sbloodforantibodies, responseagainstit. aninfectious-diseasephysician intheVeteransAffairsDepart- profound aftershock of wide-
immuneproteinsdevelopedto at the University of Utah ment is expanding to other spreadanxietyandpost-trau-
helpfightofffutureinfections. Howthetestswork School of Medicine, said at a Americansaffectedbythecor- maticstressdisorder.”
The presence of coronavirus media briefing. “We’re still onavirus outbreak. Karen The group, which repre-
antibodies indicates that a Thepatient’sblood trying to figure out what de- Pence, wife of Vice President sentsmental-healthandaddic-
personhasbeenexposedand ismixedwithSARS- tecting an antibody response MikePence,isservingasam- tion providers, is pressing
developed some level of im- CoV-2antigens. SSSAAARRRSSS---CCCoooVVV---222 means,andifit’sprotectiveor bassador for the suicide-pre- House and Senate leadership
muneresponse. not,wedon’tknow.” ventionprogram. fora$38.5billioninfusionof
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The information could re- Given the potential short- emergency funds in the next
veal how many people have Ifthepatienthas comings, early serology tests phaseofstimulusresponseto
beeninfectedalreadyandhow antibodiesagainst mightprovemoreusefulasa Thereisashortage “avert a large-scale public-
PPPaaatttiiieeennnttt’’’sss
many would potentially be thevirustheywill toolforgaugingthespreadof healthcalamity.”
aaannntttiiibbbooodddyyy ofmental-health
susceptibletofutureinfection, bindtothe the virus through communi- Signs of distress are in-
datathatpublic-healthauthor- antigens.This ties,ratherthanfordetermin- providers,especially creasing.InearlyMarch,32%
ities could use to better un- causesacolor ing whether individuals have ofpeoplesaidthatworryand
inruralareas.
derstand and respond to the changeinthe fullimmunity,saidStanford’s stressrelatedtothecoronavi-
pandemic. test,indicating Dr.Bendavid. rushadanegativeimpacton
Hospitalsareespeciallyea- thepresence Dr. Bendavid and his team theirhealth,accordingtothe
ger for serology tests, which oftheantibody. spentlastweekendcollecting Kaiser Family Foundation.
couldhelpthemidentifywhich drops of blood from roughly Still,themental-healthsys- That number jumped 13
workersmighthavealevelof 3,000 people across Santa temintheU.S.isill-prepared points, to 45%, by the end of
immunity. Obstacles Asinalltesting,therearefalsepositives Clara County, Calif., who forthefalloutbecausethereis themonth.
“IfIhad10nursesandfive andfalsenegatives. signeduptohelpresearchers alreadyashortageofpsychia- “I get sad reading the
were immune, I could assign assessthebreadthofinfection tristsandothermental-health news,”saidDannyGroner,37
them to different areas,” said Thenewcoronavirusisrelatedtoothercoronaviruses in the area. Stanford is cur- providers, especially in rural years old, of New York City,
AnthonyHarris,ahospitalepi- thatcauseSARSandthecommoncold. rentlyprocessingtheresults. areas.About111millionpeople whoisvisitingremotelywith
demiologistattheUniversityof Theteamplanssimilardata live in areas of the country histherapist.Hiswifeisape-
MarylandSchoolofMedicine. SARS-CoV-2virus Commoncoldvirus collection in Los Angeles with a shortage of mental- diatrician who is being de-
“Itcouldcreateawin-win:You Countythisweekend,Dr.Ben- healthprofessionals,according ployedtocareforcoronavirus
CoV-2antibody CoV-2 coldantibody cold
decreasetheiranxiety,increase davidsaid. to the Department of Health patients. “With this cabin fe-
antigen antigen
betterpatientcare.” SanMiguelCountyinColo- andHumanServices. ver,IfeellikeI’mlosingabit
TheFDAgrantedanemer- rado is screening any of its Morethan50%ofthecoun- ofmyself.”
gency use authorization to a more than 8,000 residents trydoesn’thavethenecessary ComPsychCorp.,aChicago-
serology test made by Cellex whoagreetohavetheirblood amountofmental-healthprac- based provider of employee-
Inc. on April 1. At least 70 sampledusingaserologytest titionerstomeettheneedsof assistanceprogramscovering
othercompaniesandlaborato- Antibodiesforthoseviruses developedbyUnitedBiomedi- their area, according to a re- morethan118millionindivid-
FALSEPOSITIVE
rieshavetoldtheagencythey couldtriggerafalsepositiveif calInc.Nearly6,000signedup port by Merritt Hawkins, the uals, said it has witnessed a
are offering serological test- thetestisnotspecificenough. Common SARS-CoV-2 inthefirstround. nation’s leading physician 30%increaseincallsrelatedto
coldvirus antigen
ing,thoughtheFDAhasn’tre- The San Miguel Depart- searchandconsultingfirm. suicide,domesticviolenceand
antibody
viewedthosetests. Thetestscouldalsofailto mentofPublicHealthandEn- The U.S. was already bur- othermental-healthissues.
The CDC said it has de- detecttheantibodiesifa vironment said Monday that denedbyajumpinsubstance “We’re forced to live in a
ployeditstestsinseveralcon- persondoesnotproduce resultshavebeendelayedbe- abuse and a suicide rate that societynoAmericansareused
tact investigations and plans enoughtopickupasignal. yond the expected 48 to 72 increased 33% from 1999 to,” said Richard Chaifetz,
tostartlargerpopulationsur- ErikBrynildsenandJoshUlick/THEWALLSTREETJOURNAL hoursbecauseUnitedBiomed- through 2017, making it the founderofComPsych.
veysinthecomingweeks. ical,whosemainfacilityisin 10th-leading cause of death, Peoplewhoneedacutepsy-
Officials in Italy, Britain the CNN interview, said the nity testing after it ordered New York state, is dealing according to the most recent chiatric services may not be
andFrancehavediscussedus- sameideaisbeingdiscussed millions of at-home antibody with staffing and supply is- federaldata. seekingitbecauseofconcerns
ing serology-test results to intheU.S. testsfromsuppliersinSouth- suesduetothepandemic.The “Before the pandemic we theycouldbeexposedtocoro-
givean“immunitypassport” Butserologytestinghashit east Asia. The government companysaidithashiredad- had a supply-demand mis- navirus in psychiatric hospi-
to people who have been in- roadblocks. Two weeks ago, backtrackedearlierthisweek, ditionalstaffandthatthelab match,anddemandkeepsin- talsandemergencyrooms,so
fected,allowingthemtostop the U.K. government said it however, after University of is fully operational and ac- creasing,”saidKennethDuck- someprovidersaregoinginto
socialdistancing.Dr.Fauci,in would quickly roll out immu- Oxford scientists found the tivelygrowing. worth,chiefmedicalofficerat homesincrisissituations.
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Few Customers, Many Cleaners
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is possible for people to pick such work are mostly ones Chemical companies are safedestination,”hesaid. Above,cleaningchairsatGrandCentralMarketinLosAngeles.
Spread
VulnerablePopulation communityandthecommunity
hasnoideathatit’shappening,”
Hits Senior OneofthelargestcontributingfactorstotheCovid-19deathtollhasbeenfatalitiesinnursinghomesandotherlong-term-care said Pennsylvania Sen. Bob
facilities.Insomestateswithfewerfatalities,thesefacilitiesaccountformorethanhalfofalldeaths. Casey. “A nursing home isn’t
isolatedfromthecommunity.”
Covid-19inlong-term-carefacilities,selectstates
Facilities The Democrat co-wrote a
lettertotheCDCandtheCen-
TOTAL tersforMedicareandMedicaid
LONG-TERM-CAREFACILITIESWITH STATE PERCENTAGEOFTOTALDEATHS
STATE COVID-19CASES DEATHS INORRELATEDTOFACILITIES Services, or CMS, calling on
0 50 100% them to list nursing facilities
ContinuedfromPageOne withcases.TheCDCsaidithas
ties with coronavirus cases in Minnesota 47 22 59.1%oftotalstatedeaths “nomasterlistwiththenames
theU.S. Iowa 3 27 55.6 ofnursinghomesrespondingto
“Itultimatelytellsusouref- Covid-19.”
fortstopreventthishavebeen RhodeIsland 15 30 50 CarolynPolchinski,ofScars-
ineffective,” said David dale,N.Y.,saidshedidn’tgeta
Vermont 3 23 47.8
Grabowski, a professor of responsefromtheBronxnurs-
health-care policy at Harvard Delaware 5 19 42.1 ing home where her 79-year-
MedicalSchool. oldmotherliveswhenshere-
Dr.GrabowskisaidtheJour- Massachusetts 176 599 41.2 quested information about
nal’stallyisthemostcomplete Covid-19casesthere.
nationaltotalthatheisaware After the home warned it
of,butislikely“thetipofthe NewMexico 4 13 38.5 wouldsoonadmitcoronavirus
iceberg.” patientswhoweredischarged
Colorado 37 139 33.8
As officials in some of the from hospitals,Ms.Polchinski
hardest-hitU.S.areasonFriday Connecticut 92 380 30.5 said she emailed the facility’s
voicedcautiousoptimismthat administrator asking whether
social-distancing measures Illinois 213 462 28.8 patients with Covid-19 were
were slowing the contagion’s therenow.
spread,thenationcontinuedto “Herlifeisliterallyintheir
rack up grim tallies. U.S. con- W.Virginia 7 4 25 hands,” said Ms. Polchinski, a
firmedcasesrosetomorethan clinical-learningspecialistwith
500,000, according to data Texas 195 189 24.9 aprivatetutoringpractice.
gathered by Johns Hopkins Theadministratordidn’tre-
University. As of Friday eve- NewYork 452 5,489 24.2 turn calls or emails seeking
ning,reportedU.S.fatalities,at comment.
18,693,werethesecondhighest The New York Health De-
intheworldbehindItaly’s,ac- partment has told long-term
cordingtoJohnsHopkins. carefacilitiesthattheyshould
Thevirus’stollinlong-term- informresidentsandfamiliesof
Oklahoma 26 80 23.8
carefacilitiesintheU.S.hasn’t Covid-19casesonthedaythey
beenclear.TheCDC,whichreg- Louisiana 93 650 20 aredetected.
ularly reports coronavirus in- Note:Mostrecentavailabledatashownforeach Several other states said
fections and deaths in total, Kentucky 21 65 12.3 Cstoantnee:cAtpicruilt,10Io:wMaa,sNseawchJuesrestetys,;OAkplrailh9o:ma;April theyencouragefacilitiestobe
doesn’tdosofornursing-home transparent with families of
8:Delaware,Illinois,Louisiana,NewMexico,
cases. NewJersey 262 1,504 9.7 Texas,Vermont,WestVirginia;April7: residents.Yetsomefamiliesof
TheCDCdidn’tprovideany Kentucky,NewYork;April6:Idaho,Rhode facilityresidents—bannedfrom
Island;April5:Colorado;April3:Minnesota
figuresinresponsetoarecent visitinglovedones—aren’tget-
requestfromtheJournal,say- Idaho 10 15 6.7 Sources:statehealthdepartments(facitlities); tingfullinformationaboutout-
ing that its late-March count JohnsHopkinsUniversity(totaldeaths) breaksinsidetheirwalls.
wasasnapshotfromstatesthat “Wearehearingfromfam-
were responding to “informal long-termcarefacilitiesgener- a nursing home in Kirkland, facilities have outbreaks of SalliPung,Michigan’slong- ilymembersthattheyarenot
outreach”fromtheagency. allyhousethepopulationmost Wash., linked to at least 40 Covid-19,therespiratoryillness termcareombudsman,saysher being told by the facilities,
TheJournalsoughtinforma- vulnerabletotheviralsickness: deaths. causedbythecoronavirus. office sometimes relies on theyarebeingtoldbytheme-
tion from every state-level older,oftenfrailresidentswith Facilities are struggling to Severalstates,includingIlli- Googlesearchesoflocalmedia dia,”saidLoriSmetanka,exec-
healthdepartmentaboutcoro- underlyingmedicalconditions. gettimelyaccesstocoronavi- nois and Virginia, said they reports to pin down informa- utivedirectoroftheNational
naviruscasesinlong-term-care Many nursing homes have rus testing for residents and don’trevealnamesoffacilities tionforconsumers. Consumer Voice for Quality
facilities. The states that re- longhadproblemswithinfec- staff and are short on protec- becauseofconcernsaboutresi- Thelackofinformationcan Long-TermCare,anadvocacy
sponded,includingupdatesas tioncontrol,accordingtofed- tiveequipmentforemployees, dents’privacy. leavelocalcommunities,people group.
recentlyasFriday,reportedat eralinspectionrecords.Afed- making it difficult to quickly Meantime, other states are inneedoflong-termcareplace- The American Health Care
least2,190facilitieswithinfec- eraldatabaseshowstherewere detect the virus and halt its strugglingtosimplygatherin- mentandhealth-careproviders Association, which represents
tions and 2,342 deaths. Some nearly 7,200 infection-preven- transmission. formation. Michigan is trying unawareandpotentiallyatrisk, nursinghomes,said,“Wehave
statesprovidedthenumberof tionissuesamong15,672nurs- Asmallbutgrowingnumber toreconciledifferentinforma- accordingtopatientadvocates encouragedproviderstobeas
facilitiesaffected,butnottotal inghomesinfiscal2019. ofstates,includingMinnesota tion-collectingsystemstotrack andsomelawmakers. transparentaspossiblewithin-
casesordeaths. Oneoftheearliestcoronavi- andOklahoma,arepubliclyre- cases in long-term care facili- “Youcan’thaveahugeout- formation, while also protect-
Nursing homes and other rusoutbreaksintheU.S.wasin vealing which long-term care ties,astatespokeswomansaid. break in a nursing home in a ingresidentandstaffprivacy.”
Priest’s Easter Message: We Will Endure
JOURNALISTSDON’T
‘JUSTWRITESTORIES.’
As the new bers of his parish. Those availabletospeakwithanyone FatherPaulikas’sguidance,
coronavirus prayers are often said as si- whowantsprayerorconversa- emailed to parishioners and THEYRECORDHISTORY.
forces big rensblareinthebackground. tionatasafedistance. postedonAllSaints’website,
changes in On Sunday, Father Paulikas FatherPaulikassaidhesees calledforasimplemealwith
how we willcelebrateEasterattheend the irony in the digital trans- breadandwine.Familiesgath-
work,TheWallStreetJournal ofanunusualHolyWeek.The formation of a 152-year-old ered at their tables at 6 p.m.
is looking at how different faithfulareshelteringinplace, churchledbyarectorwhoisn’t Thursday and, if able, shared
people are coping with the soheplanstopresideoverMass tech-savvy.Forhim,the“great themealvirtuallywithothers
stressesandrisks.Forearlier inanemptychurch.Theliturgy cloudofwitness”describedin onFaceTime,Zoomorconfer-
articles in the series, visit and sermon will be delivered Hebrews has new meaning ence call. He had mailed pa-
wsj.com/makingitwork. into the lens of an iPhone 11 since the church has become rishioners a booklet that in-
mountedonatripodthatassis- relianton“cloud”technology. cludedblessingsforthemeal
BYVERONICADAGHER tantpriestRev.SpencerCantrell The dependence extends and readings from Scripture.
borrowedfromhisroommate. beyondbroadcastingaSunday Father Paulikas’s Lenten
On a typical Sunday morn- FatherPaulikasandFather serviceat10a.m.onFacebook teaching series, Tuesday
ing,Rev.StevenPaulikasstands Cantrellnowroutinelyfollow Live. On Maundy Thursday, morningBiblestudyandSun-
onthefrontstepsoftheBrook- up their online services by which commemorates Jesus day evening prayer service
lynchurchhehasbeenleading walking to the church’s gar- Christ’s Last Supper, con- alsomovedonline.
foralmostnineyears,shaking den.There,sitting6feetapart gregants were encouraged to Hehasencouragedparishio-
handsandhuggingcongregants. and wearing masks, they are havean“agapemeal”athome. ners to dress up as they nor-
In the age of coronavirus, mallywouldforchurchonEas-
however, this practice—like terSunday,maketheirfavorite
manyothers—hasbeenturned Easter meal, and call friends
insideout. andfamily.Theaimistorestore
Recently, the 41-year-old abitoftheroutinethatexisted
rectorofAllSaints’Episcopal before March 13, when the
Church has stood alone on churches in the diocese were
thosesteps,hisgazeoccupied closedforpublicworship.
by the crisis enveloping New FatherPaulikashastempo-
YorkCity.Arefrigeratedwhite rarily moved his office from
semi-truck serving as a tem- thechurchbuildingtoadesk
porary morgue has been set inhisnext-doorresidence.He
upacrossthestreetbyneigh- often works through a phone
boringNewYork-Presbyterian list of the elderly and most-
BrooklynMethodistHospital. vulnerable members of his
“The morgue truck is the congregation,callingthemto
tdoaitlhyeschhaudrocwh,”ofFadtehaetrhPcaausltikoans CANTRELLmaFkaetshuerrePtahuelyikfaese,lacopnrineescttefodr. jLoeuarrnnamlisomrecaabreoeurtcthaenihmapvaecotnytohuerworld.
sopafriadyP,sseafclomhroti2nh3ge.dtHheeceesafesrneetqdiu,metehnnettliysr V.SPENCER1cb2huutryhceheari“ssc,oacmdaaplplleetditneglty.he“bJiuzvsaitrrtrbueea,”-l WadnoawdlljoSottnhreeesernstesJwhouasrfrnueancldar.reoepregor/rcateadrrveEicereirnsa.Atilworth
lovedonesandthehealth-care REcausethebuildingisclosed,it
workers serving on the front Rev.StevenPaulikasplanstoholdEasterMassinanemptyAll doesn’t mean the church is
lines,someofwhomaremem- Saints’EpiscopalChurchinBrooklynduetothepandemic. closed,”hesaid.
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THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Tighter Checks on Medical Exports China, U.S.
Team Up
Aftercomplaints coronaviruscasesbegantota- saythenewruleslikelywould
peroffinChinainMarch,the add an extra bottleneck to a To Battle
aboutquality,China
country ramped up manufac- delivery process already
willboostcustoms turing to produce and export plaguedwithdelays.
medical equipment and per- SinceChinasignificantlyre- The Virus
inspectionsongear
sonal protective gear needed stricted the number of inter-
in nations that have experi- national flights last month,
BYLIZALIN encedtheirownoutbreaks. boxes of personal protective BYJONATHANCHENG
More than 40% of the equipment have been sitting
Chinawillsubjectventilators, world’s masks, gloves, face idle in custom warehouses, BEIJING—TheU.S.andChina
surgicalmasksandothermedi- shields,gogglesandprotective said Cameron Johnson, a are at each other’s throats,
calequipmenttomorestringent garmentsaremanufacturedin Shanghai-based partner at bickeringovertheoriginsofthe
customschecksbeforeexporting China,accordingtoestimates TidalwaveSolutions. coronavirus and bashing each
them,afterrecipientcountries by the Washington-based Pe- On average, a shipment of other’shandlingofthecrisis.
questionedthequalityofmuch- terson Institute for Interna- one million medical masks Behindthescenes,hundreds
needed personal protective tionalEconomics. takes about 10 days to clear ofdoctorsandscientistsinthe
equipmentmadeinthecountry. Thetighterregulationsfol- customs, said Mr. Johnson, U.S.andChinahavebeenusing
The new rules, introduced lowed complaints from some who is helping U.S. medical online platforms to hold vir-
Friday, target 11 classes of Europeancountriesaboutthe groupssourceitemsandcon- tualmeetings,tradingnoteson
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Beyondmasksandventilators, tion equipment shipped from RST In addition to the more procureneededsupplies.
theyincludeprotectivecloth- China.InlateMarch,theNeth- UTTE stringent quality checks, the “Beinggalvanizedagainsta
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ing, infrared thermometers, erlandsrecalled600,000med- S newrulesrequireexportersto common public-health threat
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shipments of medical equip- spokeswoman Hua Chunying S importing countries and re- thattranscendspolitics,”said
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mentfromChinaatatimewhen saidtheChinesemanufacturer O gions,officialssaid. GeorgeDaley,thedeanofHar-
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theyareinshortsupplyinmany hadinformedtheDutchbuyer WorkersunloadedChinesefacemasksinLatviaonFriday. BetweenMarch31andApril vardMedicalSchool,whosince
countries,industryexpertssaid. that these products weren’t 5,Chinesecustomsconfiscated February has been working
While the latest statement meantforsurgicaluse.“China customsinspectionslistfora ruleslikelywouldleadtocus- more than 11 million medical closelywiththeheadofaChi-
byChina’sGeneralAdministra- attacheshighimportancetoex- goodreason.Youdoseealot tom agents conducting in- masks,protectivesuits,detec- nesegovernmentcommitteeof
tionofCustomsofferedscant portqualitycontrol,”shesaid. of faulty masks and medical creasedchecksonmedicalex- tionreagentsandthermome- expertsonthecoronavirus.
detailsonthenewinspections, In the U.S., some hospital equipment being shipped ports to ensure that quality ters from firms that didn’t TheU.S.-Chinacollaboration
another notice said officials groupsanddistributorssaythey away,” said Fredrik Barner, a and the licenses are up to have the necessary export li- hasextendedtoclinicaltrialsof
wouldcheckallrelevantgoods havebeenofferedmasksamples Shanghai-based freight-for- standard. “All the shipments censesorcertificates,thena- potentialcoronavirusdrugsand
toensuretheircontentsmatch fromChinathatweredefective warding agent for a Chicago willbeheldup,”hesaid. tion’scustomsauthoritysaid. jump-startedlonger-termproj-
theircustomsdeclaration. orfailedlocalstandards. shippingcompany. China-basedfreightagents —LiuLekai ects, such as a new five-year
After the number of new “Theseproductsareonthe Mr.BarnersaidChina’snew andmedical-supplycompanies contributedtothisarticle. $115 million collaboration be-
tweenHarvardandtheGuang-
zhou Institute for Respiratory
Health,fundedbyoneofChina’s
biggestpropertydevelopers.
But much of it has taken
placebetweenfront-linepracti-
tioners.Lately,theknowledge
has generally been flowing
from China, where the pan-
demicappearstohavepeaked,
totheU.S.,wheredoctorsare
strugglingtocontainthefast-
risingjumpincasesanddeaths.
AfterherlaboratoryatBal-
timore’sJohnsHopkinsUniver-
sity School of Medicine was
This‘isaglobal
issueandweallhave
toputourpolitical
agendaaside.’
shutlastmonthbythecorona-
virus,infectious-diseaseexpert
AnnieAntaraskedacolleague,
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Crisis Threatens Already Divided EU
AntarandtheotherAmerican
doctorspepperedtheirChinese
counterpartswithquestionson
arangeoftopics,includingthe
clinical course of the disease
and preventing infections
BYYAROSLAVTROFIMOV nanceministerscouldn’tagree ChangeinGDPfrom German leaders have ex- ter Giuseppe Conte cautioned amongmedicalworkers.“Ire-
ANDBOJANPANCEVSKI onsharingtheburdenofextra precrisispeak* pressedsympathywithItaly’s Germanvotersthatthecountry ally wanted to talk to people
public debts arising from the plightandsaidtheyacknowl- can’tprosperintheageofglobal who had seen a lot of cases
15%
BERLIN—The European deepeconomicslumpinSouth- edge the gravity of the mo- competitionwithChinaandthe themselves,”Dr.Antarsaid.
Germany
Unionisfacingtheworstcri- ernEurope,despiteseveraldays ment. “It’s in the interests of U.S.ifItaly,theEU’sthird-larg- The collaboration comes
Netherlands
sis since its inception as the ofrancorousnegotiations. 10 all and therefore of Germany esteconomy,collapses.Itiseven against the backdrop of ten-
coronavirusdeepenslong-run- Italy,withover18,000coro- France to act together,” Chancellor moremisguidedtoviewthecor- sionsnotonlybetweenthetwo
ning tensions between the navirusdeaths,morethanany AngelaMerkelsaid.“Germany onabond dispute as merely an governments,whichhavebeen
Spain
bloc’s south, hardest hit by other country, seethed atthe 5 will only do well if Europe economicmatter,hesaid. characterized by mutual re-
boththepandemicanditseco- refusalofGermanyandother doeswell.” “It’s a reciprocal interest criminationsandname-calling,
nomic fallout, and the finan- EU nations to offer medical Despite this lofty rhetoric, that Europe meets this chal- butbetweenacademicinstitu-
0
ciallystrongernorth. helpandsuppliesintheearly Germanleadersandalliessuch lenge. Otherwise we must tionsinthetwocountries.U.S.
Whether and how this days of the pandemic in astheNetherlands,Austriaand abandontheEuropeandream universities have grown more
clash,crystallizedinthequar- March.Publicopinionhasbe- Finland so far have refused to and say, everyone is on their hesitantabouthostingChinese
–5
rel between Germany and It- come even more inflamed by Italy endorse the idea of so-called own,”Mr.Contesaid. scholarsandvisashavebecome
aly,getsresolvedinthecom- Germany’s and the Nether- coronabonds, joint eurozone Germanyenjoysgreatfiscal scarceasU.S.authoritiesstep
ing weeks is likely to lands’ reluctance to help fi- –10 debtinstrumentsthat,accord- leewaybecauseinvestorsview upscrutinyofBeijing’sbacking
determine the long-term via- nancially at a time when the ing to Southern European na- its bonds as the eurozone’s for research on sensitive top-
2008 ’10 ’19
bility of the entire European Italianeconomyrisksfounder- tions, have become indispens- safestasset.Butpoliticiansin ics.Buttheextraordinarychal-
project—including the future ingafterweeksoflockdown. *First-quarter2008,exceptNetherlands, ableforthecontinent’srecovery. Berlin and countries such as lenge of the coronavirus has
ofthecommoncurrency.Ifun- Inthisemotionallycharged whoseGDPpeakedinthesecondquarter; ItalyandSpainfearthat,if theNetherlandsfeartheirown pushedsomeofthataside,at
dataadjustedforinflation,seasonality
resolved, that fight will con- climate,whattoGermanpoliti- they borrow all the money domesticbacklashiftheyhelp leastinthemedicalrealm.
changesinthecalendar
tinuetopoisonEUpolitics. cians is fiscal prudence looks Source:Eurostat they need to prevent an eco- underwriteSouthernEurope’s “There’sgoingtobetensions
Governments that use the likeanactofwartomanyItal- nomic depression on their deficits. betweencountries,”saidElisa
euro as their currency agreed ians. In a recent poll, 70% of “IamveryworriedforItaly own, they risk falling into a “Thereisabroadconsensus Wu,aNewYorkoncologistwho
Thursdaytodeployemergency ItalianssaidGermanyistrying and for the very survival of sovereign-debtcrisislater,and infavorofsolidarity.Butthere isaboardmemberoftheChi-
lendingprogramswithapoten- to“strangle”theircountry,with Europe,” said veteran Italian thatcurrenthelpinbondmar- isanequallybroadconsensus nese-Americandoctors’group.
tialvalueof€540billion($590 only16%disagreeing.Amajority pollster Renato Mannheimer, kets from the European Cen- thatcoronabonds[are]notthe “But from where we stand as
billion)todealwiththeshort- ofvotersforeveryItalianparty, whoconductedthesurvey.“If tralBankwon’tlastforever. wayahead,”saidpoliticalscien- doctors, the coronavirus is a
termimpactofthehealthcrisis including traditionally pro-EU thisgoesonlikethis,Europe In an interview with Bild tistUlrichSpeck,afellowatthe globalissueandweallhaveto
acrossthebloc.Buteurozonefi- ones,endorsedthatview. willcollapse.” newspaper,ItalianPrimeMinis- GermanMarshallFundinBerlin. putourpoliticalagendaaside.”
Austria Stresses Importance of Retaining Some Restrictions
BYBOJANPANCEVSKI caresystem,saidHeinzFass- The findings suggest that rules on social distancing to thecountryintheirhomesor Austriamustcontrolitsbor-
mann,thecountry’seducation whilethedeathrateinAustria avoidasecondwaveofinfec- indrive-intestingstations. derstoavoidre-importingnew
More than twice as many minister, who presented the islowerthantheWorldHealth tions.“Wemustnotfoolour- Austria has been in a na- infections, and learn to live
people have been infected by studyinViennaonFriday. Organization’sestimateforre- selves into complacency: the tionwide lockdown since withthecontingencymeasures,
thenewcoronavirusinAustria The study conducted by portedcases,whichisover3%, iceberg is greater than we March16,withallnonessential Mr. Fassmann said. The only
asofficialfiguresshowed,ac- pollingfirmSORAincoopera- it would still mean the virus thought,”Mr.Fassmannsaid. businesses closed and a ban waytopreventasecondesca-
cording to a new survey de- tionwiththegovernmentand couldkillmillionsworld-wide “Without the restrictive on public gatherings of more lationistowearfacemasksin
scribedasthefirstinacoun- the Red Cross indicated that beforeavaccineisavailable. measures we would go back thantwopeoplewhodon’tlive public, observe distancing
trywithasizablepopulation, 28,500people,orabout0.33% Austria’s government an- into exponential growth…the inthesamehousehold. rulesandadheretostricthy-
withafatalityrateof0.77%. ofAustria’s8.9millionpopula- nounced this week that its mountain is high and we are Asaresultofthemeasures, gienerequirements,hesaid.
The nationwide survey tion,wereinfectedwiththevi- lockdownwouldbe gradually notyetontheotherside,”he thegovernmentsaid,theinfec- Removing the rules would
showed that lockdown mea- rusbyApril6,sharplyhigher lifted beginning Tuesday, but saidinreferencetothequick tion rate was drastically causeanewoutbreakthatcould
sures, which are particularly thanthe12,467infectionsre- Mr. Fassmann said the new spreadofthecoronavirus. slowed.ByApril10,Austriahad claim an additional 100,000
strict in Austria, were neces- cordedbythatdate,with220 data implied that even after Thestudytestedarandom, registered 13,271 infections, lives,accordingtoacalculation
sarytoavoidmasscasualties people dying of Covid-19, the restrictionsareloosened,peo- representativesampleof1,544 1,600hospitalizationsand319 byagroupofmathematicians
andoverwhelmingthehealth- diseasecausedbythevirus. plemustcontinuetoobserve peopleuptoage94fromacross deathsrelatedtothevirus. whoadvisethegovernment.
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know if his father could hear
him, but he had things he
wanted to say, mainly“I love
you.” He strained to get the
words out in the awkward
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gatheredinthedimlylitpark- sherecallsthinking. 10,000tabletsinhospitalsand priests,butifthefamilycould a face that radiated friendli- bye. She held the bagged
ing lot, standing 6 feet apart Thefamilysangandtalked nursing homes. So far, about find a priest right away, a ness,shethought. phonetoherpatient’searand
tomaintainasocialdistance. toher.Ms.Neutzwouldreach 2,500 donated tablets have nurse would go into his In fact, Mr. McCord was a watchedhisface.
out to touch the screen when been pledged, and the group mother’s room with an iPad people person. The widower “I hope this man hears
her great-grandchildren came hasraisedmorethan$125,000 andcoordinateavideocall. had coffee with his daughter this,”shethoughttoherself.“I
Protective gear
intothepicture.Relativeswere towarda$1milliongoal.The everyafternoon,notchednear hopethesevoicesarehislast
Thehospitalallowedoneof watchingasshetookherfinal firstshipmentsweresettogo perfect attendance at church memory.”
Final blessing
themtosuitupinfullprotec- breathat7:45a.m.Monday. outbytheendofthisweek. anddidn’tevenhavetoorder When she finished the
tive gear, akin to a hazmat NursesAudreyWatersand Sara Rodell, one of the It was 9:45 p.m., and Mr. whenhesatdownathisfavor- phonecalls,sheleaneddown
suit, and go into her room JuliaHuntwereeachholding group’sfounders,saysshewas Funk, a former religion re- itedineronMainStreetevery andtouchedhisshoulderwith
briefly.DaughterKathyMills, one of Ms. Neutz’s hands as inspiredbyatextmessageon porter, was almost 500 miles Saturday. The servers knew oneglovedhand.
62,enteredtofindMs.Neutz shedied.Ms.Waters,33,had March27fromafriendwhois away in Charlotte, N.C. He
wearybutawake,lyingonher worked overnight but stayed a nurse who needed help calledFatherFrankO’Rourke, ‘It absolutely ripped my heart out.’
side with one arm extended pasthershiftbecausesheand sourcingtabletsthatwouldal- aretiredpastorofSt.Gabriels
offthebed. Ms. Hunt had promised the low dying patients to say Catholic Church in Charlotte.
Ms.Millslookedoutather family they wouldn’t let Ms. goodbye to their families. Within 10 minutes, a nurse NurseJulieHunt,whoheldthehandofadyingpatientwhile
frombehindanN95respirator Neutzbealone. “Thisjustreallygotme,”says called Father O’Rourke from herrelativeswatchedonvideo.
mask,andasecondmaskatop “Ifeltblessedtobeableto Ms.Rodell. Mrs. Funk’s bedside. He re-
that, and safety goggles. cited a prayer, while nurses, whathewanted:Sausage,eggs “Don’t be afraid,” she told
Wearingtwopairsofbluehos- ‘I can’t even be there to say anything.’ dressedinprotectiveclothing, andgrits. him. She and another nurse
pital gloves, she grabbed her tendedtoMrs.Funk. OnthemorningofWednes- stayedwithhimuntilhedied.
mother’shand. AnursetoldMr.Funkthat day,April1,Ms.Culclasure,a Anhourlater,foursiblings
“I’msorryIcan’tkissyou,” David‘Michael’DudleyJr.,whospoketohisdyingfather hismotherdiedminutesafter nursefor34years,putahos- in a different family were
she told her mom through overaZoomvideoconference. the blessing. “I don’t know if pital-staff mobile phone in a abouttogothroughthesame
tears. thenursewastryingtomake plastic bag to keep it sterile. ritual.
Did she want to go to bethere,”saysMs.Hunt,who Some of the Covid-19 pa- mefeelbetter,”hesays.“But Shetookoutalistofnumbers Just after noon in Ohio,
heaven,sheaskedhermother. is28.“Butitabsolutelyripped tientsseemunawaretheyare we are choosing to believe she had collected from the NickRamossawthathissister
Ms.Neutznodded,andges- myheartoutaswell.” isolated, while others under- her.” family. had posted to their family
tured to the medical equip- Near Toledo, Ohio, nurse stand, says the Rev. Michael In Conway, S.C., that same And then, one by one, she groupchat.Anurseinahospi-
mentintheroom.“Thisistoo Helen Revesz says she has Mercier, the director of spiri- week, it pained critical-care called Mr. McCord’s son, his tal room with their father
much,”shesaidsoftly. never been through anything tualcareforLifespan,ahealth nurse Kelli Culclasure to see two daughters—including wanted to set up a FaceTime
Ms.Millswentbackoutto likethisduringher35yearsin systeminRhodeIsland.“Ihave Covid-19 patient Robert Mc- Nancy Hopkins, who had videocall.
the parking lot, and a nurse the profession. Previously, never seen as many patients Cord nearing death alone. broughthimtothehospital— The father, Joe Ramos, 73,
calleddownandleteachsib- whensomeonewasdying,she cry when I am praying with was in ProMedica Bay Park
lingsaygoodbyebyFaceTime would call the family so they them,” he says, adding that Hospital in Oregon, Ohio, dy-
rightthen.DebbieTaylor,an- could be in the room. Rela- theyfeelcutofffromfamily. ingfromCovid-19.
other daughter, ached listen- tiveswouldbothcomfortthe There and at many hospi- NickRamos,42,wasinHol-
ing to her siblings’ intimate patient and commune and tals, the chaplains now often lywood,Calif.,wherehelives.
goodbyes. mournwithoneanother. pray at patients’ doors to Histhreesiblings,whoalllive
“We couldn’t hug each Ms. Revesz recently, in a avoidpickingupthevirus. within an hour’s drive of the
other,” she says. “It was un- firstforher,arrangedaFace- RabbiJasonKirschner,the hospital,feltitwasn’tsafeto
natural. Normally, we would Timevideocallsogrownchil- staff chaplain at Mount Sinai visit because they were con-
have been crying on each dren could say goodbye to HospitalinNewYork,recently cernedaboutexposuretothe
other’sshoulders.” theirfather,whowasdyingof gotarequestfromafamilyto virus.
doaVidui,aJewishprayerof Thesiblingstookturnssay-
‘It has been the biggest challenge of my life, confession, which usually is inggoodbye.
recited by a rabbi or family When Mr. Ramos’s time
knowing I couldn’t be there.’
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weekend.GranddaughterLacy “You put yourself in their deathbed rite. “This is not ST Then the nurse turned the
Taylor,29,deliveredalaptop place.” something doctors typically ALL cameraonherself.Mr.Ramos
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Apple Joins patchwork of academics and CONGO AFRICA
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als—provided they, too, have smartphones, could address claimedmorethan2,260lives— demandingthatRussiareturn fogatanairportnearSmolensk, gathertotrytocombatthelo-
optedin—wouldreceiveanoti- thatconcern. secondtothe2014-16outbreak thewreckageoftheplane. Russia.ItwasPoland’sworst custs,theyriskspreadingthevi-
fication on their own phones, “Contacttracingisveryre- inWestAfrica. Poland’sForeignMinistrysaid tragedysinceWorldWarII,kill- rus.Itisthelocuststhat“every-
according to draft documents sourceintensive,andanything —AssociatedPress Fridaythatithadsentadiplo- ingnotonlythepresidentand oneistalkingabout,”saidYoweri
postedbythecompanies,such that could help us do that maticnotetotheRussianEm- firstlady,butmanyothertop Aboket,afarmerinUganda.
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apps,whichcouldbedeveloped aroundwhetherthebenefitsof planecrashthatkilledPresident Thecrashoccurredastheair morethantwopeople. andlivelihoods.
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amongothers. thepotentialexposureofsensi-
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miliar with the matter. Presi- auservolunteersit.Theyalso 1929 — 2020
dentTrumpsaidFridaythatthe said users’ locations and per-
technologyraisedprivacycon- sonallyidentifiableinformation
cerns, telling reporters: “It’s won’tbecollected. Investor Helped Shape
very interesting but a lot of Some privacy advocates
peopleworryaboutitinterms praisedAppleandGoogle’ssys-
of a person’s freedom. We’re tembecauseitisdecentralized,
goingtotakealookatthat,a rather than one in which all Private Equity Industry
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smartphones in Americans’ used. “Thisisaveryeffective
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devices.Theconcept,similarto byAppleandGoogle,”saidMi-
thatusedmostprominentlyin chaelVeale,anassistantprofes- BYLAURAKREUTZER unemployment,andtheonlyassets
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futureoutbreaksaspeoplere- London. “They have made a firstinvestmentjobinthe AsMr.BrookebuiltTA,hesawan
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