“You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.” — Frank Sinatra
“Every single thing the right says about anti-fascists—the violence, the outsider agitator stuff, every stereotype—that’s what the Proud Boys are doing in DC right now.” -- Joshua Potash
Deaths
US: 305,082 (+2332)
World: 1,611,497 (+10,408)
Cases
US: 16,549,366 (+253,908)
World: 72,103,685 (+670,200)
Countdown 1: 24 days.
Countdown 2: 39 days.
Experts warn of low Covid vaccine trust among Black Americans. Generations of experimentation on Black Americans and dismissal at the hands of medical professionals have left many skeptical of the medical field and wary of taking a vaccine, something that just half of Black poll respondents have said they are willing to do. It’s all part of a cycle of a distrust in medicine that some Black medical providers say is both completely warranted and deeply concerning. “It is not paranoia, it is not that Black people don’t ‘get it’ or are simply uneducated and unintelligent about their health,” James says. “The reality is that their worries have been earned and will not be corrected until medicine and public health and the government reckon with the past and what has been done to Black and brown people.”...This history begins with enslaved men and women being subjected to surgeries without anesthesia in the name of medical advancement. Men like James Marion Sims, who has been celebrated as the “Father of Modern Gynecology,” operated on Black women unable to oppose the treatment. Other stories include cases like that of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman who went to a segregated Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer treatment in 1951 only to have her cells taken and used in medical research without her consent for decades after her death. Perhaps the largest shadow has been cast by the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, which began in the 1930s and continued until its public revelation in 1972.
No ICU beds left in Mississippi as COVID-19 case levels continue to hit record highs. Dobbs said in a Tweet that beginning Tuesday, all elective procedures that require hospitalization must be delayed statewide. The Mississippi Department of Health is also anticipating many more hospitalizations as the increase in cases continues.
The class of 2020 was full of hope. Then the pandemic hit. Young adults are failing to launch their careers during a pandemic. That could have a lasting generational impact.
MAGA Protesters Chant ‘Destroy the GOP’ at Pro-Trump Rally. A motley crew of pro-Trump figures was in attendance, including conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Trump’s disgraced former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
Pro-Trump Proud Boys are ripping BLM flags *off of churches* in DC. -- And then they burned it.
Unlike other European countries, Sweden has never imposed a nationwide lockdown. But now Stockholm's intensive care units are reaching capacity and there's even talk of sending coronavirus patients to other countries for treatment.
Covid outbreaks at 2 Washington nursing homes occurred after staff attended wedding. Washington state health officials are investigating coronavirus outbreaks that occurred at two nursing home facilities after some staff attended a 300-person wedding. Between the two Grant County facilities — Lake Ridge Center and Columbia Crest Center — officials have reported 23 deaths.
DeSantis defends incident involving former health employee: "It was not a raid.” — It was a raid.
Two Black men have been executed within two days. Two more are set to die before Biden's inauguration.
Fox News poll: Majority say US worse off than it was 4 years ago. Fifty-five percent of voters in the the poll said they believe the U.S. is worse off now than it was four years ago, while nearly a third — 32 percent — said it was better off and 11 percent said it was the same. Asked if they personally were better off than four years ago, 33 percent said yes while 36 percent said they were worse off and 30 percent said they were the same.
Twitter prevents users from liking and replying to Trump's tweets about "stolen" election. Twitter on Saturday prevented users from liking and replying to a series of tweets from President Trump in which he repeated false claims that he won the election and that the race was “stolen” from him.
Ted Cruz says Senate will likely blockade Biden's nominations based on debunked election fraud allegations.
Loren Culp sues Washington Secretary of State after losing race for governor. Republican Loren Culp, who lost the race for Washington governor, is suing Secretary of State Kim Wyman, claiming, without evidence, she botched the election. In the suit, the Culp campaign claims, without evidence, that ballots were sent to 10,000 dead people and 7,800 of them voted.
Conservatives Love Law Enforcement Until They’re the Ones Being Policed. Don’t tread on me, tread on those other people instead.
'Fauci Effect' Drives Record Number Of Medical School Applications. "That, I think, may have a lot to do with the fact that people look at Anthony Fauci, look at the doctors in their community and say, 'You know, that is amazing. This is a way for me to make a difference,'" said Kristen Goodell, associate dean of admissions at the school of medicine at BU. Medical school admissions officers have started calling this the Fauci Effect.
Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday when she successfully kicked an extra point in the first half of the Commodore's game against Tennessee. The successful PAT made Fuller the first woman to ever score a point in a Power Five — the name for the five most successful NCAA football conferences — college football game.
Why Are We Still Returning Kicks In College Football? Science has long shown that the kickoff is the most dangerous play in football, with the highest incidence rate of concussions from the intense collisions.
Barcelona concert tests use of same-day COVID-19 screening. Eager for a live music show after months of social distancing, more than 1,000 Barcelona residents gathered Saturday to participate in a medical study to evaluate the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening to safely hold cultural events. After passing an antigen screening, 500 of the volunteers were randomly selected to enjoy a free concert inside Barcelona’s Apolo Theater. The other 500 who didn’t get selected were sent home. They will form a control group that will allow the organizers to analyze if there was any contagion inside the concert hall despite the screening with antigen tests, which while not as accurate as other types of tests, do produce results in 15 minutes as compared to several hours, or days, later.
The best meteor shower of 2020 is about to light up our atmosphere. NASA enthusiastically recommends that you check out the sky. The peak of the brilliant annual Geminids meteor shower is happening on Dec. 13 and 14.
RIP Charley Pride. He was 86.
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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