Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Self-isolation Day 120.

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

Last night I played 5 games on Chess.com, winning 1 and losing 4. My new rating is 1234. I was winning the last game when again I lost my internet connection.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show then went for a 40-minute walk. I kept to the backstreets to stay away from any policemen in case what I was doing was not legal.

Teresa beat me in parcheesi today 8 games to 7.

 

A second shutdown of the U.S. economy would destroy the country’s financial system, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson told Yahoo Finance.

 

Far behind on its “phase one” commitments with the United States, China bought 1.76 million tons of U.S. corn, its largest purchase ever of American corn and also the largest sale of U.S. corn to any buyer in three decades, said the USDA on Tuesday. It was the second major corn purchase by Chinese importers in four days.

 

Russian scientists hailed the results of their first clinical trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, saying it had been proved safe and that volunteers had developed an immune response.

 

Thirty-six high school students have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending summer sports camps, Illinois health officials said this week.

 

Walmart will require customers at all of its US stores to wear masks beginning next week, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

 

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) announced on Wednesday he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will self-isolate, Tulsa World reports. The 47-year-old Stitt is believed to be the first governor in the U.S. to test positive. He attended President Trump's rally in Tulsa last month, which the county's health department director said likely contributed to a surge in cases in the region.

 

From the US embassy “The Medellín Mayor’s office announced a period of rolling isolation measures for the next 20 days beginning Friday, July 17.  The first period of strict measures begins Friday, July 17 and ends Monday, July 20.  Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in Medellín have reportedly exceeded 75 percent occupancy.” 

 

Walt Disney Co. heiress Abigail Disney and more than 80 other wealthy individuals have signed an open letter asking the U.S. and other countries to raise taxes on the rich "immediately" and "permanently" to pay for aid needed to help poorer citizens get through the coronavirus pandemic.

"The problems caused by, and revealed by, Covid-19 can't be solved with charity, no matter how generous," the group, dubbed Millionaires for Humanity, said in a letter. "Government leaders must take the responsibility for raising the funds we need and spending them fairly."

Their solution: "Tax us. Tax us. Tax us. It is the right choice. It is the only choice."

 

A Trump replay from April 28^th: “I said its going to go away and its going away.”

The US has 3,379,906 ð 3,433,156 ð 3,503,533 coronavirus cases with 135,402 ð 136,122 ð 137,146 deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 154,277 ð159,898 ð 165,169 cases with 5,814 deaths.  Medellin has 4,506 ð 5,044 ð 5,599 cases, an increase of 553 from July 13^th to July 14^th.  Envigado has a total of 253 cases, an increase of 37 from July 13^th to July 14^th.

 

Joke of the day

The FBI had an open position for an assassin.

After all the background checks, interviews and testing were completed, they had narrowed the field down to 3 possible agents. They brought them in and starting running exams on their skills. They passed all with flying colors. For the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.

'We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances.' Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair... we need you to kill her.'

The man said, 'You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife.'

The agent said, 'Then you're not the right man for this job. Take your wife and go home.'

The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes. The man came out with tears in his eyes, 'I tried, but I can't kill my wife.'

The agent said, 'You don't have what it takes. Take your wife home.'

Finally, the last man was given the same instructions, to kill his wife. He took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.

After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the man, wiping the sweat from his brow. 'Some idiot loaded the gun with blanks,' he panted. 'I had to do it the hard way.'