And another day of causing more damage, straining ICUs, testing positive, lower rates of vaccination, defying school districts, another racist Republican, protesting test centers, repealing bans, and pandemic math comes to a close:
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” -- John F. Kennedy
Deaths
US: 429,490 (+1855)
World: 2,138,965 (+8624)
Cases
US: 25,702,125 (+135,336)
World: 99,771,343 (+447,145)
Biden to reinstate Covid-19-related travel restrictions lifted by Trump.
Fauci: "We have to assume now" that British virus strain can "cause more damage".
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs. An Associated Press analysis of federal hospital data shows that since November, the share of U.S. hospitals nearing the breaking point has doubled. More than 40% of Americans now live in areas running out of ICU space, with only 15% of beds still available.
Dozens of Capitol Police test positive for coronavirus after siege.
Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than White Americans, study finds.
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district.
A Republican lawmaker and doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting the coronavirus because of their hygiene is drawing new criticism from Black lawmakers after his appointment to lead the state Senate Health Committee. — Racism at all levels of the GOP.
Protesters torch Covid-19 test center in Holland on first day of curfew. The country’s government enforced a curfew from 9:00 PM until 4:30 AM to reduce the spread of the virus amid fears of the new U.K. variant.
Las Vegas-area district moves to partially reopen schools amid surge in student suicides. Eighteen students in the county took their own lives in the final nine months of 2020, the Times reports, leading the Clark County school board to approve returning some elementary school grades and struggling classes back to in-person learning despite the continuing spread of the coronavirus.
Biden will soon repeal Trump’s transgender military ban.
Joe Biden is president, but Rand Paul still won't admit the election wasn't stolen.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, ex-Trump press secretary, to run for Arkansas governor. -- And she’ll continue her lying ways.
Five people including a pregnant woman were killed in Indianapolis' 'largest mass casualty shooting' in more than a decade.
States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit.
Pandemic math: Billionaire wealth soars as millions fall into poverty. Oxfam called on the Biden administration and other governments around the world to address the inequalities caused by the pandemic. In the U.S, it said, a "multi-trillion-dollar economic recovery plan" is needed to help the tens of millions of Americans suffering from the economic impact of the pandemic.
Renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU electricity mix in 2020.
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease may not be an inevitable part of aging, according to a recent Dutch study, which identified 100-year-olds with high cognitive performance despite risk factors for decline.
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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