Unsatisfied simply condemning the public for using the term “China virus,” the media are now rejoicing in America’s rising infection rate. The New York Times wrote that the United States apparently leads the world in coronavirus cases, an argument echoed by NBC, CNN, and the Guardian, among others.

Writers, celebrities, and politicians have responded to this news with unconcealed glee: Julia Ioffe of GQ magazine tweeted: “Who’s the shithole country now?” Hillary Clinton quipped that Trump “did promise ‘America First,’” and the Verge published a despicable article stating that “the coronavirus is now the American virus” — which, so far, has not spurred anguished cries of “racism” from the media.