COVID-19 Update

We keep hearing about how the monster won't stay on the rampage much longer, or it won't be so bad, or we'll get it more or less under control here pretty soon - if - if we play it smart and if we can get people on board and if we don't run into a lot more snags, etc.

But this is not the country were stoopid goes to die. This is the country where Idiocracy seems to be the goal for some folks.

If the numbers stay on course, we'll see 700,000 dead Americans before mid-October, which puts us at 800,000 dead Americans right about New Year's Eve. Fake lord have mercy.

And while Biden's decision to push the mandates for vaccination will surely rile the rubes, the number of rubes looking for reasons to be riled seems to be shrinking - a little.

Here's (part of) WaPo's Morning Update:

Vaccine mandates will likely affect you and millions of other Americans. Here’s where they stand:

• Mandatory vaccinations for all federal employees.
• Mandatory vaccinations or weekly testing, plus paid time off to get vaccinated, for businesses with 100 employees or more.
• Mandatory vaccinations for health-care workers at facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid funding.
• Discounted at-home rapid tests for the next three months from Walmart, Amazon and Kroger.

Plus, the nation’s second-largest school district will require vaccines for students 12 and up.

• Los Angeles is by far the largest school district to take this step.
• Cases among kids and teens are surging as they go back to school.