Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Certainly gives pause for wondering why these 5 states? Are they still required to wear masks and observer 6 ft rule in these states? Are they (insert here)?

Start with simple population density - "in states that account for 22% of the U.S. population". Fold in the more contagious variants with that people under 65 are only now getting vaccinated, and then mix in the usual stupidity such as it seems now that children are seriously at risk so let's rush them back to their incubators, err... school.

[up148]

and then mix in the usual stupidity

I think that one speaks volumes.

[robert.]

They claim. The more contagious variants are less deadly.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They claim. The more contagious variants are less deadly.

That is incorrect - the dominant variant in this country is not only more contagious and transmissible, but also has a higher death rate.

[HONDO74]

Russia, China Team Up to Peddle Insane U.S. COVID Lab Theory
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-china-tea ... 47396.html

The Cold War could be coming back with a vengeance, and the U.S.’s top adversaries are dusting off some old-school Soviet tactics.

Russian and Chinese government officials have recently teamed up to publicly accuse the U.S. of creating biological weapons near their borders and suggesting that Americans are responsible for creating COVID-19.

[gregj410]

such as it seems now that children are seriously at risk

Is there new evidence of this that I missed?

so let's rush them back to their incubators, err... school.

How else do you propose they learn? Inquiring minds want to know.

[robert.]

No need to learn. We have a government printing press. Our local school district claims to have 18,500 students. In a 14 day school period they had 61 positive cases of corona. Teachers want to shut it down. Their superintendent abruptly resigned. honestly i don't blame him. Teachers' unions want to hang him , parents want to shot him and tax payers want their money back. more and more dumbass teachers make comments on social media. how parents just want their babysitters back. school systems need a change. Hopefully after all this BS. parents can push for and make a change.

[gregj410]

I’d tell them they have 2 weeks to return or you’ll be replaced. Problem solved.

[robert.]

I don't think any of them are in a classroom. they sit in a remote location( on school property) and teach by video. I hear different stories. Good and bad from parents. IMHO. girls can't handle it and boys roll with it and don't care. from the parents i talk to their girls are really stressed. A lot of parents say ' Their girls have panic attacks during school"

[MurphOnMillerAve]

On ABCNews and CNN, today :
Brazil : 3,000 people dying from the virus DAILY !

[HONDO74]

Canada sounds the alarm as cases overtake US
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56779428

The rate of coronavirus infections in Canada's biggest province has reached an all-time high as hospitals warn they are close to being overwhelmed.

A panel of experts say infections in Ontario could increase by 600% by June if public health measures are weak and vaccination rates do not pick up.

Last week, for the first time since the pandemic began, Canada registered more cases per million than the US.

About 22% of Canadians have now received a first vaccine dose.

That compares to 37% in the US.

Ontario is now introducing strict new public measures, including:

a six-week stay-at-home order
restrictions on non-essential travel, including checkpoints at the borders with the neighbouring provinces of Quebec and Manitoba
new powers for police to stop and question people who leave home
a halt to non-essential construction

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would help Toronto, the largest city in the country, which has been hard-hit by the latest surge.

"We're going to do whatever it takes to help. Discussions are ongoing about extra healthcare providers, and we are ready to step up," he said on Friday.

[gregj410]

Uh-oh Fauci and company on the ropes again

https://youtu.be/ve4JZRGkrHU

[Neil]

Yes, let's put scientific illiterates like Steve Scalise in charge . Did he take high school biology? Or we could rely on arrogant ignoramuses who don't know what they know and don't know like Scott Atlas. The worst kind of physicians are those who have no clue what their limits are. Politics can be the enemy of good science and public health.

Hence our Republican leaders are responsible for the fact that 50% of self-identifying Republicans don't plan on being vaccinated. Natural selection at work in theory, but, unfortunately too late, as these misguided Republicans are beyond reproductive age and have already passed their stupidity genes along to their offspring .

[HONDO74]

Covid-19 deaths pass three million worldwide
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56783878

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The milestone comes the day after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world was "approaching the highest rate of infection" so far.

India - experiencing a second wave - recorded more than 230,000 new cases on Saturday alone.

Almost 140 million cases have been recorded since the pandemic began.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Friday that "cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates".

He added that "globally, the number of new cases per week has nearly doubled over the past two months".

[robert.]

Percentage points are all over the place . On who wants a vaccine. 34 percent of the female population does not want it. 28 percent of the male population does not want it. 39 percent of black Americans don't want it.