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Especially that cytokine storm aspect. Before, in NY/NJ, going on a ventilator was essentially a death sentence roughly 80-90% of the time at the peak of that eastern wave. I haven’t seen any recent numbers for those emerging from critical condition and improving, but it has to be much lower. Secondly, patients are getting more time devoted by doctors and nurses because shutdowns kept the majority of hospitals from being inundated. An area we seem to be lacking is in nurse to patient ratios, where Germany seems to have gotten over the hump through utilization of that niche advantage embedded in their health care system, as well as early and much more effective testing and tracing from the earliest stages (one of the first, if not THE first, EU countries to be hit.)

I believe that I read somewhere recently from another source it was settling in at a tick under 0.3, still roughly three times more deadly than the common flu, and still obviously lacking a vaccine.

So glad I was basically born a White Sox fan...as this would be incredibly difficult to stomach, even if it is “just” a brother.

Memorial Day was the end of this to many. It’s going to take massive K-12 and university closures, or a complete shutdown of NCAA and NFL to get the public’s sustained attention back again. In that sense, news about the three upcoming books is also making it easier to bury things under the rug.

Coronavirus Is Taking a High Toll on Sweden’s Elderly. Families Blame the Government. Discontent is growing over official triage guidelines critics say too often deny elderly patients vital care https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-is-taking-a-high-toll-on-swedens-elderly-families-blame-the-government-11592479430?mod=hp_lead_pos10 When 81-year-old Jan Andersson fell ill with Covid-19 at a nursing home in the Swedish town of Märsta, a doctor consulted by phone ordered palliative care, including morphine, instead of trying to help him fend off the infection.

Cue video from late April with the mayor on Anderson Cooper already pushing a reopening in quite ignorant fashion.

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You came up with the $1 million reparations plan, but no Juneteenth? Kwanzaa sound familiar? I’m not sure saying “now it’s everything” makes much sense when it has been there all along in Wyandotte County, Wichita and pockets of the KU, KSU and WSU campuses. What’s shocking to me is that you weren’t paying attention to Fox News here... https://www.foxnews.com/us/what-is-juneteenth-the-history-behind-the-oldest-commemoration-of-the-abolishment-of-slavery-in-the-us

Then why choose Oklahoma, a state with a GOP governor where he has a very negligible chance of losing in November? Arizona and Florida also have GOP governors but are states that are in serious jeopardy 4+ months out...where they have held rallies and/or major fundraisers recently. Pence was just in Iowa, another state carried by 9 points. It has a bit more to do with some other factors, like Juneteenth and especially the 1920’s Greenwood/Black Wall Street riots/massacre. At one point, doing a speech on race relations at that moment (when it was scheduled) made sense to about half the members of the administration. The other half was bitterly opposed and thought it would turn into an unmitigated PR disaster, hence the pre-emptive change in date.

Rhymes from the Niger This is a collection of poems written as rhymes to help children in their nursery and early primary classes gather knowledge about Nigeria. Using common national symbols and the nations aesthetics, the author helps the child to not only grasp the early concept of reading but also create a sense of patriotism to their nation and continent. Whether as a class textbook or an evening read after dinner, children will find the book to be fun and educational. I’m assuming the author is from Nigeria or has a connection with/to the country. The Niger River itself is an important one in Africa, just like the Nile, Amazon, Danube, Mekong, Yangtze or Mississippi in other countries.

How many times did we hearing about “shutting down” travel from China when almost all available evidence points to European travelers/US tourists returning from that region that are far and away the principal culprit in Covid-19 spread in NYC/NJ? But that doesn’t really fit the agenda, since most in the EU are “desirable” countries.

That’s fine, but kids being back in school creates numerous super spreaders who are completely oblivious to that fact if they don’t have any symptoms. They quickly spread it to their entire families at home, to teachers and administrators at school, to grandparents, to those with pre-existing conditions and co-morbidities. Look at all of the events and parties beginning with Memorial Day featuring 18-29 year olds spreading the disease. The fact of the matter is that the penetration level throughout the US is still only 2-5%, and it would take another 2-3 peaks or massive waves in NY/NJ to get anywhere close to the 60-80% range necessary for herd immunity to kick in. The Swedes brokered a different deal than the rest of the world: Citizens take individual responsibility for social distancing, and the government keeps most of society functioning. There are some rules—high schools and universities are closed, gatherings of more than 50 people are banned, and people over 70 and those who feel ill are encouraged to stay home. But businesses largely remain open, and children who would otherwise need care are in school. Citizens seems to be taking their responsibility seriously. Residents point out that they are practicing social distancing, with the elderly isolated, and families mostly staying home, apart from kids in school. Citymapper statistics indicate an almost 75% drop in mobility in Stockholm. Travel over the Easter weekend dropped more than 90%; the government did not tell ski resorts to close for Easter, a popular ski holiday time, but the resorts closed anyway. Lovin told the BBC it is a “myth that Sweden has not taken serious steps.” https://qz.com/1842183/sweden-is-taking-a-very-different-approach-to-covid-19/ The main problem with all these comparisons is we don’t have a society of either individual responsibility or where government excels at keeping most of society functioning smoothly. We, instead, have a completely fractured or divided country, which is the complete and total opposite of Sweden. The only thing they have in common with the US is refusing to shoulder blame and fighting back with critics of their controversial approach.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott scolds 20-somethings for not wearing masks, taking coronavirus too lightly Local officials report more Texans in their 20s test positive, though state health spokesman says it’s ‘too soon to have hard data.’ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/06/15/texas-gov-greg-abbott-scolds-20-somethings-for-not-wearing-masks-taking-coronavirus-too-lightly/ Though his administration couldn’t provide statistics, Abbott spoke of a “record pace” of infections among 20-somethings during an appearance on KRGV-TV in McAllen. “What we’re seeing there is that people of that age group, they’re not following these appropriate best health and safety practices,” he said. “They’re not wearing face masks, they’re not sanitizing their hands, they’re not maintaining the safe distancing practices. And as a result, they are contracting COVID-19 at a record pace in the state of Texas.” Abbott spokesman John Wittman said the governor has heard about higher numbers of infections among people between the ages of 20 and 29 from local health departments and county judges around the state.

Dilute? Seems the US is cutting down from 14 to 7 vaccine trials, with J&J, Moderna, AstroZenica and Sanofi (France) rumored to still be on the list. Also, that number doesn’t count Gates Foundation endeavors, at least pretty sure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new record high for daily coronavirus cases in the Lone Star State. He attributed the increase in positive cases to an assisted living facility in Collin County near Dallas, as well the delayed reporting of numbers from Hays County near Austin. Abbott said the state will see an increase of 2,622 cases on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record high of 2,504 on June 10. And while the hospitalization rate has been increasing, Abbott expressed confidence in the state's capacity, with 14,933 beds available. The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients has been above 2,000 for the past week, with a record high of 2,518 reported on Tuesday. "Even though there are more people hospitalized, we still remain at the lowest threat level to our hospital capacity," he said. Still, the governor urged Texans to be diligent about wearing masks, washing hands, and practicing social distance measures. "We just want to double down in reminding everybody that these things that we learned over March and April in May, they still have to be practiced, because Covid-19 hasn't suddenly magically left the state of Texas," he said.

Since when does Greg come arrayed with a plethora of misleading graphs and statistics? It’s usually according to what I heard on Rush, Hannity, Carlson...

Many of you may have heard that the pandemic will be over when we achieve herd immunity. For herd immunity to protect us, however, we need to get between 60% to 80% of the US population immune to this virus. If we reach 80% of the population being immune, the virus would have a very hard time finding a new susceptible host to infect. But immunity can only occur by natural infection or vaccination, and there is no guarantee that immunity from natural infection will be long-lasting. Only time will tell. The pandemic has stopped my wife and I from taking our baby back to America Even in the hardest-hit states, such as New York, only 20% of the residents of New York City have been exposed and successfully fought off the infection, compared to only 2.6% of the people in the Finger Lakes region of the state. This means that the city would need another two to three outbreaks, similar in magnitude to the one in April, to achieve herd immunity through natural exposure. The rest of the state would need years to get to this same goal. Epidemiologists believe that only 2-5% of the US population nationally has beenexposed to the virus and recovered, and infections have not been distributed evenly throughout the population. This puts us a long way from beating this virus through natural exposure and the prospect of a successful vaccine remains uncertain. Therefore, we must find a way to live with this virus without sacrificing 1% of our population or going back to the strict restrictions of March and April. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/opinions/what-pandemic-means-for-summer-opinion-bromage/index.html

Will NCAA now grant immediate transfers to players asserting argument of “political differences“ with their coaches? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/oklahoma-state-mike-gundy-chuba-hubbard-021056548.html Gundy getting absolutely eviscerated in the national media

Solution: play indoors exhibition in Tulsa after rally this weekend, waivers of responsibility already signed and gathered. The just follow the presidential campaign around the country to other hotspots like Texas, Arizona and Florida. Problem solved. Better yet, MLB Wiffle Ball Tourney. Would probably have to use an automated pitching machine, too many potential elbow issues throwing Wiffle screwballs and sliders...players can start their own rival league.

Can we get Manfred fired for this bootlicking tweet alone? “There are so many things that have been out there as part of the political process. If each and every thing that gets said was the subject of concern or something you should be concerned about, people would be walking around with with their heads spinning due to concern," Manfred said. "The Rickettses have been great owners. I'm gonna see Mr. Ricketts tomorrow — a prearranged meeting. I'm very comfortable with the idea that the Ricketts have been great trustees for baseball and Chicago and will continue to be." https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/chicago-cubs/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-responds-donald-trump-tweet-about-cubs-owners

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/larry-kudlow-unemployment-disincentive-600-033358224.html?bcmt=1 President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday vowed an end to an extra $600 a week in unemployment payments for the jobless, calling it a “disincentive to work” — assuming there is work. Kudlow’s dismissive attitude about the payments amid massive unemployment amid the COVID-19 pandemic was a dramatic contrast to his defense of the Payment Protection Plan for businesses, which can use the forgivable public loans to pay exorbitant executive salaries. He insisted to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the extra unemployment aid “might have worked for the first couple of months,” but “it’ll end in late July.” Kudlow insisted that “almost all businesses ... understand” that the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive” to work. “I mean we’re paying people” without jobs “not to work,” he added. “It’s better than their salaries would get.” He said the Trump administration is considering a “reform measure” that might provide an incentive to return to work — but that it won’t be as much. Left unsaid is that they will lose all benefits if called back to work, many have still not received any money due to bureaucratic hurdles and millions will never have jobs to return to EVER again at the end of July. Yet he doesn’t want any oversight on the hundreds of billions gifted to corporate America by Treasury and the Fed. Seems like we’re back to same arguments about lazy Americans who don’t want to work from the 1980’s playbook.

This would never have happened if a real commissioner like Giamatti were around... https://www.startribune.com/baseball-players-resigned-to-two-month-season-after-mlb-s-latest-proposal/571251352/?ref=nl&om_rid=48311239113&om_mid=852833737&refresh=true

Why would it be an Antifa flag instead of BLM? Because a certain someone has tried to pin it on them despite providing no evidence corroborating evidence? Well, for that to make sense, have we ever had any public flags displayed for the NAACP, SCLC, CORE, SNCC or even Black Panthers....all of the Civil Rights groups coming out of the 1950’s and 60’s? You can argue that the MLK Holiday and DC Monument is the closest representation of a flag...and moving further and further away from Columbus Day. Perhaps the proposed Harriet Tubman $20 bill. This is where it gets to be a VERY slippery slope. Do we change Memorial Day, somehow? Then you have Juneteenth, for example. Or the cultural wars over “no longer celebrating Christmas” in order to incorporate a multiplicity of other religious holidays as well as Kwanzaa. One’s head starts to spin. And then, what about (or especially) Native Americans and Hispanic Americans? Do Asian-Americans get skipped over because the discrimination they have faced is the most invisible and/or least controversial? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/andrew-sullivan-is-there-still-room-for-debate.html Is there still room for debate? Very insightful piece, TLDR will be common response...but an incredibly important point he is making that many are losing sight of at the current moment. After we lost the Floyd Thread, not even sure we can reopen it even slightly, and that’s a huge shame, because it’s a necessary aspect of the national discussion which should be happening.

Billions or trillions: The great coronavirus trade-off https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/billions-or-trillions-the-great-coronavirus-tradeoff-122132084.html If billions of dollars sounds like a ton of money for a vaccine, consider how much the coronavirus will cost the U.S. (never mind the rest of the world), $8 trillion on lost economic activity. Interestingly MIT’s Sharp was most concerned about this economic fallout: “I'm personally in the long term concerned about the economic displacement,” Sharp told me. “I think that's going to be very consequential. I hope not. But if we have unemployment at 10% at the end of the year, it'll make this virus infection seem trivial.” Question: Would we have been in better shape if we hadn’t defunded a few billion of vaccine research and preparation over the past few years? Answer: What do you think?

Was it by any chance advertised on Fox or Fox News Channel? Your exuberance seems over the top...like a certain someone describing the state of the economy.

Another sign of the coming apocalypse. Titled “Replace Confederate statues in New Orleans with statues of Louisiana hero Britney Spears,” a Change.Org petition that has already amassed more than 22,000 signatures suggests taking over the Confederate monuments with tributes to the singer. Addressed to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and four other state officials, the petition, which was created by Louisiana resident Kassie Thibodeaux, suggests the state “Do the right thing: Replace the Confederate statues with an actual Louisiana hero and influential human being, Britney Spears.” “Before becoming one of the world's most important and influential pop legends, Britney Spears was living life in a small Southern town by the name of Kentwood, La.,” the petition reads. “Not only has Britney proven her talent, but she's proven her strength of character by not only overcoming highly publicized mental breakdown, but by continuously working towards improving herself. She's an inspiration to millions.” I’m thinking it might take more than Ja Morant to get the Robert E. Lee statue removed from Murray, KY, town square. I just hope that young people today are still being taught who Lee was...there’s the historian side of me that starts rebelling when we skip over all the great battles of the Civil War and the depth of analysis boils down simply to this or that historical figure was racist.