As of January 15, 2021: 23.4 million Americans have become ill from COVID-19/over 389,000 Americans have died!
For 16 weeks, throughout the fall and then straight through the data disruptions around Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 has risen. On October 13, there were 36,000 people with COVID-19 in U.S. hospitals. Yesterday, on January 13, there were 130,000.
This week, after two weeks of holiday-muddled death data, the inevitable consequence of these rising hospitalizations arrived. States reported 23,259 COVID-19 deaths this week, 25 percent more than in any other week since the pandemic began. For scale, the COVID-19 deaths reported this week to exceed the CDC's current estimate for flu-related deaths during the entire 2019–20 season. (The Atlantic)
"I mean they put these rules in place … they're not even following their own rules," he added. "How many people have gotten caught? Don't travel, don't leave the state. Oh, here's so-and-so on a vacation. Oh, here's so-and-so at a salon. Don't eat out at a restaurant unless you're wearing a mask and separate. Oh, here's a picture of the governor of California violating those rules. Oh, public schools are closed but I can send my kids to a private school in person. It's like, I mean, for us to count on the government to help us out is becoming a joke at this point." (Aaron Rodgers)
The United States is facing both a deadly pandemic and a political crisis, and in each case, some highly trained professionals have been actively undermining the public interest. A handful of physicians, academics, and other trained experts have helped enable President Donald Trump’s deadly mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and stoked needless fears about vaccines. Attorneys with impressive credentials have assisted Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in an attempted coup. Many of the professionals in question were once respected authorities in their fields; today, they are at the forefront of pushing conspiracy theories that have immobilized a 245-year-old democracy and its ability to perform basic functions, such as holding elections and protecting citizens from preventable mass death. (The Atlantic)
My Linden School Elementary School English teachers reminded their students to always use three examples to prove a point. Points can always be suggested, they would add, and more may be surrounding you as would the winds of a tornado but pick three to highlight your point of view…AND, than, once I had the opportunity of having my favorite teacher in the entire universe of educators, in my high school of, Taylor Allderdice, Mrs. Lenore Musoff, she would add, “…be precise, sharp, and let people want to know more, you can write, but will people read it! If they read it, then open up that grab bag of information and let them bathe happily ever after within its content!” So in accordance, I write this BLOG, first with FACTS (yes MAGA and Trump Inner Circle and Proud Boys and even you Good Nazi’s and American Evangelical White Nationalist Christians, FACTS can assist in living or inspire death if ignored.) And them 3 random, but coincidentally common in conscience examples. Examples of why, maybe, we do need to issue a Federal ID card, which simply reads, I TRAVEL IN SPITE OF MEDICAL AND INTELLIGENCE ADVICE TO THE CONTRTARY/I INSISTED THAT ONLY SOCIALISTS WORE MASKS/AND JESUS GAVE ME MY BODY, AND ONLY HE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO WITH IT! And the card in a Red Letters should be stamped with a Scarlet C and L and D, Covid-Loser-Denier…DO OT ADMIT TO ANY HOSPITAL!
The United States is facing both a deadly pandemic and a political crisis, and in each case, some highly trained professionals have been actively undermining the public interest. A handful of physicians, academics, and other trained experts have helped enable President Do
