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The U.S. (48 deaths per million) just blew past Spain (326 deaths per million) in total number of deaths (almost 16,000). At this rate, the U.S. will pass Italy into 1st place within 48-72 hours.
Dale, THANK YOU for being on the front lines and carrying the battle.
My wife is a (retired) Nurse who worked in Community Care as well as other fields and
we have some insight into the challenges faced by the front line.
Stay safe and take care!
Thanks, Kerry!
Yes, your wife, I'm sure, has a good understanding of whats going on. Everyone- the nurses, resp techs, cleaning staff, and everyone who's working in health care now, appreciate all the support the public has been offering. In fact, everybody is making sacrifices now, especially the general public with loss of income/jobs, and being socially isolated more. In some ways, I am lucky to be able to get out and work now...and on the bright side, the traffic, normally a nightmare in the Vancouver area, is great!
The U.S. (48 deaths per million) just blew past Spain (326 deaths per million) in total number of deaths (almost 16,000). At this rate, the U.S. will pass Italy into 1st place within 48-72 hours.
Well, the U.S. has already blown by Italy in total number of deaths. I guess the next stat is deaths per million. The U.S. is currently 14th there (with 5 if the first 13 being tiny stats anomolies)
Well, the U.S. has already blown by Italy in total number of deaths. I guess the next stat is deaths per million. The U.S. is currently 14th there (with 5 if the first 13 being tiny stats anomolies)
I fear that the eventual numbers in Africa will dwarf those in America. The politicians are finally beginning to admit that this could last a small number of years rather than months. Trump excepted of course.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13 ... now known as the "Successful Failure".
Despite experiencing a crippling explosion which took out most of their oxygen supply the crew managed to return safely to Earth thanks to the determined work of the ground crew at Mission Control.
Today as we try to solve COVID-19, Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell had this to say "You have to have a positive attitude that, 'okay, we've got a problem. And how do we solve it."
Check out this EPIC website which shows the live captures with audio, in real time, as they happened:
What crackerjack box did that scientist's diploma come from?
Trump University? :)
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Its a well known fact that rats and mice don't get rabies so at the very least the composition of that paragraph was unfortunate.
Your sentence is not right too. Rats can get rabies. However, the transmission to human from them is almost unheard as infected rats don't survive very long.
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