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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Casa en Cuxtitali, San Crist\u00f3bal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. \u201cSome of the bird species that I think this individual might have been mimicking in this cut are: Great-tailed Grackle (00:25), parakeet sp. (02:51).\u201d Lots of great ambient sounds too!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Friday\u2019s charts: <a href=\"#rcp\">RCP averages<\/a> (good week for Trump); <a href=\"#table\">Covid<\/a> (XEC has entered the chat).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kamala\">What, again, was Kamala thinking<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#<a href=\" https:=\"\" www.edwest.co.uk=\"\" p=\"\" english-our-mixed-mother-tongue=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">boeing<\/a>\u201c>Boeing files unfair labor practice charge with NLRB against machinists (wowsers).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helper\"\/><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Cases in Complicity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4937645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York University Law Review<\/a>]. \u201cThe controlling purpose of this piece is to identify and correct a snag in the way courts distinguish discrete modes of criminality: helping, doing, and trying\u2026. [H]elping gestures are by definition outside the elements of the crime being helped; anyone who fulfills an element of the crime is committing the crime, not helping it\u2026. My proposed fix is to elevate the function of elemental analysis in complicity, in part by reviving an esoteric English doctrine, \u201cjoint principality,\u201d which holds that in some instances of group criminality, there is no helping; there is only doing (or trying to do). To absorb this teaching is to better understand not just the relationship between language and the world, but the stakes in mistaking attempted murder for murder. Precisely because in no jurisdiction is attempted murder punished as severely as murder, differentiating between helping, doing, and trying involves making moral\u2014not just semantical\u2014judgments both about what has been done and what to do about it.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of there (\u201cHelpers\u201d in the subject line). In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza).<\/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 thirty days 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=\"rcp\"\/>Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"972\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png 630w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-624x963.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you ignore the entire concept of margin of error and go with the narrative, another good week for Trump, especially in MI and PA, tbough not, oddly, in the two hurricane swing states, GA and NC. Of course, we on the outside might as well be examining the entrails of birds when we try to predict what will happen to a subset of voters (undecided; irregular) in a subset of states (swing), and the irregulars especially might as well be quantum foam, but presumably the campaign professionals have better data, and have the situation as under control as it can be <sub>MR SUBLIMINAL Fooled ya. Kidding!<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kamala\"\/>Kamala (D): \u201cMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds Doritos to left-wing influencer in deeply bizarre \u2018communion\u2019 video\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/us-news\/why-is-gretchen-whitmer-feeding-a-left-wing-influencer-doritos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cIn the short clip, posted on podcaster Liz Plank\u2019s Instagram account, the lefty influencer was seen on her knees opening her mouth for Whitmer to place Doritos on her tongue.\u201d \u2022 Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds a chip to a begging liberal podcaster on her knees in an effort to get more votes for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer joined Canadian feminist Liz Plank for an abortion podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>The pair released the following video as a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yiSH5hypud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/yiSH5hypud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1844435949087871378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the question of why a <em>Canadian<\/em> podcaster aside<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL <em>Sacre tabarnak!<\/em><\/sub>, what on earth was Kamala\u2019s campaign thinking? IM Doc posted on this in comments this morning, reading the video as a Communion parody. So much for the Latino vote! Being an Episcopalian \u2014 the priest would place the wafer in my hand \u2014 that wasn\u2019t my first reading; I saw the video as some sort of bizarre domination\/submission ritual* (and so much for those young men, along with every suburban household without a dungeon in the basement). Apparently the sub<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL snicker<\/sub>text of the video was \u2014 please sit down \u2014 <em>industrial policy<\/em>, specifically the CHIPS act because \u2014 follow me closely here \u2014 Doritos are <em>chips<\/em> (and go long Doritos, I suppose). If I were Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodriguez (campaign manager), Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon (campaign chairwoman), Jeffrey Katzenberg (campaign co-chair), Mitch Landrieu (campaign co-chair), or Cedric Richmond (campaign co-chair), I would be getting Whitmer \u2014 <em>also<\/em> a campaign co-chair (!) \u2014 on the phone, to have a full and frank exchange of views. Of course it\u2019s too late, but one might as well vent. NOTE * Pr0nographic in character, with Big Gretch looking into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cWhitmer, Shapiro, Evers to launch battleground bus tour promoting Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4927992-whitmer-shapiro-evers-battleground-bus-tour-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Great idea. Will Whitman fit in one seat along with the flaming wreckage of her career? Or will they need two?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): Can\u2019t anyone here play this game?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I told y\u2019all where this was headed. Obama coming out to chastise Black men is a disgusting display of racist paternalism, and it\u2019s unacceptable. None of us should tolerate it. Democrats want to blame everyone but themselves and people who voted FOR Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7Dpi20bdG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/u7Dpi20bdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AshleyStevens (@The_Acumen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Acumen\/status\/1844719766600069195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201c\u201860 Minutes\u2019 under fire for editing Kamala Harris answers: \u2018Giant fake news scam,\u2019 Trump says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/10\/60-minutes-under-fire-for-editing-kamala-harris-answers-giant-fake-news-scam-trump-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cWhitaker interviewed Harris on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5, in Washington for the special broadcast that aired Monday, two days later. But \u201960 Minutes\u2019 offered a portion of that interview to colleagues at \u2018Face the Nation,\u2019 both to give the Sunday morning show some fresh news and to \u2018tease\u2019 the longer interview. At one point, Whitaker observed that it appeared Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not appear to be listening to the administration\u2019s suggestions. \u2018Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,\u2019 the vice president said in response, on the \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 clip. On \u201960 Minutes,\u2019 after Whitaker said the same thing, Harris answered: \u2018We\u2019re not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.\u2019\u2026 So what did Harris actually say to Whitaker? Well, both things, according to CBS. Her full answer to the question was the two sentences put together \u2014 the first sentence used on \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 and the second sentence on \u201960 Minutes.\u2019 CBS said the need to make the \u201960 Minutes\u2019 interview segment concise prompted the editing. The full interview with Harris took 45 minutes, and it was fit into a 20-minute slot on the broadcast. Yet the editing made it appear that the answer shown on \u201960 Minutes\u2019 was the first thing Harris said in response to the question. Having \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 show Whitaker asking the question \u2014 instead of having someone paraphrase it \u2014 added to the confusion and made CBS vulnerable to criticism.\u201d \u2022 I have quoted different bits from the same source plenty of times, so I understand the logic from a production standpoint. OTOH, I\u2019m not a national television network presenting a candidate interview to millions of voters. I would think that \u201cno inconsistency\u201d would be the watchword there, editorially. Furthermore, the Face the Nation quote <em>was<\/em> word salad, so the cutting and splicing did in fact benefit Harris, so CBS did leave its motives open to question. Finally, CBS also damaged Whitaker\u2019s work, and Whitaker, it seems to me, did a good job.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cVice President Kamala Harris on Her Race to the Finish\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/kamala-harris-digital-cover-october-2024-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vogue<\/a>]. Worth reading in full for the atmosphere. I remember, from the movie <em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em>, a tracking shot that followed Queen Elizabeth: as she processed along, she was always surrounded by a swirl of courtiers doffing their hats and bowing; that must have been all she saw; this article describes a similar milieu. This caught my eye: \u201cI ask what her first call would be on reaching the Oval Office. \u2018One of my first calls\u2014outside of family\u2014will be to the team that is working with me on our plan to lower costs for the American people,\u2019 she says. \u2018It\u2019s not just about publishing something in a respected journal. It\u2019s not about a speech. It\u2019s literally about, How does this hit the streets? How do people actually <em>feel<\/em> the work [what work?] in a way that benefits them?\u2019 She says she plans to meet with \u2018those who can help us put back in place the freedoms that have been taken away with the Dobbs decision\u2019\u2014the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade\u2014to get Congress to pass a law. \u2018That\u2019s going to take some work,\u2019 she says.\u201d \u2022 This doesn\u2019t mean anything. There\u2019s nothing here. It comes to pieces in your hand. Anyhow, Vogue? Reaching out to those working class readers, then?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cInside the Harris campaign\u2019s ground game\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ibLHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cSix questions for \u2026 Dan Kanninen: We talked with Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s battleground states director about the campaign\u2019s ground game as early in-person voting starts in the states expected to decide the election.\u201d Kanninen: \u201cWe built teams in those battleground states since the beginning of the year, [starting with] serious operatives who\u2019ve won tough races statewide in those states as leaders, and then layering in dozens of senior staff and then hundreds of organizers \u2014 now into the thousands. Across the battleground states we currently have 2,500 staff, more than 350 offices. They\u2019ve been engaging hundreds of thousands of volunteers, tens of thousands in each of those battleground states. Last week [they] knocked on a million doors in the battleground states and [we] have continued to ramp [up] our voter contact efforts.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Pushing a string?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-campaign-donations-small-donors-decline-f1a6b238d15edb3f72260e4c86d2c552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cRepublicans also engaged in a hyperaggressive \u2014 often combative \u2014 style of digital fundraising that is alienating voters, the operatives said. Campaigns and committees often share or rent lists of donors to each other, leading to voters being flooded with similar solicitations that can be confusing. \u2018Republican vendors have so mistreated our donors that many grassroots donors don\u2019t want to give to us anymore,\u2019 said John Hall, a Republican fundraising consultant and partner at Apex Strategies. \u2018If you make a donation to almost any Republican candidate today, within three weeks you are going to start getting 30-50 text messages from other candidates you have never heard of before.\u2019 Hall\u2019s firm sent surveys to Republican donors earlier this year and found that a majority of those who responded said they continued to receive text message solicitations after they had requested to be removed from a list. \u2018Donors feel like they are never thanked, they feel abused, and they don\u2019t know how to get off lists,\u2019 Hall said. \u2018This has a chilling effect on everyone\u2019s fundraising.\u2019 Small-dollar donors echoed Hall\u2019s concerns. They told the AP they stopped giving to Trump\u2019s campaign because they were tired of being barraged with solicitations for donations from other Republicans, who presumably got the donor information from the Trump campaign. Others said they were being more careful about their political giving due to financial struggles. \u2018I am sick of them asking for money,\u2019 said Susan Brito, 51, of Florida, who gave dozens of small donations totaling $69 in 2022 and 2023 but hasn\u2019t contributed this year. \u2018I am disabled, you are sending me text, after text, after text.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Republicans have ten or a hundred Mothership Strategies. Sloppy!<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cFact check: Univision debunks false right-wing claim that Harris used a teleprompter at town hall\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/11\/politics\/fact-check-harris-univision-teleprompter-false\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cUnivision has debunked a viral false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her town hall with the Spanish-language network on Thursday. The false claim generated millions of views on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. It was made by several right-wing commentators with significant followings, including Benny Johnson, Charlie Kirk, Greg Price and Fox News host Sean Hannity. Both the moderator of the town hall, Enrique Acevedo, and the president of Univision News, Daniel Coronell, refuted the claim in their own X posts \u2013 noting that the teleprompter that was seen on the broadcast had text in Spanish, not English, and that it was material for Acevedo, not Harris. Acevedo, responding to Johnson\u2019s claim that \u2018Univision accidentally broadcast proof that Kamala used a teleprompter at her town hall,\u2019 wrote: \u2018The prompter displayed my introduction (in Spanish) and then it switched to a timer. Any claim to the contrary is simply untrue.\u2019 Coronell, responding to Price\u2019s claim that \u2018Kamala is using a teleprompter during her \u2018town hall\u2019 with Univision,\u2019 wrote: \u2018That\u2019s not true. The teleprompter that displays a text written in Spanish was a support element for the town hall moderator. I can tell you this with first-hand knowledge because I was in charge of the television program.’\u201d \u2022 I almost ran <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1844569834530492913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Benny Johnson\u2019s clip<\/a> before I checked the text on the Teleprompter screen and couldn\u2019t read it. And presumably Johnson et al. would have enlarged the text had it supported his talking point. So there you are. Of course, the Democrat\u2019s propagated the false story about Vance having congress with a couch, but when the source (both editions of Vance\u2019s book) was checked, the story was debunked. Distributing a real clip with a false implication seems more insidious to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/10\/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation\/680221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. Lead sentence: \u201cThe truth is, it\u2019s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.\u201d And: \u201cThe world feels dark; for many people, it\u2019s tempting to meet that with a retreat into the delusion that they\u2019ve got everything figured out, that the powers that be have conspired against them directly. But in turning away, they exacerbate a crisis that has characterized the Trump era, one that will reverberate to Election Day and beyond. Americans are divided not just by political beliefs but by whether they believe in a shared reality\u2014or desire one at all.\u201d \u2022 This is especially rich, since the editor the The Atlantic is one David Frum, of the Bush Administration that propagated the WMDs narrative on the way to the Iraq War debacle, the misinformation campaign that I came to political consciousness with. The Atlantic \u2014 the house of ill-fame in which the unholy marriage of liberal Democrats and Bush Republicans was consummated \u2014 was also assiduous in propagating RussiaGate. And yet these people prate about \u201cshared reality\u201d!<\/p>\n<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KF, KidDoc, 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<transmission: h5n1=\"\">\n<p>You do you:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/transmission:><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six people in California now either confirmed or suspected to have bird flu.<\/p>\n<p>So the california department of public health are telling you to *protect yourself*.<\/p>\n<p>But they don’t tell you how.<br \/>\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPwD7AjBJf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GPwD7AjBJf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844668281497497804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vaccines: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Infection: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bird flu also rolling along quite nicely:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 weeks ago yesterday California reported its first 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/birdflu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#birdflu<\/a> infected dairy herds. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@USDA<\/a> confirmed CA’s 100th infected herd. <br \/>1 out of every 11 dairy herds in CA is infected with H5 now. Staggering speed of spread. <br \/>How did this happen?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXzs4i2sjy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/VXzs4i2sjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helen Branswell \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@HelenBranswell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenBranswell\/status\/1844716263370596396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVascular Pathogenesis in Acute and Long COVID: Current Insights and Therapeutic Outlook\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thieme-connect.com\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0044-1790603.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thieme<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cLong coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)\u2026 manifests with a broad spectrum of relapsing and remitting or persistent symptoms as well as varied levels of organ damage, which may be asymptomatic or present as acute events such as heart attacks or strokes and recurrent infections, hinting at complex underlying pathogenic mechanisms. Central to these symptoms is vascular dysfunction rooted in thrombotic endothelialitis. We review the scientific evidence that widespread endothelial dysfunction (ED) leads to chronic symptomatology. We briefly examine the molecular pathways contributing to endothelial pathology and provide a detailed analysis of how these cellular processes underpin the clinical picture\u2026. Overall, we emphasize the critical role of cellular health in managing Long COVID and highlight the need for early intervention to prevent long-term vascular and cellular dysfunction.\u201d \u2022 Since I didn\u2019t know the source, I double-checked it with KLG, and he gave it the thumbs-up: \u201cFigure 1 is a work of art.\u201d So here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Social Norming<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As usual with Tern, 10 = 50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 <br \/>“I’m done with Covid now” <br \/>=<br \/>“I have a short attention span \/ compassion span”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“Covid isn’t done with you. <br \/>It’s going to keep infecting you repeatedly until you die.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844366216951103839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>#49 \u2013 #50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50<br \/>“We’re going to put a wall of protection around the vulnerable”<br \/>=<br \/>“I’m going to chuck billions of pounds of easy money to my friends and other random rich people”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“You belong in jail.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844373599723061606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: XEC moving along smartly in the national variant chart, but doesn\u2019t appear at all in the traveler\u2019s variant chart. Odd!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Last Week[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> (until next week):<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 12<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Hospitalization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data October 10:<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> October 7:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> October 5:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Travelers Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Variants[10] <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronadisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td>\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) Still some hot spots, but I can\u2019t draw circles around entire regions this week. Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XEC has entered the chat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down, but worth noting that Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Definitely down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). I see the \u201ceverything in greenish pastels\u201d crowd has gotten to this chart.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Big drop continues!<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Dropping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up, though lagged.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants).<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/producer-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cProducer Prices in the United States increased to 145.17 points in September from 145.10 points in August of 2024. Producer Prices in the United States averaged 117.54 points from 2009 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 145.17 points in September of 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing files unfair labor practice charge against striking union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-transportation-chief-says-increasingly-important-resolve-boeing-strike-2024-10-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing said late on Thursday it had filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the union representing its striking U.S. West Coast factory workers, accusing the leaders of not bargaining in good faith\u2026. Boeing said on Tuesday it had withdrawn its latest pay offer to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers after two days of talks with federal mediators, citing the union\u2019s refusal to seriously consider its proposals. In a filing with the NLRB, Boeing also accused the union\u2019s leaders of misrepresenting the terms of Boeing\u2019s offer to its members and of not bringing negotiators to the table with authority to make a deal. Boeing said the union had engaged in a \u2018pattern of bad faith bargaining\u2019 and its \u2018public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees.’\u201d Stuck pig squeals. More: \u201cThe union said on Tuesday that Boeing was \u2018hell-bent\u2019 about sticking to its \u2018best and final\u2019 proposal of a 30% wage increase over four years that it offered last month after the strike began. The union had declined to put the proposal to its members for a vote and said this week it planned a new survey of members. Boeing noted the union later acknowledged the planemaker had improved its offer, with IAM 751 president and lead negotiator Jon Holden telling Reuters on Wednesday that the proposed changes were \u2018meager.’\u201d \u2022 Boeing\u2019s offer didn\u2019t address defined-benefit pensions, requested by workers. And it\u2019s a little rich for Boeing management to whinge about a public narrative when they issued their revised proposal through the press, and not at the negotiating table. Nice guy, that Ortberg fella.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cTensions are rising in the Boeing strike after the planemaker filed a complaint against the union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jFlwj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>]. \u201cReinstating the pension plan remains a key issue for many on the picket line \u2014 but Boeing\u2019s chief negotiator, Mike Fitzsimmons, told The Seattle Times there is \u2018no scenario\u2019 where this will happen. In a statement shared with BI, Boeing said it remains committed to reaching a compromise. \u2018The union\u2019s public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees,\u2019 it added.\u201d\u2022 So what\u2019s wrong with the union\u2019s \u201cpublic narrative\u201d? They weren\u2019t Fitzsimmons\u2019 stenographers? And their not \u201cyour\u201d employees, buddy. Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA\u2019s \u2018failing system\u2019 of monitoring Boeing blasted by federal watchdog\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/faa-oversight-of-boeing-blasted-by-u-s-government-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe FAA hasn\u2019t moved to proactively identify risk or demonstrated how it will resolve allegations of undue pressure within Boeing manufacturing, the [the Transportation Department\u2019s inspector general] found. Among the other findings: The FAA doesn\u2019t have an effective system overseeing individual Boeing factories, hasn\u2019t ensured the company has effectively resolved its supplier issues, and hasn\u2019t assessed the effectiveness of Boeing\u2019s safety management system, which focuses on product and workplace safety. \u2018By improving its oversight model to better address risk, FAA can help to improve a failing system and restore public trust in the safety of Boeing aircraft,\u2019 the report said. In response, the FAA agreed with the recommendations and pointed to its addition of more safety inspectors in Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems facilities. The agency said it plans to fully implement the inspector general\u2019s recommendations between 2025 and 2028.\u201d \u2022 Do I really have to give credit to Buttigeig?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing and Airbus have a major headache in common\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/airbus-supply-chain-spirit-aerosystems-1851670503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201cChristian Scherer, head of the commercial airliner division at Airbus, told a gathering of French aerospace journalists that Spirit\u2019s rate of manufacture is \u2018not exactly where we would like.\u2019 Airbus is facing pressure to massively increase its airplane deliveries in order to hit its year-end guidance, which it has already had to cut once this year amid supply chain difficulties. When the door plug fell off a Boeing 737 Max 9 in January and triggered a Federal Aviation Administration-imposed throttling of production to address quality control issues, Airbus told investors that it didn\u2019t expect to hit any of its own plane-building roadblocks. But it has \u2014 to its customers\u2019 frustration. (Besides the Spirit speed issue, Scherer told the French gaggle that it was also running into delays with engine supplier CFM International\u2026 It is especially ironic for Airbus because the window of opportunity that Boeing\u2019s misfortunes opened was due to a fuselage constructed by Spirit, which Boeing spun out in 2005. In order to cut down on so-called \u2018traveled work,\u2019 a manufacturing process where plane parts are assembled out-of-order in order to speed completion, Boeing reabsorbed the non-Airbus parts of Spirit in July for $8.3 billion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 74 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 73 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 11 at 1:44:36 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalvin\u2019s Dad Explains the Pre-Color World\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2024\/10\/10\/calvins-dad-pre-color-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daring Fireball<\/a>]. \u2022 Please click through, but what a pleasure. Calvin\u2019s Dad was the best bullshit artist ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2352250X24001313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Current Opinion in Psychology<\/a>]. \u201cThese online dynamics are amplified by the design features and recommendation algorithms on various platforms. For instance, a recent analysis of the algorithm on Twitter\/X found that it prioritizes evocative content. This incentivizes users to create this type of content which can help them build a large following while warping public perceptions of norms. Indeed, people who are focused on gaining social status are the most hostile online. These strivers may further distort norms as they rise in status This is compounded due to the fact that there is often little motivation for someone to post a nuanced or moderate opinion on social media. Moreover, nuanced or moderate posts often risk hostility from more extreme ingroup and outgroup members, especially since such hostility has little cost for the aggressor due to the social distance the online environment affords. Indeed, people who are politically moderate were more likely to report being harassed online, even though they were also less likely to post. People who hold less extreme beliefs have less investment into arguing, and when attacked by people who have more strongly held beliefs, perceive it as more hostile. The fact that people who \u2018troll\u2019 other people typically have higher dark triad characteristics also does not encourage nuanced debate.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex bomb: The collateral damage of OnlyFans\u2019 explosive success\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/onlyfans-sex-cases-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cOnlyFans and its supporters portray the platform as a safe and empowering outlet for lucrative, socially acceptable sex work. Nurses, teachers, police officers and Olympic athletes have posted racy content in pursuit of extra cash. As OnlyFans takes porn into the mainstream, however, the platform also has generated ripple effects that have upended lives in unexpected and sometimes traumatizing ways. Reuters reported some of the most direct harms in investigations that exposed child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual or \u201crevenge porn\u201d posted on the site. Those findings were drawn from police complaints obtained from more than 250 of the largest U.S. law enforcement agencies. But the files also reveal collateral harms: families torn apart, reputations threatened, finances ruined.\u201d \u2022 And that\u2019s before, as is the way with all platforms, enshittification kicks in.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s everyone caught in the web of the Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs allegations so far\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/10\/g-s1-26981\/diddy-sean-combs-cassie-kid-cudi-jodeci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u2022 Disappointing. The closest to an A-lister is Jimmy Iovine.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCincinnati\u2019s Gold Rush Coins, Steeped In Mystery, Are Worth A Fortune Today\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/handeaux.tumblr.com\/post\/763755970485764096\/cincinnatis-gold-rush-coins-steeped-in-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handeax<\/a>]. \u201cWe know the Cincinnati company headed westward hauling a machine for striking coins because the diary of one of Doctor Alexander Butler Nixon is preserved at the California State Library in Sacramento. According to that diary, the Cincinnati company ironically realized, once they were on the dusty trail, that they were too well equipped. John Phillip Reid, in a 1976 article for the Hastings Law Journal, described the dilemma: \u2018Before reaching Fort Kearney in Nebraska the members of the Cincinnati company had discovered that their wealth was not a source of strength. It was instead a source of disharmony, dissension, and division.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm. I\u2019m picturing a survivalist with a machine for striking coins in their basement\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA language of beautiful impurity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwest.co.uk\/p\/a-language-of-beautiful-impurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wrong Side of History<\/a>]. \u201cWhat [English] would look like if Harold II had not died at the famous (breme) battle (gouth) of Hastings \u2013 and English had not undergone Frenchification following the Norman Conquest: In this world, lamentation is <em>sorrowword<\/em>, unanimous becomes <em>sameheart<\/em> and acceptable is replaced with <em>thankworthy<\/em>. The US Declaration of Independence would be the <em>\u2018Forthspell of Selfdom\u2019<\/em> while Alcoholics Anonymous renamed as <em>The Unnamed Overdrinkers<\/em>.\u2022 I rather like \u201cThe Unnamed Overdrinkers\u201d (even if anonymous means I don\u2019t choose to give me name, not that I don\u2019t have one). Doubtless examples could be multiplied.<\/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\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-7-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From SD:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SD writes: \u201cTaken a few days ago in Imlaystown, NJ. The sunflowers were full of honeybees preparing for colder days to come.\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. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Casa en Cuxtitali, San Crist\u00f3bal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. \u201cSome of the bird species that I think this individual might have been mimicking in this cut are: Great-tailed Grackle (00:25), parakeet sp. (02:51).\u201d Lots of great ambient sounds too!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Friday\u2019s charts: <a href=\"#rcp\">RCP averages<\/a> (good week for Trump); <a href=\"#table\">Covid<\/a> (XEC has entered the chat).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kamala\">What, again, was Kamala thinking<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#<a href=\" https:=\"\" www.edwest.co.uk=\"\" p=\"\" english-our-mixed-mother-tongue=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">boeing<\/a>\u201c>Boeing files unfair labor practice charge with NLRB against machinists (wowsers).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helper\"\/><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Cases in Complicity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4937645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York University Law Review<\/a>]. \u201cThe controlling purpose of this piece is to identify and correct a snag in the way courts distinguish discrete modes of criminality: helping, doing, and trying\u2026. [H]elping gestures are by definition outside the elements of the crime being helped; anyone who fulfills an element of the crime is committing the crime, not helping it\u2026. My proposed fix is to elevate the function of elemental analysis in complicity, in part by reviving an esoteric English doctrine, \u201cjoint principality,\u201d which holds that in some instances of group criminality, there is no helping; there is only doing (or trying to do). To absorb this teaching is to better understand not just the relationship between language and the world, but the stakes in mistaking attempted murder for murder. Precisely because in no jurisdiction is attempted murder punished as severely as murder, differentiating between helping, doing, and trying involves making moral\u2014not just semantical\u2014judgments both about what has been done and what to do about it.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of there (\u201cHelpers\u201d in the subject line). In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza).<\/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 thirty days 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=\"rcp\"\/>Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"972\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png 630w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-624x963.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you ignore the entire concept of margin of error and go with the narrative, another good week for Trump, especially in MI and PA, tbough not, oddly, in the two hurricane swing states, GA and NC. Of course, we on the outside might as well be examining the entrails of birds when we try to predict what will happen to a subset of voters (undecided; irregular) in a subset of states (swing), and the irregulars especially might as well be quantum foam, but presumably the campaign professionals have better data, and have the situation as under control as it can be <sub>MR SUBLIMINAL Fooled ya. Kidding!<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kamala\"\/>Kamala (D): \u201cMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds Doritos to left-wing influencer in deeply bizarre \u2018communion\u2019 video\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/us-news\/why-is-gretchen-whitmer-feeding-a-left-wing-influencer-doritos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cIn the short clip, posted on podcaster Liz Plank\u2019s Instagram account, the lefty influencer was seen on her knees opening her mouth for Whitmer to place Doritos on her tongue.\u201d \u2022 Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds a chip to a begging liberal podcaster on her knees in an effort to get more votes for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer joined Canadian feminist Liz Plank for an abortion podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>The pair released the following video as a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yiSH5hypud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/yiSH5hypud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1844435949087871378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the question of why a <em>Canadian<\/em> podcaster aside<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL <em>Sacre tabarnak!<\/em><\/sub>, what on earth was Kamala\u2019s campaign thinking? IM Doc posted on this in comments this morning, reading the video as a Communion parody. So much for the Latino vote! Being an Episcopalian \u2014 the priest would place the wafer in my hand \u2014 that wasn\u2019t my first reading; I saw the video as some sort of bizarre domination\/submission ritual* (and so much for those young men, along with every suburban household without a dungeon in the basement). Apparently the sub<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL snicker<\/sub>text of the video was \u2014 please sit down \u2014 <em>industrial policy<\/em>, specifically the CHIPS act because \u2014 follow me closely here \u2014 Doritos are <em>chips<\/em> (and go long Doritos, I suppose). If I were Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodriguez (campaign manager), Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon (campaign chairwoman), Jeffrey Katzenberg (campaign co-chair), Mitch Landrieu (campaign co-chair), or Cedric Richmond (campaign co-chair), I would be getting Whitmer \u2014 <em>also<\/em> a campaign co-chair (!) \u2014 on the phone, to have a full and frank exchange of views. Of course it\u2019s too late, but one might as well vent. NOTE * Pr0nographic in character, with Big Gretch looking into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cWhitmer, Shapiro, Evers to launch battleground bus tour promoting Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4927992-whitmer-shapiro-evers-battleground-bus-tour-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Great idea. Will Whitman fit in one seat along with the flaming wreckage of her career? Or will they need two?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): Can\u2019t anyone here play this game?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I told y\u2019all where this was headed. Obama coming out to chastise Black men is a disgusting display of racist paternalism, and it\u2019s unacceptable. None of us should tolerate it. Democrats want to blame everyone but themselves and people who voted FOR Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7Dpi20bdG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/u7Dpi20bdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AshleyStevens (@The_Acumen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Acumen\/status\/1844719766600069195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201c\u201860 Minutes\u2019 under fire for editing Kamala Harris answers: \u2018Giant fake news scam,\u2019 Trump says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/10\/60-minutes-under-fire-for-editing-kamala-harris-answers-giant-fake-news-scam-trump-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cWhitaker interviewed Harris on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5, in Washington for the special broadcast that aired Monday, two days later. But \u201960 Minutes\u2019 offered a portion of that interview to colleagues at \u2018Face the Nation,\u2019 both to give the Sunday morning show some fresh news and to \u2018tease\u2019 the longer interview. At one point, Whitaker observed that it appeared Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not appear to be listening to the administration\u2019s suggestions. \u2018Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,\u2019 the vice president said in response, on the \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 clip. On \u201960 Minutes,\u2019 after Whitaker said the same thing, Harris answered: \u2018We\u2019re not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.\u2019\u2026 So what did Harris actually say to Whitaker? Well, both things, according to CBS. Her full answer to the question was the two sentences put together \u2014 the first sentence used on \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 and the second sentence on \u201960 Minutes.\u2019 CBS said the need to make the \u201960 Minutes\u2019 interview segment concise prompted the editing. The full interview with Harris took 45 minutes, and it was fit into a 20-minute slot on the broadcast. Yet the editing made it appear that the answer shown on \u201960 Minutes\u2019 was the first thing Harris said in response to the question. Having \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 show Whitaker asking the question \u2014 instead of having someone paraphrase it \u2014 added to the confusion and made CBS vulnerable to criticism.\u201d \u2022 I have quoted different bits from the same source plenty of times, so I understand the logic from a production standpoint. OTOH, I\u2019m not a national television network presenting a candidate interview to millions of voters. I would think that \u201cno inconsistency\u201d would be the watchword there, editorially. Furthermore, the Face the Nation quote <em>was<\/em> word salad, so the cutting and splicing did in fact benefit Harris, so CBS did leave its motives open to question. Finally, CBS also damaged Whitaker\u2019s work, and Whitaker, it seems to me, did a good job.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cVice President Kamala Harris on Her Race to the Finish\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/kamala-harris-digital-cover-october-2024-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vogue<\/a>]. Worth reading in full for the atmosphere. I remember, from the movie <em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em>, a tracking shot that followed Queen Elizabeth: as she processed along, she was always surrounded by a swirl of courtiers doffing their hats and bowing; that must have been all she saw; this article describes a similar milieu. This caught my eye: \u201cI ask what her first call would be on reaching the Oval Office. \u2018One of my first calls\u2014outside of family\u2014will be to the team that is working with me on our plan to lower costs for the American people,\u2019 she says. \u2018It\u2019s not just about publishing something in a respected journal. It\u2019s not about a speech. It\u2019s literally about, How does this hit the streets? How do people actually <em>feel<\/em> the work [what work?] in a way that benefits them?\u2019 She says she plans to meet with \u2018those who can help us put back in place the freedoms that have been taken away with the Dobbs decision\u2019\u2014the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade\u2014to get Congress to pass a law. \u2018That\u2019s going to take some work,\u2019 she says.\u201d \u2022 This doesn\u2019t mean anything. There\u2019s nothing here. It comes to pieces in your hand. Anyhow, Vogue? Reaching out to those working class readers, then?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cInside the Harris campaign\u2019s ground game\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ibLHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cSix questions for \u2026 Dan Kanninen: We talked with Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s battleground states director about the campaign\u2019s ground game as early in-person voting starts in the states expected to decide the election.\u201d Kanninen: \u201cWe built teams in those battleground states since the beginning of the year, [starting with] serious operatives who\u2019ve won tough races statewide in those states as leaders, and then layering in dozens of senior staff and then hundreds of organizers \u2014 now into the thousands. Across the battleground states we currently have 2,500 staff, more than 350 offices. They\u2019ve been engaging hundreds of thousands of volunteers, tens of thousands in each of those battleground states. Last week [they] knocked on a million doors in the battleground states and [we] have continued to ramp [up] our voter contact efforts.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Pushing a string?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-campaign-donations-small-donors-decline-f1a6b238d15edb3f72260e4c86d2c552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cRepublicans also engaged in a hyperaggressive \u2014 often combative \u2014 style of digital fundraising that is alienating voters, the operatives said. Campaigns and committees often share or rent lists of donors to each other, leading to voters being flooded with similar solicitations that can be confusing. \u2018Republican vendors have so mistreated our donors that many grassroots donors don\u2019t want to give to us anymore,\u2019 said John Hall, a Republican fundraising consultant and partner at Apex Strategies. \u2018If you make a donation to almost any Republican candidate today, within three weeks you are going to start getting 30-50 text messages from other candidates you have never heard of before.\u2019 Hall\u2019s firm sent surveys to Republican donors earlier this year and found that a majority of those who responded said they continued to receive text message solicitations after they had requested to be removed from a list. \u2018Donors feel like they are never thanked, they feel abused, and they don\u2019t know how to get off lists,\u2019 Hall said. \u2018This has a chilling effect on everyone\u2019s fundraising.\u2019 Small-dollar donors echoed Hall\u2019s concerns. They told the AP they stopped giving to Trump\u2019s campaign because they were tired of being barraged with solicitations for donations from other Republicans, who presumably got the donor information from the Trump campaign. Others said they were being more careful about their political giving due to financial struggles. \u2018I am sick of them asking for money,\u2019 said Susan Brito, 51, of Florida, who gave dozens of small donations totaling $69 in 2022 and 2023 but hasn\u2019t contributed this year. \u2018I am disabled, you are sending me text, after text, after text.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Republicans have ten or a hundred Mothership Strategies. Sloppy!<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cFact check: Univision debunks false right-wing claim that Harris used a teleprompter at town hall\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/11\/politics\/fact-check-harris-univision-teleprompter-false\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cUnivision has debunked a viral false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her town hall with the Spanish-language network on Thursday. The false claim generated millions of views on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. It was made by several right-wing commentators with significant followings, including Benny Johnson, Charlie Kirk, Greg Price and Fox News host Sean Hannity. Both the moderator of the town hall, Enrique Acevedo, and the president of Univision News, Daniel Coronell, refuted the claim in their own X posts \u2013 noting that the teleprompter that was seen on the broadcast had text in Spanish, not English, and that it was material for Acevedo, not Harris. Acevedo, responding to Johnson\u2019s claim that \u2018Univision accidentally broadcast proof that Kamala used a teleprompter at her town hall,\u2019 wrote: \u2018The prompter displayed my introduction (in Spanish) and then it switched to a timer. Any claim to the contrary is simply untrue.\u2019 Coronell, responding to Price\u2019s claim that \u2018Kamala is using a teleprompter during her \u2018town hall\u2019 with Univision,\u2019 wrote: \u2018That\u2019s not true. The teleprompter that displays a text written in Spanish was a support element for the town hall moderator. I can tell you this with first-hand knowledge because I was in charge of the television program.’\u201d \u2022 I almost ran <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1844569834530492913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Benny Johnson\u2019s clip<\/a> before I checked the text on the Teleprompter screen and couldn\u2019t read it. And presumably Johnson et al. would have enlarged the text had it supported his talking point. So there you are. Of course, the Democrat\u2019s propagated the false story about Vance having congress with a couch, but when the source (both editions of Vance\u2019s book) was checked, the story was debunked. Distributing a real clip with a false implication seems more insidious to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/10\/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation\/680221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. Lead sentence: \u201cThe truth is, it\u2019s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.\u201d And: \u201cThe world feels dark; for many people, it\u2019s tempting to meet that with a retreat into the delusion that they\u2019ve got everything figured out, that the powers that be have conspired against them directly. But in turning away, they exacerbate a crisis that has characterized the Trump era, one that will reverberate to Election Day and beyond. Americans are divided not just by political beliefs but by whether they believe in a shared reality\u2014or desire one at all.\u201d \u2022 This is especially rich, since the editor the The Atlantic is one David Frum, of the Bush Administration that propagated the WMDs narrative on the way to the Iraq War debacle, the misinformation campaign that I came to political consciousness with. The Atlantic \u2014 the house of ill-fame in which the unholy marriage of liberal Democrats and Bush Republicans was consummated \u2014 was also assiduous in propagating RussiaGate. And yet these people prate about \u201cshared reality\u201d!<\/p>\n<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KF, KidDoc, 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<transmission: h5n1=\"\">\n<p>You do you:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/transmission:><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six people in California now either confirmed or suspected to have bird flu.<\/p>\n<p>So the california department of public health are telling you to *protect yourself*.<\/p>\n<p>But they don’t tell you how.<br \/>\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPwD7AjBJf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GPwD7AjBJf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844668281497497804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vaccines: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Infection: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bird flu also rolling along quite nicely:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 weeks ago yesterday California reported its first 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/birdflu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#birdflu<\/a> infected dairy herds. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@USDA<\/a> confirmed CA’s 100th infected herd. <br \/>1 out of every 11 dairy herds in CA is infected with H5 now. Staggering speed of spread. <br \/>How did this happen?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXzs4i2sjy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/VXzs4i2sjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helen Branswell \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@HelenBranswell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenBranswell\/status\/1844716263370596396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVascular Pathogenesis in Acute and Long COVID: Current Insights and Therapeutic Outlook\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thieme-connect.com\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0044-1790603.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thieme<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cLong coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)\u2026 manifests with a broad spectrum of relapsing and remitting or persistent symptoms as well as varied levels of organ damage, which may be asymptomatic or present as acute events such as heart attacks or strokes and recurrent infections, hinting at complex underlying pathogenic mechanisms. Central to these symptoms is vascular dysfunction rooted in thrombotic endothelialitis. We review the scientific evidence that widespread endothelial dysfunction (ED) leads to chronic symptomatology. We briefly examine the molecular pathways contributing to endothelial pathology and provide a detailed analysis of how these cellular processes underpin the clinical picture\u2026. Overall, we emphasize the critical role of cellular health in managing Long COVID and highlight the need for early intervention to prevent long-term vascular and cellular dysfunction.\u201d \u2022 Since I didn\u2019t know the source, I double-checked it with KLG, and he gave it the thumbs-up: \u201cFigure 1 is a work of art.\u201d So here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Social Norming<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As usual with Tern, 10 = 50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 <br \/>“I’m done with Covid now” <br \/>=<br \/>“I have a short attention span \/ compassion span”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“Covid isn’t done with you. <br \/>It’s going to keep infecting you repeatedly until you die.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844366216951103839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>#49 \u2013 #50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50<br \/>“We’re going to put a wall of protection around the vulnerable”<br \/>=<br \/>“I’m going to chuck billions of pounds of easy money to my friends and other random rich people”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“You belong in jail.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844373599723061606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: XEC moving along smartly in the national variant chart, but doesn\u2019t appear at all in the traveler\u2019s variant chart. Odd!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Last Week[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> (until next week):<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 12<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Hospitalization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data October 10:<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> October 7:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> October 5:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Travelers Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Variants[10] <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronadisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td>\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) Still some hot spots, but I can\u2019t draw circles around entire regions this week. Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XEC has entered the chat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down, but worth noting that Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Definitely down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). I see the \u201ceverything in greenish pastels\u201d crowd has gotten to this chart.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Big drop continues!<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Dropping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up, though lagged.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants).<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/producer-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cProducer Prices in the United States increased to 145.17 points in September from 145.10 points in August of 2024. Producer Prices in the United States averaged 117.54 points from 2009 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 145.17 points in September of 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing files unfair labor practice charge against striking union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-transportation-chief-says-increasingly-important-resolve-boeing-strike-2024-10-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing said late on Thursday it had filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the union representing its striking U.S. West Coast factory workers, accusing the leaders of not bargaining in good faith\u2026. Boeing said on Tuesday it had withdrawn its latest pay offer to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers after two days of talks with federal mediators, citing the union\u2019s refusal to seriously consider its proposals. In a filing with the NLRB, Boeing also accused the union\u2019s leaders of misrepresenting the terms of Boeing\u2019s offer to its members and of not bringing negotiators to the table with authority to make a deal. Boeing said the union had engaged in a \u2018pattern of bad faith bargaining\u2019 and its \u2018public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees.’\u201d Stuck pig squeals. More: \u201cThe union said on Tuesday that Boeing was \u2018hell-bent\u2019 about sticking to its \u2018best and final\u2019 proposal of a 30% wage increase over four years that it offered last month after the strike began. The union had declined to put the proposal to its members for a vote and said this week it planned a new survey of members. Boeing noted the union later acknowledged the planemaker had improved its offer, with IAM 751 president and lead negotiator Jon Holden telling Reuters on Wednesday that the proposed changes were \u2018meager.’\u201d \u2022 Boeing\u2019s offer didn\u2019t address defined-benefit pensions, requested by workers. And it\u2019s a little rich for Boeing management to whinge about a public narrative when they issued their revised proposal through the press, and not at the negotiating table. Nice guy, that Ortberg fella.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cTensions are rising in the Boeing strike after the planemaker filed a complaint against the union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jFlwj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>]. \u201cReinstating the pension plan remains a key issue for many on the picket line \u2014 but Boeing\u2019s chief negotiator, Mike Fitzsimmons, told The Seattle Times there is \u2018no scenario\u2019 where this will happen. In a statement shared with BI, Boeing said it remains committed to reaching a compromise. \u2018The union\u2019s public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees,\u2019 it added.\u201d\u2022 So what\u2019s wrong with the union\u2019s \u201cpublic narrative\u201d? They weren\u2019t Fitzsimmons\u2019 stenographers? And their not \u201cyour\u201d employees, buddy. Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA\u2019s \u2018failing system\u2019 of monitoring Boeing blasted by federal watchdog\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/faa-oversight-of-boeing-blasted-by-u-s-government-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe FAA hasn\u2019t moved to proactively identify risk or demonstrated how it will resolve allegations of undue pressure within Boeing manufacturing, the [the Transportation Department\u2019s inspector general] found. Among the other findings: The FAA doesn\u2019t have an effective system overseeing individual Boeing factories, hasn\u2019t ensured the company has effectively resolved its supplier issues, and hasn\u2019t assessed the effectiveness of Boeing\u2019s safety management system, which focuses on product and workplace safety. \u2018By improving its oversight model to better address risk, FAA can help to improve a failing system and restore public trust in the safety of Boeing aircraft,\u2019 the report said. In response, the FAA agreed with the recommendations and pointed to its addition of more safety inspectors in Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems facilities. The agency said it plans to fully implement the inspector general\u2019s recommendations between 2025 and 2028.\u201d \u2022 Do I really have to give credit to Buttigeig?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing and Airbus have a major headache in common\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/airbus-supply-chain-spirit-aerosystems-1851670503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201cChristian Scherer, head of the commercial airliner division at Airbus, told a gathering of French aerospace journalists that Spirit\u2019s rate of manufacture is \u2018not exactly where we would like.\u2019 Airbus is facing pressure to massively increase its airplane deliveries in order to hit its year-end guidance, which it has already had to cut once this year amid supply chain difficulties. When the door plug fell off a Boeing 737 Max 9 in January and triggered a Federal Aviation Administration-imposed throttling of production to address quality control issues, Airbus told investors that it didn\u2019t expect to hit any of its own plane-building roadblocks. But it has \u2014 to its customers\u2019 frustration. (Besides the Spirit speed issue, Scherer told the French gaggle that it was also running into delays with engine supplier CFM International\u2026 It is especially ironic for Airbus because the window of opportunity that Boeing\u2019s misfortunes opened was due to a fuselage constructed by Spirit, which Boeing spun out in 2005. In order to cut down on so-called \u2018traveled work,\u2019 a manufacturing process where plane parts are assembled out-of-order in order to speed completion, Boeing reabsorbed the non-Airbus parts of Spirit in July for $8.3 billion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 74 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 73 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 11 at 1:44:36 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalvin\u2019s Dad Explains the Pre-Color World\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2024\/10\/10\/calvins-dad-pre-color-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daring Fireball<\/a>]. \u2022 Please click through, but what a pleasure. Calvin\u2019s Dad was the best bullshit artist ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2352250X24001313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Current Opinion in Psychology<\/a>]. \u201cThese online dynamics are amplified by the design features and recommendation algorithms on various platforms. For instance, a recent analysis of the algorithm on Twitter\/X found that it prioritizes evocative content. This incentivizes users to create this type of content which can help them build a large following while warping public perceptions of norms. Indeed, people who are focused on gaining social status are the most hostile online. These strivers may further distort norms as they rise in status This is compounded due to the fact that there is often little motivation for someone to post a nuanced or moderate opinion on social media. Moreover, nuanced or moderate posts often risk hostility from more extreme ingroup and outgroup members, especially since such hostility has little cost for the aggressor due to the social distance the online environment affords. Indeed, people who are politically moderate were more likely to report being harassed online, even though they were also less likely to post. People who hold less extreme beliefs have less investment into arguing, and when attacked by people who have more strongly held beliefs, perceive it as more hostile. The fact that people who \u2018troll\u2019 other people typically have higher dark triad characteristics also does not encourage nuanced debate.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex bomb: The collateral damage of OnlyFans\u2019 explosive success\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/onlyfans-sex-cases-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cOnlyFans and its supporters portray the platform as a safe and empowering outlet for lucrative, socially acceptable sex work. Nurses, teachers, police officers and Olympic athletes have posted racy content in pursuit of extra cash. As OnlyFans takes porn into the mainstream, however, the platform also has generated ripple effects that have upended lives in unexpected and sometimes traumatizing ways. Reuters reported some of the most direct harms in investigations that exposed child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual or \u201crevenge porn\u201d posted on the site. Those findings were drawn from police complaints obtained from more than 250 of the largest U.S. law enforcement agencies. But the files also reveal collateral harms: families torn apart, reputations threatened, finances ruined.\u201d \u2022 And that\u2019s before, as is the way with all platforms, enshittification kicks in.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s everyone caught in the web of the Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs allegations so far\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/10\/g-s1-26981\/diddy-sean-combs-cassie-kid-cudi-jodeci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u2022 Disappointing. The closest to an A-lister is Jimmy Iovine.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCincinnati\u2019s Gold Rush Coins, Steeped In Mystery, Are Worth A Fortune Today\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/handeaux.tumblr.com\/post\/763755970485764096\/cincinnatis-gold-rush-coins-steeped-in-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handeax<\/a>]. \u201cWe know the Cincinnati company headed westward hauling a machine for striking coins because the diary of one of Doctor Alexander Butler Nixon is preserved at the California State Library in Sacramento. According to that diary, the Cincinnati company ironically realized, once they were on the dusty trail, that they were too well equipped. John Phillip Reid, in a 1976 article for the Hastings Law Journal, described the dilemma: \u2018Before reaching Fort Kearney in Nebraska the members of the Cincinnati company had discovered that their wealth was not a source of strength. It was instead a source of disharmony, dissension, and division.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm. I\u2019m picturing a survivalist with a machine for striking coins in their basement\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA language of beautiful impurity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwest.co.uk\/p\/a-language-of-beautiful-impurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wrong Side of History<\/a>]. \u201cWhat [English] would look like if Harold II had not died at the famous (breme) battle (gouth) of Hastings \u2013 and English had not undergone Frenchification following the Norman Conquest: In this world, lamentation is <em>sorrowword<\/em>, unanimous becomes <em>sameheart<\/em> and acceptable is replaced with <em>thankworthy<\/em>. The US Declaration of Independence would be the <em>\u2018Forthspell of Selfdom\u2019<\/em> while Alcoholics Anonymous renamed as <em>The Unnamed Overdrinkers<\/em>.\u2022 I rather like \u201cThe Unnamed Overdrinkers\u201d (even if anonymous means I don\u2019t choose to give me name, not that I don\u2019t have one). Doubtless examples could be multiplied.<\/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\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-7-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From SD:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SD writes: \u201cTaken a few days ago in Imlaystown, NJ. The sunflowers were full of honeybees preparing for colder days to come.\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. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Casa en Cuxtitali, San Crist\u00f3bal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. \u201cSome of the bird species that I think this individual might have been mimicking in this cut are: Great-tailed Grackle (00:25), parakeet sp. (02:51).\u201d Lots of great ambient sounds too!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Friday\u2019s charts: <a href=\"#rcp\">RCP averages<\/a> (good week for Trump); <a href=\"#table\">Covid<\/a> (XEC has entered the chat).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kamala\">What, again, was Kamala thinking<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#<a href=\" https:=\"\" www.edwest.co.uk=\"\" p=\"\" english-our-mixed-mother-tongue=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">boeing<\/a>\u201c>Boeing files unfair labor practice charge with NLRB against machinists (wowsers).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helper\"\/><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Cases in Complicity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4937645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York University Law Review<\/a>]. \u201cThe controlling purpose of this piece is to identify and correct a snag in the way courts distinguish discrete modes of criminality: helping, doing, and trying\u2026. [H]elping gestures are by definition outside the elements of the crime being helped; anyone who fulfills an element of the crime is committing the crime, not helping it\u2026. My proposed fix is to elevate the function of elemental analysis in complicity, in part by reviving an esoteric English doctrine, \u201cjoint principality,\u201d which holds that in some instances of group criminality, there is no helping; there is only doing (or trying to do). To absorb this teaching is to better understand not just the relationship between language and the world, but the stakes in mistaking attempted murder for murder. Precisely because in no jurisdiction is attempted murder punished as severely as murder, differentiating between helping, doing, and trying involves making moral\u2014not just semantical\u2014judgments both about what has been done and what to do about it.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of there (\u201cHelpers\u201d in the subject line). In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza).<\/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 thirty days 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=\"rcp\"\/>Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"972\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png 630w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-624x963.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you ignore the entire concept of margin of error and go with the narrative, another good week for Trump, especially in MI and PA, tbough not, oddly, in the two hurricane swing states, GA and NC. Of course, we on the outside might as well be examining the entrails of birds when we try to predict what will happen to a subset of voters (undecided; irregular) in a subset of states (swing), and the irregulars especially might as well be quantum foam, but presumably the campaign professionals have better data, and have the situation as under control as it can be <sub>MR SUBLIMINAL Fooled ya. Kidding!<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kamala\"\/>Kamala (D): \u201cMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds Doritos to left-wing influencer in deeply bizarre \u2018communion\u2019 video\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/10\/us-news\/why-is-gretchen-whitmer-feeding-a-left-wing-influencer-doritos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cIn the short clip, posted on podcaster Liz Plank\u2019s Instagram account, the lefty influencer was seen on her knees opening her mouth for Whitmer to place Doritos on her tongue.\u201d \u2022 Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds a chip to a begging liberal podcaster on her knees in an effort to get more votes for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer joined Canadian feminist Liz Plank for an abortion podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>The pair released the following video as a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yiSH5hypud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/yiSH5hypud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1844435949087871378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the question of why a <em>Canadian<\/em> podcaster aside<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL <em>Sacre tabarnak!<\/em><\/sub>, what on earth was Kamala\u2019s campaign thinking? IM Doc posted on this in comments this morning, reading the video as a Communion parody. So much for the Latino vote! Being an Episcopalian \u2014 the priest would place the wafer in my hand \u2014 that wasn\u2019t my first reading; I saw the video as some sort of bizarre domination\/submission ritual* (and so much for those young men, along with every suburban household without a dungeon in the basement). Apparently the sub<sub>MR SUBLIMINAL snicker<\/sub>text of the video was \u2014 please sit down \u2014 <em>industrial policy<\/em>, specifically the CHIPS act because \u2014 follow me closely here \u2014 Doritos are <em>chips<\/em> (and go long Doritos, I suppose). If I were Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodriguez (campaign manager), Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon (campaign chairwoman), Jeffrey Katzenberg (campaign co-chair), Mitch Landrieu (campaign co-chair), or Cedric Richmond (campaign co-chair), I would be getting Whitmer \u2014 <em>also<\/em> a campaign co-chair (!) \u2014 on the phone, to have a full and frank exchange of views. Of course it\u2019s too late, but one might as well vent. NOTE * Pr0nographic in character, with Big Gretch looking into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cWhitmer, Shapiro, Evers to launch battleground bus tour promoting Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4927992-whitmer-shapiro-evers-battleground-bus-tour-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Great idea. Will Whitman fit in one seat along with the flaming wreckage of her career? Or will they need two?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): Can\u2019t anyone here play this game?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I told y\u2019all where this was headed. Obama coming out to chastise Black men is a disgusting display of racist paternalism, and it\u2019s unacceptable. None of us should tolerate it. Democrats want to blame everyone but themselves and people who voted FOR Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KF6cv7FHI7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/N6Cxv4dNPs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7Dpi20bdG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/u7Dpi20bdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AshleyStevens (@The_Acumen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Acumen\/status\/1844719766600069195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201c\u201860 Minutes\u2019 under fire for editing Kamala Harris answers: \u2018Giant fake news scam,\u2019 Trump says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/10\/60-minutes-under-fire-for-editing-kamala-harris-answers-giant-fake-news-scam-trump-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cWhitaker interviewed Harris on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5, in Washington for the special broadcast that aired Monday, two days later. But \u201960 Minutes\u2019 offered a portion of that interview to colleagues at \u2018Face the Nation,\u2019 both to give the Sunday morning show some fresh news and to \u2018tease\u2019 the longer interview. At one point, Whitaker observed that it appeared Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not appear to be listening to the administration\u2019s suggestions. \u2018Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region,\u2019 the vice president said in response, on the \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 clip. On \u201960 Minutes,\u2019 after Whitaker said the same thing, Harris answered: \u2018We\u2019re not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.\u2019\u2026 So what did Harris actually say to Whitaker? Well, both things, according to CBS. Her full answer to the question was the two sentences put together \u2014 the first sentence used on \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 and the second sentence on \u201960 Minutes.\u2019 CBS said the need to make the \u201960 Minutes\u2019 interview segment concise prompted the editing. The full interview with Harris took 45 minutes, and it was fit into a 20-minute slot on the broadcast. Yet the editing made it appear that the answer shown on \u201960 Minutes\u2019 was the first thing Harris said in response to the question. Having \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 show Whitaker asking the question \u2014 instead of having someone paraphrase it \u2014 added to the confusion and made CBS vulnerable to criticism.\u201d \u2022 I have quoted different bits from the same source plenty of times, so I understand the logic from a production standpoint. OTOH, I\u2019m not a national television network presenting a candidate interview to millions of voters. I would think that \u201cno inconsistency\u201d would be the watchword there, editorially. Furthermore, the Face the Nation quote <em>was<\/em> word salad, so the cutting and splicing did in fact benefit Harris, so CBS did leave its motives open to question. Finally, CBS also damaged Whitaker\u2019s work, and Whitaker, it seems to me, did a good job.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cVice President Kamala Harris on Her Race to the Finish\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/kamala-harris-digital-cover-october-2024-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vogue<\/a>]. Worth reading in full for the atmosphere. I remember, from the movie <em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em>, a tracking shot that followed Queen Elizabeth: as she processed along, she was always surrounded by a swirl of courtiers doffing their hats and bowing; that must have been all she saw; this article describes a similar milieu. This caught my eye: \u201cI ask what her first call would be on reaching the Oval Office. \u2018One of my first calls\u2014outside of family\u2014will be to the team that is working with me on our plan to lower costs for the American people,\u2019 she says. \u2018It\u2019s not just about publishing something in a respected journal. It\u2019s not about a speech. It\u2019s literally about, How does this hit the streets? How do people actually <em>feel<\/em> the work [what work?] in a way that benefits them?\u2019 She says she plans to meet with \u2018those who can help us put back in place the freedoms that have been taken away with the Dobbs decision\u2019\u2014the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade\u2014to get Congress to pass a law. \u2018That\u2019s going to take some work,\u2019 she says.\u201d \u2022 This doesn\u2019t mean anything. There\u2019s nothing here. It comes to pieces in your hand. Anyhow, Vogue? Reaching out to those working class readers, then?<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cInside the Harris campaign\u2019s ground game\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ibLHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cSix questions for \u2026 Dan Kanninen: We talked with Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s battleground states director about the campaign\u2019s ground game as early in-person voting starts in the states expected to decide the election.\u201d Kanninen: \u201cWe built teams in those battleground states since the beginning of the year, [starting with] serious operatives who\u2019ve won tough races statewide in those states as leaders, and then layering in dozens of senior staff and then hundreds of organizers \u2014 now into the thousands. Across the battleground states we currently have 2,500 staff, more than 350 offices. They\u2019ve been engaging hundreds of thousands of volunteers, tens of thousands in each of those battleground states. Last week [they] knocked on a million doors in the battleground states and [we] have continued to ramp [up] our voter contact efforts.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Pushing a string?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-campaign-donations-small-donors-decline-f1a6b238d15edb3f72260e4c86d2c552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cRepublicans also engaged in a hyperaggressive \u2014 often combative \u2014 style of digital fundraising that is alienating voters, the operatives said. Campaigns and committees often share or rent lists of donors to each other, leading to voters being flooded with similar solicitations that can be confusing. \u2018Republican vendors have so mistreated our donors that many grassroots donors don\u2019t want to give to us anymore,\u2019 said John Hall, a Republican fundraising consultant and partner at Apex Strategies. \u2018If you make a donation to almost any Republican candidate today, within three weeks you are going to start getting 30-50 text messages from other candidates you have never heard of before.\u2019 Hall\u2019s firm sent surveys to Republican donors earlier this year and found that a majority of those who responded said they continued to receive text message solicitations after they had requested to be removed from a list. \u2018Donors feel like they are never thanked, they feel abused, and they don\u2019t know how to get off lists,\u2019 Hall said. \u2018This has a chilling effect on everyone\u2019s fundraising.\u2019 Small-dollar donors echoed Hall\u2019s concerns. They told the AP they stopped giving to Trump\u2019s campaign because they were tired of being barraged with solicitations for donations from other Republicans, who presumably got the donor information from the Trump campaign. Others said they were being more careful about their political giving due to financial struggles. \u2018I am sick of them asking for money,\u2019 said Susan Brito, 51, of Florida, who gave dozens of small donations totaling $69 in 2022 and 2023 but hasn\u2019t contributed this year. \u2018I am disabled, you are sending me text, after text, after text.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Republicans have ten or a hundred Mothership Strategies. Sloppy!<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cFact check: Univision debunks false right-wing claim that Harris used a teleprompter at town hall\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/11\/politics\/fact-check-harris-univision-teleprompter-false\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cUnivision has debunked a viral false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her town hall with the Spanish-language network on Thursday. The false claim generated millions of views on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. It was made by several right-wing commentators with significant followings, including Benny Johnson, Charlie Kirk, Greg Price and Fox News host Sean Hannity. Both the moderator of the town hall, Enrique Acevedo, and the president of Univision News, Daniel Coronell, refuted the claim in their own X posts \u2013 noting that the teleprompter that was seen on the broadcast had text in Spanish, not English, and that it was material for Acevedo, not Harris. Acevedo, responding to Johnson\u2019s claim that \u2018Univision accidentally broadcast proof that Kamala used a teleprompter at her town hall,\u2019 wrote: \u2018The prompter displayed my introduction (in Spanish) and then it switched to a timer. Any claim to the contrary is simply untrue.\u2019 Coronell, responding to Price\u2019s claim that \u2018Kamala is using a teleprompter during her \u2018town hall\u2019 with Univision,\u2019 wrote: \u2018That\u2019s not true. The teleprompter that displays a text written in Spanish was a support element for the town hall moderator. I can tell you this with first-hand knowledge because I was in charge of the television program.’\u201d \u2022 I almost ran <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1844569834530492913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Benny Johnson\u2019s clip<\/a> before I checked the text on the Teleprompter screen and couldn\u2019t read it. And presumably Johnson et al. would have enlarged the text had it supported his talking point. So there you are. Of course, the Democrat\u2019s propagated the false story about Vance having congress with a couch, but when the source (both editions of Vance\u2019s book) was checked, the story was debunked. Distributing a real clip with a false implication seems more insidious to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/10\/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation\/680221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. Lead sentence: \u201cThe truth is, it\u2019s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.\u201d And: \u201cThe world feels dark; for many people, it\u2019s tempting to meet that with a retreat into the delusion that they\u2019ve got everything figured out, that the powers that be have conspired against them directly. But in turning away, they exacerbate a crisis that has characterized the Trump era, one that will reverberate to Election Day and beyond. Americans are divided not just by political beliefs but by whether they believe in a shared reality\u2014or desire one at all.\u201d \u2022 This is especially rich, since the editor the The Atlantic is one David Frum, of the Bush Administration that propagated the WMDs narrative on the way to the Iraq War debacle, the misinformation campaign that I came to political consciousness with. The Atlantic \u2014 the house of ill-fame in which the unholy marriage of liberal Democrats and Bush Republicans was consummated \u2014 was also assiduous in propagating RussiaGate. And yet these people prate about \u201cshared reality\u201d!<\/p>\n<\/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&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&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&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&subtopic=recurring-updates&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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KF, KidDoc, 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<transmission: h5n1=\"\">\n<p>You do you:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/transmission:><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six people in California now either confirmed or suspected to have bird flu.<\/p>\n<p>So the california department of public health are telling you to *protect yourself*.<\/p>\n<p>But they don’t tell you how.<br \/>\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPwD7AjBJf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GPwD7AjBJf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844668281497497804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vaccines: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Infection: H5N1<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bird flu also rolling along quite nicely:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 weeks ago yesterday California reported its first 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/H5N1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#H5N1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/birdflu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#birdflu<\/a> infected dairy herds. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@USDA<\/a> confirmed CA’s 100th infected herd. <br \/>1 out of every 11 dairy herds in CA is infected with H5 now. Staggering speed of spread. <br \/>How did this happen?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2BioBG0wUw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXzs4i2sjy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/VXzs4i2sjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helen Branswell \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@HelenBranswell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelenBranswell\/status\/1844716263370596396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVascular Pathogenesis in Acute and Long COVID: Current Insights and Therapeutic Outlook\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thieme-connect.com\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0044-1790603.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thieme<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cLong coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)\u2026 manifests with a broad spectrum of relapsing and remitting or persistent symptoms as well as varied levels of organ damage, which may be asymptomatic or present as acute events such as heart attacks or strokes and recurrent infections, hinting at complex underlying pathogenic mechanisms. Central to these symptoms is vascular dysfunction rooted in thrombotic endothelialitis. We review the scientific evidence that widespread endothelial dysfunction (ED) leads to chronic symptomatology. We briefly examine the molecular pathways contributing to endothelial pathology and provide a detailed analysis of how these cellular processes underpin the clinical picture\u2026. Overall, we emphasize the critical role of cellular health in managing Long COVID and highlight the need for early intervention to prevent long-term vascular and cellular dysfunction.\u201d \u2022 Since I didn\u2019t know the source, I double-checked it with KLG, and he gave it the thumbs-up: \u201cFigure 1 is a work of art.\u201d So here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/thieme_figure_1-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Social Norming<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As usual with Tern, 10 = 50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 <br \/>“I’m done with Covid now” <br \/>=<br \/>“I have a short attention span \/ compassion span”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“Covid isn’t done with you. <br \/>It’s going to keep infecting you repeatedly until you die.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844366216951103839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>#49 \u2013 #50:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50<br \/>“We’re going to put a wall of protection around the vulnerable”<br \/>=<br \/>“I’m going to chuck billions of pounds of easy money to my friends and other random rich people”<\/p>\n<p>I reply:<br \/>“You belong in jail.”<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tern (@1goodtern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1goodtern\/status\/1844373599723061606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: XEC moving along smartly in the national variant chart, but doesn\u2019t appear at all in the traveler\u2019s variant chart. Odd!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Last Week[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> (until next week):<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 12<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Hospitalization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data October 10:<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> October 7:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> October 5:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Travelers Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Variants[10] <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronadisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td>\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) Still some hot spots, but I can\u2019t draw circles around entire regions this week. Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XEC has entered the chat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down, but worth noting that Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Definitely down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). I see the \u201ceverything in greenish pastels\u201d crowd has gotten to this chart.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Big drop continues!<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Dropping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up, though lagged.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants).<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inflation: \u201cUnited States Producer Prices\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/producer-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cProducer Prices in the United States increased to 145.17 points in September from 145.10 points in August of 2024. Producer Prices in the United States averaged 117.54 points from 2009 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 145.17 points in September of 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing files unfair labor practice charge against striking union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-transportation-chief-says-increasingly-important-resolve-boeing-strike-2024-10-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing said late on Thursday it had filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the union representing its striking U.S. West Coast factory workers, accusing the leaders of not bargaining in good faith\u2026. Boeing said on Tuesday it had withdrawn its latest pay offer to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers after two days of talks with federal mediators, citing the union\u2019s refusal to seriously consider its proposals. In a filing with the NLRB, Boeing also accused the union\u2019s leaders of misrepresenting the terms of Boeing\u2019s offer to its members and of not bringing negotiators to the table with authority to make a deal. Boeing said the union had engaged in a \u2018pattern of bad faith bargaining\u2019 and its \u2018public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees.’\u201d Stuck pig squeals. More: \u201cThe union said on Tuesday that Boeing was \u2018hell-bent\u2019 about sticking to its \u2018best and final\u2019 proposal of a 30% wage increase over four years that it offered last month after the strike began. The union had declined to put the proposal to its members for a vote and said this week it planned a new survey of members. Boeing noted the union later acknowledged the planemaker had improved its offer, with IAM 751 president and lead negotiator Jon Holden telling Reuters on Wednesday that the proposed changes were \u2018meager.’\u201d \u2022 Boeing\u2019s offer didn\u2019t address defined-benefit pensions, requested by workers. And it\u2019s a little rich for Boeing management to whinge about a public narrative when they issued their revised proposal through the press, and not at the negotiating table. Nice guy, that Ortberg fella.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cTensions are rising in the Boeing strike after the planemaker filed a complaint against the union\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jFlwj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>]. \u201cReinstating the pension plan remains a key issue for many on the picket line \u2014 but Boeing\u2019s chief negotiator, Mike Fitzsimmons, told The Seattle Times there is \u2018no scenario\u2019 where this will happen. In a statement shared with BI, Boeing said it remains committed to reaching a compromise. \u2018The union\u2019s public narrative is misleading and making it difficult to find a solution for our employees,\u2019 it added.\u201d\u2022 So what\u2019s wrong with the union\u2019s \u201cpublic narrative\u201d? They weren\u2019t Fitzsimmons\u2019 stenographers? And their not \u201cyour\u201d employees, buddy. Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA\u2019s \u2018failing system\u2019 of monitoring Boeing blasted by federal watchdog\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/faa-oversight-of-boeing-blasted-by-u-s-government-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe FAA hasn\u2019t moved to proactively identify risk or demonstrated how it will resolve allegations of undue pressure within Boeing manufacturing, the [the Transportation Department\u2019s inspector general] found. Among the other findings: The FAA doesn\u2019t have an effective system overseeing individual Boeing factories, hasn\u2019t ensured the company has effectively resolved its supplier issues, and hasn\u2019t assessed the effectiveness of Boeing\u2019s safety management system, which focuses on product and workplace safety. \u2018By improving its oversight model to better address risk, FAA can help to improve a failing system and restore public trust in the safety of Boeing aircraft,\u2019 the report said. In response, the FAA agreed with the recommendations and pointed to its addition of more safety inspectors in Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems facilities. The agency said it plans to fully implement the inspector general\u2019s recommendations between 2025 and 2028.\u201d \u2022 Do I really have to give credit to Buttigeig?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing and Airbus have a major headache in common\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/airbus-supply-chain-spirit-aerosystems-1851670503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201cChristian Scherer, head of the commercial airliner division at Airbus, told a gathering of French aerospace journalists that Spirit\u2019s rate of manufacture is \u2018not exactly where we would like.\u2019 Airbus is facing pressure to massively increase its airplane deliveries in order to hit its year-end guidance, which it has already had to cut once this year amid supply chain difficulties. When the door plug fell off a Boeing 737 Max 9 in January and triggered a Federal Aviation Administration-imposed throttling of production to address quality control issues, Airbus told investors that it didn\u2019t expect to hit any of its own plane-building roadblocks. But it has \u2014 to its customers\u2019 frustration. (Besides the Spirit speed issue, Scherer told the French gaggle that it was also running into delays with engine supplier CFM International\u2026 It is especially ironic for Airbus because the window of opportunity that Boeing\u2019s misfortunes opened was due to a fuselage constructed by Spirit, which Boeing spun out in 2005. In order to cut down on so-called \u2018traveled work,\u2019 a manufacturing process where plane parts are assembled out-of-order in order to speed completion, Boeing reabsorbed the non-Airbus parts of Spirit in July for $8.3 billion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 74 Greed (previous close: 70 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 73 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 11 at 1:44:36 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalvin\u2019s Dad Explains the Pre-Color World\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2024\/10\/10\/calvins-dad-pre-color-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daring Fireball<\/a>]. \u2022 Please click through, but what a pleasure. Calvin\u2019s Dad was the best bullshit artist ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2352250X24001313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Current Opinion in Psychology<\/a>]. \u201cThese online dynamics are amplified by the design features and recommendation algorithms on various platforms. For instance, a recent analysis of the algorithm on Twitter\/X found that it prioritizes evocative content. This incentivizes users to create this type of content which can help them build a large following while warping public perceptions of norms. Indeed, people who are focused on gaining social status are the most hostile online. These strivers may further distort norms as they rise in status This is compounded due to the fact that there is often little motivation for someone to post a nuanced or moderate opinion on social media. Moreover, nuanced or moderate posts often risk hostility from more extreme ingroup and outgroup members, especially since such hostility has little cost for the aggressor due to the social distance the online environment affords. Indeed, people who are politically moderate were more likely to report being harassed online, even though they were also less likely to post. People who hold less extreme beliefs have less investment into arguing, and when attacked by people who have more strongly held beliefs, perceive it as more hostile. The fact that people who \u2018troll\u2019 other people typically have higher dark triad characteristics also does not encourage nuanced debate.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex bomb: The collateral damage of OnlyFans\u2019 explosive success\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/onlyfans-sex-cases-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cOnlyFans and its supporters portray the platform as a safe and empowering outlet for lucrative, socially acceptable sex work. Nurses, teachers, police officers and Olympic athletes have posted racy content in pursuit of extra cash. As OnlyFans takes porn into the mainstream, however, the platform also has generated ripple effects that have upended lives in unexpected and sometimes traumatizing ways. Reuters reported some of the most direct harms in investigations that exposed child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual or \u201crevenge porn\u201d posted on the site. Those findings were drawn from police complaints obtained from more than 250 of the largest U.S. law enforcement agencies. But the files also reveal collateral harms: families torn apart, reputations threatened, finances ruined.\u201d \u2022 And that\u2019s before, as is the way with all platforms, enshittification kicks in.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s everyone caught in the web of the Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs allegations so far\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/10\/g-s1-26981\/diddy-sean-combs-cassie-kid-cudi-jodeci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u2022 Disappointing. The closest to an A-lister is Jimmy Iovine.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCincinnati\u2019s Gold Rush Coins, Steeped In Mystery, Are Worth A Fortune Today\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/handeaux.tumblr.com\/post\/763755970485764096\/cincinnatis-gold-rush-coins-steeped-in-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Handeax<\/a>]. \u201cWe know the Cincinnati company headed westward hauling a machine for striking coins because the diary of one of Doctor Alexander Butler Nixon is preserved at the California State Library in Sacramento. According to that diary, the Cincinnati company ironically realized, once they were on the dusty trail, that they were too well equipped. John Phillip Reid, in a 1976 article for the Hastings Law Journal, described the dilemma: \u2018Before reaching Fort Kearney in Nebraska the members of the Cincinnati company had discovered that their wealth was not a source of strength. It was instead a source of disharmony, dissension, and division.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm. I\u2019m picturing a survivalist with a machine for striking coins in their basement\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA language of beautiful impurity\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwest.co.uk\/p\/a-language-of-beautiful-impurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wrong Side of History<\/a>]. \u201cWhat [English] would look like if Harold II had not died at the famous (breme) battle (gouth) of Hastings \u2013 and English had not undergone Frenchification following the Norman Conquest: In this world, lamentation is <em>sorrowword<\/em>, unanimous becomes <em>sameheart<\/em> and acceptable is replaced with <em>thankworthy<\/em>. The US Declaration of Independence would be the <em>\u2018Forthspell of Selfdom\u2019<\/em> while Alcoholics Anonymous renamed as <em>The Unnamed Overdrinkers<\/em>.\u2022 I rather like \u201cThe Unnamed Overdrinkers\u201d (even if anonymous means I don\u2019t choose to give me name, not that I don\u2019t have one). Doubtless examples could be multiplied.<\/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\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-7-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From SD:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sunflowers-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SD writes: \u201cTaken a few days ago in Imlaystown, NJ. The sunflowers were full of honeybees preparing for colder days to come.\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. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. Hence my frustration with the news flow \u2014 currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press \u2014 a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let\u2019s call such voices \u201cthe left.\u201d Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn\u2019t allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! 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