Oso planning to go pro
We might never have gotten into this Once In A Lifetime mess if only he had Found a Job where he could actually make more money than he lost. Instead, he took over The Big Country, ignored the Cities, and brought in a bunch of Slippery People. And She Was grabbed by the p****.
Have you seen the David Byrne broadway show on HBO? I haven’t checked it out yet.
Dr. Birx had been one of Trump's favorites until she became heavily criticized for downplaying the coronavirus and now has been replaced as the face of the Task Force by Dr. Scott Atlas, a purveyor of right-wing fringe conspiracies and ideas on how to treat the virus.
whom Trump referred to as "Scott Adams" during the town hall comedy show the other night. Though it wouldn't surprise me if the Dilbert guy really was the top guy on the task force.
There was no more loyal soldier when it came to COVID-19 than Dr. Birx. She covered for Trump, she stayed stoic when he was asking her to research injecting Lysol into human bodies, and she lied for him on multiple occasions. But the one time she pushed back a little bit by defending the science, he immediately called her "pathetic."
Couple of interesting nuggets I just read ...Bad News: Virus-related hospitalizations have risen by at least 5% in 37 states in recent days, CNBC said in analysis published Monday. Smaller hospitals in rural areas are struggling to respond. A hospital in North Dakota had to transfer patients to other states, and another in Iowa faced staffing shortages as employees became infected, NPR reported. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said last week that “small household gatherings” were fueling a jump. In rural Tennessee, Dr. Martin Chaney said he’s seeing that first-hand. “It’s families getting together, small groups of people gathering, they let their guard down, they’re not distancing, they’re taking their masks off,” Chaney said.Good News: “Game-changer” saliva tests developed in part at the University of South Carolina have allowed the university to conduct more than 30,000 COVID-19 tests since Aug. 1. University officials say the tests are just as accurate as traditional, nasal swab tests. The results come back in a fraction of the time needed for nasal tests, and spitting into a cup is less uncomfortable. South Carolina announced Wednesday that it will export the test to other colleges in the state, including rival Clemson.
Interesting stuff on how Vermont has effectively contained COVID-19, including having zero coronavirus-related deaths in 2+ months:The coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in rural areas of the U.S. than in urban areas. But one rural state continues to do a fabulous job keeping the virus away: Vermont.The starkest sign of Vermont’s success is that it has not recorded a single Covid-19 death in more than two months.Vermont is succeeding partly because it has not allowed the virus to become a partisan issue. The Republican governor, Phil Scott — unlike many other Republican politicians around the country — has consistently told people to take the virus seriously. “He started wearing a mask early in the pandemic and has stood at the back of the room in many of the state’s coronavirus briefings, letting Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont’s answer to Dr. Anthony Fauci, dominate proceedings,” Bill McKibben, a Vermont resident, wrote in The New Yorker.Vermont also benefits from having a high degree of social trust among its residents, as Maria Sacchetti explained in The Washington Post. And Vermont has two strong local media organizations — VTDigger and Seven Days — that keep residents informed and that both took an intriguing step early in the pandemic, McKibben notes: They shut down their comments sections, to prevent misinformation from spreading.
Vermont is succeeding partly because it has not allowed the virus to become a partisan issue. The Republican governor, Phil Scott — unlike many other Republican politicians around the country — has consistently told people to take the virus seriously. “He started wearing a mask early in the pandemic and has stood at the back of the room in many of the state’s coronavirus briefings, letting Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont’s answer to Dr. Anthony Fauci, dominate proceedings,” Bill McKibben, a Vermont resident, wrote in The New Yorker.Vermont also benefits from having a high degree of social trust among its residents, as Maria Sacchetti explained in The Washington Post. And Vermont has two strong local media organizations — VTDigger and Seven Days — that keep residents informed and that both took an intriguing step early in the pandemic, McKibben notes: They shut down their comments sections, to prevent misinformation from spreading.[/i]
I actually don't like these articles because they confuse concepts. Yes the virus response is not partisan there, but that is an output and not a fundamental lens that needs to be applied to everything.I wish instead the headline was "Vermont takes virus seriously"- Early Masking- Medical Led Public Health Response- Consistent Information & clear communication with actions to prevent mis-information- Leadership that cares & models desired behavior- High social trust and compliance These things have nothing to do with politics...it just that since people are in denial or for other reasons, many places just don't want to accept they have to take this seriously.
It was brought up in the debate last night that models show if we are not better at mask compliance we can expect 200k more deaths between now and end of year.Followed up with the statement we can cut that in half and save 100K lives if everyone wears a mask. If the 7 day national avg holds steady we will have saved more then the 100k estimate. That tells me we, as a country, are doing what we can when it comes to masks or am I interrupting that wrong?
A universal mask mandate would save lives. We as a country have not implemented a universal mask mandate.Ergo, we have NOT done everything we can when it comes to masks.
And now the third peak of officially higher than the previous high in the US, and still rising....Coronavirus case increase sets new U.S. record, rising to over 77K in one dayhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coronavirus-case-increase-sets-new-u-s-record-rising-over-n1244490The U.S. set a record Thursday as the number of new coronavirus cases rose to over 77,000, topping the previous record in July.Nationwide, 77,640 new cases were reported for the day, up from the previous record of 75,723 on July 29, according to the latest tally compiled by NBC News.The record-breaking daily tally comes as the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has reached nearly 8.5 million, with 224,280 deaths. There were 921 coronavirus-related deaths reported on Thursday.
You are right, those concepts are not inherently political. Unfortunately, the current administration has made them political, and many republicans around the country have followed along. The point of the article as I see it is that republicans in VT have not followed along.
Plenty of people in Connecticut have second houses in Vermont. What I hear from these people is they even make people from Connecticut quarantine if you rthere more than 24 hours. And they get antsy when they see out of state plates.Coincidently, Vermont was the most moved-to state since the pandemic began per United Van Lines. From March to August 2020, the top outbound states, defined by the highest percentages of moves where COVID was a contributing factor in leaving the state, were the following:1. Washington, D.C.2. New York3. Nevada4. Oregon5. Delaware6. California7. Minnesota8. Massachusetts9. Florida10. WashingtonThe top inbound states — those where COVID was a contributing factor in choosing to migrate to the state — were:1. Vermont2. North Dakota3. Connecticut4. Montana5. Michigan6. Arkansas7. Oregon8. Massachusetts9. Ohio10. UtahUniGroup, parent company of United Van Lines, continuously fields a post-move survey with customers within five days following their move. The findings shared here are drawn from data collected among more than 6,000 United Van Lines and Mayflower customers who moved between March 1 – August 31, 2020.
So what you're sayin' is that Oregon and Massachusetts don't know whether they're comin' or goin'!!