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Has this woman just invented the rocket that will take us to Mars? Sounds cool. When can we get one?

I wonder what Senator Perdue has to say about stock dumping? Hmm...

I don't know how much of it was partisan-driven, but the data suggests we're past the current peak: Current, Deadly U.S. Coronavirus Surge Has Peaked, Researchers Say Hopefully that means more stuff will be re-opening in a few weeks.

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil Well that's just great. Get ready for another round.

The problem with that is he's sterilizing the wrong half...

There's no perfect economic system... yet. We keep switching between the two general forms we know, only to rediscover their individual flaws. So it goes.

Looks like Rudy will need to start his own gofundme web site.

They complain about the First world nations monopolizing the vaccines, but there are some issues with that. Namely, the production rate and the delivery. They will need to ramp up production significantly in order to get enough shots in arms. Plus the initial batch have strict temperature requirements that will be hard to satisfy in many parts of the world. It may require something like the J&J vaccine with multiple production sites before we can start en masse injections. As it is, I don't feel too guilty about the First World hogging the vaccine. Without First World resources, expertise, and investment, a vaccine wouldn't have been ready for 2-3 years. Being the early beneficiaries also encourages investment in new vaccination technologies, which ultimately benefits everybody.

Growing your own fruits and veggies is worth it for the flavor alone.

Okay, perhaps it's a regional effect then. I swear though my grocery bills are up 20-25%.

Coming soon: the Trump $-100 bill.

Has anybody else noticed how much food costs have shot up during the pandemic? I haven't heard of it being a political issue yet, but it wouldn't surprise me to see it come up.

Am I the only one wondering whether he'll have medical issues from steroid use? *shrug*

Clearly there's a need for a white hyena poo symbol.

The concept of a vaccine containing a microchip does seem a bit of a lunatic conspiracy. However, I happen to think we aren't far from the availability of robotic technology in your blood stream that can monitor your health and, later on, even repair health issues. The conspiracy gangs are sure to go ape-sh*t crazy at that point.

The asbestos baby powder lads are coming out with a vaccine that is DNA-based and only requires a single dose. Early trials suggest an efficacy of 90%, so comparable to the others. It's currently in stage 3 testing. How Does Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Work? No word on whether it contains a microchip.

Is this how QAnon got started? Danger, Will Robinson. Danger.

I'm not sure it's about education. The trend I see is that the Republican party has spent a couple of decades indoctrinating its followers into distrusting the mainstream media. Lacking any other sources of reliable information, they naturally migrate toward (mostly unproveable) conspiracy theories that are easy to package and popularize. Perhaps QAnon was inevitable? I wonder if the fix could be to create reliable information sources that lack procedural bias; just relate the facts for both sides? Maybe we need an AI political bias detector?