Severe COVID resembles rattlesnake bite: https://nypost.com/2021/08/29/covid-19-is-like-getting-a-rattlesnake-bite-study/ . Ignoring the oddity of the analogy, if the science bears out, COVID treatment options could significantly improve.
Fauci supports school vaccine mandates: https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-school-vaccine-mandates-students-155922742.html . Of course. We’ve done this for decades to protect the children. The mandates unquestionably succeeded in that mission. Once the FDA fully approves the vaccines, there are not two sides in this debate. In reality, there never has been.
Duke University makes vaccination a condition of employment: https://coronavirus.duke.edu/2021/08/covid-19-vaccination-a-condition-of-employment-for-university/ . Note that Duke currently has a 91% vaccination rate, which means about 2,000 staff have a decision to make.
More on PTSD in the ICU: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-arizona-coronavirus-pandemic-2f1a4a40c4a793c5f342f0c034e39a12 .
The COVID situation remains dire in southern Oregon: https://www.nrtoday.com/news/health/coronavirus/mercy-medical-icu-ground-zero-for-covid-19-surge/article_872421a1-23c4-53f6-894c-1a6880280a6f.html . Ditto on the northern Oregon coast: https://komonews.com/news/local/tillamook-coronavirus-surge-oregon-morgue-deaths .
The hospital situation in southern Louisiana after Hurricane Ida: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/louisiana-hospitals-brimming-with-virus-patients-face-ida/2786740/ .
Hurricane Ida knocks out all power in New Orleans: https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-115ff1a54e18d9eee61a81afa8df9fad . One hopes that hospitals, nursing homes and other critical facilities in New Orleans have generators in operation. More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hurricane-ida-is-so-powerful-it-made-the-mississippi-river-flow-backwards/ar-AANSXhe?li=BBnb7Kz . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-orleans-prepares-for-hurricane-ida-11630159086 . Still more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-ida-did-new-orleanss-flood-system-work-11630277143 . And: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-ida-path-category-4-what-to-know-11630090085 . Also: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ida-intensifies-into-a-category-4-hurricane-poised-to-strike-new-orleans-on-sunday-11630244323 . Apparently all the Suez Canal reporters have been reassigned to Ida …
Fake vaccination cards: https://www.kgun9.com/news/coronavirus/buying-selling-and-using-fake-covid-vaccine-cards . The concept of personal responsibility is apparently pretty much down the toilet for now. And the reporting station in Tucson is KGUN? Swell. Tombstone is in their viewing area, so …
WSJ: Have nursing credentials, will travel: https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-pay-for-covid-19-nurses-leads-to-shortages-at-some-hospitals-11630253483 . Looking at the current PTSD risks of this job, these economics may ease some of the stress …
Oxygen supply low in parts of the South: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html .
Researchers may have found an antibody which will halt all forms of COVID: https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/8/27/22643254/antibody-stops-covid-19-coronavirus-variants-delta-lambda . Note that it may be very difficult to put prophylactics on hamsters. Okay, sorry, here’s the original press release from Berkeley: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/08/16/inescapable-covid19-antibody/ .
How to prove you’re vaccinated: https://money.yahoo.com/proof-of-your-covid-vaccine-140136868.html . Very basic advice, but given the millions who remain unvaccinated, there’s value in having basic advice written down. We do need to reconsider our public education system.
Speaking of the uneducated, one is running for the Senate in Ohio: https://www.yahoo.com/now/brewery-faces-backlash-politician-praised-193402995.html . Seriously, how can anyone be this stupid? When called out, Mandel labeled his accusers “the woke mob”. He, in turn, is asleep at the switch.
Remember DeMentis’ panel of medical experts?: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/doctor-advising-desantis-promoted-dewormer-for-covid-that-health-experts-warn-against/ar-AANRYMR?li=BBnb7Kz . Keep this in mind when DeMentis’ spokesperson claims the feds don’t understand the science.
WSJ: CVS to enter therapy: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-wants-to-be-your-therapist-too-11630238400 . This seems like a very iffy business proposition. The executives who thought this up may be entering therapy in a quarter or two.
Australian politicians are no brighter than ours: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/30/lockdown-weary-australia-plans-reopening-as-covid-death-toll-tops-1000.html . So, a total death toll of 1,000 is tremendous in comparison to the US rate of 1,000 daily deaths currently. However, as we have pointed out ad nauseum, lockdown is only a temporary strategy to buy time while you vaccinate the population. Apparently, governments are constitutionally incapable of pursuing multiple actions against the pandemic. This illustrates exactly no understanding of basic public health principles. What has Australia been thinking the last 18 months?
More on the Australian situation: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-25/the-latest-pakistan-sees-surging-infections-deaths . So, like the US the Australians have followed a by-state approach. This loosening will just export their cases to the less-vaccinated populations in other states.
Personal financial stress during the pandemic: https://www.yahoo.com/now/42-americans-cried-money-during-135400889.html . A cliff ending to the eviction moratorium will add significantly to the misery.
WSJ: How large US businesses have performed during the pandemic: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-biggest-companies-have-fared-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-11630229403 . This is more data on business performance in one place than we typically see.
WSJ: GM hits a major speed bump in its electric vehicle production: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gms-chevy-bolt-recall-casts-shadow-over-ev-push-11630246736 . Between these guys and Boeing, manufacturing engineering in the US has hit a pretty low point.
US strikes suspected car bomb near Kabul airport: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-us-taliban-9da4da11b5c8d00445b57aee297bd270 . The reports of secondary explosions in the house strongly suggest that this site was involved with suicide bombers. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-unlikely-to-maintain-diplomatic-presence-in-afghanistan-blinken-says-11630250520 .
Ed Asner passes: https://people.com/tv/ed-asner-dead-actor-dies-at-91/ . More: https://tvline.com/2021/08/29/ed-asner-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant/ . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/actor-ed-asner-tvs-blustery-lou-grant-dies-at-91-11630265921 .