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Something to ask Sanford about. Lots of nursing students here.
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Reading: Let’s check in now with the new California monolith… And it’s gone, torn down by a bunch of MAGA muppets
This is why we can’t have nice things, El Reg version. California monolith gives maga boys green light to destroy.
Poor-quality video filmed through a night-vision lens and taken from streaming site DLive, since removed, shows their leader referencing “so-called alien obelisks” before expressing intent to replace the structure with a cross. “Christ is king in this country,” he says, melodramatically banging the thing with his palm. “We don’t want illegal aliens from Mexico or outer space. So let’s tear this bitch down.”
Charming. The little boys then lay into the innocent stainless-steel art project, chanting like a Sunday School frat “CHRIST IS KING!” as it topples over. The intro douchebag then proclaims “America First!” while his mates puzzle over how to remove the obelisk from its base
Reading: Donald Trump’s failure to work with Joe Biden is becoming more urgent as Covid spreads – CNNPolitics
From Donald Trump’s failure to work with Joe Biden is becoming more urgent as Covid spreads – CNNPolitics
It’s all occuring on trump’s watch – both vaccine and continuing crisis.
The increasingly urgent pleas are coming from inside his administration, the President-elect’s team and independent public health experts as Covid-19 cases rage out of control countrywide, claiming more than 1,000 US lives a day. More than 246,000 Americans have now died from the disease, and a bitter winter lies ahead even amid encouraging news such as Monday’s announcement that a vaccine developed by Moderna is demonstrating a high success rate in early clinical trials, the second such positive vaccine news in about a week.
But instead of listening or mobilizing to tackle what some medical experts warn is becoming a “humanitarian” crisis, Trump spent the weekend during which the US passed 11 million infections amplifying lies and misinformation about his election loss. At one point, he appeared to acknowledge Sunday in a tweet that Biden won, before backtracking with a stream of defiance on Twitter.
Reading: What’s the cost of acquiring herd immunity to Covid-19?
From What’s the cost of acquiring herd immunity to Covid-19?
hoakley works through the numbers on herd immunity without a vaccine in the UK. It’s not pretty. And the US officials know this.
[It] works out at a quarter of a million (246,400) fresh cases of Covid-19 per day on average, for a period of 100 days in England alone, to reach the HIT of 50% to provide herd immunity by natural infection.
We now need to work out the consequences of that sustained high rate of fresh cases. The percentage who require care in hospital varies widely with population, anything from 1-5% or more. That’s anything from 2,460 to over 12,000 cases each day.
The clincher is that herd immunity requires a vaccine to work:
That’s why society has invested so heavily in immunisation, which can produce herd immunity with almost no need for hospital care or death. But some seem hell-bent on putting the clock back to before 1770 and killing people when there’s a better way.
Models and references in hoakley’s post.
Reading: Health officials rated celebrities on Trump loyalty while planning ad campaign
From Health officials rated celebrities on Trump loyalty while planning ad campaign
It’s a sad day for the despot when he can’t get B-list celebs to sponsor his propeganda.
Despite the hefty funding, the campaign has been stymied by internal disorganization and indifference from celebrities. Of the ten deemed worthy of the PSAs, only three sat down for interviews. As of October 1, all three had withdrawn their consent to use the footage and refused to participate further. The campaign’s future was further imperiled by Caputo’s decision last month to take a leave of absence from the department.
Reading: The WHO considers the WH’s decision not to control Covid-19
From The WHO considers the WH’s decision not to control Covid-19
As a counter-point to the WH’s false claim that it has ended the pandemic, sits the WHO’s latest consideration of the circumstances of the pandemic.
Ars, quoting White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, reports that the WH has given up:
“I mean, when we look at this, we’re going to defeat the virus. We’re not going to control it. We will try to contain it as best we can,†he told reporters outside the White House yesterday. He again emphasized the need for therapeutics and vaccines.
But here is WHO’s consideration of the implications of trump’s non-action:
[WHO Executive Director Michael Ryan] also offered a grim caution of what can happen when countries and governments do not try to control the virus. He noted that in April and March many places in the world, including some in the US, used “mitigationâ€â€”he used air quotes for this word—as their strategy and “emergency rooms were overwhelmed and we were rolling freezer trucks up to the back of hospitals,†he said. “That’s the reality of mitigating a disease in the face of a tsunami of cases. You run out of capacity to cope and that is the fear right now.â€
These are not two different perspectives clashing; the WHO is drawing out implications that the WH refuses to consider.
Reading: Minnesota reports three Covid-19 outbreaks related to Trump campaign events in September – CNNPolitics
This is why we can’t shop at local businesses:
At least 21 cases have been traced to outbreaks occurring at rally events in Bemidji on September 18, a speech held by Vice President Mike Pence on September 24 in Minneapolis, and another rally held by President Donald Trump on September 30 in Duluth, the department said in an email to CNN.
Minnesota defines an outbreak as “two or more cases of illness related by time and place in which an epidemiologic investigation suggests either person-to-person transmission occurred” or some other vehicle, such as contaminated water, is implicated. Public health experts say it is difficult to pinpoint any one event to overall changes in trends in light of the fact that there is overall increased community transmission. But experts also agree that holding such events in this climate is not a best practice for public health.
Trump’s Bemidji rally took place in an airport hanger. According to a CNN producer who attended the event, at least 2,000 people were in attendance. Based on contact tracing by the state Department of Health, at least 16 cases, including two hospitalizations, were identified among attendees.
Reading: Community outbreaks of Covid-19 often emerge after Trump’s campaign rallies – STAT
From Community outbreaks of Covid-19 often emerge after Trump’s campaign rallies – STAT
from Zach Nayer, in StatNews
What we found was sobering yet not surprising. Spikes in Covid-19 cases occurred in seven of the 14 cities and townships where these rallies were held: Tulsa; Phoenix; Old Forge, Penn.; Bemidji, Minn.; Mankato, Minn.; Oshkosh, Wis.; and Weston, Wis.
Chart in the article shows that Bemidji spiked twice, 6 days after the rally, and again at 9 days.
Reading: 9 COVID-19 cases linked to Minnesota Trump rally last month, with 2 hospitalized – ABC News
From 9 COVID-19 cases linked to Minnesota Trump rally last month, with 2 hospitalized – ABC News
Puts an edge on our local politics.
The Minnesota Department of Health has identified nine coronavirus cases in people who reported attending President Donald Trump’s rally in Bemidji, Minnesota, last month, with one patient currently in the intensive care unit.
While the health department cautioned it is uncertain whether those individuals contracted the virus at the rally or somewhere else, spokesperson Scott Smith told ABC News that “based on case characteristics” in Beltrami County, where Bemidji is located, the Trump rally on Sept. 18, along with a wedding that took place on Sept. 19, appears to be “likely drivers of increases in COVID-19 cases” in the county.
“We cannot definitively say for those cases who did not report either attending a political rally and/or attending a wedding where they were exposed to SARS-CoV-2,” Smith said. “However, these events appear, based on case characteristics, to be likely drivers of increases in COVID-19 cases in Beltrami County.”
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Earlier this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed Bemidji as one of the rapid risers in terms of the coronavirus spread.
Reading: “Perhaps you recognize me, it’s your favorite president.†Reborn.
From Trump Calls Getting Virus a “Blessing From God” – The New York Times
Caligula speaks. We will all be as gods. On  Regeneron:
 Little Boots.“To me it wasn’t therapeutic — it just made me better, OK? I call that a cure,†said Mr. Trump, whose skin appeared darkened by makeup and who appeared to struggle to get air at times. He then said everyone should have access to the not-yet-approved drug for “free†and that he would make sure it was in every hospital as soon as possible. He claimed to have personally chosen the drug as part of his treatment.
“I feel great — I feel, like, perfect,†Mr. Trump declared.