NEW: Donald Trump won the Rust Belt in 2016 by promising economic rebirth. He might lose it in 2020 over the coronavirus. reuters.com/article/us-usa…

@ErnestScheyder, @langejason and I dove into two industrial counties hit especially hard by #COVID19. Here's what we found👇 1/10 @ErnestScheyder @langejason Trumbull County, OH, and Northampton County, PA, both flipped from Obama in '12 to Trump in '16. He promised to revitalize the industrial heartland. But these counties have seen unemployment rates double, and have lost more per-capita lives to COVID than the U.S. average 2/10

THREAD: We reported for @Reuters on how gov’ts/insurers plan to deal w/ #COVID19 long-haulers.

Like the post-9/11 or HIV era, such victims are becoming their own class of care.

Here are some distressing anecdotes that didn’t make the story. /1

reuters.com/article/us-hea… @Reuters 2. Andrea Ceresa, 46, of NJ, has had COVID-related diarrhea since March. She’s lost 30 lbs, and is lucky if she manages 1 full meal a day. She’s had hearing loss, burry vision, and brain fog, and her BP has been as low as 66/31.

THREAD: A story only one of the world’s biggest newswires could write. @Reuters reporters in 10 countries spoke to 30 doctors about lessons learned through 6 months of the global #coronavirus pandemic. It was fun to be a part of. Here’s what they said: reut.rs/3g1Z4Xc 1/8 @Reuters Earlier this year, doctors were “in a fog,” and #COVID19 treatment guidelines were changing daily. Now, they have a clearer grasp of once-mysterious side-effects like kidney failure and blood clotting. 2/8

Tensions are mounting as our social fabric frays. In Brooklyn, these folks in apartment windows got in a shouting match with those down on the street. “Flatten the curve, go home,” one chants. #coronavirus Nearby, a man takes to his balcony to admonish casual pedestrians, albeit in more ...professorial tones.

THREAD: Russian hacks, cost overruns and advice that went unheeded: Here is what I found over 6 months spent investigating the @USCensusBureau’s $5B push to bring the #2020Census online (reut.rs/35ZuLLU) (1/13) @uscensusbureau The Census Bureau is spending $5B to modernize the 2020 census. For the first time, most of you will respond on the internet, rather than via snail mail. But the complex IT system being used is rife with problems (2/13)

Here's a thread on a few of the more harrowing stories @Reuters reporters heard from #Dorian survivors awaiting relief flights in Abaco, #Bahamas, Thursday into Friday: 1. Fritz Cerisier, in broken English & struggling with emotions, mistook me for an aid worker, asked if I could help his 5-yo son. The boy had been vomiting non-stop for 3 days, and Fritz, whose home was destroyed by #Dorian, could not see a doctor because Abaco is in ruins.

New from @reuters: White Nationalists are on a mission to scrub their image & enter the mainstream. But violence like the #ElPaso shooting casts an interminable shadow. Here’s my latest, a dive into the movement’s psychology: graphics.reuters.com/USA-WHITE%20NA… Here's what we found (thread): @Reuters I was fortunate to join our photojournalist @jimurquhartpixs - the real star of the show - to report from inside white nationalist circles. Jim has spent 2 yrs doing this, delivering some incredible - if jarring - photos.