Sunday, December 27, 2020

And another day of relief packages, holiday traveling, vaccine passports, other 2020 medical stories, a suicide bomber the media refuses to call a suicide bomber, an upcoming Trump rally, bug drones, and hail and farewell to those we lost in 2020 comes to a close:

“You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the economy goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a [chuckles], you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we were when we were great.” — Donald Trump, February 2014

“It’s not a coincidence that the coronavirus numbers in the U.S. are the worst in the world. The culture of this country is rooted in selfishness and entitlement.” — Frederick Joseph

Deaths

US: 341,138 (+1217)

World: 1,771,884 (+7321)

Cases

US: 19,573,847 (+140,000)

World: 81,142,129 (+426,249)

Countdown 1: 9 days.

Countdown 2: 24 days.

Trump Signs COVID-19 Relief Package After Threatening To Derail It.

December is the deadliest month in the US since the pandemic began.

TSA says it screened more than 1.1 million people at airports yesterday.

Canadian officials confirm two cases of new COVID-19 strain first seen in UK.

Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus. U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States but it still must be taken “very seriously,” the government’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday.

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport.

Covid-19 wasn't the only medical story this year. Here's what you missed in 2020. A treatment for Ebola. Weekly insulin shot. One pill to cut risk of heart problems. A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease. Getting close to a cure for sickle cell disease. And a heart pump to be used in children in need of a heart transplant.

Anthony Quinn Warner identified as Nashville bomber. -- He was a suicide bomber. Say it. It doesn’t matter that he was a white male Trump supporter, he was still a suicide bomber. That phrase is not reserved only for Muslims.

Trump to hold rally in Georgia on eve of Senate runoff elections.

UK army buys 30 'Bug' drones that can spy on targets 2km away.

Meet the blind piano player who's so good, scientists are studying him.

Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2020. “While the sun isn't out just yet, the hope is that it's just over the horizon.”

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

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