Yes, another Mercury retrograde on top of all the other retros .... !!!
This will be another reinforcement of denial or a wake-up call with the Eclipse emerging on the Solstice ...
Today I noticed rising numbers here NM again ... this state has a pop of round 2,017,000, so not a large number, but as of this weekend there were 102 new cases, and in total so far, just less than 10,000 reported cases with just less than 450 deaths.
The Navajo Nation has reported (as of Saturday) 6554 cases, with 308 deaths.
In the resort area where I live, people are running around maskless as if it's summer heyday, and totally unconscionable.... most have second homes or are on holiday here from TX. Ye gods.
In Santa Fe, there is a planned concert coming up by a Grateful Dead tribute band ... it will be a ' drive-in ' concert with ' vehicle distancing '. At least someone is being sensible in trying to have a little fun.
I'm still wearing a mask in public, only go out for essentials, and still waiting it out in iso. As difficult as it is, I know it is far from over. The rhetoric I hear from all the T- yers is beyond ridiculous ... "You don't need that damn mask! It only traps germs!"
OMG. ?
The father of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus.
May his memory be a blessing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ilhan-omar-father-coronavirus-death_n_5ee80d2fc5b6a5c86534c853
I forget who it was that posted that COVID-19 closely resembled altitude sickness. I just saw this article a few minutes ago. I posted the first 2 paragraphs of the article.
A common steroid drug that's been used for decades to treat conditions from altitude sickness to eye inflammation has been shown to reduce deaths by a third in the sickest patients in the hospital with COVID-19, British scientists say.
@laura-f Here is the news for South Carolina and Florida:
South Carolina:
South Carolina was among the last states to issue a stay-at-home order. Then, on May 4, it was among the first to reopen. Six weeks after that reopening, it has the dubious distinction of being among the 22 states where new coronavirus cases are on the rise, an ABC News analysis of New York Times' data found.
"For the past two weeks, we’ve seen some of our highest daily numbers of cases since the pandemic began," Dr. Linda Bell, the state epidemiologist, said at a Wednesday news conference.
Florida:
Florida reported record levels of new COVID-19 cases this weekend as more beaches reopened -- On Sunday they reported a second consecutive day of more than 2,000 new cases.
My question: Don't you at least have to have a Masters in Public Health to be a state official making these decisions in these two states?
Yes, wouldn’t you think so?
I’ve been reading about the suppression of Covid numbers and Covid deaths in Florida. My guess is that DeSantis is following Trump’s lead. Florida officials claim that Covid deaths have leveled off, yet an examination of death rates and death causes show a huge jump in pneumonia, booboos, etc.
The last I heard, The Miami Herald is suing the state to get data about nursing home Covid deaths.
And now there is concern about flushing toilets and covid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/16/coronavirus-toilet-flushing/
This should not be a surprise, since:
-all viruses can aerosolize
-this virus can survive* in untreated waste water
-this virus can also aerosolize in sea water
I've long maintained that regular stomach viruses (e.g., rotovirus, norovirus) must have an airborne component, and about 10 years ago scientists figured out that while stomach viruses do not have a true airborne route of transmission, every "output" of those viruses (diarrhea, vomit, etc.) absolutely aerosolizes and healthy people within 6-7 feet can contract the virus as a result. So it's not surprising that a coronavirus would have the same capabilities.
This is where good old Lysol comes in handy - use it on surfaces, but you can also spray it over the toilet (closed top hopefully) as it flushes to help make any aerosolized germs sink down quickly, and the Lysol may kill the germs on the way down to boot.
*By survive I really mean persist, coronoaviruses can be thought of as "Schroedinger's virus" - they straddle the world of living things and non-living things. Unlike bacteria, they are not actually alive.