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Erica Chang, Motivated by the

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:45:33 +0000

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Erica Chang, Motivated by the Pandemic to Help, Dies at 24

Caption: Erica Chang, a rising star in the Society
of Asian Scientists and Engineers, had
contemplated a career in medicine but decided
instead to become an engineer and focus on the
delivery of care. Credit...via Chang family

Armed with degrees in biomedicine and engineering, she wanted to administer health care. Her Covid-19 death came just five days before her father’s.

By Sam Roberts @ NYTimes.com, "Those We've Lost", April 27

Erica Chang, who was born in Flushing, Queens, graduated from Texas A&M University in 2019 with dual degrees. She was a rising star in the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. She had contemplated a career in medicine, possibly as a doctor. But when the coronavirus struck, she decided instead to focus on how to better deliver care.

“She made the career change to become a project manager,” the society said in a statement, “seeing the need for process improvements in the health care system, especially during a pandemic.”

Ms. Chang, who lived in Katy, Texas, just west of Houston, died on April 6 of complications of Covid-19, said Khanh Vu, the chief executive and executive director of the society. She was 24.

Her parents were also infected. Her father, Chi-Kai Chang, died of the coronavirus five days later. He was 57 [....]

"If all goes well ... I hope

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 03:21:15 +0000

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"If all goes well ... I hope by the end of the year" says @pfizer CEO @AlbertBourla on when a #COVID19 antiviral drug could be available. $PFE pic.twitter.com/PMEu1JObrA
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) April 27, 2021

The GOP doctors serving in

artappraiser — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:47:38 +0000

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The GOP doctors serving in Congress put out a PSA about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/Kv3nIxFWaz
— Alex Miller (@AlexMillerNews) April 27, 2021

Saw because Bill Scher retweeted, he sees the political import)

this is the problem of Public

artappraiser — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:17:03 +0000

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this is the problem of Public Health people in any open democratic society, in a nutshell

CDC suggesting that vaccinated people continue to wear masks is once again bureaucrats making choices for people rather than informing them of risk and letting them choose for themselves. Very low risk if you've been vaccinated.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 27, 2021

Like all the other covid overwrought stuff (lockdowns, school closures) you get accused of wanting to kill grandma and then eventually the bureaucracy will relent and everyone will pretend nobody ever said that.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 27, 2021

They operate on totalitarian authoritarian model, as sometimes with certain grave dangers that is what is needed. It is also the old model of practicing medicine in general, where your doctor is the boss and god and gives orders that you don't question.

But it just doesn't work out for them in a free society. They, like other medical practitioners, have to figure out a better way to communicate and incentivize. People rebel against dictatorial bureaucrats, so your work is counter productive. It's the "cry wolf" syndrome, you are not taken seriously then when society really does require everyone following orders. (And this also why you study the fall of the Soviet system folks.)

Michigan’s Covid Wards Are

artappraiser — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:40:23 +0000

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Michigan’s Covid Wards Are Filling Up With Younger Patients

Even as vaccines roll out, more younger people in Michigan are being hospitalized than at any other point in the pandemic. And they’re coming in sicker.

Search Continues For Gunman In La Puente Shooting That Claimed Life Of 26-Year-Old Man – CBS Los Angeles https://t.co/FrOzR1cKh5
— News Bht (@news_bht) April 26, 2021

Alternate NYT headline:

artappraiser — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:13:52 +0000

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Alternate NYT headline:

92 PERCENT OF AMERICANS RECEIVED SECOND COVID SHOT ON TIME, WILDLY EXCEEDING PAST TWO DOSE VACCINE CAMPAIGNS

“Given so much protection comes from the first shot,” one official said, “even the other 8 percent is doing well. It’s an unmitigated success!” https://t.co/12IwVx9CuS pic.twitter.com/fFmcp7xp70
— Dr. Steven W. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) April 26, 2021

BREAKING: U.S. announces it

artappraiser — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:16:10 +0000

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BREAKING: U.S. announces it is urgently sending specific raw materials required for India’s vaccine production pic.twitter.com/wVq9VVgU8c
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) April 25, 2021

This is the most harrowing

artappraiser — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:08:31 +0000

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This is the most harrowing seven minutes of video I have seen in a long time https://t.co/PcQUTWPFf1
— Aditya Chakrabortty (@chakrabortty) April 25, 2021

It’s beyond heartbreaking
— Anoushka Shankar (@ShankarAnoushka) April 25, 2021

Horrific, I can watch almost anything but real human suffering, that's something I will always struggle with
— Mike Symonds (@symmo1969) April 25, 2021

God thata horrendous, I hope, in the largest democracy on earth, if there's any serious omissions by the Modi government it will be exposed.
— Hill running freak (@Hartushare) April 25, 2021

at least NOW we're better

artappraiser — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:33:08 +0000

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at least NOW we're better than India or Brazil, but could have been a way different story:

It's unforgivable what Modi has done to his people. Same for Bolsonaro. And it's scary to think how close we came in the U.S. to going further down the same road. https://t.co/e48jR1U3ic
— Emmanuel Goldstein (@emmangoldstein) April 25, 2021

Horrifc HISTORIC DECIMATION

artappraiser — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 02:14:03 +0000

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Horrifc HISTORIC DECIMATION IN TEXAS of low-income neighborhoods. Hispanic communities in South Texas, West TX; both Black and Brown communities our metropolitan areas, maybe the worst ever

Beyond sadness: Today Texas passed 50,000 deaths from COVID-19. 50,000 moms & dads, brothers & sisters, our low-income neighborhoods especially. "Historic decimation" I said in Hispanic communities in South Texas, West TX; both Black and Brown communities our metropolitan areas pic.twitter.com/oTu5MveyOA
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) April 24, 2021

Here are the demographics of our 50,000 Texas deaths according to Texas DSHS. As I forecast to the @HispanicCaucus in 2020, "historic decimation" of Hispanic communities pic.twitter.com/PsMgysBWnH
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) April 24, 2021

Maybe the greatest single tragedy in TX history?
1. 50,000 deaths from COVID19
2. 22,000 Texans sacrificed their lives in WWII
3. 6,000-12,000 Galveston flood
4. 5,000 WWI
5. 3,417 Vietnam
6. 3,000 Civil War (some say higher)
7. 1,723 Korea
8. 700 TX Revolution
9. 600 TXCity1947
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) April 24, 2021

Much much worse than the losses mourned from "Galveston" of song and myth.

BUT no, let's focus on police killings of approx. 1,000 per year nationally, with a high percentage of those probably completely justified self-defense, and less than half of those minorities.

RATIONAL?!!! Or a hysterical, delusional reaction to trying to find meaning to the universe during a horrific pandemic, where U.S. death losses exceed the worst pandemic of the 20th century, using police authority as a scapegoat.