Archive for 2020

NOT MUCH CHANGE IN MY AREA, A WEEK AFTER REOPENING STARTED: Coronavirus in Tennessee: Elective surgery dates for hospitals set; 55 active Knox County cases, 272 total. “The Knox County Health Department reported three new cases on Friday, bringing the total case number to 272. Knox County reported 55 active cases on Friday, up from 52 on Thursday. The total number of recovered cases remained at 212. . . . There are three patients currently hospitalized due to COVID-19. Of the 272 cases, 36 of them have resulted in hospitalization at any point during the illness.”

They’re restarting elective surgeries, too.

NOTRE DAME SOCIOLOGIST SHREDS HARVARD LAW PROF’S HOMESCHOOLING SCREED: Writing for the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), David Sikkink goes to the data and concludes Harvard’s Elizabeth Bartholet assumes “home” equals “prison.”

IT WAS LEG DAY, so I squatted again. Stopped at 275, which killed me last week. This time it’s left me a bit sore, but not jelly like last time, when climbing the three steps from my garage to my house was a killer. The gym (Gold’s) was busier than last week, but still pretty empty. I’m getting used to working out in a mask, but lifting in one leaves me blown as if I’d had a cardio workout. As a result, I’m taking things easy. One of my doc friends said that since he’s worn a mask for hours in the OR, he thought people complaining about working out in one were just whining until he tried it. Nope! Totally different thing when you’re exerting yourself hard.

GUN SALES COULD START UP AS SOON AS SATURDAY IN MASSACHUSETTS: “Massachusetts gun store owners could reopen as soon as Saturday thanks to a federal order that slammed Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to close the stores during the COVID-19 shutdown, calling the move an ‘improper burden,’ on the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock said Baker failed to give a good reason for closing the stores. ‘There’s no justification here,’ said Woodlock during a virtual hearing on the case Thursday.”

KC JOHNSON: When Rules Don’t Apply. Joe Biden wants to deny accused college students the procedural protections that he demands for himself.