Category: current events

  • smdh

    Trump, insinuating at a press conference that medical professionals are squandering or selling the supplies being sent to them to deal with the pandemic: “Many of the states are stocked up, some of them don’t admit it, but they have, we have sent just so much, so many things to them, including ventilators, you know,… Read.

  • alternate

    1,441 more people tested, 0.64 times more people than yesterday. 123 new cases, 0.84 more than yesterday. 14 new cases in Dane County, 0.56 more than yesterday. No new deaths. I get these numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, which posts them on their web site at about two o’clock each day. A… Read.

  • rainy

    2,239 more people tested, 1.3 times more than yesterday. 147 new cases, 1.1 times more than yesterday. 25 new cases in Dane County, 1.3 times more than yesterday. No new deaths. Nationwide, the 1st recorded death from COVID-19 was on 2/29. The 1,000th death was 3/26, two days ago. Today saw the 2,000th death from… Read.

  • ramping up

    1,692 more people tested, 1.05 times more than yesterday. 135 new cases, 1.1 times more than yesterday. 19 new cases in Dane County, 1.4 times more than yesterday 5 more deaths, 1.6 times more than yesterday. Read.

  • less is more

    1,616 more people tested, 364 fewer people than yesterday. 122 new cases in Wisconsin, 6 fewer than yesterday. 26 new cases in Dane County, 1.6 times more than yesterday. 2 more deaths, both in Milwaukee County. Read.

  • barking

    Q: Mister President, you tweeted earlier, linking the closing of the country to your election success in November. Is this Easter timeline based on your political interests? A: What do you mean, my election success? Q: You said that the media wants the country to remain closed to hurt you — A: Yeah, no, I… Read.

  • jump

    1,980 more people tested, 1.6 times the number of new tests reported yesterday. 128 new confirmed cases in Wisconsin, 3.0 times the number of new cases reported yesterday. 16 new cases in Dane County, 1.2 times more than yesterday. 1 new death, reported in Dane County. Read.

  • slow rise

    1,228 more people tested, 1.4 time more people than reported yesterday. 41 new cases, 1.2 times more than yesterday. 11 new cases in Dane County. No new deaths reported. Trump wants to lift restrictions by the end of the week because the economy’s not making enough money. Sick and dead workers don’t make money, you… Read.

  • #safeathome

    855 more people tested. Thirty-five more confirmed cases. One added death in Milwaukee County. No new positives in Dane County. The governor ordered all non-essential services shut down tomorrow and told everyone to stay indoors. Working at home again this week. I’m not sure how much I like this working from home. On the one… Read.

  • thirty-six percent

    1702 more people tested. One-hundred more cases today over yesterday’s total, a thirty-six percent increase, can probably be attributed to more testing but is right in line with the daily thirty-three percent increase seen in other countries. No increase in the number of deaths, thank goodness. Source: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/outbreaks/index.htm Read.

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