WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 3, 2020:

At the risk of repeating myself again: It's over, folks. Let's get on with our lives.

The daily death toll is at worst, flat; at best, beginning a decline. The cumulative toll is linear to very slightly decreasing, and as a lagging indicator should begin to show a downward curve over the next week or so. Both web sites I track are showing the same trend.

The death rate has been steady now at 0.1% for several weeks, which is exactly what is predicted by the CDC every year for seasonal flu.

And finally, an estimated 80.0% of Americans are still virus-free. Herd immunity is beginning to build despite the best efforts of our deep state HealthScare Professionals to prevent it.

Now back to my regular (unscheduled) programming....

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 2, 2020:

Daily deaths is clearly stabilizing, with the 7-day average below 2,000 per day for 2 weeks. The Coronavirus Dashboard is also showing the same trend, roughly flat for the last two weeks, although the cumulative deaths is a bit higher (as noted yesterday). Both tracking sites are showing an estimated death rate of 0.1%, the same as the CDC estimates for seasonal flu. Approximately 80.4% of the U.S. population is estimated not to have been infected. The real unknown is the percentage of the U.S. population that have not been exposed. That would be a huge 'tell' if it could be known.

As a side note, about 60,000 people have died since January of illnesses where the coronavirus may have been at least a contributing factor. During the 96 days since January 1st, 691,200 Americans have lost their lives from all causes.

BACK TONIGHT with Wuhan Flu update. In the meantime, go see PowerLine's Week in Pictures.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I LIKED NEW MEXICO: New Mexico governor orders roads closed to city of Gallup in effort to stop coronavirus spread.

No more.

GOOD OL' JOE: Biden chooses a sex predator to help him pick a female running mate.

Does anyone -- anyone -- seriously believe Biden is in any way, shape, or form mentally competent to be President of the United States?

A LIFETIME OF PRACTICE: How are you this old and this bad at everything?

JOE BIDEN: Animal, vegetable, or mineral? I vote for vegetable.

MUSTN’T LET PEOPLE THINK FOR THEMSELVES: They obviously can't be trusted to follow the garbage ruling governing class's 'leadership'.

Click through to read all about it.

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 1, 2020:

As yesterday, the tail is still wagging the dog in the daily death toll, but it does appear to be stabilizing a bit. A few more days, perhaps. I suspect the 'tell' will not be the daily numbers as much as it will be when the cumulative numbers begin to bend.

In the meantime, an estimated 81% of America is uninfected, though not necessarily unexposed.

WHY OUR MEDIA IS GARBAGE:

[T]he main catalyst in the death toll coverage is political. Prior to the pandemic, prominent progressives prayed and hoped that the U.S. economy would crash in order to "get rid of Trump." HBO's Bill Maher callously exclaimed, "Can I ask about the economy? Because this economy is going pretty well. I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point. And by the way, I'm hoping for it. Because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy. So, please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people, but it's either root for a recession or you lose your democracy." NBC's Richard Engel was on Maher's show and agreed with Maher's sentiment, arguing that "short-term pain might be better than long-term destruction of the Constitution." Former 2020 Democrat presidential contender Congressman John Delaney accused the other presidential candidates of "cheering on a recession because they want to stick it to Trump."

The progressive and mainstream media despise President Trump and his supporters. The media have an incentive to keep America shut down and prevent the economy from rebounding. To that end, the media will stop at nothing to prevent President Trump's re-election in 2020, even if that means financial ruin for a sizable portion of the American population.

Don't let them win.

INSTAPUNDIT ON FOX NEWS: A failure of leadership.

One thing our garbage ruling governing class is not is leaders. With the exception of President Trump.

QUESTIONS Liberal reporters will never ask.

IS BOTH A CORRECT ANSWER? Are Democrat legislators corrupt or nonessential?

AS I HAVE NOTED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE: The Centers for Disease Control is AWOL.

YEAH, SURE: The creative thinker who should be Biden's vice president.

HOMESCHOOLING: taking education out of Establishment hands. I'm reminded of this quote:

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ― H.L. Mencken

Now that the coronavirus panic has identified the petty martinets in our garbage governing class, that time may well have come.

AMMO GRRRLL The end is nigh; let our people go.

MICHIGAN PROTESTERS storm state Capitol in fight over coronavirus rules.

State Sen. Dayna Polehanki, a Democrat, tweeted a photo of what she described as armed demonstrators yelling above her. She said some of her colleagues were wearing "bullet proof vests" inside the House chamber.

"Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today. #mileg," she posted.

Michigan has allowed guns inside the Capitol building but banned protest signs several years ago.

I wonder if she ever considered that the protestors might be armed to protect themselves from the legislators....

WEAPONIZING CORONAVIRUS, Leftist foundations dedicate millions to transform 2020 elections.

Surprised? I'm not.

SO MUCH DUMB PACKED IN SUCH A TINY BRAIN: The U.S. is a brutal barbarian society.