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Post by bbbearsmom on Jun 1, 2021 23:28:37 GMT
Getting us started for the month.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jun 1, 2021 23:30:21 GMT
What do you think of the idea that 2020 might end up being the last fair election in the US because from now on if a Democrat wins the Republican state legislatures will throw on the result?
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Post by luanne on Jun 1, 2021 23:31:31 GMT
Interesting concept Judy. What I'm finding utterly amazing is that the GOP is contesting the results in so many states, yet they have candidates that won in some of those states.
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Post by lani on Jun 2, 2021 16:37:49 GMT
What do you think of the idea that 2020 might end up being the last fair election in the US because from now on if a Democrat wins the Republican state legislatures will throw on the result? I am afraid it's true. |
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Post by amyrs on Jun 2, 2021 21:33:51 GMT
Manchin just has to learn he will probbly lo0se anyway in 2 years why not just accept the end of the filibuster to pass both voting bills.
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Post by amyrs on Jun 4, 2021 1:46:44 GMT
we need hr1 with additions that state legislatures cant take over the popular vote in the state and change it.
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Post by DotRen on Jun 13, 2021 11:39:28 GMT
Just wanting to say: Isn't it wonderful to have a First Lady who engages with the public and other world leaders? That's all  |
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Post by lani on Jun 13, 2021 16:25:33 GMT
DotRen, it certainly is. I am apphrehensive about mid-terms. I fear the GOP will take the House.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jun 13, 2021 16:33:33 GMT
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Post by luanne on Jun 13, 2021 17:28:53 GMT
Just wanting to say: Isn't it wonderful to have a First Lady who engages with the public and other world leaders? That's all And who wears clothing with "Love" on it instead of "I don't really care, do u?" |
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Post by lani on Jun 13, 2021 20:12:52 GMT
Can't remember if this has been posted anywhere yet, but I was rather shocked to learn that the global Covid death toll for 2021 so far is more than the entire total in 2020.
We can't forget the rest of the world. We are shipping 500 million doses to other countries but that is much less than is needed worldwide.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jun 13, 2021 23:44:16 GMT
I read that in the US the death toll is getting close to 600,000.
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Post by DotRen on Jun 14, 2021 10:41:09 GMT
I read that in the US the death toll is getting close to 600,000. They seem to have stopped covering the number of cases on the news lately. |
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Post by luanne on Jun 14, 2021 15:37:46 GMT
I get updates from the New York Times every day. Today's contained info about Covid. One of the statements was that cases are no longer falling.
1. Cases are no longer falling
The news about Covid-19 has been mostly positive in the U.S. over recent months. The vaccines continue to work well against every variant, and the number of Americans who have gotten a shot continues to rise.
But the U.S. still faces two problems. First, the pace of vaccinations has slowed, and a substantial share of Americans — close to one third — remains hesitant about getting a shot. These unvaccinated Americans will remain vulnerable to Covid outbreaks and to serious symptoms, or even death.
Second, the Delta variant — which appears to be both more contagious and more severe than earlier versions of the virus — is spreading rapidly within the U.S., after having first been identified in India. It now accounts for about 10 percent of cases, according to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former F.D.A. commissioner.
Together, these two forces help explain why new cases have stopped falling: [there was a chart here, but it didn't copy over]
Source: The New York Times
Many experts are concerned that cases will eventually start to rise as Delta becomes the dominant form of the virus. “We are vulnerable,” Dr. Kavita Patel of the Brookings Institution told Yahoo News. On Twitter yesterday, Dr. Robert Wachter of the University of California, San Francisco, wrote: “I’ll now bet we’ll see significant (incl. many hospitalizations/deaths) surges this fall in low-vaccine populations due to combo of seasonality, Delta’s nastiness, & ‘back to normal’ behavior.”
The second point was that vaccines work and nothing is more important than getting vaccinated.
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Post by lani on Jun 14, 2021 16:03:15 GMT
I read that in the US the death toll is getting close to 600,000. I saw on TV that 600,000 total is predicted to happen today. I can get detailed stats in my newspaper every day - state, U.S., and global. It is broken out by each county in Calif. as well. |
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