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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nReaders, I hope you all had an excellent Thanksgivng and are looking forward to the weekend to come! \u2013lambert<\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge\u2013West Pond. Queens, New York, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#sharpton\">Did it really take $500,000<\/a> to make Al Sharpton \u201cfriendly\u201d?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sanders\">Sanders on the Four Freedoms <\/a> (and Norman Rockwell).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Another day, another Boeing<\/a> airworthiness directive. ALso, COMAC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.221521089339\">\n<p>\u201cThe Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FxJh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cAdding to the complexity, a patchwork of state laws means sheriffs in some blue states legally can\u2019t cooperate with ICE, while those in some red states must, said Jonathan Thompson, the executive director of the nonpartisan National Sheriffs\u2019 Association, whose members include about 70% of the country\u2019s 3,081 sheriffs\u2026 Trump\u2019s advisers intend to penalize so-called sanctuary cities by cutting off what could amount to billions of dollars in federal grants to them, according to people familiar with their plans.\u201d During the Nullification Crisis, Andrew Jackson won, and John C. Calhoun lost. More: \u201cThompson said his group plans to meet soon with members of Trump\u2019s transition team, hoping to learn more about the scope, cost and duration of his deportation plan. In Thompson\u2019s view, it is clear the influx of migrants in recent years has \u2018created an enormous amount of pressure on local law enforcement, state law enforcement agencies, across the country, not just along the border. It\u2019s created havoc in many, many communities.\u2019 He added state and local law enforcement, \u2018and in particular sheriffs\u2019 will be critical to Trump\u2019s plans. Many conservative sheriffs across the U.S., from Texas to California to redder swaths of the northeast, now stand ready to be force multipliers for ICE and its 6,000 agents. Asked if he supports mass deportation, GOP Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, replied: \u201cSure, I do. And so do the American people\u2026. People are tired of this.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eNqLoFHJxM0?si=pZy2kN1DWXjn3RII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedy interlude<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Has a Weird Political Culture. It\u2019s About to Take Over the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/11\/28\/trump-cabinet-florida-influence-00191930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cNo other state will have that level of concentrated influence in the next administration. With Florida personalities playing such a central role, it\u2019s important to understand just what constitutes Florida political culture\u2026. As much as any other state, Florida has been defined by its migrants and its immigrants \u2014 basically everyone is from somewhere else, be it from some other state or some other country\u2026.. And now, the rest of America could become a little more like Florida. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, is a vaccine safety skeptic; Rubio is a traditional hawk with a from-the-cradle hatred of communism but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/research-analysis\/marco-rubio-russia-and-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a desire to negotiate a quick end to the Ukraine war<\/a>; Bondi wants to go after \u2018bad prosecutors\u2019 much like DeSantis did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/09\/desantis-suspends-state-attorney-worrell-00110445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with two state attorneys<\/a>. They have the potential to being much more than Florida <em>vibes<\/em> to the country and could reshape the country in the image of the Sunshine State.\u201d \u2022 My impression of DeSantis is that he wasn\u2019t ready for the national stage (even if he had not been confronting the Colossus of Mar-a-Lago). So I wonder if these Florida players will do better than he did (Susie Wiles, meanwhile, is ready for the national <em>back<\/em>stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.756132756133\">\n<p><a name=\"sharpton\"\/>\u201cAl Sharpton\u2019s acceptance of Kamala Harris campaign\u2019s $500K donation a \u2018bridge too far\u2019 for MSNBC colleagues\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/media\/al-sharptons-acceptance-of-kamala-harris-campaigns-500k-donation-a-bridge-too-far-for-msnbc-colleagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cHarris sat down for a friendly interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Party. Following Harris\u2019 defeat by former President Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton\u2019s nonprofit organization in September and October. However, the MSNBC weekend host did not disclose to viewers the apparent conflict of interest before or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses at the network, according to the Free Beacon.\u201d \u2022 What.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"48.5078125\">\n<p>\u201cBlue States Will Find Fighting Trump Is No Simple Proposition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/blue-states-will-find-fighting-trump-is-no-simple-proposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>]. \u201cCan Newsom and the other Democratic governors who have vowed to join him really Trump-proof their states? If they fail, would that mean a huge crack in the foundation of federalism? And if they succeed, just how united would the United States be?.. Not all Democratic governors have agreed on the pitched-battle strategy. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has deliberately stood back from Newsom\u2019s confrontational approach and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/11\/12\/gretchen-whitmer-president-donald-trump-michigan-semiconductor-chips-mundy-megasite-western-digital\/76220990007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> she wanted to find \u2018some shared priorities\u2019 with Trump [who is the head of a fascist movement, let us remember] \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with a Trump administration before,\u201d she said, and thought they\u2019d figure out how to do it again. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who nearly became Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/governor\/newsroom\/2024-press-releases\/statement-from-governor-josh-shapiro-on-the-2024-election-result.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u2014 twice \u2014 in his post-election statement that he \u2018wanted to get things done.’\u201d And: \u201c[T]here\u2019s a limit to how effectively they can resist Trump\u2019s policies. If as president Trump decided to sit on disaster aid or refuse to approve waivers for environmental or health-care plans, Democratic governors could find themselves long on rhetoric but short on results. And if the states decide to fight Trump in court, as California often did successfully in the first Trump administration, the battle will be much harder this time. The first time around, California successfully fought many of its judicial battles in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump, however, named 10 of the 29 judges on the circuit. That means California will now have to pick its battles much more carefully, with an eye especially on which cases to file in which courts. Fully Trump-proofing their states, therefore, is more than Democratic governors can accomplish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Didn\u2019t They Riot?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tomklingenstein.com\/why-didnt-they-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Klingenstein<\/a>]. \u201cFor many\u2026 the downbeat response to Trump\u2019s victory seemed out of place, given the feverish severity of how Democrats had articulated the stakes of this election. In her final month\u2026 The surface explanation, of course, is that the Democrats didn\u2019t really believe any of it\u2026 Even if the leadership of the Democratic Party and its surrogates in the media were simply generating outrage, millions of Americans in their audiences now believe, with conviction, that the long night of fascism has finally descended on America\u2026.. In short, we didn\u2019t see post-election violence or mass protests because the scale of Trump\u2019s victory meant that such rioting would appear \u2014 at least temporarily \u2014 as the angry self-indulgence of a minority that had been legitimately beaten at the ballot box. But the riots will come soon enough, and Antifa will menace the streets once again.\u201d \u2022 Hmmm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen engage in mass \u2018primal scream\u2019 in wake of Trump victory: \u2018Release our pain’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/women-engage-mass-primal-scream-wake-trump-victory-release-our-pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>}. \u201cRemarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris\u2019s Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump. The footage, which recently went viral on social media, was originally posted by a Facebook user named Tamara Gibbs. The event took place at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay on Nov. 9. The extraordinary video shows around two dozen adult women screeching at the water. The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped\u2026. \u2018We need to start organizing\u2026 We have the opportunity to, in-state, in two years, take back the legislature,\u2019 one woman said to roaring applause.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.569716775599\">\n<p><a name=\"sanders\"\/>The \u201cFour Freedoms\u201d <em>might be a good place to start<\/em>, but Sanders has form; he is not the one to do the starting (not that I see anybody else):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1707988980716\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.986225895317\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don\u2019t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SpJjmFnlDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SpJjmFnlDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1862157427031830528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>If we must have fours, I prefer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/book-review-caps-lock-capitalism-and-graphic-design.html#marx\">Bearded One\u2019s<\/a>, though I admit they are negatives (yin) to FDR\u2019s positives (yang). Good stuff, but as I said\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.744140625\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.984375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How come we don’t talk about class in America?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPcfyHfHIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jPcfyHfHIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1861813450164355506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&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>; 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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><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.798586572438\">\n<p>\u201cTesting and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2827170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JAMA<\/a>]. \u201cMost hospitals have stopped testing all patients for SARS-CoV-2 upon admission and requiring masking. Ten hospitals in the Mass General Brigham hospital system ended both these precautions simultaneously in May 2023 but restarted masking for health care workers in January 2024 during a winter respiratory viral surge\u2026. In this study, stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing was associated with a significant increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections. Restarting the masking of health care workers was associated with a significant decrease.\u201d And: \u201cNosocomial respiratory viral infections remain associated with increased length of stay and higher mortality in hospitalized populations.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Increased length of stay = profit. Hilariously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/05\/mass-general-hospital-decrees-that-patients-may-not-ask-staff-to-wear-masks-even-if-immunocompromised-ada-complaint-filed.html\">Smile Nazi Erica Shenoy<\/a> is Associate Chief of the Infection Control Unit at Mass General Brigham, and is fighting universal use of respirators in hospitals tooth and nail at HICPAC. One can only wonder what her motivation might be. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes speaking up helps:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.7379310344828\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2137931034483\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks \ud83d\ude4c image changed with revision note \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eZrirFX0H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9eZrirFX0H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News Medical (@NewsMedical) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsMedical\/status\/1795299609268629856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this issue landed on the Art Director\u2019s desk, and policy was changed. And Kudos to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsMedical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NewsMedical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Immune Dysregulation<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.241354466859\">\n<p>\u201cThe identification of a SARs-CoV2 S1 protein derived peptide with super-antigen-like stimulatory properties on T-cells\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.26.624714v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cSevere COVID-19 can trigger a cytokine storm, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with similarities to superantigen-induced toxic shock syndrome. An outstanding question is whether SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences can directly induce inflammatory responses. In this study, we identify a region in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike protein with sequence homology to bacterial super-antigens (termed P3)\u2026. In vivo experiments in mice revealed that the administration of P3 led to a significant upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, and TNF-\u03b1. While the clinical significance of P3 in COVID-19 remains unclear, its homology to other mammalian proteins suggests a potential role for this peptide family in human inflammation and autoimmunity.\u201d \u2022 Leonardi (<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2022\/11\/07\/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">see here<\/a>) does a happy dance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.824427480916\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.145038167939\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The superantigen has been found despite many attempts to delegitimize the hypothesis and disparage me.<\/p>\n<p>I will be going around to collect dues in an arrogant and vindicated manner <\/p>\n<p>The evidence was there immunologically of a super antigenic effect, and the people who denied it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0d9osdsQkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0d9osdsQkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitterhappierAJ\/status\/1862166790320910588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Others resist:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Testing and Tracking: Wastewater<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1357466063348\">\n<p>I assume the dairies are dumping infected milk into the sewers, under cover of darkness?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9803921568627\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9509803921569\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just a mild coincidence that the largest Raw Milk dairy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_Farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Raw_Farm<\/a>, in the world is having multiple recalls, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickABright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@RickABright<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KinCONN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@KinCONN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0bFuSc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@0bFuSc8<\/a> at the same time waste water is popping off.<\/p>\n<p>Move along, folks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOXWSxysS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wOXWSxysS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lazarus Long (@LazarusLong13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LazarusLong13\/status\/1862000054849999190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Note that would be the optimistic scenario\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Even though the Covid numbers seem low, please remember that the data is not nearly as good as it once was, that it lags, and that the downside risks of catching Covid are considerable. For those who have developed their own personal protocols, I wouldn\u2019t relax them. Maybe next year.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.898058252427\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6521739130435\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9759036144578\">\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 November 27:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3-300x258.png 300w\" 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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 23:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"137.94172852425\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA Calls For Check Of Drag Brace Lower Lock Link On Boeing 787 Landing Gear\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/faa-calls-check-drag-brace-lower-lock-link-boeing-787-landing-gear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple FLying<\/a>]. \u201cThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that a specific inspection process was not completed during the manufacturing process of the drag brace lower lock link assemblies for the Boeing 787\u2019s main landing gear (MLG), mandating operators to either check maintenance records or inspect whether certain drag brace lower links were installed on the aircraft. The regulator issued the airworthiness directive (AD) despite one airline [American] saying that a requirement bulletin (RB) was sufficient\u2026 According to the FAA, undetected cracks could lead to a fracture of the drag brace lower lock link assembly, potentially resulting in the MLG\u2019s collapse and subsequent loss of directional control while the aircraft is on the ground. The regulator\u2019s worst-case scenario pointed to a potential runway excursion and wing box fuel tank penetration.\u201d \u2022\u00a0At some point, presumably, alll this will be cleaned up\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s new CEO clips corporate jet trips in show of restraint\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeings-new-ceo-clips-corporate-jet-trips-in-show-of-restraint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cOrtberg\u2019s edict has curtailed flights to Boeing\u2019s major operations centers in Seattle (commercial planemaking); Washington (corporate headquarters, defense arm); and Dallas (services unit). The prior set-up made it easy for top executives to commute from afar. Former CEO Dave Calhoun flew in from homes in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and his senior leadership team was scattered in places like Connecticut and Toronto. Flights have fallen off to Charleston, South Carolina, and nearby Savannah, Georgia; White Plains, New York, close to Chief Financial Officer Brian West\u2019s Connecticut home; and Toronto, where information technology head Susan Doniz is based. Calhoun, West and Doniz declined to comment for the story, a Boeing spokesperson said. While Ortberg, like his predecessors, travel in a private jet, he is relocating to Seattle.\u201d \u2022 \u201cMust\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201c\u2018Mayday!\u2019: New details emerge after Boeing plane makes emergency landing at Mirabel airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/mayday-new-details-emerge-after-boeing-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-mirabel-airport-1.7127652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTV News<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018During deceleration after landing with the flaps retracted at Montreal-Mirabel airport, the left main landing gear collapsed until the left engine touched the ground. The aircraft continued on its engine-supported path until it came to a complete stop on the runway,\u2019 the [federal Transportation Safety Board\u2019s] summary of the incident stated. The agency said there was no fire but the plane sustained \u2018significant damage.’\u201d \u2022 On the bright side, a pretty robust airframe, it would seem.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cWhy Africa won\u2019t shut the door on Boeing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesaerospace.aero\/features\/air-transport\/why-africa-wont-shut-the-door-on-boeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Times Aerospace]. <\/a>\u201cProduction rates of the 737\u2026 have been capped by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at 38 \u2013 the rate existing prior to the Alaska Airlines incident \u2013 until the FAA is satisfied that Boeing has got a grip of the situation. So, what does all this mean for African airlines? Probably less than in other regions of the world. Relatively few African carriers buy new aircraft direct from Boeing. Many tend to acquire second-hand machines\u2026 Will Boeing\u2019s problems deter African airlines from placing future orders with the US manufacturer? Probably not; both Boeing and Airbus have huge order backlogs \u2013 place an order for a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320neo today and you are unlikely to have it in service much before the end of the decade. African airlines that want to order from Boeing will probably take comfort from the fact that, by the time the new aircraft arrive, the company\u2019s current problems will \u2013 hopefully \u2013 have been ironed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cCOMAC: The quiet giant challenging the Airbus-Boeing duopoly\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/comac-the-quiet-giant-challenging-the-airbus-boeing-duopoly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aerotime<\/a>]. \u201cCOMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) was officially formed on May 11, 2008, the product of a joint effort from various Chinese companies and institutions: (Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel, Sinochem, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation and the SASAC (which manages Air China, China\u2019s flag carrier). COMAC is therefore more akin to a conglomerate, a la United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Russia, which in turn encompasses famous names such as Ilyushin, Tupolev or Sukhoi. As such, COMAC regroups all China\u2019s aircraft manufacturing capacities through 13 different companies, military and civilian alike and is government-owned.\u201d Concluding: \u201cNow what\u2019s next for COMAC? There\u2019s no shortage of challenges awaiting the Chinese manufacturer. In the near-term future, COMAC will have to digest a steep learning curve on the supply-chain side of the manufacturing process to address demand and increase delivery rates\u2026. [T]he commercial airplanes market has virtually shrunk to an Airbus\/Boeing duopoly for the past 25 years with Embraer and ATR in a different league. Therefore, it can be said that COMAC is the first real challenger to the duopoly, a welcome new entrant that will push the European and US manufacturers to be more innovative.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. No Chinese engines, I believe.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 66 Greed (previous close: 65 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 60 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 29 at 11:29:59 AM ET. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5486725663717\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9557522123894\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard \u2013 The Swing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrcoZuQLpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zrcoZuQLpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Art Gallery (@X_ArtGallery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/X_ArtGallery\/status\/1862390857262846337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk admits X throttles links as \u2018news influencers\u2019 take over\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1CWQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201c. Links are lifeblood for web publishers, and they can be handy for users who want to point each other to original sources, in-depth reporting or delightful content. Adding a link to a post also can be an indicator of credibility on social media \u2013 a sign that you aren\u2019t just spouting off but have outside evidence to support your claims and are happy for your audience to check it out for themselves. But tech giants have come to see links as a drain on the bottom line, because they pull users\u2019 valuable eyeballs away from the platform\u2026. As traditional media that report the news have lost audience and stature, social media influencers who talk about the news have thrived, according to a recent nationally representative survey by Pew Research. The survey found that 1 in 5 Americans \u2014 and 37 percent of adults under 30 \u2014 say they regularly get news from influencers on social media. Some 85 percent of those influencers maintain a presence on X.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Blogosphere about to stage a comeback? Even a fraction of 100 \u2013 37 = 63% is a big market with a lot of room for small players\u2026 <\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-27-2024-html.html\">here<\/a>. 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Readers, I hope you all had an excellent Thanksgivng and are looking forward to the weekend to come! \u2013lambert<\/p>\n
Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge\u2013West Pond. Queens, New York, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#sharpton\">Did it really take $500,000<\/a> to make Al Sharpton \u201cfriendly\u201d?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sanders\">Sanders on the Four Freedoms <\/a> (and Norman Rockwell).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Another day, another Boeing<\/a> airworthiness directive. ALso, COMAC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.221521089339\">\n<p>\u201cThe Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FxJh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cAdding to the complexity, a patchwork of state laws means sheriffs in some blue states legally can\u2019t cooperate with ICE, while those in some red states must, said Jonathan Thompson, the executive director of the nonpartisan National Sheriffs\u2019 Association, whose members include about 70% of the country\u2019s 3,081 sheriffs\u2026 Trump\u2019s advisers intend to penalize so-called sanctuary cities by cutting off what could amount to billions of dollars in federal grants to them, according to people familiar with their plans.\u201d During the Nullification Crisis, Andrew Jackson won, and John C. Calhoun lost. More: \u201cThompson said his group plans to meet soon with members of Trump\u2019s transition team, hoping to learn more about the scope, cost and duration of his deportation plan. In Thompson\u2019s view, it is clear the influx of migrants in recent years has \u2018created an enormous amount of pressure on local law enforcement, state law enforcement agencies, across the country, not just along the border. It\u2019s created havoc in many, many communities.\u2019 He added state and local law enforcement, \u2018and in particular sheriffs\u2019 will be critical to Trump\u2019s plans. Many conservative sheriffs across the U.S., from Texas to California to redder swaths of the northeast, now stand ready to be force multipliers for ICE and its 6,000 agents. Asked if he supports mass deportation, GOP Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, replied: \u201cSure, I do. And so do the American people\u2026. People are tired of this.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eNqLoFHJxM0?si=pZy2kN1DWXjn3RII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedy interlude<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Has a Weird Political Culture. It\u2019s About to Take Over the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/11\/28\/trump-cabinet-florida-influence-00191930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cNo other state will have that level of concentrated influence in the next administration. With Florida personalities playing such a central role, it\u2019s important to understand just what constitutes Florida political culture\u2026. As much as any other state, Florida has been defined by its migrants and its immigrants \u2014 basically everyone is from somewhere else, be it from some other state or some other country\u2026.. And now, the rest of America could become a little more like Florida. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, is a vaccine safety skeptic; Rubio is a traditional hawk with a from-the-cradle hatred of communism but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/research-analysis\/marco-rubio-russia-and-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a desire to negotiate a quick end to the Ukraine war<\/a>; Bondi wants to go after \u2018bad prosecutors\u2019 much like DeSantis did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/09\/desantis-suspends-state-attorney-worrell-00110445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with two state attorneys<\/a>. They have the potential to being much more than Florida <em>vibes<\/em> to the country and could reshape the country in the image of the Sunshine State.\u201d \u2022 My impression of DeSantis is that he wasn\u2019t ready for the national stage (even if he had not been confronting the Colossus of Mar-a-Lago). So I wonder if these Florida players will do better than he did (Susie Wiles, meanwhile, is ready for the national <em>back<\/em>stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.756132756133\">\n<p><a name=\"sharpton\"\/>\u201cAl Sharpton\u2019s acceptance of Kamala Harris campaign\u2019s $500K donation a \u2018bridge too far\u2019 for MSNBC colleagues\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/media\/al-sharptons-acceptance-of-kamala-harris-campaigns-500k-donation-a-bridge-too-far-for-msnbc-colleagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cHarris sat down for a friendly interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Party. Following Harris\u2019 defeat by former President Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton\u2019s nonprofit organization in September and October. However, the MSNBC weekend host did not disclose to viewers the apparent conflict of interest before or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses at the network, according to the Free Beacon.\u201d \u2022 What.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"48.5078125\">\n<p>\u201cBlue States Will Find Fighting Trump Is No Simple Proposition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/blue-states-will-find-fighting-trump-is-no-simple-proposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>]. \u201cCan Newsom and the other Democratic governors who have vowed to join him really Trump-proof their states? If they fail, would that mean a huge crack in the foundation of federalism? And if they succeed, just how united would the United States be?.. Not all Democratic governors have agreed on the pitched-battle strategy. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has deliberately stood back from Newsom\u2019s confrontational approach and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/11\/12\/gretchen-whitmer-president-donald-trump-michigan-semiconductor-chips-mundy-megasite-western-digital\/76220990007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> she wanted to find \u2018some shared priorities\u2019 with Trump [who is the head of a fascist movement, let us remember] \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with a Trump administration before,\u201d she said, and thought they\u2019d figure out how to do it again. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who nearly became Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/governor\/newsroom\/2024-press-releases\/statement-from-governor-josh-shapiro-on-the-2024-election-result.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u2014 twice \u2014 in his post-election statement that he \u2018wanted to get things done.’\u201d And: \u201c[T]here\u2019s a limit to how effectively they can resist Trump\u2019s policies. If as president Trump decided to sit on disaster aid or refuse to approve waivers for environmental or health-care plans, Democratic governors could find themselves long on rhetoric but short on results. And if the states decide to fight Trump in court, as California often did successfully in the first Trump administration, the battle will be much harder this time. The first time around, California successfully fought many of its judicial battles in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump, however, named 10 of the 29 judges on the circuit. That means California will now have to pick its battles much more carefully, with an eye especially on which cases to file in which courts. Fully Trump-proofing their states, therefore, is more than Democratic governors can accomplish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Didn\u2019t They Riot?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tomklingenstein.com\/why-didnt-they-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Klingenstein<\/a>]. \u201cFor many\u2026 the downbeat response to Trump\u2019s victory seemed out of place, given the feverish severity of how Democrats had articulated the stakes of this election. In her final month\u2026 The surface explanation, of course, is that the Democrats didn\u2019t really believe any of it\u2026 Even if the leadership of the Democratic Party and its surrogates in the media were simply generating outrage, millions of Americans in their audiences now believe, with conviction, that the long night of fascism has finally descended on America\u2026.. In short, we didn\u2019t see post-election violence or mass protests because the scale of Trump\u2019s victory meant that such rioting would appear \u2014 at least temporarily \u2014 as the angry self-indulgence of a minority that had been legitimately beaten at the ballot box. But the riots will come soon enough, and Antifa will menace the streets once again.\u201d \u2022 Hmmm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen engage in mass \u2018primal scream\u2019 in wake of Trump victory: \u2018Release our pain’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/women-engage-mass-primal-scream-wake-trump-victory-release-our-pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>}. \u201cRemarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris\u2019s Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump. The footage, which recently went viral on social media, was originally posted by a Facebook user named Tamara Gibbs. The event took place at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay on Nov. 9. The extraordinary video shows around two dozen adult women screeching at the water. The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped\u2026. \u2018We need to start organizing\u2026 We have the opportunity to, in-state, in two years, take back the legislature,\u2019 one woman said to roaring applause.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.569716775599\">\n<p><a name=\"sanders\"\/>The \u201cFour Freedoms\u201d <em>might be a good place to start<\/em>, but Sanders has form; he is not the one to do the starting (not that I see anybody else):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1707988980716\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.986225895317\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don\u2019t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SpJjmFnlDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SpJjmFnlDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1862157427031830528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>If we must have fours, I prefer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/book-review-caps-lock-capitalism-and-graphic-design.html#marx\">Bearded One\u2019s<\/a>, though I admit they are negatives (yin) to FDR\u2019s positives (yang). Good stuff, but as I said\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.744140625\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.984375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How come we don’t talk about class in America?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPcfyHfHIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jPcfyHfHIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1861813450164355506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&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><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.798586572438\">\n<p>\u201cTesting and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2827170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JAMA<\/a>]. \u201cMost hospitals have stopped testing all patients for SARS-CoV-2 upon admission and requiring masking. Ten hospitals in the Mass General Brigham hospital system ended both these precautions simultaneously in May 2023 but restarted masking for health care workers in January 2024 during a winter respiratory viral surge\u2026. In this study, stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing was associated with a significant increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections. Restarting the masking of health care workers was associated with a significant decrease.\u201d And: \u201cNosocomial respiratory viral infections remain associated with increased length of stay and higher mortality in hospitalized populations.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Increased length of stay = profit. Hilariously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/05\/mass-general-hospital-decrees-that-patients-may-not-ask-staff-to-wear-masks-even-if-immunocompromised-ada-complaint-filed.html\">Smile Nazi Erica Shenoy<\/a> is Associate Chief of the Infection Control Unit at Mass General Brigham, and is fighting universal use of respirators in hospitals tooth and nail at HICPAC. One can only wonder what her motivation might be. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes speaking up helps:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.7379310344828\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2137931034483\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks \ud83d\ude4c image changed with revision note \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eZrirFX0H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9eZrirFX0H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News Medical (@NewsMedical) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsMedical\/status\/1795299609268629856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this issue landed on the Art Director\u2019s desk, and policy was changed. And Kudos to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsMedical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NewsMedical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Immune Dysregulation<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.241354466859\">\n<p>\u201cThe identification of a SARs-CoV2 S1 protein derived peptide with super-antigen-like stimulatory properties on T-cells\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.26.624714v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cSevere COVID-19 can trigger a cytokine storm, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with similarities to superantigen-induced toxic shock syndrome. An outstanding question is whether SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences can directly induce inflammatory responses. In this study, we identify a region in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike protein with sequence homology to bacterial super-antigens (termed P3)\u2026. In vivo experiments in mice revealed that the administration of P3 led to a significant upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, and TNF-\u03b1. While the clinical significance of P3 in COVID-19 remains unclear, its homology to other mammalian proteins suggests a potential role for this peptide family in human inflammation and autoimmunity.\u201d \u2022 Leonardi (<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2022\/11\/07\/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">see here<\/a>) does a happy dance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.824427480916\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.145038167939\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The superantigen has been found despite many attempts to delegitimize the hypothesis and disparage me.<\/p>\n<p>I will be going around to collect dues in an arrogant and vindicated manner <\/p>\n<p>The evidence was there immunologically of a super antigenic effect, and the people who denied it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0d9osdsQkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0d9osdsQkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitterhappierAJ\/status\/1862166790320910588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Others resist:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Testing and Tracking: Wastewater<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1357466063348\">\n<p>I assume the dairies are dumping infected milk into the sewers, under cover of darkness?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9803921568627\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9509803921569\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just a mild coincidence that the largest Raw Milk dairy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_Farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Raw_Farm<\/a>, in the world is having multiple recalls, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickABright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@RickABright<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KinCONN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@KinCONN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0bFuSc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@0bFuSc8<\/a> at the same time waste water is popping off.<\/p>\n<p>Move along, folks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOXWSxysS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wOXWSxysS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lazarus Long (@LazarusLong13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LazarusLong13\/status\/1862000054849999190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Note that would be the optimistic scenario\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Even though the Covid numbers seem low, please remember that the data is not nearly as good as it once was, that it lags, and that the downside risks of catching Covid are considerable. For those who have developed their own personal protocols, I wouldn\u2019t relax them. Maybe next year.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.898058252427\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6521739130435\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9759036144578\">\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 November 27:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3-300x258.png 300w\" 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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 23:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"137.94172852425\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA Calls For Check Of Drag Brace Lower Lock Link On Boeing 787 Landing Gear\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/faa-calls-check-drag-brace-lower-lock-link-boeing-787-landing-gear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple FLying<\/a>]. \u201cThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that a specific inspection process was not completed during the manufacturing process of the drag brace lower lock link assemblies for the Boeing 787\u2019s main landing gear (MLG), mandating operators to either check maintenance records or inspect whether certain drag brace lower links were installed on the aircraft. The regulator issued the airworthiness directive (AD) despite one airline [American] saying that a requirement bulletin (RB) was sufficient\u2026 According to the FAA, undetected cracks could lead to a fracture of the drag brace lower lock link assembly, potentially resulting in the MLG\u2019s collapse and subsequent loss of directional control while the aircraft is on the ground. The regulator\u2019s worst-case scenario pointed to a potential runway excursion and wing box fuel tank penetration.\u201d \u2022\u00a0At some point, presumably, alll this will be cleaned up\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s new CEO clips corporate jet trips in show of restraint\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeings-new-ceo-clips-corporate-jet-trips-in-show-of-restraint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cOrtberg\u2019s edict has curtailed flights to Boeing\u2019s major operations centers in Seattle (commercial planemaking); Washington (corporate headquarters, defense arm); and Dallas (services unit). The prior set-up made it easy for top executives to commute from afar. Former CEO Dave Calhoun flew in from homes in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and his senior leadership team was scattered in places like Connecticut and Toronto. Flights have fallen off to Charleston, South Carolina, and nearby Savannah, Georgia; White Plains, New York, close to Chief Financial Officer Brian West\u2019s Connecticut home; and Toronto, where information technology head Susan Doniz is based. Calhoun, West and Doniz declined to comment for the story, a Boeing spokesperson said. While Ortberg, like his predecessors, travel in a private jet, he is relocating to Seattle.\u201d \u2022 \u201cMust\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201c\u2018Mayday!\u2019: New details emerge after Boeing plane makes emergency landing at Mirabel airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/mayday-new-details-emerge-after-boeing-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-mirabel-airport-1.7127652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTV News<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018During deceleration after landing with the flaps retracted at Montreal-Mirabel airport, the left main landing gear collapsed until the left engine touched the ground. The aircraft continued on its engine-supported path until it came to a complete stop on the runway,\u2019 the [federal Transportation Safety Board\u2019s] summary of the incident stated. The agency said there was no fire but the plane sustained \u2018significant damage.’\u201d \u2022 On the bright side, a pretty robust airframe, it would seem.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cWhy Africa won\u2019t shut the door on Boeing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesaerospace.aero\/features\/air-transport\/why-africa-wont-shut-the-door-on-boeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Times Aerospace]. <\/a>\u201cProduction rates of the 737\u2026 have been capped by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at 38 \u2013 the rate existing prior to the Alaska Airlines incident \u2013 until the FAA is satisfied that Boeing has got a grip of the situation. So, what does all this mean for African airlines? Probably less than in other regions of the world. Relatively few African carriers buy new aircraft direct from Boeing. Many tend to acquire second-hand machines\u2026 Will Boeing\u2019s problems deter African airlines from placing future orders with the US manufacturer? Probably not; both Boeing and Airbus have huge order backlogs \u2013 place an order for a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320neo today and you are unlikely to have it in service much before the end of the decade. African airlines that want to order from Boeing will probably take comfort from the fact that, by the time the new aircraft arrive, the company\u2019s current problems will \u2013 hopefully \u2013 have been ironed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cCOMAC: The quiet giant challenging the Airbus-Boeing duopoly\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/comac-the-quiet-giant-challenging-the-airbus-boeing-duopoly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aerotime<\/a>]. \u201cCOMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) was officially formed on May 11, 2008, the product of a joint effort from various Chinese companies and institutions: (Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel, Sinochem, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation and the SASAC (which manages Air China, China\u2019s flag carrier). COMAC is therefore more akin to a conglomerate, a la United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Russia, which in turn encompasses famous names such as Ilyushin, Tupolev or Sukhoi. As such, COMAC regroups all China\u2019s aircraft manufacturing capacities through 13 different companies, military and civilian alike and is government-owned.\u201d Concluding: \u201cNow what\u2019s next for COMAC? There\u2019s no shortage of challenges awaiting the Chinese manufacturer. In the near-term future, COMAC will have to digest a steep learning curve on the supply-chain side of the manufacturing process to address demand and increase delivery rates\u2026. [T]he commercial airplanes market has virtually shrunk to an Airbus\/Boeing duopoly for the past 25 years with Embraer and ATR in a different league. Therefore, it can be said that COMAC is the first real challenger to the duopoly, a welcome new entrant that will push the European and US manufacturers to be more innovative.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. No Chinese engines, I believe.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 66 Greed (previous close: 65 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 60 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 29 at 11:29:59 AM ET. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5486725663717\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9557522123894\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard \u2013 The Swing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrcoZuQLpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zrcoZuQLpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Art Gallery (@X_ArtGallery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/X_ArtGallery\/status\/1862390857262846337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk admits X throttles links as \u2018news influencers\u2019 take over\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1CWQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201c. Links are lifeblood for web publishers, and they can be handy for users who want to point each other to original sources, in-depth reporting or delightful content. Adding a link to a post also can be an indicator of credibility on social media \u2013 a sign that you aren\u2019t just spouting off but have outside evidence to support your claims and are happy for your audience to check it out for themselves. But tech giants have come to see links as a drain on the bottom line, because they pull users\u2019 valuable eyeballs away from the platform\u2026. As traditional media that report the news have lost audience and stature, social media influencers who talk about the news have thrived, according to a recent nationally representative survey by Pew Research. The survey found that 1 in 5 Americans \u2014 and 37 percent of adults under 30 \u2014 say they regularly get news from influencers on social media. Some 85 percent of those influencers maintain a presence on X.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Blogosphere about to stage a comeback? Even a fraction of 100 \u2013 37 = 63% is a big market with a lot of room for small players\u2026 <\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-27-2024-html.html\">here<\/a>. From Wukchumni:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dogwood.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dogwood.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dogwood-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wukchumni writes: \u201cDogwoods turning color in the Giant Forest, Sequoia NP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Readers, if you haven\u2019t sent in a plant photo to Water Cooler, why not try it? It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s fun, and you get some nice compliments! (If you need directions, see below.) <\/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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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge\u2013West Pond. Queens, New York, United States.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#sharpton\">Did it really take $500,000<\/a> to make Al Sharpton \u201cfriendly\u201d?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sanders\">Sanders on the Four Freedoms <\/a> (and Norman Rockwell).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Another day, another Boeing<\/a> airworthiness directive. ALso, COMAC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"43.221521089339\">\n<p>\u201cThe Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FxJh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cAdding to the complexity, a patchwork of state laws means sheriffs in some blue states legally can\u2019t cooperate with ICE, while those in some red states must, said Jonathan Thompson, the executive director of the nonpartisan National Sheriffs\u2019 Association, whose members include about 70% of the country\u2019s 3,081 sheriffs\u2026 Trump\u2019s advisers intend to penalize so-called sanctuary cities by cutting off what could amount to billions of dollars in federal grants to them, according to people familiar with their plans.\u201d During the Nullification Crisis, Andrew Jackson won, and John C. Calhoun lost. More: \u201cThompson said his group plans to meet soon with members of Trump\u2019s transition team, hoping to learn more about the scope, cost and duration of his deportation plan. In Thompson\u2019s view, it is clear the influx of migrants in recent years has \u2018created an enormous amount of pressure on local law enforcement, state law enforcement agencies, across the country, not just along the border. It\u2019s created havoc in many, many communities.\u2019 He added state and local law enforcement, \u2018and in particular sheriffs\u2019 will be critical to Trump\u2019s plans. Many conservative sheriffs across the U.S., from Texas to California to redder swaths of the northeast, now stand ready to be force multipliers for ICE and its 6,000 agents. Asked if he supports mass deportation, GOP Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, replied: \u201cSure, I do. And so do the American people\u2026. People are tired of this.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eNqLoFHJxM0?si=pZy2kN1DWXjn3RII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedy interlude<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Has a Weird Political Culture. It\u2019s About to Take Over the White House\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/11\/28\/trump-cabinet-florida-influence-00191930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cNo other state will have that level of concentrated influence in the next administration. With Florida personalities playing such a central role, it\u2019s important to understand just what constitutes Florida political culture\u2026. As much as any other state, Florida has been defined by its migrants and its immigrants \u2014 basically everyone is from somewhere else, be it from some other state or some other country\u2026.. And now, the rest of America could become a little more like Florida. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, is a vaccine safety skeptic; Rubio is a traditional hawk with a from-the-cradle hatred of communism but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/research-analysis\/marco-rubio-russia-and-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a desire to negotiate a quick end to the Ukraine war<\/a>; Bondi wants to go after \u2018bad prosecutors\u2019 much like DeSantis did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/09\/desantis-suspends-state-attorney-worrell-00110445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with two state attorneys<\/a>. They have the potential to being much more than Florida <em>vibes<\/em> to the country and could reshape the country in the image of the Sunshine State.\u201d \u2022 My impression of DeSantis is that he wasn\u2019t ready for the national stage (even if he had not been confronting the Colossus of Mar-a-Lago). So I wonder if these Florida players will do better than he did (Susie Wiles, meanwhile, is ready for the national <em>back<\/em>stage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.756132756133\">\n<p><a name=\"sharpton\"\/>\u201cAl Sharpton\u2019s acceptance of Kamala Harris campaign\u2019s $500K donation a \u2018bridge too far\u2019 for MSNBC colleagues\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/media\/al-sharptons-acceptance-of-kamala-harris-campaigns-500k-donation-a-bridge-too-far-for-msnbc-colleagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201cHarris sat down for a friendly interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Party. Following Harris\u2019 defeat by former President Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton\u2019s nonprofit organization in September and October. However, the MSNBC weekend host did not disclose to viewers the apparent conflict of interest before or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses at the network, according to the Free Beacon.\u201d \u2022 What.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"48.5078125\">\n<p>\u201cBlue States Will Find Fighting Trump Is No Simple Proposition\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/politics\/blue-states-will-find-fighting-trump-is-no-simple-proposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governing<\/a>]. \u201cCan Newsom and the other Democratic governors who have vowed to join him really Trump-proof their states? If they fail, would that mean a huge crack in the foundation of federalism? And if they succeed, just how united would the United States be?.. Not all Democratic governors have agreed on the pitched-battle strategy. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has deliberately stood back from Newsom\u2019s confrontational approach and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/11\/12\/gretchen-whitmer-president-donald-trump-michigan-semiconductor-chips-mundy-megasite-western-digital\/76220990007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> she wanted to find \u2018some shared priorities\u2019 with Trump [who is the head of a fascist movement, let us remember] \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with a Trump administration before,\u201d she said, and thought they\u2019d figure out how to do it again. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who nearly became Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/governor\/newsroom\/2024-press-releases\/statement-from-governor-josh-shapiro-on-the-2024-election-result.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u2014 twice \u2014 in his post-election statement that he \u2018wanted to get things done.’\u201d And: \u201c[T]here\u2019s a limit to how effectively they can resist Trump\u2019s policies. If as president Trump decided to sit on disaster aid or refuse to approve waivers for environmental or health-care plans, Democratic governors could find themselves long on rhetoric but short on results. And if the states decide to fight Trump in court, as California often did successfully in the first Trump administration, the battle will be much harder this time. The first time around, California successfully fought many of its judicial battles in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump, however, named 10 of the 29 judges on the circuit. That means California will now have to pick its battles much more carefully, with an eye especially on which cases to file in which courts. Fully Trump-proofing their states, therefore, is more than Democratic governors can accomplish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Didn\u2019t They Riot?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tomklingenstein.com\/why-didnt-they-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tom Klingenstein<\/a>]. \u201cFor many\u2026 the downbeat response to Trump\u2019s victory seemed out of place, given the feverish severity of how Democrats had articulated the stakes of this election. In her final month\u2026 The surface explanation, of course, is that the Democrats didn\u2019t really believe any of it\u2026 Even if the leadership of the Democratic Party and its surrogates in the media were simply generating outrage, millions of Americans in their audiences now believe, with conviction, that the long night of fascism has finally descended on America\u2026.. In short, we didn\u2019t see post-election violence or mass protests because the scale of Trump\u2019s victory meant that such rioting would appear \u2014 at least temporarily \u2014 as the angry self-indulgence of a minority that had been legitimately beaten at the ballot box. But the riots will come soon enough, and Antifa will menace the streets once again.\u201d \u2022 Hmmm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen engage in mass \u2018primal scream\u2019 in wake of Trump victory: \u2018Release our pain’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/women-engage-mass-primal-scream-wake-trump-victory-release-our-pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOX<\/a>}. \u201cRemarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris\u2019s Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump. The footage, which recently went viral on social media, was originally posted by a Facebook user named Tamara Gibbs. The event took place at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay on Nov. 9. The extraordinary video shows around two dozen adult women screeching at the water. The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped\u2026. \u2018We need to start organizing\u2026 We have the opportunity to, in-state, in two years, take back the legislature,\u2019 one woman said to roaring applause.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.569716775599\">\n<p><a name=\"sanders\"\/>The \u201cFour Freedoms\u201d <em>might be a good place to start<\/em>, but Sanders has form; he is not the one to do the starting (not that I see anybody else):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1707988980716\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.986225895317\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don\u2019t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SpJjmFnlDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SpJjmFnlDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1862157427031830528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>If we must have fours, I prefer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/book-review-caps-lock-capitalism-and-graphic-design.html#marx\">Bearded One\u2019s<\/a>, though I admit they are negatives (yin) to FDR\u2019s positives (yang). Good stuff, but as I said\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.744140625\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.984375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How come we don’t talk about class in America?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPcfyHfHIt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jPcfyHfHIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1861813450164355506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&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><a name=\"mask\"\/>Maskstravaganza<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"15.798586572438\">\n<p>\u201cTesting and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2827170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JAMA<\/a>]. \u201cMost hospitals have stopped testing all patients for SARS-CoV-2 upon admission and requiring masking. Ten hospitals in the Mass General Brigham hospital system ended both these precautions simultaneously in May 2023 but restarted masking for health care workers in January 2024 during a winter respiratory viral surge\u2026. In this study, stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing was associated with a significant increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections. Restarting the masking of health care workers was associated with a significant decrease.\u201d And: \u201cNosocomial respiratory viral infections remain associated with increased length of stay and higher mortality in hospitalized populations.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Increased length of stay = profit. Hilariously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2023\/05\/mass-general-hospital-decrees-that-patients-may-not-ask-staff-to-wear-masks-even-if-immunocompromised-ada-complaint-filed.html\">Smile Nazi Erica Shenoy<\/a> is Associate Chief of the Infection Control Unit at Mass General Brigham, and is fighting universal use of respirators in hospitals tooth and nail at HICPAC. One can only wonder what her motivation might be. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes speaking up helps:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.7379310344828\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2137931034483\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks \ud83d\ude4c image changed with revision note \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/TS2qTo43Ld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eZrirFX0H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9eZrirFX0H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News Medical (@NewsMedical) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsMedical\/status\/1795299609268629856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this issue landed on the Art Director\u2019s desk, and policy was changed. And Kudos to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsMedical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NewsMedical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Immune Dysregulation<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.241354466859\">\n<p>\u201cThe identification of a SARs-CoV2 S1 protein derived peptide with super-antigen-like stimulatory properties on T-cells\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.26.624714v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cSevere COVID-19 can trigger a cytokine storm, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with similarities to superantigen-induced toxic shock syndrome. An outstanding question is whether SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences can directly induce inflammatory responses. In this study, we identify a region in the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike protein with sequence homology to bacterial super-antigens (termed P3)\u2026. In vivo experiments in mice revealed that the administration of P3 led to a significant upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, and TNF-\u03b1. While the clinical significance of P3 in COVID-19 remains unclear, its homology to other mammalian proteins suggests a potential role for this peptide family in human inflammation and autoimmunity.\u201d \u2022 Leonardi (<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2022\/11\/07\/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">see here<\/a>) does a happy dance:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.824427480916\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"14.145038167939\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The superantigen has been found despite many attempts to delegitimize the hypothesis and disparage me.<\/p>\n<p>I will be going around to collect dues in an arrogant and vindicated manner <\/p>\n<p>The evidence was there immunologically of a super antigenic effect, and the people who denied it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZFmGD1AKmD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0d9osdsQkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0d9osdsQkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitterhappierAJ\/status\/1862166790320910588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Others resist:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Veldhoen-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Testing and Tracking: Wastewater<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1357466063348\">\n<p>I assume the dairies are dumping infected milk into the sewers, under cover of darkness?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9803921568627\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9509803921569\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just a mild coincidence that the largest Raw Milk dairy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_Farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Raw_Farm<\/a>, in the world is having multiple recalls, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickABright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@RickABright<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KinCONN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@KinCONN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0bFuSc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@0bFuSc8<\/a> at the same time waste water is popping off.<\/p>\n<p>Move along, folks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMLhMPYxPc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOXWSxysS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wOXWSxysS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lazarus Long (@LazarusLong13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LazarusLong13\/status\/1862000054849999190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Note that would be the optimistic scenario\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Even though the Covid numbers seem low, please remember that the data is not nearly as good as it once was, that it lags, and that the downside risks of catching Covid are considerable. For those who have developed their own personal protocols, I wouldn\u2019t relax them. Maybe next year.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.898058252427\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.625\">\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> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6521739130435\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9759036144578\">\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 November 27:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><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> November 28:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-11-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-3-300x258.png 300w\" 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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 23:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"137.94172852425\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cFAA Calls For Check Of Drag Brace Lower Lock Link On Boeing 787 Landing Gear\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/faa-calls-check-drag-brace-lower-lock-link-boeing-787-landing-gear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple FLying<\/a>]. \u201cThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned that a specific inspection process was not completed during the manufacturing process of the drag brace lower lock link assemblies for the Boeing 787\u2019s main landing gear (MLG), mandating operators to either check maintenance records or inspect whether certain drag brace lower links were installed on the aircraft. The regulator issued the airworthiness directive (AD) despite one airline [American] saying that a requirement bulletin (RB) was sufficient\u2026 According to the FAA, undetected cracks could lead to a fracture of the drag brace lower lock link assembly, potentially resulting in the MLG\u2019s collapse and subsequent loss of directional control while the aircraft is on the ground. The regulator\u2019s worst-case scenario pointed to a potential runway excursion and wing box fuel tank penetration.\u201d \u2022\u00a0At some point, presumably, alll this will be cleaned up\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s new CEO clips corporate jet trips in show of restraint\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/boeings-new-ceo-clips-corporate-jet-trips-in-show-of-restraint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cOrtberg\u2019s edict has curtailed flights to Boeing\u2019s major operations centers in Seattle (commercial planemaking); Washington (corporate headquarters, defense arm); and Dallas (services unit). The prior set-up made it easy for top executives to commute from afar. Former CEO Dave Calhoun flew in from homes in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and his senior leadership team was scattered in places like Connecticut and Toronto. Flights have fallen off to Charleston, South Carolina, and nearby Savannah, Georgia; White Plains, New York, close to Chief Financial Officer Brian West\u2019s Connecticut home; and Toronto, where information technology head Susan Doniz is based. Calhoun, West and Doniz declined to comment for the story, a Boeing spokesperson said. While Ortberg, like his predecessors, travel in a private jet, he is relocating to Seattle.\u201d \u2022 \u201cMust\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201c\u2018Mayday!\u2019: New details emerge after Boeing plane makes emergency landing at Mirabel airport\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/mayday-new-details-emerge-after-boeing-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-mirabel-airport-1.7127652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTV News<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018During deceleration after landing with the flaps retracted at Montreal-Mirabel airport, the left main landing gear collapsed until the left engine touched the ground. The aircraft continued on its engine-supported path until it came to a complete stop on the runway,\u2019 the [federal Transportation Safety Board\u2019s] summary of the incident stated. The agency said there was no fire but the plane sustained \u2018significant damage.’\u201d \u2022 On the bright side, a pretty robust airframe, it would seem.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cWhy Africa won\u2019t shut the door on Boeing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesaerospace.aero\/features\/air-transport\/why-africa-wont-shut-the-door-on-boeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Times Aerospace]. <\/a>\u201cProduction rates of the 737\u2026 have been capped by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at 38 \u2013 the rate existing prior to the Alaska Airlines incident \u2013 until the FAA is satisfied that Boeing has got a grip of the situation. So, what does all this mean for African airlines? Probably less than in other regions of the world. Relatively few African carriers buy new aircraft direct from Boeing. Many tend to acquire second-hand machines\u2026 Will Boeing\u2019s problems deter African airlines from placing future orders with the US manufacturer? Probably not; both Boeing and Airbus have huge order backlogs \u2013 place an order for a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320neo today and you are unlikely to have it in service much before the end of the decade. African airlines that want to order from Boeing will probably take comfort from the fact that, by the time the new aircraft arrive, the company\u2019s current problems will \u2013 hopefully \u2013 have been ironed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cCOMAC: The quiet giant challenging the Airbus-Boeing duopoly\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerotime.aero\/articles\/comac-the-quiet-giant-challenging-the-airbus-boeing-duopoly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aerotime<\/a>]. \u201cCOMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) was officially formed on May 11, 2008, the product of a joint effort from various Chinese companies and institutions: (Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Aluminum Corporation of China, Baosteel, Sinochem, Shanghai Guosheng Corporation and the SASAC (which manages Air China, China\u2019s flag carrier). COMAC is therefore more akin to a conglomerate, a la United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Russia, which in turn encompasses famous names such as Ilyushin, Tupolev or Sukhoi. As such, COMAC regroups all China\u2019s aircraft manufacturing capacities through 13 different companies, military and civilian alike and is government-owned.\u201d Concluding: \u201cNow what\u2019s next for COMAC? There\u2019s no shortage of challenges awaiting the Chinese manufacturer. In the near-term future, COMAC will have to digest a steep learning curve on the supply-chain side of the manufacturing process to address demand and increase delivery rates\u2026. [T]he commercial airplanes market has virtually shrunk to an Airbus\/Boeing duopoly for the past 25 years with Embraer and ATR in a different league. Therefore, it can be said that COMAC is the first real challenger to the duopoly, a welcome new entrant that will push the European and US manufacturers to be more innovative.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. No Chinese engines, I believe.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 66 Greed (previous close: 65 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 60 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 29 at 11:29:59 AM ET. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5486725663717\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9557522123894\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard \u2013 The Swing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrcoZuQLpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zrcoZuQLpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Art Gallery (@X_ArtGallery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/X_ArtGallery\/status\/1862390857262846337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk admits X throttles links as \u2018news influencers\u2019 take over\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1CWQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201c. Links are lifeblood for web publishers, and they can be handy for users who want to point each other to original sources, in-depth reporting or delightful content. Adding a link to a post also can be an indicator of credibility on social media \u2013 a sign that you aren\u2019t just spouting off but have outside evidence to support your claims and are happy for your audience to check it out for themselves. But tech giants have come to see links as a drain on the bottom line, because they pull users\u2019 valuable eyeballs away from the platform\u2026. As traditional media that report the news have lost audience and stature, social media influencers who talk about the news have thrived, according to a recent nationally representative survey by Pew Research. The survey found that 1 in 5 Americans \u2014 and 37 percent of adults under 30 \u2014 say they regularly get news from influencers on social media. Some 85 percent of those influencers maintain a presence on X.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Blogosphere about to stage a comeback? Even a fraction of 100 \u2013 37 = 63% is a big market with a lot of room for small players\u2026 <\/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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-27-2024-html.html\">here<\/a>. 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