March 11, 2020

Idaho @ 17% Biden 43-33

March 11, 2020

IDAHO leaning to Biden 44-35

10% reporting
Biden 6,974
Sanders 5,533

March 11, 2020

58% of the Washington State vote reporting: Biden +0.6

Most of this was early voting

Bernie barely ahead (+4,000) in progressive Seattle

March 11, 2020

Washington State Early vote: Biden and Sanders tied at 32.7%

Late vote likely to shift to Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/10/us/elections/results-washington-president-democrat-primary-election.html

March 11, 2020

The Media. Young Voters. Sanders Spreads the Blame for His Decline.

New York Times

ST. LOUIS — To Senator Bernie Sanders, there is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to his recent reversal of fortune. For everyone but him and his campaign.

The “corporate media” didn’t pay attention to his agenda.

The Democratic Party establishment aligned to block him from winning its presidential nomination.

And the young voters he counted on to power his campaign didn’t come through for him.

March 11, 2020

Exit poll puts Biden ahead in Washington.....

https://twitter.com/kkondik/status/1237574475236827140

March 11, 2020

Sanders has dropped below Statewide viability in Mississippi

March 11, 2020

A very sober victory speech by Joe Biden...

March 11, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard speaks to her people...

https://twitter.com/ChrisBastianBkl/status/1237569205840384002

March 11, 2020

'It's Just Everywhere Already': How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response

Source: New York Times

Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, knew that the United States did not have much time.

In late January, the first confirmed American case of the coronavirus had landed in her area. Critical questions needed answers: Had the man infected anyone else? Was the deadly virus already lurking in other communities and spreading?

As luck would have it, Dr. Chu had a way to monitor the region. For months, as part of a research project into the flu, she and a team of researchers had been collecting nasal swabs from residents experiencing symptoms throughout the Puget Sound region.

To repurpose the tests for monitoring the coronavirus, they would need the support of state and federal officials. But nearly everywhere Dr. Chu turned, officials repeatedly rejected the idea, interviews and emails show, even as weeks crawled by and outbreaks emerged in countries outside of China, where the infection began.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html