“Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power.” -- William Gaddis
Deaths
US: 346,579 (+3397)
World: 1,796,383 (+14,787)
Cases
US: 19,977,704 (+196,080)
World: 82,322,170 (+650,835)
Countdown 1: 7 days.
Countdown 2: 22 days.
Adequately vaccinating Americans will take 10 years at current pace.
McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to pass $2,000 coronavirus checks.
Colorado reports first confirmed case of U.K. coronavirus variant.
Louisiana’s newest Republican member of the U.S. House, Luke Letlow, has died from complications related to COVID-19 only days before being sworn into office. He was 41.
“She was a healthy young lady who had just turned 18 in November and had the world in her hands.” 18-year-old Lincoln-Way High School senior died of COVID-19 infection, medical examiner finds.
Severe psychiatric symptoms reported worldwide in some COVID-19 patients. A 42-year-old mother in New York described continually seeing her children being murdered and said she heard voices telling her to kill her children and herself. In New York City, a 30-year-old man tried to strangle his cousin after becoming convinced they were planning on murdering him. A 49-year-old man described hearing voices and believed himself to be the devil. The physician treating the 42-year-old mother, Hisam Goueli, told the Times the cases were unique due to the patients' self-awareness of their mental health decline...Goueli also noted it was unusual that most of these patients were in their 30s and 40s. According to the physician, the symptoms that patients described were more often attributed to schizophrenia in younger people or dementia in the elderly.
Religion, Abortion, Guns And Race. Just The Start Of A New Supreme Court Menu. — Some things never change.
2 Yuma women indicted under Arizona's controversial ballot-harvesting law. They are accused of collecting four ballots during the state's August primary election. The law, which has faced legal challenges and is under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, makes it illegal for anyone other than a family member, caregiver or household member to collect and turn in election ballots.
Wiser resolutions? Lessons from COVID’s unfulfilled ones. But when life is difficult, sustaining even a small amount of momentum can be tough...Yet amid all this uncertainty and psychological labor, people are looking back and realizing they did discover a quiet productivity...People may not have tackled the home improvement projects they planned or written novels. But many focused on their own well-being, and their kids’, and asked themselves what really matters.
Mormon church sued for allegedly covering up Boy Scouts sex abuse in Arizona.
Fatal skin disease in dolphins linked to climate crisis. It’s the first time that scientists have been able to attribute a cause to the condition since it appeared 15 years ago in bottlenose dolphins.
Science's most fascinating and awe-inspiring discoveries in 2020. Science's biggest achievement in 2020 was undoubtedly the rapid development of effective vaccines against Covid-19 -- a massive feat that should be widely celebrated and lauded with prizes in the years to come. Away from the coronavirus pandemic, however, there were discoveries in many different fields that inspired much-needed moments of awe and wonder in this tumultuous year. As 2020 comes to a close, here is a roundup of some of the fascinating findings you may have missed.
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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