McKay Coppins
Staff writer, . Author of THE WILDERNESS. “Sort of handsome” - Donald J. Trump.
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‘Women Will Not Be Forced to Be Alone When They Are Giving Birth’
Nytimes.com 7h 6 tweets
In response to some private hospitals’ decision to bar partners, New York will order all hospitals to allow partners in delivery rooms, despite the coronavirus risk.
McKay Coppins 7h
David Chang Isn’t Sure the Restaurant Industry Will Survive Covid-19
Nytimes.com 27h 5 tweets
‘I’m not being hyperbolic in any way: Without government intervention, there will be no service industry whatsoever.’
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McKay Coppins "This is the way I’ve been weirdly internalizing it: It’s as if aliens came from outer space and decided to totally destroy restaurants." 23h
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 55h 2 tweets
Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World: Khazan, Olga: 9780316418485: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com 3d 2 tweets
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McKay Coppins The thing about writing books is that it's really hard, it takes forever, and sometimes the world is on fire when you publish it. My talented colleague has a book coming out—you should read the excerpt () and pre-order! 3d
Doctors And Nurses Say More People Are Dying Of COVID-19 In The US Than We Know
BuzzFeed News 3d 26 tweets
“The numbers are grossly under-reported. I know for a fact that we’ve had three deaths in one county where only one is listed on the website,” one California ER doctor told BuzzFeed News.
McKay Coppins “The numbers are grossly under-reported. I know for a fact that we’ve had three deaths in one county where only one is listed on the website" 3d
13 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital
Joseph Goldstein, Somini Sengupta🥭 - Nytimes.com 3d 77 tweets
Hospitals in the city are facing the kind of harrowing increases in cases that overwhelmed health care systems in China and Italy.
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McKay Coppins “It’s apocalyptic." 3d
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 3d 1 tweets
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McKay Coppins "In a sign of the grim calculus facing officials, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is preparing refrigerated trucks and shipping containers to store bodies if morgues get full." 3d
How the Pandemic Will End
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 3d 235 tweets
The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
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McKay Coppins The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. explains how it will play out 3d
The Coronavirus Is Killing Local News
The Atlantic 4d 6 tweets
Keeping these news sources afloat needs to be part of the governmental and philanthropic response to the pandemic.
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McKay Coppins "Among the important steps you should take during this crisis: Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. And buy a subscription to your local newspaper." 4d
McKay Coppins "So what can be done to help keep journalism in your community alive? "The federal government can do something quite concrete right now: As part of its stimulus plans, it should funnel $500 million in spending for public-health ads through local media." 4d
“The Coronavirus Crisis Was Built for Insurgent Information”: Why Some Early MAGA Adopters Went Against Trump’s Virus Doctrine
T.A. Frank - Vanity Fair 5d 26 tweets
As Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and much of the GOP parroted the president’s no-worries line, MAGA originals like Steve Bannon and Mike Cernovich sounded the alarm.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 4d 8 tweets
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McKay Coppins More than 750,000 medical-grade masks were sold at huge markups in a private auction in Texas while hospitals were running out via 4d
Grocery Stores Are the Coronavirus Tipping Point
Olga Khazan - The Atlantic 4d 11 tweets
Even one of the last bastions of normal America life could not escape the outbreak.
McKay Coppins Cashiers are at high risk for getting coronavirus, but masks aren't available to them, reports 4d
Why Is the New Coronavirus Different?
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 9d 48 tweets
We’ve only known about SARS-CoV-2 for three months, but scientists can make some educated guesses about where it came from, and why it’s behaving in such an extreme way.
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McKay Coppins Coronaviruses were never the most popular topic of scientific research; all of a sudden, every bit of information we have about them matters. reports on what, exactly, we know about the new coronavirus that's spreading across the world 5d
We Need a Hard Pause, Followed by a Soft Start
The Atlantic 6d 21 tweets
Policy makers need to start planning for a careful and gradual return to normalcy.
McKay Coppins "The notion that this is how we handle the virus until a vaccine is available—that the most intense social distancing with no school or work for large segments of society will go on for many months—is absurd." Yuval Levin argues for a *gradual* restart 5d
When Disease Comes, Rulers Grab More Power
The Atlantic 6d 26 tweets
In countries around the world, the pandemic is giving leaders an excuse to entrench themselves. And the public is going along with it.
McKay Coppins How 's son returned home from college to Poland: "He got out and walked across, carrying his luggage, as if in a Cold War movie about a spy exchange. He saw roadblocks, soldiers with guns, men in hazmat suits taking temperatures." 6d
Rep. Ben McAdams hospitalized after coronavirus positive test
NBC News 6d 2 tweets
He called a COVID-19 hotline number Friday night and he said he was told to go to the hospital and check in with the isolation unit.
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McKay Coppins "Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, who tested positive last week for the disease caused by the coronavirus, said Sunday night that he has been hospitalized since Friday because of 'severe shortness of breath.'" 6d
The Biggest Worry for Doctors Fighting the Pandemic
The Atlantic 7d 3 tweets
America’s medical professionals are risking their lives. But their greatest fear is that they’ll move from being part of the solution to part of the problem.
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McKay Coppins America’s doctors are risking their lives. But their greatest fear is that they’ll move from being part of the solution to part of the problem, reports 6d
Rand Paul's coronavirus diagnosis sends shockwaves through Senate
Jordain Carney - TheHill 6d 2 tweets
Republicans gathered for a closed-door caucus lunch when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) broke the news: One of their own, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Congress Desperately Needs a Contingency Plan
The Atlantic 16d 7 tweets
What will happen if lawmakers can no longer meet because of the coronavirus?
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McKay Coppins Here, via , is the unbelievable-but-true backstory on why self-quarantining lawmakers can't vote 6d
Anthony Fauci’s Plan to Stay Honest
The Atlantic 7d 9 tweets
He’s never seen a disease quite like COVID-19, nor has he ever worked for a president quite like Trump.
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McKay Coppins Dr. Fauci talks to about working with Trump: 6d