FEMA literally uses something called the waffle house index to help determine the scale of disaster relief efforts after a hurricane.
this is ominous. https://t.co/JlWQyNpqN3

— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) March 25, 2020

365 Waffle House locations closed would usually mean 365 locations at Level Red on the Waffle House Index.

But the index is for storm damage, where closing down is a proxy for severe damage & flooding.

It hasn’t been calibrated to a pandemic before.

— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) March 25, 2020

It’s not all Waffle Houses closed across the region. Yet.

But if Waffle House could safely operate, they would. I’ve been in the room with their emergency managers. They understand their role.

They know they’re both service & symbol. pic.twitter.com/p9NbWX8akR

— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) March 25, 2020

Texas Republican says coronavirus is saving more lives than it’s killing because it shut down abortion clinics https://t.co/JvLVP46HtL

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) March 25, 2020

Last night Dan Patrick said grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy. Tonight Brit Hume said its "an entirely reasonable viewpoint" pic.twitter.com/pArEpeXpsu

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 25, 2020

It's incredible that this has to be said: Letting thousands of people needlessly suffer and die is wrong. It's also not a recipe for rescuing the economy.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 24, 2020

The modern war effort pic.twitter.com/GeTJ6h2il1

— Rob Sheridan, but from a safe distance (@rob_sheridan) March 24, 2020

Give me a break. This selfish turd would rip a ventilator away from a nun if he developed a dry cough. https://t.co/H0N1BRIDeZ

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 25, 2020

This one's a real head-scratcher. pic.twitter.com/f0mUAvCk1K

— Juhana Leinonen (@JuhanaIF) March 24, 2020

In the middle of a pandemic, Republicans proposed excluding some health centers, disability providers, and nursing homes from receiving federal assistance. Even rape crisis centers.

And they did this while proposing corporate bailouts. Disgraceful.https://t.co/3n1JzIZjhF

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) March 25, 2020

Unlike genocide, senicide is an obscure word. That is about to change. https://t.co/I7pcrxsj4f pic.twitter.com/vtT2nbgK3R

— Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) March 22, 2020

This is not seasonal flu. I know. My husband has it. He is 52 & has been sick for 2 weeks. He coughed up blood & is on oxygen. Many are worse. Listen to doctors!

Trump downplays coronavirus by comparing it to the seasonal flu. It’s not a fair comparison https://t.co/FYaIuhri2a

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 25, 2020

A quick note to say: pregnant healthcare workers, we see you and we appreciate you!

As a physician and mama navigating this new COVID era, it’s been quite a week. pic.twitter.com/aSmLXTTSKA

— Kate Otto Chebly, MD MPA (@kateotto) March 24, 2020

#StayHome

"41% of the Latinx & 15% of the African American communities in NYC has reported job loss due to the COVID-19 situation. It will only get worse as this progresses and don’t decrease the spread." https://t.co/RlzelCzwJW

— Afrolatin@Project (@AfrolatinProjec) March 24, 2020

It's a minor point when we're discussing life and death but "Dr. Fauci and Deborah" She's a Doctor, too, Donald. They've let women be doctors a while now. Dr. Blix

— Charlotte Greensit (@cgreensit) March 24, 2020

.@kaitlancollins asking the president “who suggested Easter” in regards to when to get folks back to work and POTUS responding with “I just thought it was a beautiful time” is really just all you need to know about if science is leading the WH.

— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) March 24, 2020

“Yeah sure you can have your ventilators. I would like you to do me a favor though…” https://t.co/D5eH1dgFrU

— Kamala’s Secret Panda (@oldmancoyote22) March 25, 2020

Liberty college students are going back to school. They don’t teach evolution there, but they are definitely demonstrating selection #coronavirus

— Double Dee (@DCdebbie) March 25, 2020

“I’m going to Death!” https://t.co/C931Pb3Afz

— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) March 25, 2020

Pence finishes every one of his briefings with “and we will heal our land” as though this is some sort of biblical plague and he is Moses.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 24, 2020