* "Republican officials refused to certify Biden’s win in Detroit — only to reverse themselves after an outcry from the city’s voters and state officials."

I watched one of the smack-down Zoom responders. It was glorious. And accurate. "You're on the wrong side of history. Your names will be known like George Wallace's is now." (Something like that...)

the US is losing in its battle to contain the virus because our government and citizens are insanely stupid. I mean the stupidity defies logic.

I've seen nurses in hot zones in flyover states who talk of patients who refuse to believe that they're sick with COVID. Right up until they're intubated. Or they die. And yeah, some of it is just a complete lack of sense, but I also blame the horrifying morass of fake news that gets spread via social media.

I'm not surprised to see Sweden have to change course a bit. Their (relative) success earlier was due in part to the warming weather. And to a much stronger social welfare health system that allows people to take time off from work when sick. They still have all of that--but the air is colder and drier again.