Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

We still don't have bar seating in Virginia. Went out Sunday to watch the late games because I knew that the place I like to frequent was going to be packed for Eagles-Football Team. Was lucky enough to snag a seat next to an open door because the distancing that had been present early in the pandemic had clearly slipped. Seven people gathered around one table, etc., no masks.

You can sit "at the bar" here only in that some places have pulled high tops up to the bar where you can have two people sit, distanced from other high tops. So instead of having 20 people at a bar, maybe there's eight. Of course, that doesn't really protect the bartender, but they're in close contact with others all day anyway. I do try to pull my mask up any time I'm talking to a server. It's only polite.

 

LOL

 

To be clear, I've only gone to places that have had very few people in it. Had I not been able to get the section I did on Sunday, away from the other people on the other side of the building, I wouldn't have stayed.

 

Meanwhile...

Coronavirus: Cases in France leap past 10,000 a day

 

Yeah, that was my point. Much of Europe is basically in "Sigh. Just learn to live with it" mode.

And in Germany, they're starting to pooh-pooh "cases" in favor of deaths/hospitalizations.

 

This is why they have reinstatied semi-lockdowns in some big cities (Bordeaux and Marseilles).

 

Countries that took proper measures at the beginning are now starting to see that “second wave” building.

Unlike here, where the first huge wave just keeps sloshing around the country.

 

So I've spent some time trying to get a read on the Chinese virologist who says COVID-19 is man-made but a) the news sources I find touting her are somewhat "questionable" and b) I can't find a reputable source disputing or discrediting her claims or reputation. As best I can tell, she was an actual virologist working in Hong Kong on WHO-supported research. My suspicion is - her bugging out of Hong Kong for the US lines up well with increasing government crackdowns in Hong Kong.
Whether this means China "promoted" COVID-19 to "end" the HK protests or she used COVID-19 claims to juice her ability to move to the US I have no idea.

Chinese virologist who claimed coronavirus was created in a lab has been suspended by Twitter

 

My HS sophomore was going on a 2 day a week hybrid program. She went last Thursday, this Monday and they just announced all virtual for the time being due to positive tests

 

One of my local schools was using a hybrid model and they’re scrapping it for a number of reasons. Mainly, kids were roaming the halls after class and disrupting other face-to-face classes, and a large number of hybrid students are failing at their online courses. So at the end of the first six weeks, it’ll be either all online or all FTF.