Son #1 informed me this morning that my prediction of 200,000 cases on at least one day this coming week was betting on a certain outcome. He's probably right given that yesterday's new case count exceeded 160,000. What the hay! One quarter of one million new cases at least one day in the coming week. Every couple of days I look at the countries and the states stats on endcoronavirus.com. They sort countries and states and territories into three groups: those who are getting it right, those on the way there, and those that are tanking. As of today, only one state or territory is listed as getting it right--the Virgin Islands. There are no states listed as on the way; at one point there were around ten listed there. Not any longer--right now, all 50 states are tanking, some more than others.
Virginia is getting tightened mitigation measures as of midnight tomorrow. The governor put out a video last night outlining the changes, some of which sound better than others. Restaurants already are supposed to have closed seating at the bar and reduced inside seating. New is that alcohol sales must stop at 10:00 pm with establishments closing by midnight. Maximum size of gatherings was cut from 250 to 25. Restaurants (which includes breweries and wineries) cannot host or serve parties larger than 25 inside or outside. If there is enough space between tables, there can be more than 25 patrons in a restaurant, but they can't be there as a unit. Masks that up til tomorrow had to be worn by kids 10 and over will have to be worn starting at age 5. These restrictions apply to the entire state since cases are rising in all the regions. I give the governor credit for doing something at the same time as I think he should have done more.
The Orange Foolius yesterday put politics front and center in the pandemic. If he is still President when a vaccine is ready for distribution, he's not letting it be sent to the state of New York. He doesn't like the governor there saying that they will be doing their own research on the safety of any vaccine. There are a lot of other things he doesn't like about the governor of New York; I expect all of them are figuring into his not sending the vaccine to New York, not just the governor wanting to do his due diligence.
Today's unpacking and putting away has been something The Guardian calls "pottering" or rearranging the contents of a drawer or cupboard. Every house has a junk drawer, right, except for a couple of places I've seen with a junk room. Today I attacked three such drawers. Nothing went into a donation pile, but the garbage ate its share of items. Unraveling some of the power cords presented a dexterity challenge. I discovered several things I'd forgotten I had and others that I had more of than I thought. It was an easy-on-the-back-and-wrist activity that I probably would not have done otherwise. The challenge now is to keep them from relapsing into junk receptacles.
Dastardly 2020 has taken Sean Connery and, more recently, Alex Trebek. Jeopardy will not be the same without him. His last episode will air on Christmas Day after which.... No new host has been announced though I have seen several lists of possible ones. I actually knew who two of the people on one list were, Ken Jennings and Levar Burton. I'd be okay with either of them, preferring Ken over Levar by just a hair, said hair being that I automatically connect Ken with Jeopardy. I automatically connect Levar with Reading Rainbow or Star Trek: The Next Generation. I would imagine that the new host would be announced soon given that they need to tape a few episodes to follow Christmas into the new year. Then maybe they can start adding categories centering on the dumpster fire that 2020 has been.
1 comment:
From over here twenty five doesn't sound much of a restriction but it's all relative to what you are used to.
I can't see 2020 being a specialist subject - there's been so much going on that you'd have to break it down in some way.
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