"Canadian anti-masker assaults employees, rams the store, gets fatally shot by the cops. Bet he's sorry now" SIU investigating fatal police-involved shooting in Haliburton area after alleged assault at Minden grocery store https://globalnews.ca/news/7179425/siu-haliburton-minden-grocery-store-assault/
Latest dumb blonde WH Press Secretary actually said this today about schools re-opening: "The science should not stand in the way of this".
Wisconsin’s ‘Herd Immunity’ festival is scientific proof that there’s no cure for idiot It's a very bad idea, and tells us three things about the return to live music, America's approach to the virus and, yes, general human idiocy https://www.nme.com/features/wisconsin-herd-immunity-festival-july-mini-fest-static-x-2709914 It’s almost impressive that with everything 2020 has thrown at us so far, it still seems to have limitless reserves of curveballs – curveballs which comprise a squashed together amalgam of idiocy and human excrement – to lob at us from various directions, all of them hitting us squarely in the face. This is, I think, a fitting description of the so-called ‘Herd Immunity’ festival, held in Ringle, Wisconsin this weekend. There’s a strong argument that we as a species deserve it – if you go for a dance in no-man’s land wearing a fluorescent jump suit and singing ‘tra-l’la-l’la, you can’t get me!’, then you shouldn’t be surprised if you get pelted with life threatening projectiles from multiple directions. There are still plenty of people who are willing to die on the hill of stupid, and, at time of writing, there is no known cure for this. One particular country that seems to have leant into the kamikaze philosophy, is outgoing world superpower the United States. Not only has their richest state (California) just been forced back into lockdown, but their President – an overfilled colostomy bag wearing a red tie – has only just started to wear a face mask, though according to the man himself (and I use the term ‘man’ loosely), he’s always worn a face mask… in fact, he invented them. For a nation that’s still probably somewhere near the peak of the outbreak, the US is in a mad rush to open up again quickly – well, never really properly shut down. It’s only fitting then, that it is in this country – the petri dish of the free – that almost every stupid move that led them to being number one in the world for Covid-related deaths (does Trump think he’s winning something?) should be brought together in one big celebration. And guys, it’s actually happening – the Wisconsin shindig kicked off yesterday. This Static X-featuring dolt-fest, which makes the organisers of Fyre Festival seem astute, might not have drawn so much attention worldwide had it not initially been called ‘Herd Immunity Fest’ (the name was changed to July Mini Fest when a band dropped out in protest). That’s right – they’re donning those fluorescent jumpsuits and goading a pandemic to come at them with everything it’s got. Promoters surprised everyone by using words consisting of more than one syllable for a statement: “We are only selling 20% of [capacity] so anyone has the choice and ability to social distance.” What we have here, then, is an experiment with two many facets. The first is an analysis of general human stupidity. For quite a few years now, our species has not acquitted itself well in this department, and I have previously speculated that this virus has been one cosmic ‘sending us to our room to think about our behaviour’. Just like a grounding; we’re are being allowed out again with certain restrictions, with the understanding that we’ve learned our lesson. We haven’t. We’re back in the bus shelter spliffing up. The second is a scaled-down version of the American reaction. It’s as if the organisers have been given the homework of constructing a realistic diorama of their own country – a country that seems to view believing in the virus as subjective as believing in God. Maybe if they shoot at it and say the word ‘freedom’ enough, it’ll go back to its own country? The third is a test of the reintroduction of live music. As we know, all over the world, festivals have been cancelled, gigs postponed, tickets refunded. The live music world is in freefall, and venues are under threat. Everyone is simultaneously scared for the future and raring to get out there again. Mostly though, the industry has been a picture of caution – The Big Moon have just delayed their autumn (yes – autumn) tour until next spring. Even the drive-in gigs featuring bands such as The Streets, Dizzee Rascal, and Wiley, which were planned for August, have been cancelled for fear of new lockdowns and human stupidity. You may have gleaned from this that I think this festival is a bad idea. But the sad thing is that, although I would have been shocked to hear about something like this even a year ago, yesterday it was met with nothing more than a sigh and a shrug. In a way, we can’t blame them. If our leaders are showing zero restraint (or leadership), sending mixed messages about where we can go, what we can do, who we can see and where we should and shouldn’t wear a face mask, then feeling our way seems like the best option. After all, didn’t Michael ‘no such thing as experts’ Gove say only the other day “I trust people’s good sense”? Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m just going to go for a drive – my eyes are a bit blurry and I’m scared that I won’t be able to see my good sense for much longer.
Oh yea the young are most of those testing positive. No biggie. BTW Plantation, FL is where TradeStation is located. Florida dad in ICU with coronavirus, exposed by son who went out with friends, family says MIAMI — For weeks, Michelle Zymet pleaded with her stepson to avoid going out with friends and to always wear a mask. “It’s just not the time,” the Florida woman says she told him, begging him to think about his dad, who is at a higher risk of severe COVID-19 illness because he is overweight and diabetic. One evening in early June, the young man went out against her wishes, gathered with friends and removed his mask while eating and drinking. Days later, he felt cold symptoms and a friend at the get-together told him she had tested positive for coronavirus. By then, it already had taken hold in the young man’s household. The man's father, John Place, 42, is now fighting the virus at a hospital's intensive care unit. The illness’s spread among members of the Plantation, family highlights the outcome dreaded by authorities who feared the recent surge of cases hitting younger Floridians would spread to older, more vulnerable people. In this June 2020 photo made available by Michelle Zymet, her husband John Place breathes through a ventilator while fighting COVID-19 in an ICU bed at Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, Fla. Place likely became infected by his son, who became ill after gathering with friends where they took their masks off to drink and eat. A friend at the get-together later said she tested positive for the new coronavirus. The case highlights the outcome dreaded by authorities who feared the recent surge of cases hitting younger Floridians would spread to older, more vulnerable people. (Michelle Zymet via ) (Michelle Zymet/AP) “They don’t necessarily listen. It could be peer pressure,” said Zymet, 42. “Maybe they think, ‘None of us are sick. We are fine.’ They don’t understand many of us are asymptomatic and are positive carriers of the virus.” The young man, who did not want to talk to the media, had told his father and stepmother that he initially thought he had a common cold and took over-the-counter medication. When he heard about his friend testing positive, he still didn’t think he had it. But members of the family started to fall ill one by one, starting with his 14-year-old brother, who is also overweight and was wheezing, coughing and lethargic. The 6-year-old sister had only a runny nose. The stepmother was achy, with a fever and chills. They all tested positive, but only Place, the father, required hospitalization after four days of fever and nonstop coughing. He has now been in the hospital for nearly three weeks. CORONAVIRUS White House document shows 18 states including Florida in coronavirus ‘red zone’ JUL 16, 2020 AT 5:25 PM With Place unable to work at his photo booth business, Zymet’s friends are raising funds for the family as they brace to handle hefty medical bills. Zymet said she has been called an “awful mother,” and an “evil witch” for placing the blame on the stepson, but she said she thought it was important to share her family’s story amid a surge of infections first detected among young people. South Florida mayors gathered earlier this week with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and told him that gatherings of young people were a key factor in the rise in cases that emerged in June in their region. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said younger people were celebrating the end of school or college, in some cases joining street protests and otherwise just getting together at house parties, underground venues and restaurants that converted themselves into bars late at night in violation of the rules. The Health Report: Florida Coronavirus Newsletter Daily A daily update on the coronavirus crisis in Florida. With so many close-knit, multigenerational families in the community, spread to older members of families seemed inevitable, he said. “Since the young kids started infecting each other, now we see the results as more older folks are now going into the hospital,” Gimenez said Tuesday. “Exactly what we feared — that they were going to take it to their parents, that they were going to take it to their grandparents.” On Wednesday, Florida passed the 300,000 mark of confirmed coronavirus cases and has been averaging about 96 deaths per day — more than triple the rate it was about a month ago. Zymet and her family have been isolating at home, and Place was on a ventilator for more than two weeks. She says her stepson has been helping taking care of the younger children and researching the disease while she juggles work in between calls to the hospital, nurses and doctors. She said the younger generation “won’t know until it hits home.” “This has definitely brought us together,” she added. “We could have eventually gotten this disease somewhere else. But it is the unfortunate truth that he did bring it home.”
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