Links 10/6/2020 – Church Security

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Trump Infected

White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event New York Times (Kevin W)

Trump: It’s Actually Good I Contracted the Coronavirus New York Magazine

The President’s Coronavirus Treatment Science Magazine (UserFriendly)

Trump returns to White House despite mysteries around his health Politico. Note that the comments about Trump walking maskless into the White House and his possible contagiousness.

CNN medical analyst: I’d perform psychiatric evaluation on Trump if he were my patient The Hill. Resilc: “Nothing there to lobotomize.”

Dr. Phillips is a Walter Reed Attending. He makes an insightful point about Trump – tweeting level the 5th vital sign. https://t.co/gY33q0PTBr pic.twitter.com/hfex0MMu76

— The Bern Identity (@bern_identity) October 4, 2020

You can preorder a $100 ‘Trump defeats COVID’ commemorative coin at White House Gift Shop USA Today (Kevin W)

#COVID-19

Science/Medicine

First-of-its-kind Study Examines the Frequency and Severity of Neurologic Manifestations in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States Northwestern Medicine. Typical press report: COVID-19 study finds 82% of hospitalized patients experience neurological symptoms, Northwestern says ABC7Chicago

How to Live with Covid? Case study

20 ppl spent 3 weeks together

A 13 year old was COVID +ve

14 ppl didn’t follow precautions. 12 of them turned +ve

6 ppl wore masks and kept 6 ft away. All 6 remained -ve

Lesson: Mask, social distancing works. Read⬇️https://t.co/3ouSefA3tX pic.twitter.com/nhjeWrXYef

— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) October 6, 2020

Study: COVID-19 antibodies decline quickly in donated plasma UPI. Consistent with other findings.

Support for my trusty alcohol spray bottle:

(1/2) Study showing that under laboratory conditions, #SARSCoV2 is viable on skin (from autopsies) ~4.5 times longer than influenza (9 vs. 2 hours).

Both lasted longer on steel, glass, and polystyrene, but were rapidly inactivated (in 15 s) by alcohol.https://t.co/Ykmf6Ui2kP

— Dr Zoë Hyde (@DrZoeHyde) October 5, 2020

Long Covid: the evidence of lingering heart damage Guardian

Study shows some high school athletes suffering from depression, anxiety due to COVID-19 3WTKR

How Coronavirus Spreads CDC. Maryann: “We have the update today. No mention of aerosol, only droplet. But acknowledging it can be airborne, though this isn’t foregrounded like it was in the “draft.” Weak tea.”

Trump health official meets with doctors pushing herd immunity The Hill

Americans fault US govt over foreign powers for virus crisis Associated Press (resilc)

UK/Europe

Ireland rejects own experts’ call for second COVID-19 lockdown Politico

Covid: how Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 test results in England Guardian

Finance/Economy

Las Vegas Tops U.S. in Rise of Apartment Tenants Not Paying Rent Bloomberg

COVID-19 and SME Failures NBER

Brexit

UK is the EU’s “sovereign equal” just as Malta is the “sovereign equal” of the USA Breeg Blog (guurst). Very good high level overview. And includes the IT customs issue we flagged early on.

The Race to Replace the City of London Begins Bloomberg (vlade)

New Cold War

WaPo Publishes Paranoid Screed Cautioning Readers Not To Let Russia Make Them Paranoid Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)

Syraqistan

OPCW probes couldn’t prove chemical use in 2 Syria attacks Associated Press (UserFriendly)

The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté testifies at UN on OPCW Syria cover-up YouTube (UserFriendly)

Yemen’s Houthi Rebel Leader: “The Americans Label Anyone Who Opposes Their Policy as Terrorists” Der Spiegel

Trump Transition

Inside the Lincoln Project’s War Against Trump New Yorker

2020

Biden says he will debate Trump if experts say it is safe Reuters (resilc)

Giuliani: ‘No reason to delay’ second Trump-Biden debate Politico

Trump was sent from God!’: MAGA country brings the rally to a stricken president Politico. Resilc: “Get a new god.” Moi: OK, but for what purpose?

Trump Supporters Aren’t ‘Shy,’ But Polls Could Still Be Missing Some Of Them FiveThirtyEight

Joe Biden calls Bernie Sanders ‘a socialist’ and tells swing voters he WON’T go far left as he hits the campaign trail in battleground Michigan Daily Mail

‘Middle-Class Joe’ Doesn’t Understand the Middle Class Nation (resilc)

How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics FiveThirtyEight

The Political Implications of D.C./Puerto Rico Statehood Sabato’s Crystal Ball (UserFriendly)

After Trump, the GOP Can Still Be Saved From Itself American Conservative

The Rise of Christian Nationalism in America Consortiumnews (UserFriendly)

Supreme Struggle

Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Is in Jeopardy Atlantic (furzy)

Daniel Cameron Lied About Breonna Taylor’s Killing New York Magazine (UserFriendly)

Our Famously Free Press

Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media MIT Technology Review

America Is Having a Moral Convulsion The Atlantic. Putting this here because, as Matt Taibbi explains, the balkanization of American and resulting lack of trust is significantly the result of the media whipping up fear and anger.

The Bezzle

Nassau County Is A Hotbed Of Fraud And We Couldn’t Be Prouder DealBreaker

John McAfee Arrested in Spain on US Criminal Charges CoinDesk. BC: “As you pointed out Bitcoin = Prosecution Futures.”

Getting governance right key for public pension plans Pensions & Investments

Critical Minerals and the New Geopolitics Project Syndicate (UserFriendly)

Exclusive: U.S. banks prepare to seize energy assets as shale boom goes bust Reuters (Chuck L). From a few days ago, still germane.

Short on Money, Cities Around the World Try Making Their Own Bloomberg (UserFriendly)

Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Delayed To October 1, 2021 Variety 🙁

Class Warfare

Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More. ProPublica (UserFriendly)

The Covid Economy Carves Deep Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots Wall Street Journal

The Pope’s kicking neoliberalism when it’s down today Richard Murphy

Amazon workers march to Jeff Bezos’ mansion, calling for higher wages, protections Los Angeles Times (UserFriendly)

Antidote du jour. From Alan T a while back. His daughter Jessica’s big Siamese: