Thought so, TY.
Checking links in my earlier post, I see there now appear to be >1200 cases in US and 97 in Thai-Cam-Vietnam.
BTW, the trick to viewing NYT content for free is to a. have a slow (Verizon wireless) internet connection, and b. when NYT page starts loading, hit your browser's "stop loading" button. Repeat as necessary. Timed properly, the desired content will load before the enrollment-checker-and-failure-screen-blocker has a chance to load and obscure desired content.