Almost half of the U.S. population does not have a job
A ‘Viral’ New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune
U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce
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Court’s ‘Preposterous’ Trans Ruling Threatens Religion, Speech, Privacy, and Safety. A less heated take here.
Forecasting for COVID-19 has failed
De Blasio Orders Gates Welded Shut at Jewish Park While Approving Mass BLM Gatherings
Woman in China, 45, made S$589,800 by buying insurance on flights she predicted would get delayed
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A snarky reading of this would be “Conservatives have always been more right then liberals” but that would be mean to Benjamin Rush who did his best. Having send that, many conventional treatments for Covid pushed by doctors (like ventilators) have also shown themselves to be harmful so that is also a parallel. Americans Have Always Politicized Public Health
Not in the Bee. Minnesota Governor and Media Blame White Nationalists and Russians for Riots
Russians are scary I guess. Riot Police, National Guard ‘Completely Abandon’ Perimeter in Minneapolis, Chased Away by Protesters
All those people who were up in arms because protesters against the lock down were literally killing people are strangely silent. Mayor Frey Gives Masks to Rioters But Says Opening Churches Would Be a ‘Public Health Disaster’ and also De Blasio backs George Floyd protests despite coronavirus gathering ban
If they were changed every hour and people did not pull them down to talk they might help. But that is never going to happen. More evidence masks are merely a symbolic gesture
After day of fiery protests, uneasy calm in Seattle
Coming soon to a broke city/town near you? New Speed Limit Turns DC Into Giant School Zone
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I don’t know why they don’t lead with “Russia and Iran struggle over the control of Syria. Once you get to the end, that seems to be the theme. A Bitter Feud over Power and Money Erupts in Syria
Russia Sent Warplanes to Back Mercenaries in Libya: US Military
Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troops; India maintains aggressive posturing
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And now the bill comes due. Italy Enters Chapter Two of the Corona Crisis
Something you will not see in the normal news. Explosive Revelations in the Flynn Case
At least in this country all they do is take down the post if it is wrong think. We still have a ways to go. Chinese internet users who uploaded coronavirus memories to GitHub have been arrested
They are using that magic word and they have letters after there name and they are publishing in paper read by a lot of voters in NY. We can hope it will start to change things Science says: It’s time to start easing the lockdowns
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A reminder of what real pandemics are like. We could still have one someday. Imagine how well we would handle it. Invisible Little Worms
Lots of charts about something you already know. Nearly all NYC coronavirus patients had underlying health conditions, study finds
All the panic about not having enough ventilators when they don’t help much. Nearly all Covid-19 patients put on ventilators in New York’s largest health system died, study finds
I wish I could believe this was false. Poll: 8 in 10 Americans Favor Strict Shelter-in-Place Orders To Limit Coronavirus’ Spread, and Most Say They Could Continue to Obey Such Orders for Another Month or Longer
They say 5 times deadlier then the flu like it was something horrible but not too long ago people saying that it was only 5 times worse were considered naive. New York City antibody survey reveals more than a FIFTH residents have been infected and mortality rate is FIVE TIMES deadlier than the flu
This was a choice. Coronavirus-Induced Food Supply Disruptions Hitting Farmers, Poor Consumers
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BALI & COVID19 — an involuntary experiment in epidemiology & immunology
Snohomish County Washington Sheriff: “The Governor’s Plan is No Plan At All”
The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation
Trying to scare people and I have no doubt that a lot of people are coming down with it. But how many people are actually dying? You can read the entire thing and come up with the answer of one or two. Coronavirus at meatpacking plants worse than first thought, USA TODAY investigation finds
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This was a choice (The threat is to safe drinking water, not the water itself): Coronavirus-driven CO2 shortage threatens US food and water supply, officials say
A series of points that the pro-lockdown don’t want to face. Lockdown Socialism will collapse
Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective
The below clip is interesting if you want to hear an expert tell you what you already know.
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Emergency Powers Forever. ‘Significant’ coronavirus mutation discovered, could make vaccine search ‘futile,’ study says
I don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing, but just remember this when people compare our case load with other countries. I don’t think anyone else does it this way. US virus numbers now include probable cases without tests
Price controls caused a large part of the problem. Why There Aren’t Enough Masks, and How to Get More
I have been more or less ignoring this but it shocked me when the Washington Post got involved. They are a pain to link to so here is this instead. Sources believe coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab as part of China’s efforts to compete with US
I guess they all want to kill Grandma and have no soul. Fed-Up Michiganders Stage Massive Protest Against Whitmer’s One-Size-Fits-All Lockdown Also this When Will The Riots Begin?
File this one under things that I hope are true. The Lockdown Is Loosening Whether Government Likes It Or Not
Glad we don’t have to find out if they can get worse. Frontier files for bankruptcy, says its broadband service won’t get any worse