GOOD LUCK GETTING VOLUNTEERS NEXT TIME: Health workers that volunteered to come to NY during pandemic have to pay state income tax.

Ed Driscoll chimes in.

HINT: I CAN STILL BUY TOILET PAPER. Which sold out faster this month?

NEW WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAYLEIGH McENANY absolutely torches the drive-by media. That gal is gonna be good!

NO. ABSOLUTELY NO. House Democrats drafting new 'multitrillion-dollar' coronavirus relief bill.

A MODEST PROPOSAL for reopening universities.

I'm all in favor. It's a punch in the noses of all those whiney social justice/diversity warriors, and it'll save students money to boot.

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 6, 2020:

Same old; same old. The daily deaths curve (after smoothing) remains flat; the cumulative deaths curve is still showing a bend downward and extending slightly, which indicates (to me, at least) the beginnings of flattening. It won't flatten, though, until the daily deaths curve starts to decline - and the signs are there.

For those paying attention, the estimated death rate is 0.1058%, up a bit since yesterday and below normal annual flu season levels. I checked the CDC flu web site, and the average annual seasonal flu death rate since 2010 is 0.132%, excluding the 2019-2020 estimate.

An estimated 78.991% of Americans have still not been infected, so 'herd immunity' is still happening albeit far too slowly.

BUT, BUT ... THEY HAVE CREDENTIALS! The 'credentialed class' keeps getting it wrong with coronavirus response.

Common sense? No. Competence? No. Skills? No. Accomplishments? Not unless gaining the credential is an accomplishment.

Their credentials are almost worth the paper they're printed on....

GIVE HIM A CORONAVIRUS INSTEAD: Former NYT reporter opposes investigation of Biden assault claim: ‘I want a coronation.’

‘FEEDING MY KIDS IS NOT SELFISH’: Salon owner chooses jail over complying with stay-at-home order.

"I have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that I'm selfish because feeding my kids is not selfish," she told the judge. "I have hairstylists that are going hungry because they would rather feed their kids. So sir, if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision. But I am not going to shut the salon."

Related post.


UPDATE: Texas Attorney General tells judge to back off.

THEY HAVE CREDENTIALS BUT NO REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Chinese Virus model hero busted for violating stay home order.

Lede taken from the comments below this Morning Greatness column. I guess the credentialed belief is that if you have 'credentials' you don't need accomplishments....

NEXT THEY'LL BE SEARCHING CEMETARIES: New York reports over 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes.

If you died in New York in 2020 it must have been coronavirus. Anything to keep the dream (control of the people) alive....

DEMOCRATS. YOU FORGOT DEMOCRATS: Coronavirus lessons on density, mass transit, bureaucracy and censorship: They kill.

SOMEBODY HAS TO: Trump/Barr DOJ continues to defend First Amendment rights.

And I'm glad it's coming from the very top. Refreshing.

SO THEY WON'T OBEY THE LOCKDOWN. Release the murder hornets!

From PowerLine's now-weekly mid-Week in Pictures. Enjoy.

BUT RULES ARE ONLY FOR LITTLE PEOPLE: UK scientist who championed lock-down orders broke his own advice by letting his girlfriend visit his home.