Not to speak for @casdave, but here’s a site I’ve been watching:
The link above shows a 7-day rolling average of deaths per million people. The site is affiliated with the University of Oxford. According to their data, all of the countries casdave mentioned are worse than the US currently, other than Israel.
Some of the NE states aren’t on that list only because they had it SO bad in April, and haven’t yet reached that level. Hopefully, they won’t. We shall see.
So if one were, say, interested in purchasing a mink coat, would this be a good time to do it?
There’s gonna be a bit of a glut of pelts (assuming the animals aren’t mandated to be cremated or something to avoid spread), and high supply often lowers prices
The animals are gonna die regardless of whether someone turns them into coats - so the cruelty argument is (somewhat) offset.
And no, I won’t be shopping for a mink coat any time soon for quite a few reasons.
That is a sad example of why I don’t think a change in the country’s leadership will amount to much with respect to the virus. All that Biden will be able to do is promote best practices. Ultimately in the US, action is at the state and local level. And if some communities refuse to get on board, it prevents any chance of a broad nationwide improvement. Our problem has always been the inability to formulate a coordinated national strategy. And 2.5 more months of Trump will make it worse, as his false claims of a stolen election will inspire further rebellion from his base. Just pathetic.
Because of our obsession with personal freedom (free-dumb) in virtually all situations at all times. This is illustrated by the fact that extremist freedom-lovers have shot and stabbed people who have asked them to temporarily inconvenience themselves for others’ well-being by wearing a mask for a short time.
That’s sad. All those animals killed, all for nothing.
He can also help facilitate the free flow of information, help coordinate regional responses, nudge the NSF etc., to fund fast, cheap tests, and probably other stuff. Oh, and as you say, use the bully pulpit to promote best practices.
A warm coat isn’t vanity. I buy ugly bulky down (from killed animals) because it’s warm and light and breathes well, and is just generally more comfortable than the synthetic fluff. If I lived in a slightly colder climate, I’d want a fur coat.
(And I buy fur earmuffs, which are smaller and more comfortable than the synthetics I’ve tried. Earmuffs have a short life span – I’ve worn dozens of them. The fur ones are consistently better than the non-fur ones.)
