{"id":90715,"date":"2025-02-08T03:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-2-7-2025-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T03:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T03:04:15","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-2-7-2025-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/200pm-water-cooler-2-7-2025-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 2\/7\/2025 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"957.08044451982\">\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Readers, my head cold seems to be on the downslope, oh joy. Anyohw, I started on-time today, then thought I would have my feeds one last look\u2026 \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/572771751\/embed\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brown Thrasher, Bindloss Campground, Hanna, Alberta, Canada. With some faraway geese.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#doge\">Possible Democrat strategies against DOGE.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#class\">The notion of \u201cracial capitalism\u201d decried.<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hole\">Hole punches.<\/a><\/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 Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.6712328767123\">\n<p>\u201cHegseth commits to Pentagon passing clean audit within 4 years\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5132332-pete-hegseth-defense-department-clean-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u2022 Big if true. It would take DOGE to do it. How\u2019s that going?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"doge\"\/>DOGE<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"169.1969323473\">\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?\u201d [Josh Marshall, <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/edblog\/wheres-the-real-power-nexus-how-does-the-opposition-get-to-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Talking Points Memo<\/a>]. \u201cI\u2019ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts. But as events develop I wanted to explain it succinctly and with emphasis. Democrats are out of power and have very few actual levers to impact what\u2019s happening. Yelling is important. Driving opposition in what is ultimately a battle for public opinion is important. Contesting everything through the courts is important. But there is only one hard lever of power currently available: that\u2019s the help the White House needs from Democrats on a budget and the debt ceiling. This morning explainer from Punchbowl makes clear why that help is essential. It\u2019s not just helpful. It\u2019s essential. The GOP majorities are simply too small, especially in the House. The GOP is simply too fractious. This is the one area where it isn\u2019t a matter of yelling as loud as you can when no one actually has to listen, or working through a decidedly hostile judiciary. Trump needs this. It\u2019s not a matter of working out a deal with Mike Johnson. Trump needs this help and there\u2019s only one place to get it. It\u2019s a not a discussion with John Thune or Mike Johnson. Only with Trump. I had been somewhat pessimistic about what I was seeing from congressional Democrats on this front. But starting yesterday they began to change their tune and started saying explicitly that the budget and debt ceiling were a key lever for them in handling the situation. That\u2019s real progress. But I think the terms need to be sharpened a lot. The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops.\u201d \u2022 Well, here I am quoting Josh Marshall with approval. It\u2019s a funny old world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking DOGE to Court Is a Doomed Strategy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenklippenstein.com\/p\/taking-doge-to-court-is-a-doomed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ken Klipperstein<\/a>]. \u201cThe war against DOGE is shaping up to be the same as the frenzied and ultimately unsuccessful takedown of Donald Trump that we saw in Russiagate and the January 6 investigations. The parallels are eerie, with Democrats alleging an illegitimate government takeover by DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) headed by Elon Musk. Even more bizarre is their adoption, literally verbatim, of MAGA rhetoric like \u2018Stop the Steal.\u2019 After weeks of confusion the party strategy finally emerged this week, expressed in accusations that DOGE was not in compliance with records laws and procedures. There\u2019s plenty to criticize about Trump\u2019s chaotic DOGE-led war on government, but the hunt for some kind of broken rule that will invalidate the whole thing hasn\u2019t worked in the past and won\u2019t now. For one, a senior U.S. intelligence official tells us that neither the FBI nor the intelligence community are investigating Musk and company for any unlawfulness. Trump has apparently granted DOGE officials security clearances, including top secret.\u201d And: \u201cInstead of making a plainspoken case to the public about how DOGE could negatively affect their daily lives, Democratic leaders conducted astroturfed \u2018demonstrations\u2019 in front of USAID, Treasury and other government shrines this week. They adopted the conspiratorial tone of the MAGA opposition to the Democrats that they have been so contemptuous of in the past. ;\u2019An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government,\u2019 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said of DOGE in a press release on Monday. The statement might as well have been written by Alex Jones on January 6, 2021. It was jarring coming from the Democratic Party\u2019s highest ranking official, a bespectacled 74 year old with reliably vanilla politics.\u201d And: \u201cIt all reminds me of the Mueller investigation, when political journalists who had never covered national security suddenly peppered their articles with acronyms like \u2018SIGINT.\u2019 There\u2019s lots to criticize about DOGE. I certainly have, publishing as many of its boneheaded memos as I can find. But instead of focusing on the substance \u2014 what it is actually doing, its gaping exemption for the national security state, and so on \u2014 Democrats instead are focused on obscure matters of process. \u201cDid DOGE submit Form 18-7.4?\u201d is a question almost nobody outside of Washington cares about. Nor should they.\u201d \u2022 All true, though stops somewhat short of the Courts (i.e., the Federalist Society\u2019s court (hat tip, these same process Democrats)).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Constitutional Crisis?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/briefing\/a-constitutional-crisis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe president can\u2019t shut down agencies that Congress has funded, yet that\u2019s what Trump did, with Elon Musk\u2019s help, to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The president can\u2019t fire inspectors general without giving lawmakers 30 days\u2019 notice, but Trump dismissed 17 of them anyway. Congress passed a law forcing TikTok to sell or close, and the courts upheld it, but Trump declined to enforce it. \u2018The president is openly violating the law and Constitution on a daily basis,\u2019 said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College.\u201d The Constitutional remedy is impeachment, but the Democrats used that one up already with trivial and butchered efforts. Ah well, nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressional Democrats denied entry to EPA headquarters\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/06\/democrats-denied-entry-epa-doge-musk-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>]. \u201cA group of House and Senate Democrats said they were denied access to the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is the third time this week that Democratic lawmakers were blocked from an agency that has been targeted by President Trump and Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency.\u201d \u2022 Lesson of Occupy: Take and hold ground (although I don\u2019t know the legalities here, the Executive Branch denying entry to the Legislative Branch seems a little sketchy). Of course, the lawmakers liked footsoldiers. Putting aside the possibility of pink pussy hats from the Northern Virginia suburbs, I have long though that DC residents \u2014 aside from the Northwest, of course \u2014 might have been usefully organized into cadres of sans culottes. One wonders if \u201cshrinking government\u201d will have direct material impact on non-Northwest portions of Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>A union stirs:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.2960893854749\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.8882681564246\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: CPFB Union names three DOGE \u201cminions\u201d that were spotted in the internal staff directory last night <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7T5RdMDD5O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/7T5RdMDD5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Berg (@mattberg33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattberg33\/status\/1887859783404798235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDOGE follows longtime Musk pattern \u2014 and turns attention to Social Security Administration\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/02\/06\/2025\/inside-doges-march-with-the-social-security-administration-soon-to-come\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a>]. \u201cThe Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus of the Department of Government Efficiency, a source with knowledge of its work told Semafor, and one person involved in DOGE is currently preparing to work with the agency that provides benefits to the elderly and disabled\u2026. Those involved and familiar with DOGE, however, say they\u2019re not confused about their mission: They\u2019re empowered to slash government spending and remodel agencies to fall in line with the president\u2019s agenda. What\u2019s more, they appear undisturbed by the drama they\u2019ve caused\u2026.. Notably, the views among DOGE supporters differ when it comes to where to draw the line: The first of the three people with knowledge of its work told Semafor the \u2018entire federal government\u2019 is up for grabs. The second person suggested the line would be drawn at areas affecting national security and initiatives providing direct benefits. Ernst said \u2018it\u2019s quite possible\u2019 every part of the government will face scrutiny at some point. While Musk has mentioned a goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal government, the group isn\u2019t operating with many specific targets or end goals. \u2018It\u2019s going to depend on what we find,\u2019 the second person said. \u2018There\u2019s going to be reworks across the government, every agency.\u2019 Moving quickly with a sledgehammer mentality is seen within DOGE as the only way to enact successful change, as all three sources familiar with the group put it.\u201d And: \u201c\u2018,\u2019 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News this week.\u201d \u2022 Which is nuts, because government is not and should not be run like a business \u2014 and if it should turn out to be, every profitable deparment will immediately shart enshittifying itself to compete with the departments. Interestingly, DOGE ends, supposedly, by the midterms, so both \u2014 or all \u2014 sides are equally aware of the election calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere at DOGE, We\u2019ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America\u2019s Collapse\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/here-at-doge-weve-streamlined-every-aspect-of-americas-collapse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency<\/a>]. \u201cI promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries\u2014uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfternoon of Day Seven of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Treasury Secretary Bessent\u2019s Lawlessness &amp; Sorry Readers- Read and Write Code Still Seems in Play\u201d [Nathan Tankus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisesnotes.com\/treasury-secretary-bessents-lawlessness-sorry-readers-read-and-write-code-still-seems-in-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Notes on the Crises<\/a>]. \u201cThe wording of the court order for Marko Elez to have \u2018read only\u2019 access is ambiguous. Specifically it says: Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to payment records will be \u2018read only\u2019 [emphasis added]. Records are data which means that a cynical government lawyer may approve \u2018read and write\u2019 access for code on the grounds that Marko Elez is only barred from modifying or adding new data to payment records directly rather than indirectly through editing source code. The plaintiffs position would of course, correctly, claim that \u2018read and write code access\u2019 is a violation of this order as written. Nevertheless, the possibility is extremely concerning. And remember\u2014 \u2018read only code and data\u2019 access is still \u2018catastrophic.\u2019 All this comes as CNN and other outlets confirm that some of the worst case scenarios I was worried about are true.\u201d And Elez is supposed to be gonzo, but \u201cA source familiar with the situation says: \u2018My inclination on any type of question like this is that [Elez] has more access, not less and whatever access he doesn\u2019t have, he\u2019s trying to get.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica This Week, Feb 7, 2025: \u201cThe Big Store: Politico, USAID, and Managed Reality\u201d (podcast) [Walter Kirn, Matt Taibbi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/america-this-week-feb-7-2025-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racket News<\/a>]. \u2022 Not sure why Kirn and Taibbi think that DOGE\u2019s write access to OPM\u2019s personnel and the Fiscal Office\u2019s payment data isn\u2019t a story, but they clearly think it\u2019s not (or else they would cover it). On the bright side, no cheerleading for Bhattacharya\u2019s horrid new venture!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government\u2019s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-doge-security\/681600\/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0bQqBafgZ_W6mgfrvf8YevM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u201cElon Musk\u2019s unceasing attempts to access the data and information systems of the federal government range so widely, and are so unprecedented and unpredictable, that government computing experts believe the effort has spun out of control. This week, we spoke with four federal-government IT professionals\u2014all experienced contractors and civil servants who have built, modified, or maintained the kind of technological infrastructure that Musk\u2019s inexperienced employees at his newly created Department of Government Efficiency are attempting to access. In our conversations, each expert was unequivocal: They are terrified and struggling to articulate the scale of the crisis\u2026. The four experts laid out the implications of giving untrained individuals access to the technological infrastructure that controls the country. Their message is unambiguous: These are not systems you tamper with lightly. Musk and his crew could act deliberately to extract sensitive data, alter fundamental aspects of how these systems operate, or provide further access to unvetted actors. Or they may act with carelessness or incompetence, breaking the systems altogether. Given the scope of what these systems do, key government services might stop working properly, citizens could be harmed, and the damage might be difficult or impossible to undo. As one administrator for a federal agency with deep knowledge about the government\u2019s IT operations told us, \u2018I don\u2019t think the public quite understands the level of danger.\u2019 Each of our four sources, three of whom requested anonymity out of fear of reprisal, made three points very clear: These systems are immense, they are complex, and they are critical.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Thsi is a very good IT account:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6463414634146\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2682926829268\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me editing the Treasury database by hand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOl31Yf87f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOl31Yf87f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwiftOnSecurity\/status\/1887903153997148631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>You can argue that this image represents \u201cthe level of danger\u201d; worse, if anything, due to \u201cyouthful folly\u201d by DOGE\u2019s programmers, who started, after all, on Inauguration Day. However, you could also argue, as we did yesterday, that DOGE in fact had insider access <em>well before the Inaugural<\/em>, which could be equally dangerous, just in a different way.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSAID and Security State Clan Wars\u201d (excerpt) [Yasha Levine, <a href=\"https:\/\/yasha.substack.com\/p\/usaid-and-security-state-clan-wars?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=3930&amp;post_id=156399192&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2g4s&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weaponized Immigrant<\/a>]. \u201d USAID was not created for philanthropy. It was created to extend American power through softer non-military means: pacification through propaganda, off-the-books violence, and bribery abroad. I guess some call this bribery \u2018assistance\u2019\u2026 The agency was set up in 1961 under President Kennedy in order to administer aid programs that fostered economic and social development in foreign countries. It sounded nice on paper. In reality, the agency became a powerful force in America\u2019s global pacification efforts, interfacing directly with ARPA and covert CIA programs. USAID quickly developed a reputation for brutality and bloodlust: it trained death squads, schooled foreign police departments in effective torture techniques, set up opium running operations to finance covert rebel activity in Laos\u2026The agency also became a laboratory for capitalist-friendly neoliberal economic reforms that were supposed to supplant local left-wing demands for wealth redistribution without actually doing anything to change the underlying power structures of society. (In one more recent example Chrystia Freeland\u2019s uncle (yes, from the notorious Nazi collaborator family) worked for USAID to privatize farm land in Ukraine\u2026and then parlyed this experience to start his own agribusiness investment firm in Ukraine.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019m not seeing a lot of foreign governments weeping over USAID\u2019s demise, possibly because they feel less likely to be overthrown?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"democrats\"\/>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"8.6379928315412\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zinniahealth.com\/substance-use\/ketamine\/slang-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">K<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/know-musks-ketamine-120000781.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hole<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.1\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.4\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t be a dick<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1887178167837667696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>That said, this kind of indiscipline is pervasive among Democrats. Remember when they butchered keeping an NLRB seat in Democrats hands, through the same sort of stupidity (from Ro Khanna, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/inexcusable-khanna-explains-how-democrats-failed-to-trump-proof-labor-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ironically enough<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=Risk&amp;null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/skylab.cdph.ca.gov\/calwws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&amp;l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&amp;subtopic=recurring-updates&amp;indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/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, thump, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Transmission: Bird Flu<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"9.9314917127072\">\n<p>\u201cThe US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-us-is-not-ready-for-bird-flu-in-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientific American<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cBird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins.\u201d And: \u201cRight after President Donald Trump took office, amid the flurry of executive orders and agency upheavals, the administration told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to release any reports or communications <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25502931-acting-hhs-secretary-communications-memo-1-21-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">until one of Trump\u2019s people could take a look at them<\/a>. Among the many reports not released that week was a study on <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/cdc-trump-mmwr-bird-flu-studies-blocked-meddling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">how many veterinarians had gotten bird flu<\/a>\u2026. This virus is versatile. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/h5n1-detected-in-pig-highlights-the-risk-of-bird-flu-mixing-with-seasonal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">virus is mutating<\/a>. And it is surely infecting more people than we think. Sure, the risk of a human epidemic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/mammals.html#:~:text=Risk%20to%20Humans,Monitoring%2C%20and%20Public%20Health%20Investigations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">is still considered low<\/a>. (Sound familiar?).\u201d \u2022 I am so, so sick of pervasive Red State\/Blue state posturing in Scientific American. There\u2019s more than enough blame to go around.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.872781065089\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\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> January 27<\/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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x180.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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6417910447761\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong> Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> January 18<\/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> January 25<\/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\/2025\/01\/no_covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/no_covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/no_covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x230.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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-300x180.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=\"3.8961038961039\">\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 February 6:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> January 31:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-2-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-282x300.png 282w\" 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=\"2.5714285714286\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> February 3:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> February 1:<\/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\/2025\/02\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-300x169.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\/2025\/01\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x198.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=\"3.6307692307692\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span>  Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> January 20:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> January 20 <\/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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x185.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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x207.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> January 25:<\/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> January 25:<\/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\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl-300x202.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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-286756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"159.85612759994\">\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) Down, nothing new at major hubs.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) XEC takes over. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) A little uptick.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Definitely jumped, but no exponential growth either, Odd.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Continued upward trend since, well, Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Positivity is new, but variants have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED leveling out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Unemployment Rate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/unemployment-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe US unemployment rate dipped by 0.1 percentage point to 4.0% in January 2025, marking its lowest level since May and coming in just below market expectations of 4.1%. The number of unemployed individuals declined by 37,000 to 6.85 million, while employment edged up by 2,234 to 163.9 million. Additionally, the labor force participation rate rose to 62.6%, and the employment-population ratio increased to 60.1%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 42 Fear (previous close: 41 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 40 (Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Feb 7 at 1:51:37 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"hole\"\/>Hole punch (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.3709677419355\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.3870967741935\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Ren\u00e9 Magritte <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9A8QVJ5p4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/g9A8QVJ5p4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1887541504329093125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Hole punch (2):<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hole_punch.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hole_punch.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hole_punch-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2018\/07\/hole-punched-voids-from-the-great-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This is Colossal<\/a>: \u201cThe story of these photographs begins in 1935, when Roy E Stryker, the head of the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), undertook a photographic project that commissioned famous American photographers such as Russell Lee, Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans to photograph farmers and farmland during the Great Depression. The FSA aimed to encourage poverty-stricken Americans to partake in self-sustaining programs where they could gain farm loans to buy seeds, equipment, livestock, and partake in homestead schemes which provided both education and healthcare. The project was to demonstrate the results of financial assistance that the FSA offered, in addition to outsourcing images of America life during this time. Each photographer was given specific directives, for example, \u2018farmer dumping milk at home,\u2019 \u2018worried farmer,\u2019 or \u2018federal government shot.\u2019\u2026. Stryker deployed a specific editing process where himself and his assistants would choose photographs they believed were true to the brief; the other images were rendered unsuitable and punctuated with a hole puncher. These ruthlessly \u2018killed\u2019 photographs were left unpublishable. Today the found works appear to have black discs floating upon them, a visual mark of rejection which accidentally focus the viewer\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wrong Dur\u00e9e: The Politics of Cedric J. Robinson\u2019s Racial Capitalism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nonsite.org\/the-wrong-duree-the-politics-of-cedric-j-robinsons-racial-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nonsite.org<\/a>]. I <em>knew<\/em> this was a Nonsite story from the headline alone, because who else? (The headline is a horrid but fully justified pun on Braudel\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longue_dur%C3%A9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Longue dur\u00e9e<\/a>.\u201d) I\u2019m leaving this here mostly as a marker, though I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a thorough and elegant stomping, Adolph Reed-style. But if you want to grab a cup of coffee, have at it! However, for the political context: \u201c[Roibinson\u2019s\u2019 notion of racial capitalism has been widely embraced by academics and intellectuals, including Robin Kelley, Michael Dawson, Ibram X. Kendi, Michelle Alexander, Jodi Melamed, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Angela Davis, among others. Moreover, the spirit of racial capitalism has suffused mainstream discourse from the New York Times\u2019s celebrated but empirically flawed 1619 Project, which proffered a race-centric creation story of the United States, to the liberal pop cultural fixation on racial wealth disparities born out of the postwar homeownership regime, best represented in the writings of Ta-Nehisi Coates and academics like Richard Rothstein, among many others. Robinson\u2019s notion of racial capitalism was even evoked in health disparities discussions of the American Medical Association during the early stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic.\u201d And: \u201cIn the face of racial capitalism\u2019s newfound popularity, sociologist Lo\u00efc Wacquant has lamented that we might expect \u2018a crisply enunciated informing a set of clear claims about the nature of race, the logics of capitalism,\u2019 but \u2018one searches in vain for this clarification.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Ha ha, ouch [wince]. This is relevant today because all these people are shortly going to lose funding in the assault on NGOs (especially, I would think, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/special\/library\/nyt-1619-project-racialist-falsification-history\/00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1619 Project<\/a>). Any effort to rescue them should, in my view, be resisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou Can\u2019t Post Your Way Out of Fascism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">404 Media<\/a>]. \u201cMany of my journalist colleagues have attempted to beat back the tide under banners like \u201cfighting disinformation\u201d and \u201caccountability.\u201d While these efforts are admirable, the past few years have changed my own internal calculus. Thinkers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/7870768-never-believe-that-anti-semites-are-completely-unaware-of-the-absurdity?ref=404media.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jean-Paul Sartre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2022\/02\/hannah-arendt-explains-how-propaganda-uses-lies.html?ref=404media.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hannah Arendt warned us<\/a> that the point of this deluge is not to persuade, but to overwhelm and paralyze our capacity to act. More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually reduces the <a href=\"https:\/\/par.nsf.gov\/servlets\/purl\/10095997?ref=404media.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">effectiveness of collective action<\/a>. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear and anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them\u2026. So what is the alternative? If we log off, what exactly are we supposed to do instead? How are we supposed to get information without constantly raising our antennae into the noxious cumulonimbus cloud of social media?\u2026 Trusted information networks have existed since long before the internet and mass media. These networks are in every town and city, and at their core are real relationships between neighbors\u2014not their online, parasocial simulacra.\u201d \u2022\u00a0IOW, mutual aid. I would argue, however, that the blogosphere, by it structure, prevented much of social media\u2019s enshittification \u2014 one reason Big Tech decapitated it.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Power of Naming\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=68233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Language Log<\/a>]. \u201d information theory is the mother of all factoids. Why would one call it that? Because there is no such thing, only the following phantom utterance that is ubiquitous: \u2018Shannon\u2019s information theory.\u2019\u2026 The name stuck, suggesting in the minds of innocents something so deep and epochal that it might even shed light on Mozart. Shannon 1948 is the big example of how of data and information have been confounded for 3\/4 of a century\u2026. Here is a rough\u2011and\u2011ready demonstration of how different they actually are: \u201cGo.\u201d \u2190That\u2019s just data, but place it in a context, and a layer of information now \u201crides on it\u201d (or floats above it, on a different plane) such that this is conveyed: \u201cGo to the store now before it closes\u201d; or this: \u201cFly now to Hiroshima and drop the bomb.\u201d True, in shop\u2011talk and hallway conversations, a database developer or data\u2011comm engineer might toss the terms data and information around as if one believed them to be interchangeable\u2026.. As for an actual Theory of Information, we must wait for a superintelligent computer to produce it since that task is far beyond human ability. And once coughed up, it will be so lengthy as to require several lifetimes to read it, and in any case, largely incomprehensible to us.\u201d <\/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\/2025\/02\/200pm-water-cooler-2-5-2025.html\">here<\/a>. From CS:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nw_mt_fungus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nw_mt_fungus.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nw_mt_fungus-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CS writes: \u201cSome fungi and flowers from NW MT to top up your supply of plantidotes,  We have hundreds of these photos, but are lousy photographers, hopefully some will be OK for your purposes.\u201d Oh, I don\u2019t know. I like this composition. However, there may be things about fungus photography that I don\u2019t know. Readers?<\/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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Thank you!<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-alignleft\"><a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow:none; padding:0; margin:0\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/print-button-gray.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/category\/guest-post\" rel=\"category tag\">Guest Post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/category\/water-cooler\" rel=\"category tag\">Water Cooler<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2025\/02\/200pm-water-cooler-2-7-2025-html.html\" title=\"2:00 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2025-02-07T14:00:49-05:00\">February 7, 2025<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/author\/lambert-strether\" title=\"View all posts by Lambert Strether\" rel=\"author\">Lambert Strether<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\" wp_automatic_readability=\"20.197005056398\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"35.467911318553\">\n<h2>About Lambert Strether<\/h2>\n<p>Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. Hence my frustration with the news flow \u2014 currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press \u2014 a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let\u2019s call such voices \u201cthe left.\u201d Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn\u2019t allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! 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