Self-isolation Day 106.
Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep
quickly, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 8:15. Maybe
yesterday’s “exercise” helped me sleep better.
Last night I played 5 games on Chess.com, winning 2
and losing 3. Again, I lost the last game (I thought it was even) because I lost
my internet connection. (Again, it was as 9:30, I wonder if there’s a
connection.) My new rating is 1285.
Teresa called someone and a girl brought a tray of 30
eggs to our door for 11mil.
I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today
show then left the apt at 9:30. I walked past Parva, Aymara, San Marcos church,
the “bat” park, down the hill and this time I walked past the little church in
the park to Avenida Las Vegas. I was back at the apt by 10:05. (The surgeon
type mask is okay for 30 minutes or so but for hours like yesterday its miserable.)
The muchacho arrived at
10:30 to install the waterline for the new refrigerator. He left at 11:45, it
cost 30mil and I tipped him 5mil. His business is called Refriamigos and
we got his cellphone number of 310 635 3230. The water line includes a filter
that says it should be replaced every 6 months so we’ll probably replace it
every year about this time.
About 3 hours later we
moved everything from the old fridge to the new fridge.
A couple of Medellin’s museums
open today on a trial basis – Museo de Antioquia and Jardin Botanico.
Today I defeated Teresa
in parcheesi 4 games to 2.
I received an email
from Envios Market that they have a package for me. I told them a Friday
delivery would be better.
So far we don’t have
any ice and the water isn’t cold enough for my taste. Hopefully that will
improve.
Trump's campaign has canceled a rally
scheduled to take place in Alabama next weekend as coronavirus cases surge
across the country.
A study of coronavirus infections that covered almost
everyone in the quarantined north Italian town of Vò found that 40% of cases
showed no symptoms - suggesting that asymptomatic cases are important in the
spread of the pandemic.
Weeks after President Donald Trump said he would hold his convention
speech in Florida in response to North Carolina's
coronavirus restrictions, the host city of Jacksonville imposed a
requirement for face coverings in public amid an alarming rise in cases.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick (R) on Tuesday lambasted Anthony Fauci over his assessment of the
recent surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S., claiming that his state did not
need advice from the nation's top infectious disease expert.
"Fauci said that he's concerned
about states like Texas that skipped over certain things. He doesn't know what
he's talking about," Patrick said on Fox
News after Fauci testified before a Senate committee about the
U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak. "We haven't skipped over
anything."
Coronavirus cases in
Arizona continue to skyrocket, and the state set another new record for daily
cases on Wednesday with 4,878 new cases reported. The state also reported a new
high of 88 new deaths on Wednesday.
When blue states like
Washington, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts were hit with
coronavirus in large numbers, Republicans from President Donald Trump to Fox
News were vehemently opposed to mask wearing. But now that coronavirus is
surging in red states, like Texas, Florida, Arizona, and Georgia, they’re
changing their tune – and pretending they’ve always supported mask wearing.
Researchers found that the excess number of
deaths over normal levels also exceeded those attributed to Covid-19, leading
them to conclude that many of those fatalities were likely caused by the
coronavirus but not confirmed. State reporting discrepancies and a sharp
increase in U.S. deaths amid a pandemic suggest the number of Covid-19
fatalities is undercounted, they said.
President Trump told Fox Business in an
interview Wednesday that he still believes the coronavirus will "at some
point just sort of disappear," as he first claimed in February before the
pandemic was declared.
A Trump replay
from April 7th, Trump
announces a freeze on US contributions to the WHO. (Obviously an attempt to deflect blame away
from his administration; later he denies saying it.)
The
US has 2,599,047 ð 2,643,449 ð 2,697,796 coronavirus cases
with 126,105 ð 126,701 ð 128,061 deaths. (Total
cases in the US are still increasing.)
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 95,043 ð 97,846 ð102,009 cases with 3,470 deaths. Medellin has 1,885 ð 1,958 ð 2,083 cases, an increase of 125 from June 29th
to June 30th. Colombia’s rolling 6-day average of new cases is back
on the rise, Medellin included. Envigado has a total of 90 cases, an increase of
6 from June 29th to June 30th.
Joke of
the day
A
college student wanted to sit next to one of his teachers at lunch.
However, the
teacher looked at the student with an arrogant face and said: 'A swan shan't be
friends with a pig.'
'Then I
shall fly on,' answered the student with a smile.
The teacher
was clearly vexed by the cheeky reply and decided to make sure to do everything
in his power to fail the student.
At the oral
exam, he gave the student the hardest questions, but the student had amazing
answers for everything. Therefore, hoping he could still fail his victim, the
teacher asked him a trickier question:
'You're
walking on a road and you find two bags. One contains gold, the other
cleverness. Which bag do you choose?'
'The gold.'
'Unfortunately,
I don't agree. I'd choose cleverness because that's more important than money.'
'Everyone would
choose what they don't have,' says the student.
The teacher
turns red, and he's so angry he writes "ass" on the student's paper.
The student leaves without looking at the paper. However, he returns shortly,
gives back his paper and says:
'Excuse me sir, you signed my
paper, but you forgot to give me my grade!'
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