Western civilization is doing just fine, in case anyone was wondering.

View from the Space Station today.
http://redd.it/fkas6p

“A new bill sponsored by Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley and Dianne Feinstein called the EARN IT Act of 2020 will force encrypted communication providers, like Telegram and Protonmail, to give American intelligence services the ability to wiretap private chats or face steep legal penalties.”

https://news4whites.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-law-plans-to-end-internet-privacy.html?m=1

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3398/text

Lutz Bachmann😂🤣😂

The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago shut down on Friday in a big to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. On Monday, the aquarium shared a video of two bonded rockhopper penguins, Edward and Annie, waddling around the empty space.

My local zoo posted this pic of Kami the tiger and her reaction to bubbles.. that face
r/#aww

Meanwhile in Germany

The Surgeon General warned on Wednesday that it could take longer than 15 days to slow the spread of coronavirus but that Americans must 'pitch in' and do their part now to stay home and self-isolate if they want the deadly disease to die. Millions have heeded the advice and are avoiding going out. Some, like in cities where the pandemic spreading the quickest, are calling for harsher action, like a two-week national shutdown to force people indoors. On Tuesday, startling new data revealed that as many as 2million Americans may die if no further action is taken but that making people self-isolate now for 18 months could cut that figure to 200,000.

Meanwhile in Ukraine, L'vov city.

An NYPD officer in New York City's Lower Manhattan has tested positive for coronavirus, while 31 others at the precinct have called out sick. He is the fourth NYPD officer to test positive for the virus since the pandemic began. The latest case was from the city's 1st Precinct. Another 31 officers that have called out sick - including the precinct's commanding officer and executive officer. Of those, 17 have complained of having flu-like symptoms and are self-quaranting.

New York and London have had very different responses to the coronavirus crisis that has gripped Europe and the US in recent weeks. Mayor Bill de Blasio put most of the Big Apple on lockdown while in London shops and bars are still open while commuters are still catching the tube to work - all-be-it in reduced numbers. While there are differences in the make up of the cities - New York includes densely populated Manhattan Island, and sprawling London covers twice as many square miles - the varying approaches have raised questions about who has got the response right. The Big Apple and its five boroughs, with some 8.6 million residents, has a similar population to London's 8.8 million inhabitants. But New York City covers around half the area of Britain's capital, taking up 302.6 square miles to London's 607 square miles - therefore making social distancing harder over a more densely populated area.