Unvaccinated are like drunk drivers: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/11/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html . This analogy is a bit of a stretch. The failure of the unvaccinated, in my view, is to demand rights without recognizing the need to exercise responsibility. But this is worse than shouting fire in a crowded theater. It is insistence on the right to light matches.
Did the unvaccinated kill this man?: https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/coronavirus/alabama-man-dies-after-43-hospitals-with-full-icus-turned-him-away-family-urges-covid-19-vaccines/ . Certainly, they restricted his access to care.
US could authorize Pfizer vaccine for kids in October: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/us-decision-on-pfizer-covid-shot-for-kids-age-5-to11-could-come-in-october-sources-say.html . A significant bump in overall US vaccination rates will follow. Vaccine mandates may occur for school attendance.
US rapid testing: https://www.axios.com/biden-rapid-coronavirus-tests-7365b429-dac5-4578-83a2-131158e91b2a.html . So we need this element to control the spread of COVID infections. This is especially true when new cases reach low levels.
Conservative media: Full of **it: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-friendly-companies-comfortable-with-covid-restrictions-112131243.html . So, raise hell with the base but get vaccinated yourself. The facets of the US pandemic are now: vaccinated versus unvaccinated, morphing to educated versus uneducated, morphing to honest versus dishonest. The conservative movement, as it has been for some time, centers on deflection and dishonesty. Their fake anger is tiresome.
Every parent’s nightmare: https://www.thedailybeast.com/4-year-old-texas-preschooler-kali-cook-dies-of-covid-within-hours-of-first-symptoms . This is certainly a tragic death. But the memorial comment cited is disturbing. If the parents chose not to vaccinate themselves, they contributed to the risk and must bear some guilt and responsibility. However, with those under 12 not yet eligible for vaccination, there is a limit to what they can do to protect the children. As I’ve said before, if my children were currently under 12, I would currently hold them at home for a few weeks to see how school opening went. In Texas or Florida, I would remote school them.
Greetings from the federal government, Ron: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-administration-opening-civil-rights-investigation-into-ron-desantis-florida-school-mask-ban/ar-AAOjop0?li=BBnb7Kz . The Biden legal moves against the states appear to me to be well thought out.
WSJ: Brazil retreats from Chinese vaccine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-moves-away-from-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-11631368138 .
Lesser-known bills advance in the House: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/retirement-plan-mandate-paid-leave-advance-in-congress-as-bigger-battles-loom-over-dollar35-trillion-spending-package/ar-AAOjgZa?li=BBnb7Kz . So these measures represent significant changes to employee benefits. Their mandatory nature expands the social safety net, at least for employees.
4,000 year old coffin found in England: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-coffin-that-was-found-in-a-golf-course-pond-contains-a-4000-year-old-man-buried-with-an-axe/ar-AAOkbe9?li=BBnb7Kz . Thank goodness they included the 5 cm marker in the axe photo, because it is otherwise misleading. That marker indicates that the axe is about 30 centimeters, or just under 12 inches. The head is about 5 centimeters, or 2 inches. In modern terms, this is more like a hatchet than an axe.
WSJ: Grandson restores granddad’s 1918 Model T: https://www.wsj.com/articles/grandson-restores-the-1918-ford-model-t-his-grandfather-assembled-by-hand-a-century-ago-11631368802 .
Emma Raducanu becomes first qualifier ever to win US Open: https://sports.yahoo.com/emma-raducanu-becomes-first-qualifier-to-win-us-open-with-defeat-of-layla-fernandez-221233241.html . More remarkably, she didn’t lose one set in her entire Open run. This feels like she is about to become a dominating player in women’s tennis. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/emma-raducanu-us-open-final-leylah-fernandez-11631397275 .
Today was the 20th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. So here are some reader recollections published by the Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/9-11-memories-from-wall-street-journal-readers-11631376001 .