Friday, September 10, 2021

And another day of no outbreaks, reinstatements, expanding virtual learning, Fauci alarmed, lessons from 9/11, using Covid funds, leaking children’s data on the dark web, and a potential ‘Internet apocalypse’ 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: 677,017 (+2470)

World: 4,630,771 (+10,764)

Cases

US: 41,741,693 (+180,537)

World: 224,645,461 (+645,129)

San Francisco Schools Have Had No COVID-19 Outbreaks Since Classes Began Last Month. There have been no COVID-19 outbreaks in San Francisco schools since students and educators went back into classrooms on Aug. 16, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, or SFDPH, announced Thursday, noting that about 90% of children age 12-17 are fully vaccinated. — It’s not brain surgery. Get vaccinated. 

Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in Florida schools reinstated for now. The most recent decision in the back-and-forth legal battle means schools can be penalized for enforcing mask mandates.

Abbott signs law allowing Texas school districts to expand virtual learning. School districts and charter schools that were rated with a C or higher in Texas's most recent state academic accountability grades will be eligible to receive funding for remote learning, with enrollment being limited to 10 percent of the school system's total enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year, the news outlet noted. — In other words, only for the privileged.

Fauci alarmed that cases are now 16 times too high to end pandemic. "The endgame is to suppress the virus. Right now, we're still in pandemic mode, because we have 160,000 new infections a day. That's not even modestly good control ... which means it's a public health threat," Fauci told Axios in an interview published Thursday. "In a country of our size, you can't be hanging around and having 100,000 infections a day. You've got to get well below 10,000 before you start feeling comfortable," he added.

It’s Not Too Late to Learn the Lessons We Didn’t Learn From 9/11. Remember when we were all going to care more about the rest of the world? That was not to be. One of the enduring tragedies of 9/11 is that we didn’t learn more from it.

Iowa will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $3.7 million national ad campaign that promotes the state as a destination for visitors and workers.

Hackers are leaking children’s data — and there’s little parents can do. Some of the data is personal, like medical conditions or family financial statuses. Other pieces of data, such as Social Security numbers or birthdays, are permanent indicators of who they are, and their theft can set up a child for a lifetime of potential identity theft.

An 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns. The underwater cables that connect nations could go offline for months, the study warns.

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

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