Li Wenliang [Wikipedia]

The United States Announces Assistance To Combat the Novel Coronavirus Feb. 7 [Michael R. Pompeo]

Medicaid for All Who Face the Coronavirus [Slate]

Coronavirus: Some scientists say UK virus strategy is ‘risking lives’ [BBC News]

Scientists have been sounding the alarm on coronavirus for months. Why did Britain fail to act? [Richard Horton]

How Dutch false sense of security helped coronavirus spread [Irish Times]

Swedish PM warned over ‘Russian roulette-style’ Covid-19 strategy [Guardian]

I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it. [Beth Cameron]

How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus [NY Times]

Pandumbic [YouTube]

US officials shake hands, touch their faces and share a microphone at coronavirus press briefing [CNBC]

A Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus [NY Times]

From complacency to an emergency: How Trump changed course on coronavirus [Politico]

Trump dismissed coronavirus pandemic worry in January — now claims he long warned about it [CNBC]

Americans Don’t Trust The People In Charge Of The Coronavirus Fight [FiveThirtyEight]

They’ve Contained the Coronavirus. Here’s How. [NY Times]

US uses an encrypted app to connect with Iranians as coronavirus sweeps their country [CNN]

World leaders are fighting the virus. And each other. [Politico]

Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing [Daily Beast]

The recording shows Senate intel chair warned of coronavirus disruption in private weeks ahead of time [Politico]

Shareholder suit accuses Sen. Richard Burr of securities fraud [Politico]

House members, Senate aides traded stocks in early days of coronavirus [Politico]

U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak [Reuters]

Rand Paul is the first senator to test positive for coronavirus [CNN]

3 GOP Senators In Self-Quarantine Will Be Unable To Vote On Coronavirus Relief [NPR]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro in denial and out on a limb [BBC]

Usage of Masks “Flattened” Growth of Coronavirus Cases in the Czech Republic [Prague Morning]

Austria to make basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets [Reuters]

Coronavirus in Hungary – Viktor Orban rules by decree indefinitely [CNBC]

Belarus president refuses to cancel anything – and says vodka and saunas will ward off COVID-19 [Sky News]

World leaders’ posts deleted over fake news [BBC]