Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Umm they have days with over 60k new cases.
Their current rolling average per 100,000 is one of the worst in the US.
U.S. Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Trends

 

Lawrence Wright with a 30,000 word piece in the New Yorker on the pandemic year. Just started. When he or Langweische write such a long form piece, it usually says all that needs to be said The Plague Year

 

Joey Kent sez it’s a hit piece

 

Well played, sir. I do walk with fellow Gator fans and when I told them I had bought Lawrence Wright's latest to read, they said they never realized The Hit Man was now an author. True story

 

World Life Expectancy

 

Cool link. Thanks

 

This is why I Too Hot For Swampgas.

A+ post

 

Just found out my parents are getting the vaccine January 6th. Oh happy day!!!

 

Just asking my mom if there was a schedule yet for her senior facility (1/2 assisted and 1/2 on their own) she is 86. No schedule yet...but they could have told her

Saw a piece where we need to get to about 3 mil a day vs 1.5 a week. Hopefully ramping up now. Remember to divide by two because everyone needs a second dose in two weeks.

 

Second does is in 3 or 4 weeks depending on which vaccine you got

 

COVID killed 41 year old Congressman-elect Luke Letlow of Louisiana.
Louisiana Rep.-elect Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19

 

Sad.

 

Total crapshoot. For all those parroting that only the vulnerable should be concerned here's another datapoint. 41, healthy, no underlying conditions..DEAD from covid

He did not have any underlying conditions that would have increased his chances of dying from Covid-19, Dr. G.E. Ghali, a doctor at the Shreveport hospital, told The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La

 

UK approves Oxford vaccine

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine: UK regulator approves another coronavirus vaccine - CNN

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine can be kept at refrigerator temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius (36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six months. Moderna's vaccine has to be stored at minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit) -- or at refrigerator temperatures for up to 30 days -- and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has to be stored at minus 75 degrees Celsius (minus 103 degrees Fahrenheit), and used within five days once refrigerated at higher temperatures.

 

Not looking good.

US hits new daily high with 3,725 coronavirus deaths

 

I know people that you think would keel over if they got a cold and they had no issues with COVID. I know people that are healthy as horses end up in an ICU. Super careful people getting it. My IT guy sleeping with his asymptomatic wife for a week and never got it.