And another day of lying 54 times, the tripledemic surge, Long Covid deaths, strep A infections rising, 23% of Americans struggling to read, more rules changes at Twitter, dazzling galactic diamonds comes to a close:
“Ron DeSantis banned books, banned abortion, banned Black history month, banned saying gay, criminalized peaceful protests, punished those who dared oppose his policies from officials to Disney to the Tampa Bay Rays but DeSantis tells us he is all about one thing: Freedom.” — Dean Obeidallah
Covid Deaths
US: 1,111,664
World: 6,664,473
Covid Cases
US: 101,589,374
World: 655,574,881
It seemed unthinkable then. It’s all too common now. “Never again” became the mantra a decade ago after a troubled young man with a high-powered Bushmaster rifle unleashed a bloodbath at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and left the nation in shock. Since then, “Never again” has been made a lie 54 times by 54 school shootings involving active shooters, which have killed 101 and injured 156, while forever changing the lives of thousands more. The 54 shootings, from murder-suicides to snipers to slaughters, happened across 25 states and Washington, D.C. Sometimes the shooter is an angry student, sometimes it’s an angry adult. Almost always the shooter is male. And despite the devastation, the prayerful vigils and the pleas for change, not a long time passes until another shooting occurs. In 2022 there were seven school shootings that met NBC News’ school shooting criteria, the most since 2018.
CDC urges masking return as tripledemic surges. Concerns are growing nationwide for rapidly increasing cases of what health officials have deemed a tripledemic: the flu, RSV and COVID-19, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is once again urging the public to wear face masks indoors.
Long COVID to blame for more than 3,500 deaths so far, CDC reports. The new findings from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, published Wednesday, count at least 3,544 deaths involving long COVID through June 2022 — a number researchers say is likely an underestimate of the true toll.
U.S. hospitals report rise in severe strep A infections among kids, after 15 deaths in UK. Several children's hospitals in the U.S. have detected increases in invasive group A strep infections, a severe and sometimes life-threatening illness that occurs when bacteria spreads to areas of the body that are normally germ-free, such as the bloodstream. Children's hospitals in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Washington told NBC News they are seeing a higher-than-average number of cases this season compared to past years.
Airbnb says in a new report that perceived Black customers are less likely to get their reservations confirmed compared to perceived white customers.
Peru’s new government declares police state amid protests. Peru’s new government declared a national emergency Wednesday as it struggled to calm violent protests over President Pedro Castillo’s ouster, suspending the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation for 30 days.
A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them? In other wealthy countries, adults with limited education who were born into families with little history of schooling are twice as likely to surpass their parents’ literacy skills. Here, one’s destiny is uniquely entrenched. Though nationwide graduation rates have risen in recent decades, the number of adults who struggle to read remains stubbornly high: 48 million, or 23%…In a nation whose education system is among the most unequal in the industrialized world, where race and geography play an outsize role in determining one’s path to success, many Americans are being failed twice: first, by public schools that lack qualified teachers, resources for students with disabilities and adequate reading instruction; and next, by the backup system intended to catch those failed by the first.
Twitter changes rules over account tracking Elon Musk’s jet. Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk’s private jet, despite a pledge by the social media platform’s new owner to keep it up because of his free speech principles. Then, hours later, Musk brought back the jet-tracking account after imposing new conditions on all of Twitter’s users — no more sharing of anyone’s current location. -- Musk is impulsive and does not think things through before acting. That’s dangerous.
Dazzling galactic diamonds shine in new Webb telescope image. The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique perspective of the universe, including never-before-seen galaxies that glitter like diamonds in the cosmos.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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