Sorry, busy Steve is still very busy.
"An NHL staffer had a cancerous mole removed after a fan of the opposing team spotted it from the stands and urged him to get it checked out. He now credits her with saving his life, and the teams are awarding her a scholarship for medical school this fall."
"Things might seem pretty grim on the pandemic front right now. The U.S. is only a few days into the third calendar year of the pandemic and nearly 500,000 new COVID-19 cases are being counted daily… Wachter chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and took to Twitter last week to share his thoughts and predictions on how the country 'could be in good shape, maybe even great shape in six to eight weeks.'" Here I'm going to disagree with the good doctor. See all those cases? Every single one is an opportunity for SARS-CoV2 Omicron to mutate again. Also, the healthcare system has a good chance of collapsing before then. And, how quickly can Omicron (or any other mutation) re-infect a person. So, yes, given all the other factors, we should be through the first wave of Omicron in another 4 to 8 weeks. Doesn't mean this is over. The anti-viral pills? You have to start then early or they're no use (and out tests suck at early detection).
"A jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The verdict on Monday capped the downfall of one of Silicon Valley's most dynamic and scandal-plagued young executives who promised to revolutionize blood testing with an innovative technology that required just a small sample of blood pricked from a patient's finger."
"New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practices, according to a court filing made public Monday."
Because I expect there to be a lot of hagiography and attempting to rewrite the record of January 6th, 2021 in the next few days, "The attack on Norris is an example of erratic and sometimes threatening behavior by (Ashli) Babbitt, who was shot by a police officer while at the vanguard of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray her as a righteous martyr who was unjustly killed… But the life of the Air Force veteran from California, who died while wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders like a cape, was far more complicated than the heroic portrait presented by Trump and his allies." We all are more complicated than our public impressions, but before we start extolling the virtues of someone under questionable circumstances, the full picture should be understood. Besides, she was shot while attempting to breach a secured perimeter in the Capitol during an insurrection.
Jim Wright with a recap of last year and what must be done.
"A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when."
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has vowed the Senate will forge ahead on voting rights legislation and will vote on changing the rules of the upper chamber by Jan. 17 if the GOP once again blocks the bill." Now we see if there's follow through.
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