I don't know about agendas, but I think Eric is right that we should all be wearing masks. Never made sense not to wear masks.

#stayhome

.@LockPickingLwyr explains...

Whether you are on Zoom because your employer or school requires it or you just downloaded it to stay in touch with friends and family, people have rushed to the video chat platform in the wake of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders—and journalists, researchers, and regulators have noticed its many...

.@AltShiftX superbly hostplains last weeks episode.

Scientist Jeremy Howard shared graph on @smerconish saying that when S. Koreans started wearing masks widely in late Feb, they got control of the infection curve. Italians have not worn masks widely. Correlation is not causation, but let's give masks a try. #stayhome #WearAMask

At a temperature of 68 degrees, SARS lasted:

—Less than 8 hours on latex
—2 to 8 hours on aluminum
—2 days on steel
—4 days on wood
—4 days on glass
—5 days on metal
—5 days on ceramics
—5 days on plastics (but one strain survived up to 9 days on plastic)

Those findings likely also apply to SARS-CoV-2, Rachel Graham, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina, told Business Insider.

Study of 1918 flu pandemic shows U.S. cities that responded more aggressively in health terms also had better economic rebounds.