Long COVID creates surgery concerns: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-s-lingering-effects-can-put-breaks-elective-surgery-n1272263 . Surely the headline meant “brakes”.
WSJ: COVID origins remain uncertain: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-warns-covid-19-origins-review-may-not-be-definitive-11624819570 .
WSJ: Evolution of the pandemic in the US: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-mutations-have-shaped-the-covid-19-pandemic-11624806000 .
Delta variant ready to fell the South: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/threat-delta-variant-looms-large-unvaccinated-south-n1272405 . We have been focused on this for some time. The train remains on schedule.
WSJ: Australia imposes more lockdowns as Delta variant advances: https://www.wsj.com/articles/australias-covid-19-lockdowns-spread-amid-concerns-over-delta-variant-11624767644 .
WSJ: Severe India undercount of COVID deaths distorts global understanding of the Delta variant: https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-has-undercounted-covid-19-deaths-by-hundreds-of-thousands-families-and-experts-say-11624795202 .
WSJ: US faces exploding mental health crisis: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-seek-urgent-mental-health-support-as-covid-19-crisis-ebbs-11624786203 .
WSJ: Is unemployment benefit assistance early termination leading to increased job applicants?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-are-leaving-unemployment-rolls-more-quickly-in-states-cutting-off-benefits-11624786202 . Anecdotal evidence from two job fairs involving about 50 people total doesn’t prove much.
US conducts retaliatory airstrikes against Iran-backed militia: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airstrikes-iraq-syria-biden-administration/ .
Partisanship has its consequences: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/560352-jan-6-probe-poised-to-spill-into-2022-with-no-complaints-from-democrats . The fundamentalists should read the Bible: Whatever a man shall soweth, that shall he also reap (Galatins 6:7). The idea of not investigating an insurrection at the Capitol is a bizarre abdication of duty by the GOP. The question is how Orange Julius world will respond as their fantasies collapse. Orange Julius world itself will collapse at some point, leaving behind a black hole of the permanently self-deceived. You know, kinda like Nixon.
Miami condo needed $9 million in repairs: https://apnews.com/article/business-building-collapses-technology-ef5b013114b766b7ed1e88a5b27c501f . Even still, the engineers certainly did not predict the possibility of imminent collapse. Death toll is now at 9, the unaccounted-for toll is apparently 152 based on yesterday’s total of 161: https://apnews.com/article/florida-miami-surfside-condo-building-collapse-02507acd6f14d31ccfe8c42662b76532 . Forensic engineers are focusing on a structural failure in the lower portion of the building which then led to a cascading series of rapid failures and collapses: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/real-estate/possible-failure-point-emerges-in-miami-building-collapse (link replaced 11/6/21). WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/miami-area-condo-collapse-search-effort-enters-fourth-day-11624806358 .
Prosecutors near decision on filing charges against OJ Incorporated: https://thehill.com/legal/560465-ny-prosecutors-give-trump-org-lawyers-monday-deadline-to-say-why-it-shouldnt-face . My translation of this article: (1) The prosecutors have outlined the intended charges to OJ Inc, giving them the chance to convince the prosecutors that certain charges should not be filed; (2) charges will then be filed; (3) those charges include more serious issues than tax on hundreds of thousands of undeclared benefits to Weisselberg. The prosecutors’ target is OJ.
The Northwest’s “heat dome” continues: https://apnews.com/article/heat-waves-health-coronavirus-pandemic-environment-and-nature-790f3c7348cb0b8fa835f259c1e18c14 . Sunday Portland broke its all-time temperature of 108, set yesterday, by 4 degrees at 112. However, this was less than the prediction of 115. The Monday forecast has been raised to 115. Further, temperatures are forecast at 89 or above every day for the next two weeks. My concern mounts regarding our fire season. WSJ: What?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/record-setting-heat-wave-engulfs-pacific-northwest-11624832021 . As of 11:59 pm Pacific time, the article at this link was filed at 3:13 pm Pacific time. Portland hit its daily high three hours later.