on coping with C19 lockdown

[Atticus]

You mean Alpha, Beta.....Omega?

And maybe Alpha Alpha and Alpha Beta . . . .

[Halfmiler2]

Fort Myers.Watching Fred go by and waiting for Grace.

We are always waiting for Grace. 😊

[TN1965]

Student, 24, found guilty of exposing others to COVID risk (yahoo.com)

A student who returned from London in March this year had flu-like symptoms and lost her sense of taste and smell.

However, Esther Tan Ling Ying went to a food court and then to a clinic while on a Stay-Home Notice (SHN). She later tested positive for the coronavirus.

[jeremyp]

We are always waiting for Grace. 😊

Except for Haiti

[TN1965]

Singapore sentences Briton to six weeks in prison for not wearing face mask

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/asia/singapore-briton-jailed-mask-intl-hnk/index.html

A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face mask in public.

[jazzcyclist]

Singapore sentences Briton to six weeks in prison for not wearing face mask

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/asia/...hnk/index.html

A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face mask in public.

The reminds me of the American punk who got caned in Singapore. Don't these idiots know that those folks don't play?

[Tuariki]

Singapore sentences Briton to six weeks in prison for not wearing face mask

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/asia/singapore-briton-jailed-mask-intl-hnk/index.html

A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face mask in public.

That's what I wish would happen in NZ as well

[gh]

Texas supreme court at least temporarily blocks ban on local mast mandates

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/us/texas-supreme-court-mask-mandate/index.html

[scottmitchell74]

Texas supreme court at least temporarily blocks ban on local mast mandates

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/us/texas-supreme-court-mask-mandate/index.html

Shipping industry in turmoil.


😄😉

[TN1965]

Vietnam to deploy troops, issues stay-home order as COVID-19 deaths spiral (yahoo.com)

Vietnam will deploy troops in Ho Chi Minh City and prohibit residents from leaving their homes, authorities said on Friday, as the country's biggest city turns to drastic measures to slow a spiralling rate of coronavirus deaths.

[NotDutra5]

Same lawsuit vs. Gov DeSantis. To be heard beginning Monday.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/08/19/judge-rules-lawsuit-against-gov-ron-desantis-mask-ban-in-schools-can-move-forward/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/08/06/parents-of-students-with-disabilities-sue-florida-governor-school-districts-over-mask-ban/

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile...

This is actually worse than described. Patrick is not simply saying fewer black people are vaccinated, he’s saying black people vote for Democrats so it’s not his responsibility.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1428695760816771082

[TN1965]

More than 240 University of Virginia Students have been disenrolled because they didn't get COVID-19 vaccines (yahoo.com)

• University of Virginia disenrolled 242 of its students for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
• These students make up about 1% of the university's entire student body.
• Of those disenrolled, only 49 students had signed up for on-campus classes this fall.

[Halfmiler2]

NJ Governor Murphy will announce on Friday that NJ is the 3rd state (after California and Washington) to require teachers to be vaccinated.

[TN1965]

They don't trust vaccines, but they trust a horse dewormer.

Mississippi officials warn against using ivermectin for COVID-19 amid spike in poisonings | TheHill

Mississippi health officials are warning residents against using ivermectin, a horse dewormer medication, to treat COVID-19 infections at home amid a spike in poisoning calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center.