Th3 Core

‘Little old West Virginia’ sets pace on vaccine rollout | Rock Hill Herald
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/article248570205.html

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Worth a read.

"The crazy thing here is how much has gone right"

The crash landing of 'Operation Warp Speed'
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/17/crash-landing-of-operation-warp-speed-459892

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Google Search Rival DuckDuckGo Tops 100 Million Daily Searches, A First

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/01/16/google-search-rival-duckduckgo-exceeds-100-million-daily-searches-a-first/

>with a pink spot on it

I started to mention that pink spot.  I don't know why the image of that pink-spotted cube stuck in my mind so vividly.

>important
>Salk

I don't recall exactly which early elementary grade we were told about Dr. Salk but he was definitely portrayed as a hero.  Even little kids knew about Iron Lungs back then.

>complete mess

Same here in rural NC.  What a bureaucratic shitshow.

My nursing home admin daughter did get her first shot.

I'm old enough to remember both of the polio mass vaccination events, though I was too young to be aware of how the government informed the public about availability, clinics, and such.   What I do remember was going to the local middle school in the late afternoon or early evening and standing in a long, long, densely packed queue that extended for 2 or more long city blocks outside the big lunchroom on the school's first floor.  Inside, there were tables set up with a couple of people in white coats administering the vaccines. 

The first polio vaccine was a shot and the line took forever.  The repeat vaccine (a couple of years later) was by eating a sugar cube, so the process was a whole lot quicker.

*Sigh*

Why America's vaccine rollout was a total disaster - and what it means for the next few months

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/why-americas-vaccine-rollout-total-161033703.html

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Vaccines Promised This Week By Trump Administration Don’t Actually Exist - UNILAD
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/vaccines-promised-this-week-by-trump-administration-dont-actually-exist/

geoengineering --now is the time to sit up and take notice

China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here's why we should be worried | Climate change | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/china-scaling-up-weather-modification-programme-we-should-be-worried

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 “If we don't stop it, entire ecosystems will collapse due to starvation.”

Why insect populations are plummeting—and why it matters
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/why-insect-populations-are-plummeting-and-why-it-matters/

Birds 'falling out of the sky' in mass die-off in south-western US | Birds | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/16/birds-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-mass-die-off-in-south-western-us-aoe