“Where is the light that used to shine?
“Oh, where is the life that once was mine?
“But while there's hope, while I still breathe
“I will believe.”
-- Reilly/Hart (Sung by Ella Hunt and Mark Benton)
Deaths
US: 248,585 (+1188)
World: 1,299,400 (+9867)
Cases
US: 10,873,936 (+165,306)
World: 53,090,778 (+658,266)
Countdown: 69 days.
Facebook, QAnon and the world's slackening grip on reality. But those same services have also enabled the creation of what one professional factchecker calls a “perfect storm for misinformation”. And with real-life interaction suppressed to counter the spread of the virus, it’s easier than ever for people to fall deep down a rabbit hole of deception, where the endpoint may not simply be a decline in vaccination rates or the election of an unpleasant president, but the end of consensus reality as we know it. What happens when your basic understanding of the world is no longer the same as your neighbour’s? And can Facebook stop that fate coming to us all?
Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting that Steve Bannon has not violated enough policies to be suspended from Facebook. The ex-Trump adviser suggested in a now-removed video that FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be beheaded.
Trump's stunning abdication of leadership comes as pandemic worsens. Donald Trump had predicted in almost every campaign rally that the media would stop talking about the coronavirus pandemic the day after the election. But as it turns out, no one is ignoring the worsening tragedy more than the President himself.
A vaccine to the rescue? First, we have to make it through winter, experts warn. Vaccines remain humanity's best hope of averting more widespread death and restoring society, but they cannot be looked at as an endpoint just yet.
Covid-19 vaccines may have potentially unpleasant side effects. The vaccine, and likely most others, will require two doses to work, injections that must be given weeks apart, company protocols show. Scientists anticipate that the shots will cause enervating flu-like side effects — including sore arms, muscle aches and fever — that could last days and temporarily sideline some people from work or school. And even if a vaccine proves 90 percent effective, the rate Pfizer touted for its product, 1 in 10 recipients would still be vulnerable. That means, at least in the short term, as population-level immunity grows, people can't stop social distancing and throw away their masks.
Biden COVID-19 advisory board member suggests 4-6 week lock down.
Hospitals around the country are running out of beds in their intensive care units due to the uptick in COVID-19 cases.
80% of those who died of Covid-19 in Texas county jails were never convicted of a crime, according to a devastating new report by UT Austin researchers.
California becomes 2nd state to hit 1 million coronavirus cases.
Virus surge: Schools abandon classes, states retreat. School systems in Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and suburban Minneapolis are giving up on in-person classes, and some governors are reimposing restrictions on bars and restaurants or getting more serious about masks, as the coast-to-coast resurgence of the coronavirus sends deaths, hospitalizations and new infections soaring.
Covid deaths for people with learning disability in England six times average. The report found that Covid deaths among those with learning disabilities were also more widely spread across age groups, with far greater mortality rates among younger adults. Those aged 18-34 were 30 times more likely to die with the virus than their counterparts in the general population.
Covid stress taking a toll on children's mental health, CDC finds. Disruptions to daily life during the pandemic, anxiety about contracting Covid-19 and social isolation are all taking a toll on children's mental health, a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.
Passenger on first Caribbean cruise in months tests COVID-19 positive. — Yeah. A lot to say here.
Temperature and symptom-based screening programs don't help catch coronavirus cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report that took a closer look at the programs used at US airports until mid-September.
The economy as we knew it might be over, Fed Chairman says.
Trump wants to make money off the fake 'stolen election' crisis he created. Don't let him. Trump donors beware! President Trump is saying he needs your money for legal challenges to last week’s election outcome, but he’s showing you in the fine print that your money won’t be used for legal challenges. What will he do with your money? Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.
Trump eyeing streaming media channel to compete against Fox News: report.
Former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta used “poor judgment” when he chose not to prosecute Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein on federal sex-trafficking charges and instead let him plead guilty to a state offense of soliciting young girls for sex, the Justice Department said Thursday...Krischer told OPR that he remembered Dershowitz as “overly aggressive,” adding that Dershowitz had threatened, “We’re going to destroy your witnesses; don’t go to court because we’re going to destroy those girls.” Dershowitz and Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre are currently suing each other for defamation.
Louisville police, county attorney's office hide 738,000 records in Explorer sex abuse case. Louisville Metro Police concealed at least 738,000 records documenting the sexual abuse of Explorer Scouts by two officers — then lied to keep the files from the public, records show.
These architects are adapting their designs to a new climate reality, as the threat of flooding changes the way cities are built.
Horses and humans feel the same pain when whipped, study finds. It comes as Racing Victoria reaffirmed its commitment to reforming whip rules, after it formally tabled a proposal to phase out the whip at a board meeting of Racing Australia on Wednesday.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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