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My junior and senior years in high school were 1968 and 1969; five decades later, I can still remember some of the main events of that era: the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the bombing of Cambodia, the Apollo 8 spaceflight that orbited the moon, and Woodstock, which I pleaded with my parents to let me attend. (They said no.)

In my personal life, I remember playing on the basketball team, buying my first car, working in my family’s corner grocery store and wishing I had the nerve to ask certain girls out on a date. Here’s what I don’t remember: the pandemic of 1968-1969.

philip964 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 3:02 pm Recent Coronavirus (Covid- 19) Timeline

March 22, 2020 - Sunday 318,662 world, 13,672 dead. 27,004 infected US,
347 dead. 53,578 Italy, 4,825 dead. 81,397 China. Texas has 557 with 5 deaths. Houston at 154.

March 25, 2020 - First day of Quarantine in Houston. Trump declares State of Emergency.

March 29, 2020 - 10:48 am. Sunday 684,652 cases worldwide with 32,113 dead. 124,763 infected US, 2,187 dead. 92,472 Italy with (no data) dead. 82,120 China (is anyone believing this). New York state has 53,520 with 834 deaths. Louisiana has 3,315 with 137 deaths. Texas has 2,535 with 34 deaths. Houston 810 with 6 deaths.

April 1, 2020 - End of first week of Quarantine in Houston.

April 5, 2020 12:46 pm. Sunday 1,249,107 cases worldwide with 67,999 dead. 256,059 recovered. USA 324,052 infected, 9,132 dead 16,789 recovered. 128,948 Italy with 15,362 dead. 130,759 Spain with 12,418 dead. China 82,602 with 3,333 dead (is anyone believing this). New York state has 122,056 with 4,159 deaths. New Jersey has 34,124 with 864 deaths. Louisiana has 12,496 with 409 deaths. Texas has 6,872 with 123 deaths. Houston 2,281(+252) with 35 deaths.

April 8, 2020 End of second week of Quarantine in Houston

April 12, 2020 11:19 am. (16hrs) Easter Sunday 1,800,791 (+30,277 average of +75,290 over 2 days) cases worldwide with 110,892 dead 412,777 recovered. USA 530,830 (+4,434 average of 39,862 over 2 days) infected, 20,646 dead 32,314 recovered, 82,809 JH hospitalized, 39,460 (+496) UofM hospitalized. 152,271 (+0) Italy with 19,468 dead. 166,019 (-15,007) Spain with 16,672 dead. China 83,134 with 3,343 dead (is anyone believing this). New York state has 181,825 (+11,067) with 8,650 deaths, 33,244 hospitalized. New Jersey has 58,151 with 2,183 deaths. California has 22,416 (+710) with 634 deaths. Louisiana has 20,014 (+0) with 806 deaths. Texas has 13,391(+368) with 273 deaths, 1514 hospitalized. Houston 5,289 (+6) with 82 deaths.

April 15, 2020 End of third week of Quarantine in Houston.

April 19, 2020 12:46 pm. Sunday (24 hr) 2,367,758 (+74,114 a 30% drop) cases worldwide with 163,134 dead 609,505 recovered. USA 737,319 (+21,783 a 50% drop) infected, 39,135 dead 66,870 recovered, 114,123 (+1,863 a 33% drop) JH hospitalized, 44,117 (+3,566) UofM hospitalized. Italy 178,972 (+3,047 a 54% drop) with 23,227 dead. Spain 195,944(+4,218) with 20,043 dead. China 83,805 with 4,636 dead (is anyone believing this). New York state has 242,570 (+7,175 a 39% drop) with 17,627 deaths, 54,339 hospitalized. New Jersey has 85,464(+4,073) with 4,364 deaths. California has 30,832 (+1,286) with 1,150 deaths. Florida has 25,996 with 764 deaths. Louisiana has 23,580 (-4) with 1,267 deaths. Texas has 18,982 (+694 a 33% drop) with 485 deaths, 1,321 hospitalized (-201). Houston 7,102 (+289 a 7% drop) with 139 deaths.

April 22, 2020 End of fourth week of Quarantine in Houston.

April 26, 2020 12:20 pm.(19 hr) Sunday 2,934,141(+119,797) cases worldwide with 205,142 dead 853,666 recovered. USA 943,865(+49,724) infected, 55,118 dead 105,982 recovered, 126,194 (+2,104) JH hospitalized, 48,117 (+0) UofM hospitalized. Italy 199,414 (+2,357) with 26977 dead. Spain226,629 (+3,995) with 23,521 dead. China 83,912 with 4,637 dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 18,640(+613) with 2,194 dead. New York state has 282,143 (+0) with 22,376 deaths, 57,103 hospitalized. New Jersey has 105,523(+5,473) with 5,938 deaths. California has 42,626 (+1,895) with 1,698 deaths. Florida has 31,523(+665) with 1,075 deaths. Louisiana has 26,512 (+0) with 1,707 deaths. Georgia has 23,401(+548) with 912 deaths. Texas has 24,157(+1096) with 638 deaths, 1,597 hospitalized (+0). Houston 8,925 (+2) with 184 deaths.

April 27, 2020 First day of Required Facecovering in Harris County, Texas

April 28, 2020 No fine or prison for not facecovering in Texas per Governor Abbott order.

April 29, 2020 End of fifth week of Quarantine in Houston.

May 1, 2020 - First day of partial open in Texas, Florida and Georgia partially opened a little earlier.

May 3, 2020 7:00pm (27 hr) Sunday 3,503,533(+100,124) cases worldwide with 247306 dead 1,124,240 recovered. USA 1,157,687(+34,817) infected, 67,682 dead 180,152 recovered, 48,325 (+0) UofM hospitalized. Italy 210,717 (+1,389) with 28,884 dead. Spain 217,466(+4,031) with 24,543 dead. Brazil 101,147 with 7,051 dead. China 83,959 (+1) with 4,637 (+0) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 22,317 (+235) with 2,679 dead. New York state has 316,415 (+3,438) with 24,708 deaths,68,736 hospitalized. New Jersey has 126,744 (+3,027) with 7,871 deaths. California has 54,499 (+2,203) with 2,216 deaths. Florida has 36,078(+615) with 1,379 deaths. Louisiana has 29,340 (+200) with 2,012 deaths. Georgia has 28,666(+352) with 1,184 deaths. Texas has 31,998(+1,461) with 878 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 10,936 (+432) with 260 deaths.

May 6, 2020 End of sixth week of Quarantine in Houston with now more exceptions.

May 8, 2020 - Hair, tan and nail salons and public swimming pools can reopen in Texas. Tattoo parlors, Bars and Gyms are still closed.

May 10, 2020 11:52 pm (36 hr) Mother's Day Sunday 4,101,699(+99,535) cases worldwide with 282,709 dead 1,408,980 recovered. USA 1,329,260 (+30,370) infected, 79,528 dead 216,169 recovered, 41,832 (-2,837) UofM hospitalized. Italy 219,070 (+942) with 30,560 dead. Spain 224,350 (+1,451) with 26,621 dead. Russia 209,688 (+10,914) with 1,915 dead. Brazil 162,699 (+11,338) with 11,123 dead. China 84,010 (+17) with 4,637 (+0) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 26,322 (+528) with 3,225 dead. New York state has 335,395 (+994) with 26,641 deaths, 72,715 hospitalized. New Jersey has 138,754 (+2,381) with 9,256 deaths. California has 67,875 (+2,664) with 2,718 deaths. Florida has40,596 (+698) with 1,721 deaths. Louisiana has 31,600 (+372) with 2,286 deaths. Georgia has 33,836(+908) with 1,406 deaths. Texas has 39,258(+1,285) with 1,094 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 12,531 (+307) with 325 deaths.

May 13, 2020 End of seventh week of Quarantine in Houston, more stuff opening on Friday.

May 17, 2020 2:30 pm (22 hr) Sunday 4,687,320 (+81,647) cases worldwide with 313,973 dead 1,721,714 recovered. USA 1,478,241(+14,745) infected, 89,207 dead 268,376 recovered, 40,027 (-0) UofM hospitalized. Italy 225,435 (+675) with 31,908 dead. Spain 230,698 (+0) with 27,563 dead. UK 244,603 (+3,158) with 34,716 dead. Russia 281,752 (+9,709) with 2,631 dead. Brazil 233,648 (+4,771) with 15,668 dead. China 84,047 (+9) with 4,638 (+1) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 30,143 (+466) with 3,679 dead. New York state has 350,121 (+1,889) with 28,232 deaths, 75,163 hospitalized. New Jersey has 146,504 (+1,415) with 10,363 deaths. California has 78,860 (+1,854) with 3,208 deaths. Florida has 45,588 (+777) with 1,973 deaths. Louisiana has 34,432 (+315) with 2,491 deaths. Georgia has 37,667 (+506) with 1,606 deaths. Texas has 47,470 (+363) with 1,318 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 14,394 (+144) with 376 (+0) deaths.

May 18, 2020 2:39 pm (24 hr) 4,769,177 (+81,857) cases worldwide with 316,898 dead 1,612,030 recovered. USA 1,496,509(+18,268) infected, 89,8744 dead 272,265 recovered, 40,027 (-0) UofM hospitalized. Italy 225,886 (+451) with 32,007 dead. Spain 231,606 (+908) with 27,709 dead. UK 247,706 (+3,103) with 34,876 dead. Russia 290,678 (+8,926) with 2,722 dead. Brazil 245,595 (+11,947) with 16,370 dead. China 84,054 (+7) with 4,638 (+0) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 30,377 (+234) with 3,698 dead. New York state has 351,371 (+1,250) with 28,232 deaths, 75,525 hospitalized. New Jersey has 148,128 (+1,624) with 10,435 deaths. California has 80,314 (+2,082) with 3,240 deaths. Florida has 46,442 (+854) with 1,997 deaths. Louisiana has 34,709 (+277) with 2,563 deaths. Georgia has 38,105 (+438) with 1,643 deaths. Texas has 48,416 (+946) with 1,343 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 14,784 (+390) with 382 (+6) deaths.

May 19, 2020 5:00pm (26 hr) 4,881,619 (+112,442) cases worldwide with 322,457 dead 1,672,406 recovered. USA 1,524,107(+27,598) infected, 91,661 dead 283,178 recovered, 36,048 (-3,979) UofM hospitalized. Italy 226,699 (+813) with 32,169 dead. Spain 232,037 (+431) with 27,778 dead. UK 250,138 (+2,432) with 35,422 dead. Russia 299,941 (+9,263) with 2,837 dead. Brazil 265,896 (+20,301) with 17,840 dead. China 84,063 (+9) with 4,638 (+0) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 30,799 31,523 (+422) with 3,743 dead. New York state has 352,845 (+1,474) with 28,558 deaths, 75,870 hospitalized. New Jersey has 149,356 (+1,228) with 10,435 deaths. California has 81,904 (+1,672) with 3,296 deaths. Florida has 46,944 (+502) with 2,052 deaths. Louisiana has 35,038 (+329) with 2,581 deaths. Georgia has 38,721 (+616) with 1,664 deaths. Texas has 49,308 (+892) with 1,355 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 15,049 (+265) with 384 (+2) deaths.

May 20, 2020 2:30pm (22 hr) 4,952,882 (+71,263) cases worldwide with 325,712 dead 1,723,379 recovered. USA 1,539,633(+15,526) infected, 92,645 dead 289,392 recovered, 40,027 (-0) UofM hospitalized. Italy 227,364 (+665) with 32,330 dead. Spain 232,555 (+518) with 27,888 dead. UK 250,141 (+4) with 35,422 dead. Russia 308,705 (+8,764) with 2,972 dead. Brazil 271,628 (+5,732) with 17,971 dead. China 84,063 (+0) with 4,638 (+0) dead (is anyone believing this) Sweden 31,523 (+724) with 3,831 dead. New York state has 354,370 (+1,525) with 28,636 deaths, 76,168 hospitalized. New Jersey has 150,776 (+1,420) with 10,749 deaths. California has 83,865 (+1,961) with 3,420 deaths. Florida has 47,471 (+521) with 2,096 deaths. Louisiana has 35,316 (+278) with 2,608 deaths. Georgia has 39,664 (+843) with 1,688 deaths. Texas has 50,615 (+1,307) with 1,389 deaths, 1,542 hospitalized (+0). Houston 15,461 (+412) with 387 (+3) deaths.

For detailed information on Texas see https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/ops ... b9cafc8b83
For worldwide information on Covid-19 https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps ... 7b48e9ecf6
For Covid-19 hospital admissions https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/mili-misr ... ng-project
For FOX timeline https://www.foxnews.com/world/timeline- ... us-coverup
For worldwide mortality analysis https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
By County USA Map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

California is starting to have more new cases than New York. New Jersey has three times as many cases as Texas, New York seven times as many. New York has 20 times as many deaths. The USA is really about how bad the Blue states are doing.

Vol Texan wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 2:13 am

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 12:07 am https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... irus-cases

Saturday Texas reports the largest single day jump in Coronavirus cases.

It even made drudge above the headline. Will they have a companion piece tomorrow.

Sunday Texas reports the largest single day percentage decrease in Coronavirus cases.

Remember, Drudge ain’t what it used to be. They have effectively switched sides: all anti-Trump all the time and all Coronavirus all the time.

Rumor is that Drudge sold the site. I find lots of supposition to that effect, but cannot find proof. Either way, I no longer read Drudge. I now visit the Bongino Report as my favorite news aggregator.

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:01 pm

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:26 am
My mom lives in an assisted living facility in Pasadena, California. She’s 95. Initially, the home was put on "external" lockdown, meaning no outside visitors. This even included no immediate family, so my two younger brothers who both live locally were no longer allowed in to check on her. Then, on 3/29, the home had its first case—a food server in the kitchen was sent home after not feeling well, who tested positive for COVID-19 afterward. Apparently, transmission from food handling is a lower risk (I don’t know why) than social proximity, and as far as I know, nobody in that home has come down with COVID-19. So from THAT perspective, she’s safe. But it’s not enough.

Here’s my mom's concern.... and I confess that the idea hadn’t even occurred to me until she brought it up.... She has been declining more rapidly lately, and showing signs of dementia and chronic UTI. Her main pleasures in life at this point have been gathering for meals in the dining room and visiting with the other residents, and playing Scrabble with a small group friends (a game at which she is ruthless and very good). But ever since that employee got sick, the residents are on complete lockdown in their rooms. Their meals are being brought to them, and they’re not allowed outside of their rooms....so no visiting and companionship. She knows that her remaining time in this life is very short. She tearfully told me back around 4/1 that she doesn’t want her life to end this way—locked down, and separated from her family and friends.

I can’t begin to express how deeply this bothers me.

There is much more to life than just "living". Our society seems to be forgetting this very important detail.

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:30 am https://apple.news/AUJBd-AyrQ_elOdsGdKNGBA

CNN raising the death toll predictions from early opening.

I read that a full 1/3 of deaths in the US were in nursing homes.

Did anyone do anything to limit deaths in nursing homes where people don’t leave their rooms?

Not a thing.

Rafe wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:52 pm

Flightmare wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:42 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:19 pm Now we are required to wear face masks in Houston. Maybe it should have been go on with your life, but wear a face mask in the first place back in February.

Lost some ground today.

Houston Police Officers Union's response to Judge Hidalgo's draconian mask order:

"Now we want to be very clear, the Houston Police Officers’ Union believes everyone should be wearing a mask in public, in order to protect themselves from the virus and we are encouraging all of our officers to wear a mask. However, we draw the line at the draconian measures Hidalgo has decided to engage in."

In response to zero-experience, royal-blue, 28-year-old Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo's order, Galveston County Judge Mark Henry says any mandatory mask order is unconstitutional and that Galveston County will not be issuing one.

https://abc13.com/health/galveston-coun ... -/6122596/

MADISON - A high school sophomore sued the Marquette County sheriff Thursday after he threatened to take her or her family to jail for her post on Instagram warning that she believed she had been infected with coronavirus.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Milwaukee with the help of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, argues the jail threat violated the teen’s right to free speech. The case raises questions about First Amendment protections in the middle of a pandemic.

Liberty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:02 pm Yes......the forever changing protocol.....

For those that are still confused, let me help spell it out for you....

The Corona Rules:
1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.
2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.
3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.
4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick.
5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help.
7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it's important to GO OUT.
8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.
9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.
10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my..
12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no…
13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old).
14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.
15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.
16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?
17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with " I don't want to trigger panic, but…"
18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof.
20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.
22. The virus stays in the air - well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.
23. We count the number of deaths but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were "almost dead" to find out if that's what they will die of…
24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications).
25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates… but we must no longer be locked up for that?

tomneal wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:44 pm World Wide Deaths

I am proud of myself because of the many SNARKY Comments I wrote then deleted, before sending.

Back to lurking...

The leftist national media incessantly reports that the spread of the coronavirus is, well, President Trump’s fault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, always good for the most incendiary and least helpful comments in any difficult situation, said on Sunday, “[T]he president — his denial at the beginning was deadly.”

Then in Joe Biden’s latest effort to be relevant, his campaign has released an ad attacking President Trump for not being sufficiently responsive to the threats of the coronavirus from the “beginning.”