COVID-19

They’re all too busy using the tools of the federal government for self-enrichment and pleasing their Dear Leader so that they can keep their job and thus continue the self-enrichment. Actually doing something good for other people is not anything that is going to dawn on these people at any time, ever.

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But wearing masks is gay!

Yea, well, you know who else said “wear a mask”?
Hitler!

probably

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Just more pieces of flair.

Masks are good, but masks don’t solve the school/day-care problem though (unless you think you can teach with a mask). If we can figure that out then that will open things up a lot.

Huh?

I’ve been doing private tutoring with a mask on for months. 5 or 6 hours a day. Its possible.

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I guess my teaching experience is having to stand in front of 20-30 and talk very loudly. I guess you could get used to it, but there are some subjects it would be really challenging.

The social-distancing-free RNC at Jacksonville sounds promising

If that were a big enough concern, then schools could just do on a smaller scale what many colleges already do in medium- and large-sized rooms: install speakers and mic the instructor. Could be done as cheaply as $500 per classroom for the average sized elementary/middle/high school classroom. Plus, many newer schools may already have speakers in the rooms so you just need to integrate the mic.

Or, for a more comedic effect, get a 20 dollar bullhorn.

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Why would there be an issue with thousands of people from around the country heading down to Florida to be jammed, shoulder-to-shoulder, in an enclosed space where they will hug and cheer and sing and boo (Hillary, still, for some reason) over a number of days, and then all take flights back home?

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TX topped 2,000 new cases again yesterday, but only just, at 2,001. In the last 17 days, there has been only one day with fewer than 1,000 new cases. There are a number of hot spots around the state.

Key: Blue is shrinking; Yellow is flat; Orange is growing; Red is raging.

Counter-intuitively, the threat level goes right to left from 4 to 1, with 1 being we need to shut everything down again. Harris County is currently at 2 and rising (falling?).

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Not to thread-jack, but this is an extremely underrated way to earn/supplement income. My kids did this in HS for $25/hr in cash and gratitude and new friendships formed.

Florida had a huge spike today: Over 2600 new cases obliterates the previous record of 1902 which was set yesterday which broke the record set the day before.

Arizona, California, North Carolina, Texas and Florida are all in major upswings of daily cases. These increases are most likely due to Memorial Day and the re-openings shortly before. Any increase associated with the protests will probably start showing up towards the end of next week.

With so many people ignoring the virus, I expect the rate of increase to itself increase.

Finally, when somebody uses “exponential” to describe the increase, they’ll be closer to correct.

We really need to kick it up a notch. By my calculations, it will take Texas almost two weeks to pass Massachusetts and reach the top five, and nearly eight months to overtake New York. If we’re going to be number 1, we need to work hard on our infection rates.