Just something to raise your blood pressure if it is low. So, just like that, small religious groups lost their right to meet in person and must, at this late date, switch to teleconferencing.

Georgia officials warn of 4-foot-long invasive lizards that eat ‘anything they want’

The IHME model has revised down significantly the expected cases in Georgia and Democrats and the press are moving goal posts.

Some States Forced Nursing Homes To Accept Coronavirus Patients. Many Died As A Result. This Is A Massive Scandal.

Remember this when peer pressures causes you to wonder if staying locked down until a vaccine might be rational. Just creating a successful vaccine within the year would be an unprecedented achievement, since the record for developing a vaccine is four years.

I don’t really think this means anything one way or another for the coming election. All it shows right now is that conservatives are far more motivated to vote. But liberals may become a lot more motivated when Trump is on the line. Predicted Blue Wave Crashes In Wisconsin, California Special Elections

If this story is true, (not familiar with the source), they literally hired an ex-stasi agent. Former Stasi recruited to police ‘racism’ in video games

The US needs the Turks to make parts for warplane? How Turkey’s expulsion from F-35 program has hampered production

Always be afraid of of experts saying the word “millions”. But then, it was experts saying “millions” that got us to the point where this could happen. Experts fear millions of deaths in the coming months and years, not as a result of the coronavirus, but due to other diseases that are actually treatable.

Backlash against the great and good having the wrong opinion (a response to a link from yesterday). Almost every point made is arguable including the fail to disclose charge (If you know what Foreign Affairs is all about, every article is an official point of view of some group). Mostly posted to show that “shut up your wrong” crowd is still giving its best shot. Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results

Something we should all be grateful for. The System That Actually Worked and along the same lines The Pandemic That Didn’t Break the Internet

What is noteworthy is about this is that it is a mouth piece for the great and good. Sweden’s Coronavirus Strategy Will Soon Be the World’s

Exclusive: J.C. Penney to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week, sources say

Even if the argument advanced is true, it is population dependent. Why herd immunity to COVID-19 is reached much earlier than thought

China tries to calm ‘nationalist fever’ as calls for invasion of Taiwan grow

You have to be perfect if you go down the lock down route. New nightlife cluster causes spike in South Korea virus cases

Cuomo’s nursing home reversal is too little, too late for those now dead

A guide to the tick species every American should know

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

Vitamin D appears to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates

Contrary to the impression that this article gives, it is not clear to me that France did much better than Italy if you look at a chart of excess deaths. On the other paw, it is starting to look like that everyone is headed for a the same rough death rate and the only question is how fast they get there. Coronavirus: France’s ‘strange defeat’

Inside Green Empire Farm: Upstate NY’s biggest coronavirus outbreak slams migrant workers

‘Every One of Them’: California Begins Forcibly Quarantining People – Separating Families – Over COVID-19

It is time to take seriously the link between Vitamin D deficiency and more serious Covid-19 symptoms

Not really worth reading. But it is so stupid I could not help highlighting it. Really showcases the mental deficiencies of modern journalism. Exclusive: Virus exposes gaping holes in Africa’s health systems

Funny story of the day: Lotfernrohr 7

Michael Flynn Did Not Lie, He Was Framed by The FBI

A Large Amount of Siberia Is on Fire Right Now

Turkey and Russia are using desperate mercenaries from the last war to fight in the next one.

This is the model that convinced UK to lock down. Code Review of Ferguson’s Model

Japan is a very fragile country. Japan’s Achilles Heel?

Dr. Hansen on what we learn from autopsies of COVID19 patients