All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Open Thread | Just One Story of 200,000 | 3CHICSPOLITICO

As this disease has ravaged this country, it’s easy for the death toll to just be numbers. But, they were people, like you and me, and their lives had meaning. COVID-19 and what happened to this gentleman because of the malice and incompetence of this Administration 😠   https://twitter.com/newsbysamuels/status/1313521567306059781 https://twitter.com/newsbysamuels/status/1313521571659743232 https://twitter.com/newsbysamuels/status/1313521574390177792 So much in this…
— Read on 3chicspolitico.com/2020/10/07/open-thread-just-one-story-of-200000/

When is the vice-presidential debate? Here’s what we know about the clash between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence – ABC News

The world got a sharp reminder of why the US vice-president is important this week. The two people hoping to be the next one are about to face off on the debate. Here’s what you need to know.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-07/when-is-the-vp-debate-and-other-things-we-know/12735538

Amanda Kloots Responds To Trump’s COVID-19 Tweet

To all the over 208,000 Americans who lost loved ones to this virus — I stand by you, with you, holding your hand. Unfortunately it did dominate our lives didn’t it? It dominated Nick’s family’s lives and my family’s lives. I guess we “let it” — like it was our choice?? Unfortunately not everyone is lucky enough to spend two days in the hospital. I cried next to my husband for 95 days watching what COVID did to the person I love. It IS something to be afraid of. After you see the person you love the most die from this disease you would never say what this tweet says. There is no empathy to all the lives lost. He is bragging instead. It is sad. It is hurtful. It is disgraceful.

Source: Amanda Kloots Responds To Trump’s COVID-19 Tweet

COVID-19 transmission in the U.S. before vs. after relaxation of statewide social distancing measures | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic

We detected an immediate and significant reversal in SARS-CoV-2 epidemic suppression after relaxation of social distancing measures across the U.S. Premature relaxation of social distancing measures undermined the country’s ability to control the disease burden associated with COVID-19. Source: COVID-19 transmission in the U.S. before vs. after relaxation of statewide social distancing measures | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic

Climate change and COVID-19: We humans are not in control, and we know it — Petchary’s Blog

“And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains.  Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”  ― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias How arrogant we humans are, in the edifices we […]

Climate change and COVID-19: We humans are not in control, and we know it — Petchary’s Blog