Oso planning to go pro
Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organizationhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/us-withdrawing-world-trade-organization/index.htmlCongress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the U.S. from the @WHOin the midst of a pandemic.
Even though this is a petulant whiny move from the POTUS, that isn’t allowed in the swift way he thinks it is, the WHO has shown itself to be a joke at best during most of this, and corrupt at worst. They are as willing and able to be “flexible” and bought and paid for as FIFA or the IOC
Short on PPE again https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/08/ppe-shortage-masks-gloves-gowns/Testing delayshttps://apnews.com/52e57911691a332630a3c93a6e76612aFlorida hospitals filling. Spread going from young to old. https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/rising-median-age-of-florida-covid-19-cases-spurs-alarm-over-stressed-icu-capacity/article_584d8eb2-c148-11ea-819e-5b34f09fa521.html
That is truly mind-boggling, but not the least bit surprising.Hopefully, schools will have the common sense to listen to what the scientists are really saying - using guidance already released, and whatever comes out in the scientific literature in the coming weeks - and disregard whatever watered down nonsense Pence comes up with. If Redfield had a shred of self-respect, he would step down before putting forth a plan he knows won't be strong enough.
UW@Madison athletes test positive.https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1281073357123923971The University of Wisconsin athletic department has announced that more student-athletes have tested positive for Covid-19 since the school’s initial round of testing a month ago
Same at UNC. This week is starting to feel ominously like the week Tom Hanks caught COVID & the BET got canceled midway through. Next shoe to drop that sends shockwaves?
One more thing Wags and I will stop my rant. We know so much more about the virus today than early on and we are still not reacting/responding to what healthcare professionals are recommending. Had the WHO given us perfect info on day one, what would we be doing differently today?
Rewind back to March 11 when Rudy Gobert tested positive for Covid. 2 days prior when most would say he was most contagious, he played 32 minutes against the Raptors. I only recall 1 person getting covid from this one event in which he was in direct physical contact for several hours.Not saying covid is a joke it is real and nothing to be taken lightly. All I am saying is with leagues moving to start up and all the testing and precautions in place, I am optimistic they can restart and complete their respective season.Sure the athletes will need to make sacrifices not seeing some loved ones or going out to the club but are those not the same sacrifices the majority of the country is also making
We’ll see. What’s happening with college football programs who aren’t even doing organized team activities isn’t exactly promising to me.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/us/california-coronavirus-imperial-county/index.htmlRight now COVID is devastating poor and minority communities. Hospitals beyond capacity, and death rates climbing in these areas. One has to wonder if the responses, outcries, and policies would have changed already if this was happening in the wealthiest communities instead. I hate to say it, but Fauci is right, it is probably time to shut things back down in some areas.
I think dr gottlieb has it right here. Which doesn’t bode well for navigating the fall. https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1281547240146952193?s=21
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/If 3 of the top 8 states in regards to positive cases per million are his examples of states who tried to cruuuussshhhh the virus. They failed miserably at doing so.
And even worse 3 of the top 4 states for Covid death rate per million residents is NY, CT, and MA. Usually I think Gottlieb is pretty good with his analysis but if those 3 states are the examples of what it looks like when you try to crush the virus we better go back to the drawing board.