Sunday, July 5, 2020

And another day inaccuracies, risks, deaths, Facebook groups, banal evil, QAnon, extra cancer deaths, forest fires, and bras comes to a close:

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” -- Marilyn vos Savant

Deaths

US: 132,569 (+251)

World: 536,776 (+3327)

Countdown: 121 days.

Just to be clear: Donald Trump has still not shown any anger toward Putin for paying bounties on American soldiers. Nothing. Not a peep. He’s a traitor. 

When the President's own medical advisers refuse to correct his misleading claim, the coronavirus trust gap grows. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump made the dangerously inaccurate claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless." On Sunday morning, one of his top health experts failed to correct the assertion, a stunning breakdown of the government's core duty to keep Americans safe and protect the public health.

WHO underplaying risk of airborne spread of Covid-19, say scientists. In an open letter due to be published this week, 239 scientists from 32 countries call for greater acknowledgement of the role of airborne spread of Covid-19 and the need for governments to implement control measures.

Nick Cordero, Broadway Actor, Dies at 41 After Coronavirus Complications. -- His experience with the virus was brutal.

Facebook groups that were created to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders quickly became hubs of misinformation and conspiracy theories. They have now moved on to new targets: Black Lives Matter and protests against racial injustice.

I can’t stop thinking about the beauty of Elijah McClain and the banal evil of the cops who killed him. Elijah McClain no longer walks on the earth for three reasons. He was Black. He was “different.” And he was trying to do both in a suburb of Denver with an out-of-control police department that all too often views those things as a criminal offense.

When Proof Is Not Enough. Throughout history, evidence of racism has failed to effect change.

How the Coronavirus Spread QAnon. In this case, the seeds for a broader turn to QAnon and other fringe-right wing conspiracies among more mainstream online and conservative communities were set long before the coronavirus by conspiracy mongering by the likes of Fox News and elected Republican officials. With the groundwork laid, the coronavirus seems to have set off a broader flight of fantasy.

Coronavirus could cause 35,000 extra UK cancer deaths, experts warn.

1 Killed, 1 Injured After Driver Strikes Protesters In Seattle. One person has been killed and one hospitalized in serious condition after a vehicle barreled past a police barrier and into protesters on a freeway in Seattle this weekend. 24-year-old Summer Taylor died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center, according hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg. Diaz Love, 32, remains in serious condition.

Teachers worry about return to classroom amid surges in COVID-19 cases.

The Trump campaign said it will hold an outdoor rally in New Hampshire with free face masks and “ample access to hand sanitizer."

Amazon fires at 13-year high for June. Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose by almost 20% in June - a 13-year high for the month, according to government data. With such an increase at the start of the dry season, there are concerns that this year's fires could surpass 2019's disastrous blazes.

About 600 traps to catch invasive Asian giant hornets are being placed in Whatcom County [WA].

The death of the bra: will the great lingerie liberation of lockdown last? Working from home has been a chance to do away with uncomfortable, unnecessary underwear. And many women have no intention of returning to underwires and constriction.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.