Reentering the Dead Zone

“The number of deaths per day from the virus had been falling for months, and even remained down as states like Florida and Texas saw explosions in cases and hospitalizations — and reported daily U.S. infections broke records several times in recent days. Scientists warned it wouldn’t last.” Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse.

+ As Texas morgues fill up, refrigerator trucks are on the way in several counties.

+ “Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight … Those were common scenes at the Mississippi Capitol in June … and now at least 26 lawmakers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the biggest known outbreak in any state legislature in the nation.”

+ “I have a reputation, as you probably have figured out, of speaking the truth at all times and not sugar-coating things. And that may be one of the reasons why I haven’t been on television very much lately.” Anthony Fauci hasn’t been on TV much lately. And he hasn’t seen the president in person at the White House for more than a month.

+ Hey, America, your Covid19 deaths are back on the rise and you just recorded more than 70,000 new cases in a single day. What are you going to do? “I’m going to Disney World!”