Minimizing surge in COVID-19 cases ‘a real mistake,’ experts say

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Infectious disease specialists say a recent surge in COVID-19 cases that surpasses a spike last spring must not be shrugged off as merely a byproduct of increased testing.

Azerbaijan and Armenia reach a ceasefire agreement after 10-hour negotiations in Moscow

Russia, the peacekeeper – Trump too busy tweeting about non-issues to help.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced before dawn on October 10 that Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a ceasefire agreement to halt the fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic that reignited on September 27. Both Baku and Yerevan sent their top diplomats to Moscow on Friday, October 9, for negotiations under Russian mediation. Foreign Minister Lavrov told the news agency RIA Novosti that the ceasefire talks lasted 10 hours.

Franklin County, Ohio, Replacing 50,000 Ballots To Fix Error : NPR – (no rigging just a screw up being corrected by bi-partisan board of elections and GOP Sec. of State)

A large Ohio county determined that about 50,000 voters received an incorrect absentee ballot (just like the one that Trump used) this week – accounting for almost 21% of the ballots mailed out this week in Franklin County, which includes the state capital of Columbus.

In a press release Friday, the election board said it’s started the process of printing and mailing replacement ballots to every voter who received the wrong ballot. Those ballots will be sent through the U.S. Postal Service within 72 hours.

“We want to make it clear that every voter who received an inaccurate ballot will receive a corrected ballot,” the board said. “Stringent tracking measures are in place to guarantee that a voter can only cast one vote.”

The election board also plans to mail informational postcards to all impacted voters telling them about the problem and what to do next. Voters can verify the information on their ballot here.

Source: Franklin County, Ohio, Replacing 50,000 Ballots To Fix Error : NPR

We don’t know how to treat this Doctors and patients in Russia are fighting for coronavirus drugs that hardly help anyone — Meduza

In early September, more than one million Russians were battling the coronavirus. Statistics show that many regions are now in the midst of experiencing a second wave. However, no one seems to know how to treat the virus effectively as of yet. “Meduza” special correspondent Svetlana Reiter and science editor Alexander Ershov investigate the different drugs being used to treat the coronavirus in Russia and find out who’s profiting during the pandemic.

Source: We don’t know how to treat this Doctors and patients in Russia are fighting for coronavirus drugs that hardly help anyone — Meduza

Trump gets angry when told that findings from Durham probe might not come out before election

Why in the world is he spending 2 hours talking to Limbaugh on the radio? There is a country to govern – that’s is more important than whining about the past. People are dying from Covid-19 – People are dying from Covid-19

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Trump, speaking with Rush Limbaugh, had been asked for his reaction to a report that Attorney General William Barr has warned top Republicans not to expect findings from the sweeping probe to be released before Nov. 3.

New data: Miami students, 3 ZIP codes make up nearly two-thirds of Butler County coronavirus cases – (lock down Miami U. and downtown Hamilton)

New data released by the Butler County General Health District show that coronavirus cases among Miami University students and in three ZIP codes make up nearly two-thirds of all of the county’s reported cases.

In the latest detailed report released today, cases in the Miami student body and in ZIP codes 45011, 45014 and 45044 total 4,586. That’s about 63.4% of the 7,234 total cases in the county.

Source: New data: Miami students, 3 ZIP codes make up nearly two-thirds of Butler County coronavirus cases