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BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Dan Lipinski falls in Democratic primary

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 09:19 PM PDT

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), one of the most conservative House Democrats, was defeated in a primary on Tuesday by Marie Newman, a liberal challenger.

The Associated Press called the race with 95 percent of precincts reporting and Newman leading Lipinski, 48 percent to 44 percent.

Newman, a former advertising executive who challenged Lipinski in a 2018 primary and narrowly lost, had the backing of prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Lipinski has held the Chicago-based district since his first election in 2004. But his opposition to abortion rights, combined with past votes against the 2010 health care law and same-sex marriage, had long made him a target of liberals hoping to unseat him.

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Biden wins Arizona, sweeping Tuesday’s primaries

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:14 PM PDT

Joe Biden claimed victory in the Arizona primary Tuesday night, going three-for-three in the day's primaries.

Biden had 43 percent of the vote when three networks called the state's Democratic presidential primary with more than half of precincts reporting. Bernie Sanders had 30 percent support. There are 67 pledged delegates at stake in Arizona.

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Earlier on primary night: Biden won Florida and Illinois.

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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 06:04 PM PDT




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Biden wins Illinois primary

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:29 PM PDT

Joe Biden has won the Illinois primary, stretching his delegate advantage in the 2020 race.

Biden had 65 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the state's Democratic presidential primary with a small percentage of precincts reporting. Bernie Sanders had 27 percent support. There are 155 pledged delegates at stake in Illinois.

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— Earlier on primary night: Biden won Florida.

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Biden wins Florida primary

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:03 PM PDT

Joe Biden has won the Florida primary, the biggest delegate prize of three states voting Tuesday.

Biden had 61 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the state's Democratic presidential primary with more than half of precincts reporting. Bernie Sanders had 23 percent support. There are 219 pledged delegates at stake in Florida.

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BREAKING NEWS: Reported coronavirus death toll in U.S. tops 100

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:07 PM PDT

At least 100 people in the United States have now died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to an unofficial count compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The grim milestone comes less than a month after the first reported case of community spread of the virus on Feb. 26. Cases in the U.S. have exploded in recent weeks as testing for the respiratory disease has become more readily available, though testing capability is still not widespread despite a deluge of criticism and efforts by the Trump administration.

According to the Johns Hopkins database, there are now 5,894 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including presumed positives, reported in the country, and 105 reported deaths from the virus. The database lists almost 200,000 deaths globally.

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First polls close on three-state primary night

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:03 PM PDT

The first polls have closed in parts of Florida as three states hold primaries Tuesday, choosing between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Florida counties in the Eastern time zone — most of the state — finished voting at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, while the full state will close at 8 p.m. Eastern. Illinois (closing 8 p.m. Eastern) and Arizona (10 p.m. Eastern) are also voting Tuesday, while Ohio was originally scheduled to vote as well — but the state government ordered the polls closed as part of the response to the coronavirus outbreak, delaying the primary there.

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The next virus hotspot?

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:02 PM PDT

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Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: Trump pushes $1,000 checks for Americans, Tom Brady quits the Pats and the Aussie vineyard that harvests itself.

'Avalanche' of cases may hit India

As China sent home thousands of medical staffers from Wuhan after just one new coronavirus case was confirmed in the city on Tuesday, fears loomed over a new Asian hotspot. In India, home to 1.3 billion people and rickety health infrastructure, experts warned that widespread testing and social distancing may not be enough to contain the virus. The Indian Council of Medical Research said Tuesday it would up tests from 500 to 8,000 a day in light of the country's 142 confirmed cases and three deaths.

Still, the former head of the group's virology research agency warned "the number will be 10 times higher" by April 15. "They are not understanding that this is an avalanche," Dr. T. Jacob John said. "As every week passes, the avalanche is growing bigger and bigger."

$ignificant figures

$1.2 trillion. The White House is mulling a stimulus from Congress that could include a plan to send Americans $1,000 "in the next two weeks" to blunt the economic impact of the virus outbreak.

One-third. Italy now has that share of the world's total Covid-19 deaths, making it the second-hardest hit nation after China with more than 2,500 deaths and 31,500 cases.

100,000. Amazon wants to hire that many people to pack and deliver orders amid a surge in demand from customers avoiding stores as it pivots to prioritizing stocks of household staples and medical supplies.

Highly quotable

"A new stage for my life and career." QB Tom Brady said he won't return to the New England Patriots after 20 seasons and six Super Bowl championships, saying his "football journey will take place elsewhere."

"A chance to slowly do our shop." Australia's elderly and disabled are being allowed in supermarkets an hour before they open so people can avoid the onslaught of panic-buying shoppers.

"There's a purpose we can fulfill." With plenty of 60%-plus alcohol in stock, small-batch U.S. and U.K. distilleries are temporarily converting liquor-making operations into hand-sanitizer production lines.

This is not normal

Nonstop melting. Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than they were in the 1990s with 6.4 trillion tons lost in the last 30 years, NASA said, which could contribute to a 6.7-inch sea-level rise by 2100.

The future is now

Automated vino. An Australian vineyard is ditching human harvesters for tech that uses air blasts and a camera to quickly sort grapes, yielding thousands of more bottles per year, yet a 40% smaller carbon footprint. 

What's good

One less fear. A growing number of U.S. utilities will keep water flowing to homes that fail to pay their bills during the virus crisis, joining some states in banning service shutdowns from all utilities, such as electric and gas.

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Giving Iraq’s Next PM Space to Succeed (Knights | PolicyWatch 3282)

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 03:46 PM PDT

GIVING IRAQ'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER SPACE TO SUCCEED
by Michael Knights

PolicyWatch 3282
March 17, 2020

As the next well-qualified, Iraqi-chosen candidate navigates the delicate ratification process, Washington can avoid disrupting his efforts by temporarily ignoring militia provocations and providing quiet, symbolic support where needed.

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In the early hours of March 17, Iraqi president Barham Salih nominated the country’s next candidate for prime minister, Shia politician Adnan al-Zurfi. Iran’s closest allies in the Iraqi parliament have vowed to oppose his parliamentary ratification, due by April 16, and may raise legal challenges to the nomination in the meantime. Likewise, Iran’s militia proxies reacted with their third, fourth, and fifths attacks on coalition forces in a week, targeting the U.S. embassy and the Taji and Bismayah training bases near Baghdad.

How can the United States respond to these provocations without derailing a potentially positive development? Iraq desperately needs effective leadership at a time of intertwining economic, political, security, and health crises, and Zurfi appears capable of providing it. To increase his chances of ratification, the U.S. government should temporarily adopt a defensive military posture, “banking” response strikes for the future while using diplomatic measures to deal with militia attacks for now. On the political front, it needs to be visibly helpful with Iraq’s multiple crises but invisible in all other matters. And to show faith in Zurfi, Washington should renew and lengthen its energy sanctions waiver.

THE ROAD TO NOMINATING ZURFI

Iraq’s government formation process has entered uncharted territory twice in the past four months: on December 2, when mass public protests forced Adil Abdulmahdi to resign, the first prime minister to do since the fall of Saddam; and again on March 1, when Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi became the first prime minister-designate to fall short of ratifying a government by the thirty-day constitutional deadline. Afterward, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed that the president was solely authorized to name Allawi’s replacement, and Salih appealed to all parties to come up with a consensus candidate. That failed, as did an effort by just the Shia parties to name one.

With the fifteen-day constitutional deadline for picking a candidate set to expire, Salih did something that is very rare and risky for Iraqi politicians these days: he fulfilled his oath, played by the rules, and chose the candidate he regarded as the most qualified. The international community should remember this and support Salih at a very trying time.

Zurfi is an intriguing candidate who was unlikely to garner unanimous backing from Iranian-backed Shia factions such as Hadi al-Ameri’s Fatah bloc (which holds 48 of the parliament’s 329 seats) and Faleh al-Fayyad’s Ataa bloc (8 seats). A former governor of Najaf, he has a history of push-and-shove with Shia Islamist parties and militias, yet seems to have overcome the concerns of Muqtada al-Sadr and certain other Shia leaders. A businessman and politician, he lived in the United States from 1992 to 2003 and holds citizenship there, though this has not prevented him from building effective relationships with many U.S.-skeptical Iraqi politicians.

The unlikely advent of his nomination represents potentially vital progress for Iraq, which has been hit with the perfect storm of coronavirus outbreaks, halved oil prices, popular unrest, and ongoing militia violence. Zurfi now has up to thirty days to form a cabinet and ratify it with a minimum of 165 votes in parliament. As things stand, he is quite likely to succeed because only some elements of Fatah are dead-set against him, and he has the connections needed to splinter remaining opposition. His challenge is to avoid any major defections in the coming weeks, particularly by the changeable Sadr. The United States can help reduce the likelihood of major disruptive developments by temporarily adjusting its current policies.

SELF-DEFENSE WITHOUT MAJOR ESCALATION

To compensate for their limited representation in parliament, those elements who oppose Zurfi’s nomination most vehemently will almost surely resort to armed force. Militia rocket attacks have attended almost every key milestone in the nomination process, and three new salvos landed after Salih chose him. Thus, while the United States needs to protect its personnel in Iraq, it also needs to avoid the trap that militias and their Iranian backers are setting: to bait Washington into a confrontation that undermines Zurfi’s nomination and boosts their own leverage. Policymakers should focus on the following options:

  • Consolidate and protect U.S. bases. The coalition is reportedly withdrawing from exposed forward bases such as al-Qayyara, al-Qaim, and Kirkuk in order to consolidate on bigger, better-protected bases like Erbil, Baghdad International Airport, and al-Asad. These moves will likely coincide with the arrival of U.S. Patriot missile and counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) batteries. The new approach is prudent and should be implemented in full, despite potentially diluting the campaign against the Islamic State for a time. Once the moves are completed, helicopter traffic and ground movements should be minimized.
  • Bank retaliatory responses. The United States should publicly and privately signal Iran and its proxies that even if certain rocket strikes pass without a major response for now, U.S. forces will retaliate for each of them at a time and place of their choosing. Besides potentially reducing the chance that militias will try to bait Washington at this sensitive time, this is generally a smarter way to do deterrence, since it allows for striking high-value militia leaders as they surface. Congress and the Trump administration should hold private discussions on determining the proper degree of military flexibility and response ratios.
  • Increase international pressure on militias. Over the past three months, Iran-backed militias have struck bases housing forces from Denmark, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal. Washington should reassure these and other international players that it will rein in retaliatory strikes, so long as they agree to tenaciously and publicly condemn militia attacks on coalition forces, as some are already doing.

NON-MILITARY STEPS

Under Abdulmahdi’s tenure, U.S.-Iraq relations deteriorated to a level unseen since 2003. Washington should therefore give the next prime minister a soft landing, since the government now seems capable of turning toward a better future for the first time in two years. Non-military measures are vital in this regard, on both the symbolic and tangible levels:

  • Manage the COVID-19 crisis. As the pandemic intensifies, Iraqis will look to U.S. institutions like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for best practices and medical support. Washington should use its leverage as a major donor to the World Health Organization to ensure testing kits are rushed to Iraq, and send some symbolic humanitarian support directly (including drugs and ventilators), in the same manner that the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are sending such support to Iran.
  • Restore Iraqi prestige. Baghdad’s reputation has been battered by the collapse of its government and unchecked militia attacks on international military advisors. To help reverse this deterioration, U.S. officials should publicly welcome Zurfi with a warm and supportive tone even before ratification, while giving him the leeway to direct fair criticisms at America—as long as he does the same with Iran. They should also encourage him to strengthen his strategic communications with Iraqi protestors in order to reduce potential public opposition. Finally, they should begin hinting that the next prime minister will be welcomed for a White House visit once quarantine conditions are lifted by both states.
  • Support economic reforms. With oil prices plummeting, Iraq is in the worst economic peril of almost any Middle Eastern state—a situation that gives Washington yet another reason to push Saudi Arabia and the UAE into ending their price war with Russia. U.S. authorities could also prioritize the purchase of Iraqi oil when refreshing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a useful symbolic move. In parallel, they should begin building support for new IMF and World Bank engagement with Iraq, which may quickly become essential supports for the retrenching Iraqi economy.
  • Support energy independence. Existing U.S. efforts to increase gas treatment and gas-to-power projects in Iraq are now more important than ever, both to reduce Baghdad’s dependence on Iranian energy/fuel supplies and to increase the amount of Iraqi oil available for export. A bilateral strategic dialogue on these matters should be accelerated—even if virtually while international travel is restricted by the coronavirus. And as mentioned previously, Washington should bolster Zurfi by issuing a 120-day sanctions waiver as it did in the past, not at the current 45-day limit.
  • Gather international support for early elections. The United States should play an energetic (albeit back-seat) role on this issue, urging the UN and other international institutions to help Iraq’s parliament and next prime minister complete the elections code and reform the Independent High Electoral Commission.

These steps can help show the Iraqis that even in the midst of a global crisis, they have a friend in the United States, with one important proviso—that this friend will be even more responsive to their needs once they have an effective prime minister at the helm.

Michael Knights is a senior fellow with The Washington Institute. Since 2003, he has conducted extensive on-the-ground research in Iraq alongside security forces and government ministries.


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BREAKING NEWS: OPM chief quits suddenly

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 03:39 PM PDT

Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, has resigned abruptly, effective immediately.

Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment from the 29-year-old head of the Presidential Personnel Office, John McEntee, and Paul Dans, the powerful new White House liaison and senior adviser to the director of OPM. It's not clear who will be the acting director of OPM now, a person familiar with Cabaniss's exit said.

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Making the same mistakes

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:49 PM PDT

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President Donald Trump may ask Congress for $1.2 trillion—including direct payments to Americans of $1,000—to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis may have already triggered a global recession, so big banks are urging governments to spend double what they think is enough. But while the White House and Wall Street scramble to slow the market spiral (stocks did climb Tuesday), most Americans are worried about staying healthy. State and local officials have taken the lead in trying to slow the rising toll of infected and dead. With delayed testing slowly increasing, there are now 5,249 confirmed cases in the U.S. and 96 dead. Globally, there are 187,032 infected and 7,468 dead. —Josh Petri 

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China is no longer the center of the pandemic. Doctors in Wuhan, where the virus was first allowed to flourish, see signs that Europe is making the same mistakes.

India has reported 137 infections and three deaths from the new coronavirus, but experts fear it could become the next global hotspot.

While Hilton plans to close most of its hotels in major American cities, New Jersey ordered all malls to shut as the state's cases jumped 50% in a day. New York City may enact a shelter-in-place order, depending on a long-running power struggle between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo that's managed to continue even during a pandemic.

The Federal Reserve will restart a financial crisis-era program to help U.S. companies borrow through the commercial paper market.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced his department will give taxpayers an extra 90 days this tax season. But if you're an unlucky American stuck abroad, the Trump administration says don't count on government help getting home.

Covid-19 reflects a systemic financial crisis akin to the biggest crashes of the 20th century, Pankaj Mishra writes in Bloomberg Opinion. He says an even bigger disruption is coming.

Bloomberg Businessweek Special Report, The Lost Year: Manufacturers of disinfectant products say the current consumer stockpiling is more frenzied than before a natural disaster hits. 

What you'll need to know tomorrow

  • U.S. stocks rebounded on Tuesday, but they are still way down.
  • North Korea claims it has no virus cases. The world has its doubts.
  • Amazon is hiring extra staff and prioritizing essential products.
  • The super rich are stranded as private jet operators are grounded.
  • The upside-down world of negative rates may be coming to America.
  • Shareholder meetings are going online due to the virus.
  • Facebook employees will receive a $1,000 bonus due to the virus.

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World's Biggest Emitter of Greenhouse Gases 

Sasol's Secunda plant, a vast coal-to-fuels and chemicals facility, is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases from a single site, exceeding the individual totals of more than 100 countries. The inhabitants of Embalenhle, South Africa, where the plant is located, are tied to Sasol in a complicated embrace. Secunda is responsible for a host of emissions and pollutants derived from burning coal that experts says cause illnesses from respiratory complaints to cancer, and yet the plant supplies economic opportunities that are key to survival in a country with 29% unemployment. 

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$1.2 trillion isn't enough to fix coronavirus economic damage

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:17 PM PDT

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Helicopter Money Is Only a Good Start

The paranoid among us have long feared the arrival of government helicopters, but for hundreds of millions of Americans besieged by coronavirus, one of the sweetest things they could hear right now is the sound of choppers preparing to shower them with cash.

President Donald Trump apparently wants to dump checks on people in a $1.2 trillion stimulus package, an idea that probably has bipartisan support and certainly cheered up the stock market. Sadly, there would be no "Ride of the Valkyries" announcing the money's arrival by air; it would travel via snail mail. Still, it's the closest thing to helicopter money we can get. And it's a notable shift in Trump's attitude toward stimulus, which until now has prioritized helping big business over average citizens, writes Joe Nocera.

The administration is apparently talking about sending $250 billion in a first round of stimulus next month, or $1,000 per adult, with another $1,000 to follow in May if the economy's still suffering. This should make Andrew Yang happy, but anyone familiar with paying bills in this country in the year 2020 knows $1,000 a month isn't nearly enough, notes Karl Smith. He favors the payroll tax cut Trump first floated; a controversial idea, but one that would at least provide more stimulus to people who are still employed.

Narayana Kocherlakota argues stimulus checks should be $10,000 each, which sounds much better, but only because the recession will be longer and deeper than we think.

We'll also need to think about how best to help leisure and hospitality workers, who are now a far bigger and more vulnerable percentage of the workforce than in the past, writes Justin Fox. Keeping Americans hunkered in their toilet-paper cocoons for possibly months at a time will be especially hard on them.

We'll also need paid sick leave, extended unemployment benefits and much more, writes William Dudley. The Fed's frantic actions over the past couple of days are only designed to avoid a credit crisis, he notes. It will take a rain of government money to avoid a prolonged recession.

Unfortunately the Senate has so far been slow to action, and Trump has not helped by undermining negotiations, writes Jonathan Bernstein. At least both the president and his party seem more energized about helping than they recently did. Those helicopters aren't going to fly themselves.

Further Stimulus Reading:

I For One Welcome Our New Leviathan Overlords

For a couple of decades there, it seemed history had ended and we were just going to let markets run everything. Then 9/11 happened, followed by the financial crisis, and we started doubting markets had all the answers. Now there's a deadly pandemic sweeping the world, markets are retreating, and everyone is clamoring for Big Government to save them, notes Pankaj Mishra. And save them it probably will, but we have seen where relying too much on Big Brother gets us.

If America led the marketization of the world, then China may lead government's comeback. Beijing's authoritarian approach arguably made the pandemic worse at first. But it now has its act together enough that it's starting to look like a world leader in this crisis, writes Hal Brands, while enhancing the sense of American leadership in decline. Without better effort from Trump, China will keep making the case that its way is better.

Meanwhile in America, an ineffective government will have us turning more and more to Big Business for help, writes Tyler Cowen. It's already displayed more foresight and resolve than what we've seen from the White House. Again, what could go wrong?

Further Big-Government Reading: Italy shows Medicare for All would not help with this pandemic. — Ramesh Ponnuru

There's Still a Pandemic to Fight

It will be much harder to stimulate the economy, though, if we don't get a handle on the pandemic. Noah Smith argues the U.S. needs a full national shutdown now, lasting two months. It will be painful, but worth it, particularly given how cheaply the government can borrow to paper over the economic wound.

Europe is starting to take such tough measures, but policy makers aren't offering stimulus enough to make up the difference, writes Lionel Laurent. The ECB must aggressively buy bonds, and fiscal restraints must fall quickly, writes Ferdinando Giugliano.

In the U.K., Boris Johnson resisted tough social-distancing measures longer than most, but new data made it impossible to ignore the damage he could be doing, writes Therese Raphael.

There are some signs of hope, though they won't bear fruit for a while. A new batch of data tracking cases against climate suggests the virus could slow by the summer, writes David Fickling.

And Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it was fast-tracking a virus treatment. It won't be the instant fix many want, writes Max Nisen, but it could be an unprecedentedly fast response, which unfortunately will still be useful a year from now.

Further Virus-Fighting Reading: The government should buy vaccines before they're even invented. — Peter Bach and Mark Trusheim

Telltale Charts

The Saudi price war will devastate smaller OPEC members and could end the cartel, writes Julian Lee.

Further Reading

The NRA and right-wing media are taking advantage of coronavirus fear to boost gun sales. — Francis Wilkinson

Passive investing is proving smarter than the "smart" money in this crisis. — Barry Ritholtz

MBS's oil price war hurts the Iraqi government he has been trying to court. — Bobby Ghosh

Buying ETFs isn't helping the Bank of Japan fight a market collapse. — Shuli Ren

ICYMI

India could be the next virus hot spot.

The virus could peak in New York in 45 days, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

China revoked press credentials for American reporters.

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Trudeau gets specific about social distancing during coronavirus crisis

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:17 PM PDT

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Trudeau Gets Specific About Social Distancing During Coronavirus Crisis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians to take social distancing more seriously, and to “stay home as much as possible” to curb community transmission of COVID-19.

“Doctors and nurses need your help"

 

Grocery Stores Hold Seniors-Only Hours During Coronavirus Pandemic

As shoppers stock up supplies despite warnings there is no need to stockpile, a few Canadian grocery stores are reserving their morning hours for seniors to ensure they have access to food during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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