Infections?

COVID-19: Approximately 2,994,640 cases worldwide; 965,933 cases in the U.S. as of Apr. 27, 2020.*

Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.

Deaths?

COVID-19: Approximately 206,811 deaths reported worldwide; 54,877 deaths in the U.S., as of Apr. 27, 2020.*

Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.

Wrinkle in our time?

The COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly. Since this disease is caused by a new virus, people do not have immunity to it, and a vaccine may be many months away. Doctors and scientists are working on estimating the mortality rate of COVID-19, but at present, it is thought to be higher than that of most strains of the flu.

Who says?

*This information comes from the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases map developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

via Johns Hopkins Medicine

No lawyer I, but intent seems more often than not, hard to prove. Straw grasped, decision hurts.

via  Cook County Record

Says the state’s Appellate Prosecutor’s Office:

“My research leaves me less than confident that a reviewing court will hold that the Governor has the authority close businesses (sic), bar attendance at church services and assemblies in excess of ten citizens (particularly if they are assembling to redress grievances),” Robinson wrote.

“From a strict enforcement standpoint, although well-intentioned on an emergency basis, the EO (executive order) is very broad and does not appear to meet strict scrutiny – this is not to mention the EO appears to be beyond the framework of the specific Act [it] cites as support.”

Sloppiness in Guv P’s office?

via Cook County Record

We have to wonder why he beats this drum in this way at this time. It’s a harsh way to put down foolishness. Does he know of Catholics who dismiss self-help and ignore danger for the sake of magical prayer? Is this how he sees the day’s challenges?

It’s as if he sees his role as designated apologizer for the supernatural, front man for an organization eager for majority support. A little nuance might work better. It’s unseemly for him to appear so eager to cater to the suspicious or uninformed.

Later: Whom does he know who prays but ignores the peril? It’s Cupich one, straw man nothing.

Answer? Easy:

Probably for the same reason the media won’t cover Tara Reade’s accusations against Joe Biden. To cover either story would potentially help Donald Trump, and that is something media outlets will go far out of their way to avoid.

CBS legal analyst and center-left attorney Jonathan Turley raised the issue I covered on Friday, which is the former VP’s serial public allegations that Trump would somehow try to postpone or cancel the election in November.

A bridge too far for Joe B. But mainstream says so what.

Isn’t this interesting.

Both doctors understand and support the initial reactions to the COVID-19 outbreak by the federal, state and local governments. It was a novel virus and there was very limited information.

However, now they assert that the data is telling them that the disease pattern of COVID-19 is more like the flu. [!]

Dr. Erickson phrased it this way, “Millions of cases, a small number of deaths.”

He specifically noted that the difference in the number of deaths between Sweden, with limited restrictions, and Norway, which locked down, is not statistically significant.

Nice try, but made no difference.

If you’re trending, you better watch out. Joe B’s past haunts.

The media did its best to ignore the assault allegations against Joe Biden, but the video of the mother of accuser Tara Reade calling the Larry King Live show in 1993 has changed things.

Even some well known Democrats are saying Biden should drop out.

In my humble (worthless?) opinion, it’s not going to happen.

Ladies and gentlemen, that’s it for now.

New game in town calls for less time for the boys and girls of the MASS MEDIA, for whom a guess is as good as a mile and a gotcha beats all.

Yay. Righting a wrong. A rarity.

Would seem he has his eye on a practice for which he has neither taste nor respect.

Supporters of the Mass are suspicious.