2. China. Many national security folks are upset with China. Republicans more hawkishly but Democrats as well (former diplomats & natl security folks). I’m not smart enough to evaluate the ins & outs but the forecast for the world is...21/
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National security implications of CV: -More nationalism (not just from China, but from us) -Less trade more in-country manufacturing -Much tighter borders -Continued tariffs -Regional hegemony strategies -Weakening if WHO, UN, global institutions 22/
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On that last point Dems felt there would be more cooperation but acknowledged the other points. The Rs had a stronger reaction. One said “There is no prize for membership.” 23/
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3. Regional recovery: We are dividing East v West instead of North v South was the thesis. West Coast handled this much better than East. Easier to contain, easier recovery. Southeast expected to be quite bad. 24/
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My own observations from MN. We are partially surrounded by the Dakotas & Iowa. I heard today that entire meatpacking plants have 100% infection rate. That hospitals are seeing high infection rates among staff. And no social distancing standards. 25/
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There are a handful of stubborn governors still in these states. And if it gets bad, unlike TX which has said they want to stop Louisiana people at the border, I hope MN helps by inviting folks in if they need help & we can do it safely. 26/
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Speaking of parts of the country, someone sent me regional riffs on the
#StayHome
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What would your state’s motto be? @somuchweirdness says Minnesota’s would be “Just stay where you are. Why would we get closer than 6 feet?” (not a warm people) 27/pic.twitter.com/GftyM1xz98
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(Focus, Andy, focus) Talked to a hospice doc today (if I said nurse earlier, it was Zach’s fault). She is doing all her conversations via iPad. Talks to patients. Talks to families. Via iPad. I asked her how to prevent ppl from feeling alone as they die wih no family there? 27/
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It’s hard. There was no sugarcoating. For the family, no mourning. No confirmation of death by seeing the body which is part of the grief process. No visitation from neighbors. And the family is often in isolation themselves As I heard from someone today. 28/pic.twitter.com/mg9JnqOXVB
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I will cover the food bank, the Javits Center situation, and project95 tomorrow since this is quite long. I will end with one thing. 30/
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Have you considered doing these updates as blog posts? They are wonderfully informative, but shattered across twitter threads with no ability to edit or reorder, I think they are doing you a disservice
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Replying to @Pinboard
All on Medium and of course the podcast In the Bubble
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