{"id":81586,"date":"2024-07-05T18:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/200pm-water-cooler-july-5-2004\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T18:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T18:42:25","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-july-5-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/200pm-water-cooler-july-5-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler July 5, 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether of Corrente<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patient readers, this willl be a short Water Cooler, partly because this is supposed to be a holiday, but also because I am having a power failure. Here\u2019s hoping the battery holds out! \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/43040\/embed\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Common Loon, Algonquin Park; Lake Sasajewan, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#swing\">First post debate RCP average<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#biden\">Biden interview<\/a>; our famously free press.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#cdc\">CDC flipflops on vax only<\/a> (over the Fourth of July weekend).<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#consciousness\">Consciousness:<\/a> we know nothing.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a half a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1071\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-574x1024.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First post-debate polling: Trump jumps a full point in the 5-way national race, which a Biden supporter might find concerning. OTOH, the Swing States seem relatively unaffected. Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. It would be hilarious if the Biden Debate debacle had exactly the same effect as Trump\u2019s 34 bazillion felony convictions, i.e., none, both parties are so dug in.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"biden\"\/>Biden (D): \u201cBiden set for rally and high-stakes TV interview as he seeks to recover from debate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-slated-tv-interview-recover-first-debate-rcna160291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201d President Joe Biden will hold a rally Friday in Wisconsin and then sit for his first televised interview since his disastrous debate performance last week, events could be crucial in determining whether he can salvage his embattled candidacy. The interview with anchor George Stephanopoulos of ABC News is shaping up to be one of the most high-stakes moments for a president or a candidate in many years. Democratic elected officials, donors and voters will be closely watching to see whether he can still deliver in an adversarial setting and turn in a performance worthy of being the party\u2019s nominee to defeat Donald Trump this fall. The interview will \u2018air in its entirety as a primetime special\u2019 at 8 p.m. ET Friday, ABC said, adding that a \u2018transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 NOTE \u201cBiden lacked oomph, but the transcript tells a different tale\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/4745771-biden-lacked-oomph-but-the-transcript-tells-a-different-tale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. That doesn\u2019t negate what we all saw, but it does add nuance.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cThe Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden\u201d [Olivia Nuzzi, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/6NW0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>]. And the deck: \u201cThe president\u2019s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.\u201d \u2022 Not to NC readers; I remember vividly \u2014 and cannot find the link; power failure is imminent and because search \u2014 posting on Biden being guided down an extremely unchallenging flight of steps by a staffer in Iowa 2020; and it would be fun to make a chart of \u201cjuiced up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lambert: We tend to think of the Democrat Party as something you can draw a boundary around, like a corporate org chart, and in consequence tend to think of the Biden succession crisis os taking place within those bounds; hence the division of the Party into categories or fractions, and assessments of Biden\u2019s support, or lack thereof, in those fractions. But in fact there are several very large, powerful, and above all extra-Constitutional* entities that both overlap and are separate from the Party, and have both incentives of their own \u2014 beyond, of course, the good of the country \u2014 and enormous influence: (1) closest to the party, but not of it: <em>Consultants and strategists<\/em>. Whichever way the battle goes, they will be enormous winners, financially, no matter the outcome, whether dragging Biden over the finish line, turning Kamala into something other than what she is, or bootstrapping Newsom, Whitmer, Pritzker, or someone as yet unknown (2) <em>The national press<\/em>. With individual exceptions, we should not regard the national press as <em>reporters<\/em>, but as information brokers who prefer and promote conflict, hoard access until its impact its greatest (see Nuzzi, supra), (self-)censor some stories and promote others, and so on. That goes double for editors (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump<\/a>: \u201cIt May Not Be Good for America, but It\u2019s Damn Good for CBS.\u201d And so with the Biden succession crisis). (3) <em>The spooks<\/em> (overlaps with the press, of course). I find it excruciatingly interesting that Kamala currently serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/312605-schumer-trump-being-really-dumb-by-going-after-intelligence-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[T]hey have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you<\/a>\u201c), and that\u2019s not part of the story. I suppose that means the spooks are happy with her performance. A good thing, no? All this to say that the electeds have a lot to think about while they\u2019re talking to their constituents over the break. It will be interesting to see who says what on the Sunday talkshows!<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D) \u201cPool Reports of June 29, 2024\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/pool-reports-june-29-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Presidency Project<\/a>]. A Biden fundraiser in the Hamptons: \u201cPool is holding in a living room connected to the main house and has been given shoe covers and instructed to wear them.\u201d \u2022 \u201cFoot covers\u201d? Why? Somebody worried about tracking in H5N1? (Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=opera&amp;q=are+there+dairy+farms+in+the+Hamptons&amp;sourceid=opera&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">there are dairy farms in the Hamptons<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>BIden (D): The man with the best track record speaks:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every election, gives the strongest reasons why Democrats must stand with Biden. Lichtman also demolished Donald Trump for lying on every question in the debate. Retweet to make sure all Americans see.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdMDckBCJD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/OdMDckBCJD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Biden\u2019s Wins (@BidensWins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidensWins\/status\/1807247196858765487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=Risk&amp;null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&amp;l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&amp;subtopic=recurring-updates&amp;indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Censorship and Propaganda<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p> Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 can surge throughout the year\u201d [National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncird\/whats-new\/covid-19-can-surge-throughout-the-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>]. July 3 (!). Cutting some key points out of the turgid flow: (1) \u201cThere is no distinct COVID-19 season like there is for influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).\u201d (2) \u201cDuring the summer and throughout the year, you can use many effective tools to prevent spreading COVID-19 or becoming seriously ill.\u201d \u2022 In other words, in point (1) CDC admits that its entire effort to throw RSV, the flu, and Covid into the same bucket (and presumably inject everyone for all three at the same time), is a failure. In point (2), CDC admits that the \u201cvax-only\u201d strategy is dead, and that layered protection is the way to go (as many of us have been arguing for [family blogging] years. Here is the image that accompanies this article (annotated in an earlier Water Cooler):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cdc_respiratory.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cdc_respiratory.png 624w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cdc_respiratory-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, it is true that CDC butchered the layers by putting masking under \u201cAdditional\u201d rather than \u201cCore\u201d strategies (I would like to have been a fly on the wall for <em>that<\/em> meeting!) But at least the \u201cfacing covering\u201d is white and not (baggy) blue, at least leaving open the possibility of recommending respirators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US Primary-Care System Can\u2019t Withstand the Next Pandemic\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/WED2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. You mean the one <em>after<\/em> H5N1? [hollow laughter]. Seriously, if there were a human-to-human breakout last week, with aerosol transmission, when would we know? <em>How<\/em> would we know? Bloomberg: \u201cA stronger primary-care system won\u2019t prevent the next pandemic. But strengthening the nation\u2019s frontline defenses will save money and lives \u2014 and help keep strange outbreaks at bay.\u201d \u2022 Hey, how about a solution that <em>scales<\/em>? Telehealth with AI-driven avatars! NOTE Meanwhile, I keep nudging people to straighten out their passports. Even leaving collapse scenarios aside, having a passport means \u201caccess\u201d to health care from a human, and you won\u2019t have to sell a kidney or go in debt for the rest of your life. Takes a little research, but it\u2019s very do-able. Arbitrage for the rest of us!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"covid\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Worse than <em>two<\/em> weeks ago. New York is a hot again, and Covid is spreading up the Maine Coast just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, in another triumph for Administration policy. On that Bay area hotspot:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Examples \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Marin: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara County: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Violet Blue\u00ae (@violetblue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violetblue\/status\/1806189679487996324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) LB.1 coming up on the outside.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now acceleration, which <em>is<\/em> compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation, which in fact shows that Covid is <em>not<\/em> seasonal. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Still going up! (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Unemployment Rate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/unemployment-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe unemployment rate in the United States rose to 4.1% in June 2024, the highest since November 2021, up from 4% in the previous month and surprising market expectations, which had forecasted the rate to remain unchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 53 Neutral (previous close: 44 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 48 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 5 at 1:04:34 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re Winning and Losing \u2018Aura Points,\u2019 Whether You Know It or Not\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/EY9B6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cGetting someone\u2019s phone number isn\u2019t just a confidence boost\u2014it can also net you 100 aura points. Tripping when you walk into a room, however, will cost you anywhere from one to 1,000 aura points. Aura\u2014a lighthearted quantification of a person\u2019s cool factor\u2014has quickly become the slang of the moment among tweens, teens and 20-somethings. What started with students in classrooms and commenters online has grown big enough that shoe brands and political parties are now adopting the term, giving and taking away points at whim. Aura, or positive aura points, are a compliment. \u2018When you have a really, really, really good aura, I feel like that really translates from online to the other side of the phone,\u2019 said Hina Sabatine, a 27-year-old influencer based in Los Angeles. \u2018Some people just have it.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 I wonder if money helps. (One of the nicer things to contemplate about a post-Jackpot world is that there won\u2019t be any more influencers. No more [glass bowls] doing multiple takes on the gym equipment you want to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"consciousness\"\/>\u201cA landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explanations and implications\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0079610723001128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology<\/a>]. \u201cI turn again to Jerry Fodor and his pithy appraisal of consciousness theories: \u2018Nobody has the slightest idea how anything material could be conscious. Nobody even knows what it would be like to have the slightest idea about how anything material could be conscious\u2019 (Fodor, 1992). Scanning the Landscape, I\u2019d like to say we have progressed. I\u2019m not sure I can. Those who write about consciousness like to quote, with bemused irony, psychologist Stuart Sutherland\u2019s cautionary words: \u2018Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon; it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it\u2019 (Sutherland, 1989).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould this be a map or 500 maps?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/escapethealgorithm.substack.com\/p\/should-this-be-a-map-or-500-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">escape the map<\/a>]. \u201cAt the end of the 18th century, Spain\u2019s official geographer, Tom\u00e1s Lopez, was asked by the King to create an accurate map of the kingdom. In an attempt to delegate the herculean labour required, Tom\u00e1s drew a series of circles, picked the town in the center of each circle, and asked the local priest to answer a questionnaire and draw up a map of their province. The goal was to amalgamate the responses into a single map. But none of these priests were trained in cartography, and many of them would have had limited access to maps at all.2 Nonetheless, 500 of them tried. In one map, the entire region is represented simply by a series of letters (\u201cA\u201d for church, \u201cB\u201d for hermitage, \u201cC\u201d for house, \u201cD\u201d for tree, and so on). Another represents the surrounding villages as if they are orbiting planets. In some, the handwriting forms the topographies. In others, descriptive columns of text take center stage, as if the language itself is a landmark. Each priest implicitly reveals how they see the world around them, and the relative importance of its constituent parts: nature or people, religion or trade, architecture or landscape, precision or vibes\u2026. Tom\u00e1s tried for years to reconcile these mosaic shards with each other\u2026. om\u00e1s\u2019 experiment failed. It failed because each amateur cartographer injected their own methodology and process, resulting in incompatible maps. But in another sense, Tom\u00e1s succeeded. Sure, maybe this collection of artifacts would be useless for military strategy or commerce, but on the other hand\u2026 LOOK AT THESE MAPS, THESE MAPS RULE.\u201d \u2022 For example:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/maps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"843\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/maps.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/maps-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-july-4-2004.html\">here<\/a>. From Carla:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1_feverfew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1_feverfew.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1_feverfew-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2_feverfew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2_feverfew.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2_feverfew-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carla writes: \u201cRecently, there was mention on NC of the value of feverfew as an herbal pain-killer, with the claim that a strong tea made from the leaves is as effective as extra-strength excedrin. I love the plant as it makes a pretty show, &amp; a lovely filler for bouquets. It also has an astringent scent I find quite appealing. Warning: it\u2019s invasive as heck, and pops up everywhere. But I just pull it up where I don\u2019t want it. Here it is backing up thyme &amp; oregano, plus a close-up of the cheerful blooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. So if you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for three or four days I get worried. More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. 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