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COVID deaths and cases rise globally: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-c866c330751256f34a7c32a1e631b67e .
Misinformation about COVID “serious public health threat”: https://theweek.com/coronavirus/1002663/surgeon-general-warns-coronavirus-misinformation-is-a-serious-threat-to-public . The first pandemic since the Internet demonstrates many people lack the critical analysis skills necessary to rely on the Internet for information.
LA County to again require masks indoors: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016621872/la-county-masks-indoors-covid-19-coronavirus . In areas unwilling to respond to conditions (i.e., GOP governors), we are in for more serious outbreaks.
Miami Herald stands up to DeMentis: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article252741123.html . So this pretty much verifies where Florida is headed, based on the previous two articles (and common sense).
This might not help the US vaccination push: Three vaccinated Yankees test positive for COVID: https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-red-sox-game-postponed-thursday-due-to-covid-19-issue-204203710.html . Vaccinated sportscaster Rich Eisen tests positive for COVID: https://www.gwinnettprepsports.com/sportsxchange/nfl-networks-rich-eisen-quarantining-with-covid-19/article_5fb71849-4aa8-5ccf-8399-9df0d6420a4b.html . And Eisen has symptoms.
Four NFL teams under 50% vaccinated: https://apnews.com/article/sports-football-health-coronavirus-pandemic-nfl-28b509f34f24a919750dc6c20b787c79 . The minimum NFL salary is $660,000 (for rookies): https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/what-nfl-minimum-salary-2021 . The average career is 3.3 years: https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/207780/current-and-former-nfl-players-in-the-drivers-seat-after-completing-mba-program . What are these people thinking? (And yes, I understand that some players fear side effects.)
WSJ: Three hospitals defer administering new Alzheimer’s drug: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cleveland-clinic-mount-sinai-wont-give-biogens-new-alzheimers-drug-11626366968 .
WSJ: Deferred care bites into UnitedHealth’s profits: https://www.wsj.com/articles/unitedhealths-profit-declines-as-patients-seek-deferred-care-11626347506 .
Vaccinated Americans allowed to enter Canada starting mid-August: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2021/07/fully-vaccinated-americans-can-enter-canada-as-of-mid-august/
UK sees delta variant spread more rapidly than expected: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/delta-variant-hse-accelerating-hse-b946050.html .
The Netherlands does itself in: https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-1000-people-infected-in-dutch-festival/ . Bye-bye, summer tourist income …
WSJ: The COVID crisis in Indonesia: https://www.wsj.com/articles/indonesias-hospitals-overflow-with-covid-19-patients-as-gravediggers-work-into-the-night-11626355571 .
The US gun epidemic: https://news.yahoo.com/us-gun-injuries-result-in-at-least-1-b-in-health-care-costs-per-year-203113526.html . This does not mention the people killed by gun violence and by self-inflicted wounds – obviously, many don’t make it to the hospital.
WSJ: Will the car market disruption resolve this year?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tsmc-expects-auto-chip-shortage-to-abate-this-quarter-11626347114 . More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tsmc-expects-auto-chip-shortage-to-abate-this-quarter-11626347114 .
Former Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman involved in domestic violence incident: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-richard-sherman-drunk-and-belligerent-threatened-to-kill-himself-before-arrest-911-caller-says-154047337.html . Sherman is an articulate Stanford graduate. So this appears to be completely out of character. Is CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) involved? Yes, almost certainly: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2017/evidence-of-cte-found-in-brains-of-deceased-football-players/ (110 of 111 NFL players post-mortem exams found evidence of CTE).
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