Coronavirus Reality Show: Kentucky Episode!

“All the world’s a stage!”

Dr. Anthony Fauci Warns Senators Reopening Too Soon Will Cause “Suffering and Death”

Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky — the first senator known to test positive for the virus — appeared in person and did not wear a mask.

Masks are for those who are SICK!

Where coronavirus cases are rising in the United States

Kentucky had the largest surge in new cases in the nation with a 60% rise in the first week of May, due to widespread testing at a prison that revealed an outbreak.

University of Kentucky to close $6 million COVID-19 field hospital — without ever housing patients

The University of Kentucky is closing the 400-bed field hospital at Nutter Field House as the potential for a surge of COVID-19 patients has subsided.

Kentucky’s poor economic outlook due to COVID-19 was ‘self-inflicted,’ UofL professor says

Dr. Coomes says he’s blunt, and so he criticized Kentucky for not pivoting when it was clear a surge of COVID-19 patients at hospitals wasn’t going to happen.

He also criticized the policies for opening up the commonwealth slowly, saying it was overly cautious.

“This is really self-inflicted from my point of view,” Dr. Coomes said.

For some sarcastic relief:

Rand Paul Says Secret to Social Distancing Is Making Everyone Despise You

US Defence Department Awards Boeing $2.6 Billion in Cruise Missile Contracts

US Defence Department Awards Boeing $2.6 Billion in Cruise Missile Contracts

“The Boeing Company of St. Louis, Missouri is awarded a $1,971,754,089… contract to provide non-recurring engineering associated with the Stand-off Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response (SLAM ER) obsolescence redesign effort as well as the production and delivery of 650 SLAM ER missiles in support of the government of Saudi Arabia”, the release said on Wednesday.