Around 30 years ago, a town in Oregon retrofitted an old van, staffed it with young medics and mental health counselors and sent them out to respond to the kinds of 911 calls that wouldn’t necessarily require police intervention.
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The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks | PNAS
Our results indicate that symptom-based isolation must be supplemented by rapid contact tracing and testing that identifies asymptomatic and presymptomatic cases, in order to safely lift current restrictions and minimize the risk of resurgence.
Source: The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks | PNAS
President Trump lashes out at NASCAR’s only full-time black driver Bubba Wallace accusing him of creating a hoax and suggesting he should apologize
Shows how out of line Trump is….
Bubba Wallace stands next to his car during a prayer before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the racing organization for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.
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Foreign students in US must leave if classes move online
racism, nativism, stupidity. Goodby to money they would have spent to live here while studying. Hello to more lost jobs and innovation.

The United States has announced that it will not allow international students to stay in the country if all their classes are moved online for the upcoming fall semester.
She wore a face mask and washed her hands. But this US mayor has coronavirus

The potential US vice-presidential running mate for Joe Biden had not shown any clear symptoms of the respiratory illness.
Analysis: As Melbourne goes into lockdown, it’s a sign it could happen anywhere in Australia

For many Victorians, this will feel frustratingly like a reset. For the rest of Australia, it’s a reminder this situation could occur at any time in any other state or territory, write Philip Russo and Brett Mitchell.
Inoreader – Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down Pending Review, Federal Judge Rules
The ruling, a victory for the Native American and environmentalist groups who oppose the pipeline, said that it must be emptied of oil by Aug. 5.
Source: Inoreader – Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down Pending Review, Federal Judge Rules
The Road Before Us #poetry #uganda
wonderful

Looked over my shoulder to yesterday
time passed in the blink of an eye
the people and memories faded
I never bid them goodbye
I look to the left on this day
all that there is to do
wrap arms around you dear
memory’s time, make a few
I look at the road laid before me
tomorrow’s a wide open land
promise me you will go with me
orange love covers our hands
The unedited photo of Northern Uganda shows a panorama that is rich with children, mamas, papas, grandmothers, grandfathers.
Tehachapi Loop in Tehachapi, California

Tehachapi Loop is an amazing feat of ingenuity to raise or lower a train a significant elevation in a very short distance. The project was completed in 1876, and has remained largely unchanged today.
When the train is going downhill, or generally to the northwest, it begins a descending arc in a clockwise direction. As it goes over a tunnel, it starts a 0.73-mile loop, tightening its spiral to encircle a hillock. As it completes the loop, 77 feet lower, the train circles under itself—through the tunnel that a long train might still be passing over. If the train is going uphill, or to the southeast, the process is reversed, with the engine entering through the tunnel, making the loop counter-clockwise.
If you don’t see a train immediately, have a little patience. An average of 36 trains per day use the loop.
Donald Trump launches baseless attack on Bubba Wallace over noose ‘hoax’
Full on racism by the President

- President attacks Nascar’s only black driver on Twitter
- Wallace was behind successful campaign to ban Confederate flag
- Interview: Bubba Wallace on Nascar and the Confederate flag
Donald Trump has launched a baseless attack on Bubba Wallace, Nascar’s only black driver, over an incident in which a noose was found in his team garage last month.
“Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great Nascar drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX?” wrote the president on Monday morning. “That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”
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