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  • jhu update 6

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:21 pm: There were 1,011,490 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 52,863 deaths. In the U.S. there were 242,182 confirmed cases, more than one-quarter of the world’s total and 28,810 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 5,850 deaths from COVID-19, about eleven… Read.

  • reporting for duty

    I dreamed it was my birthday. I got two things: My dad gave me an electric car, and the US Air Force recalled me to active duty. So I got into my new electric car at oh dark thirty and drove to the nearest air force base, which looked a lot like Buckley (I was… Read.

  • jhu update 5

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 4:21 am: There were 941,949 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 47,522 deaths. In the U.S. there were 216,722 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total and 27,089 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 5,137 deaths from COVID-19, about eleven percent… Read.

  • jhu update 4

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:05 pm: There were 932,605 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 46,809 deaths. In the U.S. there were 213,372 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total and 29,189 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 4,757 deaths from COVID-19, about ten percent… Read.

  • omnipotent goddes

    I didn’t get out of the house at all yesterday. I mean, I think I went out once to dump the trash, but that was it. It was rainy all day so there was no great incentive to go out. Same story with Monday. I made myself go out on a walk in the morning… Read.

  • jhu update 3

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    From the Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:14 am: There were 873,767 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 43,288 deaths. In the U.S. there were 189,633 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total and 25,223 more than this time yesterday. The U.S. accounted for 4,081 deaths from COVID-19, about nine percent… Read.

  • 12 hrs later

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    It’s twelve hours since the last time I checked the Johns Hopkins live map; let’s see how the world’s doing. (This info comes from the update at 5:05 this afternoon.) There were 855,007 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 41,654 deaths. In the U.S. there were 184,183 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the… Read.

  • inevitable breakdown

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    The dishwasher broke down, because of course the dishwasher would break down during the third week of a statewide shelter in place order triggered by a worldwide pandemic. Read.

  • the answer is yes

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    Asked whether Americans should be prepared for 100,000 people in the U.S. to die from COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said point-blank, “The answer is yes.” “As sobering a number as that is, we should be prepared for it. Is it going to be that much?… Read.

  • missed

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    Missed yesterday’s covid-19 update. Oops. The Johns Hopkins live map, updated at 5:30 this morning, indicated there were 800,049 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world and 38,714 deaths. At the same time in the U.S. there were 164,410 confirmed cases, almost one-quarter of the world’s total. The U.S. accounted for 3,170 deaths from COVID-19,… Read.

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