Tuesday, July 6, 2021

And another day of vaccines against the delta variant, health care, ransomware attacks, Olympic rosters, putting garlic up your nose, “bullshit,” and why white people are afraid of CRT comes to a close:

“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.” — Miyamoto Musashi

Deaths

US: 621,561 (+226)

World: 4,008,964 (+8444)

Cases

US: 34,622,690 (+24,329)

World: 185,379,866 (+456,309)

Covid's delta variant is highly contagious. Will vaccines work against it? "If you're waiting for some magical moment" to get vaccinated, he said, "this is it."

The US spends 18% of its GDP on health care, compared to 11% in other regions. But other countries are seeing their health outcome drastically improve — America isn't.

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson mouths to GOP luncheon that climate change is 'bullshit.” Johnson, who has yet to announce he is running for reelection, has a long history of downplaying the climate crisis, but he has repeatedly refuted accusations that he is a climate change denier...Johnson's views are at odds with scientific consensus that climate change is real and caused by human activities. -- In addition, Johnson is just, in general, an asshole.

The critical race theory panic has White people afraid that they might be complicit in racism.

A massive ransomware attack hit hundreds of businesses. Here's what we know.

Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual race.

Please stop putting garlic up your nose on TikTok, doctors say. The latest TikTok trend shows users placing a clove of garlic in each nostril, supposedly to clear the sinuses when one is stuffy or has a cold. After keeping it in for anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes, the users then pull the garlic out, followed, typically, by long strands of mucus…“We typically do not recommend putting anything into the nostril for the obvious fact that it could get dislodged or lodged up into the nasal cavity.” 

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

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