Meanwhile, the virus doesn’t care about the tax returns or the tweets. And as case numbers continue to rise (months after we saw what the initial surges looked like), there are still Grave Shortages of Protective Gear. Epic failure.

+ NYT: “There is no country in the world where confirmed coronavirus cases are growing as rapidly as they are in Arizona, Florida or South Carolina. The Sun Belt has become the global virus capital.”

+ Health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge in Tulsa. (We’re not even debating whether the administration is helping in the fight against the virus, only assessing how much they’re hurting it.)

+ Derek Thompson: COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining?

+ Biden says he will rejoin WHO on his first day in office. (So I guess that means WHO’s on first…)