If you’re a ‘celebrity’ even a deadly virus is nothing at all: Yesterday, the US set a record for single-day deaths from COVID-19 at 3,054, and then today broke it. And also today, CDC Director…
As a former resident of Florida — I spent the first big chunk of my life there, attended/graduated from the University of Florida — this news from the Sunshine State isn’t a surprise, considering the…
COVID surge continues as Californbia starts a nearly statewide ‘stay-at-home’ mandate as ICU beds become sparse while the numbers tick upward: Here in the Central Valley (the San Joaquin Valley portion of the state), we…
Insanity blemished by sanity: Yesterday, the CDC called for wearing masks everywhere outside, death stalks if not — via the Guardian: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new coronavirus guidelines, including…
Although it didn’t really need a scientific study to reveal this, but it does help — certain media consumption habits predict some Americans’ level of knowledge about COVID-19 and how to handle the pandemic. Not…
Sadly, a pure reflection of the absurdity right now (h/t Tom Sullivan at Hullabaloo): And as a complementary, adsurd side-dish, Rudy farting (h/t tengrain). Add to the horror reality (h/t BJ): And here we be……
Virus as plague: Here in California, as in way-too many other places, COVID-19 is overwhelming medical systems. We reported 18,591 new cases in just the last 24 hours, a daily average of 15,121. One month…
Instead of a message of hope in the midst of a runaway pandemic — a self-centered petulant blather (h/t Susie): Beyond the shitty attitude, incompetence and lack of any empathy for any fellow human, the…
Surge really isn’t the absolute-right description right now for the spread of COVID-19, it’s more like a tsunami without precedent, a whiplash of horror. Last month was the shits (CBS News yesterday afternoon): The United…
Ending of the Thanksgiving four-day spread this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, first of two precarious holiday functions to finish out one shitty year, Christmas/New Year now approaching in sight. Outside just now…