Saturday, June 27, 2020

Self-isolation Day 102.

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, took awhile to fall asleep, got up twice during the night finally waking/getting up at 7:15.

Last night I played 5 games of chess on Chess.com, winning 3 and losing 2. My new rating is 1358.

Teresa wanted to order some packages of arepas. She asked me how many – 4 or 6? I asked her what happened to 5 so she ordered 5.

I tried watching the series Salvation (7.0) on Netflix but gave up after 8 episodes of season 1. It was just too slow. I tried watching the series Travelers (8.1) on Netflix but gave up after a couple episodes.

 

Wilson came over to deliver some arepas de chocolo and I showed him how our bedroom window isn’t aligned. It wasn’t easy but he finally forced it into the correct track.

 

Trump said on Wednesday that Biden “is going to be president because some people don’t love me.” For once, he’s probably right.

 

Tyson Foods announced Friday that 371 employees at its chicken plant in Noel, Missouri had tested positive for COVID-19.

 

The number of new confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 set another fresh record in the U.S. on Friday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, sending state officials scrambling to revisit reopening plans.

The U.S. recorded more than 45,000 new infections and at least six states recorded their highest one-day totals, a New York Times tracker shows, namely Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah. A full 30 states are showing increasing case numbers over a 14-day period, according to the Times tracker.

Florida has continued its morbid streak of breaking coronavirus records — reporting 9,585 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the state’s Department of Health confirmed. Saturday’s tally surpassed Friday’s record-breaking 8,942 cases and brings the Sunshine State’s total of confirmed cases to 132,525, according to the Miami Herald.

 

Trump, during a Fox News "town hall" with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, tore into Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and Oakland. "[You] look at Honduras, Guatemala, all of these different places, we have cities that are worse -- in some cases far worse," Trump said. "Take a look at Detroit, take a look at what’s happening in Oakland, take a look at what’s happening in Baltimore. ... These cities, it’s like living in hell. Chicago is an example. It is worse than Afghanistan,” Trump told Hannity.

Mayor Libby Schaaf, a Democrat who has led Oakland since 2015, took to Twitter to respond to Trump's harsh criticism. "Hell is another four years of this racist in the White House," Schaaf tweeted, encouraging people to vote.

Contrast Trump’s comment with Trump Hotels description of Chicago “With nationally acclaimed restaurants on every corner, world-class shopping along Magnificent Mile, award-winning shows, renowned history and cultural museums, and even sandy beaches, Chicago has something to offer everyone.”

 

Sean Hannity on May 20: "Florida got it right, Texas got it right (about reopening) ... the mob and the media, by the way, you owe Governor DeSantis a huge apology". (Uh, no, it’s pretty obvious now to everyone they didn’t get it right.)

 

The co-founder of a Maryland group that protested the state's 

stay-at-home order and has pressured Republican Gov. Larry 

Hogan to ease restrictions amid the ongoing coronavirus 

pandemic says he has tested positive for Covid-19.

A COVID-19 outbreak that started at Harper’s New Pub in East Lansing, Michigan has now spread across the state according to health officials. Ingham County Health Officer Linda S. Vail told CNN that at least 85 people have contracted the virus stemming back from the bar’s re-opening the week of June 12-20.

 

The deadly pandemic is surging in the United States. Efforts to stop the spread have largely failed, with more Americans than ever becoming infected every day. In the face of the growing calamity, POTUS announced via Twitter he has taken decisive action -- to protect statues.

 

Teresa beat me today in parcheesi 5 games to 4.

 

A Trump replay from March 31^st: “It is going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that. It is going away.”

The US has 2,426,751 ð 2,478,695  ð 2,509,464 coronavirus cases with 122,456 ð 124,966 ð 125,344 deaths. (Total cases in the US had flattened for some time but now are increasing again.)

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 77,113 ð 80,599 ð 84,442 88,591 cases with 2,939 deaths.  Medellin has 1,504 ð 1,624 ð 1,756 cases, an increase of 132 from June 26^th to June 27^th. Colombia’s rolling 6-day average of new cases is still accelerating, Medellin included. Envigado has a total of 79 cases, an increase of 3 from June 26^th to June 27^th.