All the Fake News that Tweets

So much FAKE NEWS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020

Wuhan is on lockdown, but its delivery workers are risking exposure to COVID-19 to provide necessities to residents — and medical supplies to hospitals.

One photographer captured them in action.

"Couriers are ants," he says. "Nothing can stop them." https://t.co/eycB9h5ITL

— NPR (@NPR) March 9, 2020

In addition to a lockdown on about a quarter of its population, Italy is temporarily shutting down all movie theaters, museums and other cultural sites.

Sporting events are closed to the public. https://t.co/RwUnbELk3S

— NPR (@NPR) March 9, 2020

Yeah, the world is full of lies.

The BEST decision made was the toughest of them all - which saved many lives. Our VERY early decision to stop travel to and from certain parts of the world!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020

The confirmed number of deaths as of right now is 22 in the U.S.  Just a rounding error, right?

Now 500+ cases in U.S.

WA- 141 (18 dead)
NY- 106
CA- 104 (1)
MA- 28
TX- 22
NE- 14
OR- 13
FL- 12 (2)
CO- 8
IL- 7
GA- 7
NJ- 6
SC- 6
AZ- 5
MD- 5
NH- 4
PA- 4
RI- 3
TN- 3
NV- 3
UT- 2
NC- 2
IN- 2
VA- 2
WI- 1
MN- 1
KY- 1
OK- 1
HI- 1
KS- 1
DC- 1
MO- 1
VT- 1
CT- 1https://t.co/74QzWYbn1p

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) March 8, 2020

Are the 18 dead in Washington why the governor of the state is a "snake"?
And in D.C.:

BREAKING: DC mayor asking everyone who attended Christ Church in Georgetown to self-quarantine for 14 days from the last time they visited. Church rector was the first DC coronavirus patient. Officials say it could be "several hundred people" who potentially interacted with him.

— Nancy Chen (@NancyChenNews) March 9, 2020

The Trump campaign's "women for Trump" bus tour that was set to start today is being postponed for "scheduling conflicts" - one of the people on the bus was to be Mercedes Schlapp, whose husband oversees CPAC, where there was an attendee who has been confirmed w coronavirus.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 9, 2020

Circuit breaker triggered after S&P passes the 7% down threshold - trading paused for 15 minutes

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 9, 2020

Gary Cohn on @MSNBC now, on the last jobs number: "Where we were last month has nothing to do with where we are now... We are now dealing with an economy where there has been massive demand destruction in the oil market."

— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) March 9, 2020

As the coronavirus has spread, so too has misinformation about it, despite an aggressive effort by social media companies to prevent its dissemination https://t.co/HEEaLICIpq

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 9, 2020

U.S. stocks plunge at the open https://t.co/2JarXSDy5b pic.twitter.com/xVtFsqolGs

— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) March 9, 2020

It’s also not something that will naturally cycle out of the news cycle. Confirmed cases are increasing and will only continue to as testing increases. https://t.co/JkKGOG1GN0

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 9, 2020

And apropos of the general topic, and this:

Kassam says he has symptoms and is trying to get a coronavirus test https://t.co/3xB9zo4tB5

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2020

The media did not cut the CDC budget 80%.

— John Coates⚽️ (@jciv) March 9, 2020

There is news you can use to focus on:

The Obama/Biden Administration is the most corrupt Administration in the history of our Country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020

Schools are closing, the markets are crashing, and Members of Congress are quarantined, but yeah, talk about how great you are, Mr. President. https://t.co/WeXAdrIW4U

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 9, 2020

I feel better already.

Trading has been suspended for 15 minutes. Seems like a really good opportunity for the White House to issue another one of those statements insisting that absolutely nothing is wrong.

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) March 9, 2020