On crime drop. San Jose
https://kfox.com/richie/less-crime-in-san-jose/
Los Angeles
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-27/coronavirus-crime-lapd-reports-drop-march
Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news...0200327-yfkunl2ztbcjdbjz2r6u3yjcdm-story.html
This drop has been sharp and due to the "shelter in place" orders. This has made it easy for police to note groups of people in the streets. Also easier to stop vehicles full of people going some where. Which since the weekend before last (when people crowded beaches and parks) has been rarer. It also means more people and their neighbors at home. Restaurants closed, etc.
So at least for now a good deal of crime has slowed down leading to a drop in petty crime that's being seen across the country.
Course other crime rises. When a nurses union discovered a warehouse full of face masks in Philly (IIRC) the other day, where millions of face masks were being stored and not sold or distributed, the owner was forced to begin selling them. Normally sold for less than a dollar a piece, and less in bulk, he began selling them for $5. a piece and is still doing so. That's a bigger crime at this time then robbing a liquor store, which right now is rare.
Right now the price of medical supplies is being jacked up artificially. Demand is great so profit is great. This has led the states into bidding wars over the supplies. This means the wealthier states can outbid the poorer. New York over Kentucky, Florida over Kansas. People's lives, jobs and homes at stake.
I have confidence in the mass of the people. I've seen it over and over again. We can fight, organize and defend ourselves. This is not a natural disaster. It's a social disaster. That can be fought if we work together. Demand docs and nurses get what they need.That hospitols get what they need now. Demand widespread testing. Demand more hospitals and care centers. Demand PPE for workers on the job. Demand that farmers and farm workers get safety equipment and health care. Demand the same for truckers so that the food chain remains intact. Demand that the power stations and waters station workers have PPEs and health care. Demand the same for first responders. Demand that a co-ordinated program for developing a virus be begun rather a pissant race by individual companies in a fight over a patent and profit.