From Jenna Orkin

Above-Top Secret contingency plans already exist for what the military is supposed to do if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated. Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to ready these plans, not just to protect Washington but also to prepare for the possibility of some form of martial law.

'Total Suspension of Individual Freedom': Inside Israel's Secret Coronavirus Debate

These are analogous to the circumstances under which the federal reserve was established. "the cabinet approved the plan in the dead of night the following day, bypassing parliamentary oversight by using state emergency regulations...the health officials said there were people coming up negative in tests yet still spreading the disease to others." 

How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body (Before You Ever Feel It)

Liquor stores in New York are considered 'essential' businesses by the state and will remain open during the coronavirus shutdowns

9% of Working Americans (14 Million) So Far Have Been Laid Off As Result of Coronavirus; 1 in 4 Workers Have Had Their Hours Reduced; 2% Have Been Fired; 

Why does Russia, population 146 million, have fewer coronavirus cases than Luxembourg?

Kenyans Stone To Death Man Suspected Of Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Social distancing may need to go on for almost 12 months, UK’s scientific advice says

Taiwan to donate 100,000 masks per week to US

People are stockpiling pot and sales are skyrocketing at dispensaries as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe

Progressives have spent decades trying to change US labor laws. The coronavirus did it for them in one month.

'The system was blinking red': Intelligence officials warned Trump about a pandemic as early as January, but 'couldn't get him to do anything about it'

10 countries are now tracking phone data as the coronavirus pandemic heralds a massive increase in surveillance

A California hospital is running dangerously low on swabs for coronavirus testing, highlighting yet another obstacle the US is facing with testing during the outbreak

Amazon and other sellers have run out of tampons as coronavirus fears sell out online stores

Italy just took full ownership of its national airline Alitalia to save it from collapse amid the coronavirus crisis. Here's the carrier's full troubled history.

The coronavirus pandemic will almost certainly cause a permanent expansion of America's social safety net

Unless, of course, things get worse...

Australia closes Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach after crowds of people flock to the beach in recent days, defying coronavirus rules