OK folks - I have and will be be deleting the posts that I deem are explicitly political with insufficient connection to the topic at hand.
The different positions about the orientation of news media was essentially complete ages ago and I am also deleting any posts about that as well.
If this thread reaches the point where I deem the effort to moderate outweighs the benefit of keeping it open, I will lock it.
Thanks,
David, moderator
Seriously?...how heavy handed is that?
The OP has been quite clear that he intends to keep the Thread on track and I for one, have been following a useful and informative Thread.
There are plenty of Threads elsewhere on here that would better serve your desire to lock.
I'm okay with the moderation. I'd rather have more scrutiny than less. Truthfully, if I were a mod I would be deleting some posts myself (Noble Gopher's throwaway one line post on page 4 quoting a large list of countries being a good example). For deciding to block, I'll stick with "two and through" for more general stuff, and "one and done" for clearly intentional transgressions of anything that has already been identified as not okay.
. I am generally a fan of David, also. I personally would not have locked the old thread, but then I also have/had a lot more invested in that discussion. I would like to see a "serious" thread for discussion of the outbreak stick around. As David pointed out, there's cost vs. benefits involved, though. 
Wife of coronavirus victim: He had no underlying health issues and he was
39 years old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nm3uXdxL8