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The efforts to combat COVID-19 have divided America and overnight saw extraordinary scenes when hundreds of protesters, many of them armed, burst into Michigan’s state capitol to object to plans to extend the state of emergency in the state. The State’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has incurred the wrath of Trump for not being appreciative enough of his efforts.
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According to the data, the 'R rate' increased from 0.6 in mid-April to 0.9 as of yesterday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8278013/Denmarks-coronavirus-rate-infection-RISEN-0-6-0-9-schools-opened.html
Germany's number of coronavirus infections have risen for the fifth day in a row and the government are now nervously observing the effects of easing the nationwide lockdown.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8277837/Germany-sees-number-infections-rise-fifth-day-row.html
We are going to be stop / starting for the next 6 months.
Perhaps I should explain - we live in the agricultural reserve which is pretty rural, despite its proximity to DC and Baltimore. Lots of people hunt, so lots of camo and guns, and they frequently do it together as a social event with beer.
The country's love affair with guns is a really deep sickness.
A few cycles of R0.75 gives you a big drop which then allows R0.9 to maintain slow downward pressure while restrictions are eased.
Revealed: How government changed the rules to hit 100,000 tests target
The government has changed the way it is counting the number of covid-19 tests carried out in a bid to hit its target of 100,000 tests per day by the end of April, HSJ can reveal.
hsj.co.uk
Illinois is probably the most striking example of just how geographically urbanised a Dem heavy vote can be in a state.
The test has emerged from a project set up by the US military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) aimed at rapid diagnosis of germ or chemical warfare poisoning.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/us-germ-warfare-lab-creates-test-for-pre-infectious-covid-19-carriers
Clearly, in this instance, the gun carrying was meant to be intimidating and that should absolutely not be tolerated. But when is gun-carrying in public intimidating and when is it not? Most of us would say that you'd know it when you see it; the gun lobby would say that's the slippery slope.
All I am saying is that, in rural regions, hunting is a major part of the way of life, and guns are seen as just natural. Most days I hear at least some of our neighbours doing shooting practice, and all of us have hunters on our properties. Seeing people shop at the supermarket in full camouflage is natural. If you seek to change what people see as a fundamental part of their way of life, then you must expect a backlash.
Have I been driven to irrationality through a culture of fear?
Never.
At constant R the linear rate will actually slow though so your last 30 death fall will take much longer than your first 30 death fall.
Superflous really I thought.
A few doors down is an excellent diner called Lincoln's Waffle Shop.
Fun times .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_1988_presidential_campaign#Kinnock_controversy
Pennsylvania is the interesting one: it's very evenly divided between Philly and Pittsburgh and their 'burbs at each end of the state, and what's often described as "Kentucky in between".
https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=124781&p=0
Notably travel restrictions (hello UK) will be the last thing to be lifted.
You go North of NYC and you can be in the arse end of nowhere with no clue how close you are to a mega city.
In that sense, our risk perception can be 'irrational' - but in evolutionary terms, it is very rational to overstate some fears and understate others.
"I am refusing to give up on my holiday to Dordogne - even if it means cycling to get there "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/refusing-give-holiday-dordogne-even-means-cycling-get/
Perhaps if you lot got the elderly, poor, and the ill to make the case rather than some teenage mutated Marxist, it might make it remotely convincing.
I presume this is meta irony.
Difficult situation, though.
#PrayforBethRigby
And yes, of course, no probs reciprocating.
The debt, the deficit, where one thinks one is in the economic cycle, these are all key to assessing the state of the public finances.
Debt is "secondary"? Hmm. Not for me. Or rather not necessarily. It really does depend. For example, if yields shoot up the amount of debt you're carrying and its maturity profile can be rather important.
But that's a mere quibble. We have nailed it. Not only that, I think our lengthy exchange on this most arcane of topics has benefited the whole board.
He just has to be more smart than Trump.
Come to think of it he doesn't even need to be that, anybody could be better than Trump even if they did absolutely nothing.
Definitely starting to fray.
Smashed it out of the ball park!
Credit to Hancock. Job very, very well done.