What we’re reading (10/3)
“The White House Hoped Testing Would Keep The Coronavirus Out — But It Didn’t” (CNBC). “The White House has for months relied on frequent, rapid coronavirus testing to keep its officials and staff safe, but President Donald Trump’s diagnosis shows how testing alone cannot stop the virus.”
“Regeneron Co-Founder On The Antibody Cocktail Trump Is Taking To Fight Coronavirus” (Fox News). “President Trump's physician is treating his coronavirus diagnosis with Regeneron's experimental treatment and his one infusion ‘seemed to go through very well’ and ‘will last a long time,’ the company's chief scientific officer explained to ‘CAVUTO Live’ Saturday.”
“Why, Despite The Coronavirus Pandemic, House Prices Continue To Rise” (The Economist). “During the global recession a decade ago, real house prices fell by an average of 10%, wiping trillions of dollars off the world’s largest asset class. Though the housing market has not been the trigger of economic woes this time, investors and homeowners still braced for the worst as it became clear that covid-19 would push the world economy into its deepest downturn since the Depression of the 1930s.”
“The Pirates Of The Highways” (Narratively). “On May 11, 2013, a semi cab made its way up Interstate 555 from Memphis, Tennessee, northwest to Jonesboro, Arkansas. The man driving — a career trucker from Memphis — was accompanied by his nephew, and the pair was bobtailing, meaning their truck wasn’t pulling a trailer. Drivers often have to travel between warehouses and shipping facilities to pick up a new load, and these two men were indeed in search of new cargo to haul. Only in this case, they weren’t looking to do it legally. They were cruising the truck stops along I-555 for unattended trailers to pick up and steal.”
“An 1804 Silver Dollar Is Worth More Than $3 Million” (Barron’s). “The 1804 silver dollar features Liberty’s bust on the front side, while the reverse has an American Eagle. It’s one of the finest of the 15 examples known to exist, and its last appearance was in 1997, when it was offered from the famed Louis Edward Eliasberg Collection, according to Brian Kendrella , president of Stack’s Bowers Galleries.”
