4 Days Ago: https://pbase.com/britestar/image/170943800

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Today’s US COVID News:

“The coronavirus is at least as deadly as the 1918 flu pandemic and the death toll could even be worse if world leaders and public health officials fail to adequately contain it,” researchers warned in a study published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.

”Anti-vaxxers have taken to social media to spread lies about the future coronavirus vaccine. Some include claims it contains monkey brains or that it's a CIA plot to take over the world. Others allege the vaccine will include an invisible trackable tattoo or it will disfigure those who take it. The stakes are high. A third of Americans said they'd not get vaccinated against coronavirus, even if the vaccine is widely available and low cost” NY Times

“KCMO State of Emergency, mask order extended until Jan. 16” KCTV5 News
Here’s the story: https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/kcmo-state-of-emergency-mask-order-extended-until-jan-16/article_51c98bbc-dda0-11ea-b756-531c919887e1.html

Meanwhile, the State of Missouri absolutely refuses to put in any kind of mask order nor any type of business or event restrictions. We don’t live in KCMO. Instead, we live where nothing is regulated & no one is doing anything to slow down this coronavirus pandemic. Mask opponents & anti vaxxers (mentioned above) are not uncommon in our area.

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Scenes like above are making this Summer in Stay-at-Home isolation so much easier to tolerate. Unfortunately, hungry mosquitoes drove me indoors before it was totally dark. I would have liked to have stayed outdoors longer.