 Monday morning 8.30. This would be the rush hour. Normally you would see traffic jams from here to the horizon in Brooklyn on February 7th. Hello from New York. Since yesterday, March 22nd, 8 p.m., there is a New York State on pause or executive order by the governor in force. All workers in non-essential businesses are requested to stay at home. This is a reaction to the race of registered novel coronavirus cases from around 4,400 to 29,000 from Monday to Friday last week. Amongst that, New York City became a hotspot worldwide with 8,115 registered cases by today, Monday 11 a.m. The reaction of the administrations on different levels to this crisis has been reluctant to different degrees. The worst example is probably the federal administration by President Trump. In the last days, the social and economic consequences have become visible. The jobless claims jumped up by 70,000 in the last week, and analysts by Goldman Sachs expect them to skyrocket to up to 2.25 million by Thursday this week. This is all the more worrying because the health insurance of most of the people is connected with their jobs. Furthermore, many people are paid weekly. For instance, the school bus drivers haven't got any pay check since the schools were closed down last week. Big parts of the big economy also collapsed. The health system is not prepared at all for the surge of hospitalizations that we have to expect. So the administrations now hurry to meet the needs that will be too less, too late, and I expect the health system in New York and many other places to collapse within the next two weeks. Meanwhile, politics are struggling to come up with support both for the economy and the workers. Congress is debating a 1.8 billion stimulus package, but again, this is too less direct support for the neediest. Instead a lot of tax cuts for the companies are included. In the midst of that, the presidential campaign all but disappeared. The Sanders campaign raised $2 million last week is for corner-wise philanthropies instead of campaign money. Joe Biden virtually isn't seen anymore. Nobody can say how the democratic nomination process will proceed till the convention that is planned for July.