Profoundly Depressing Quote of the Day

But that will be a heavy lift indeed with a health care system geared above all to price-gouge sick people out of as much money as possible.

—Ryan Cooper at The Week explaining just why America is not equipped to handle COVID-19

Between millions with no sick leave, a healthcare system which is primary about looting, no meaningful childcare, and a public health system which has been shut down and privatized over the past 40 years.

Seriously, Bulgaria is probably better equipped to handle something like this than the United States is.