The unimportant news thread

[Todd]

From the Gray Lady:

W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency

There have been more than 16,000 cases outside Africa, and the virus has reached 75 countries and territories.


Locally, health care providers are following protocols to treat anyone with any rash with extra care and scrutiny.  That includes toddlers with eczema.  Really.  Because it is entirely sensible to ignore the actual risk factors and behaviors causing the spread of the disease outside of Africa. 

[Florestan]

From the Gray Lady:

W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency

There have been more than 16,000 cases outside Africa, and the virus has reached 75 countries and territories.


Locally, health care providers are following protocols to treat anyone with any rash with extra care and scrutiny.  That includes toddlers with eczema.  Really.  Because it is entirely sensible to ignore the actual risk factors and behaviors causing the spread of the disease outside of Africa.

You don't want to open that can of worms, do you? 

[Todd]

You don't want to open that can of worms, do you? 

US public health policy suffers from a lack of candor and succumbs to both sensationalism and inappropriate political pressure.  The response to Covid continues to be muddled two years in, and Monkeypox may very well be comparatively worse.

[Jo498]

Obviously it is more o.k. to close schools and terminate everyday activities like pubs, concerts, sports, sometimes even normal shopping for millions and for many months than to tell a tiny minority to abstain from unprotected sex parties with strangers for a few weeks...
It's another indication that the Western world has become completely mad in the last few years.

[drogulus]

Obviously it is more o.k. to close schools and terminate everyday activities like pubs, concerts, sports, sometimes even normal shopping for millions and for many months than to tell a tiny minority to abstain from unprotected sex parties with strangers for a few weeks...

     Those are not the options, though. We do tell the general public everyday activities must be limited for sound reasons, and tiny minorities about dangers they face due to activities that the general public doesn't engage in. I trust the complaint here is that this isn't clear enough. But, but......it's clear to me, and to you, and to many others, even though I'll grant that public communication hasn't caught up to optimal. I treat this as typical early days confusion about how best to tell people about something that affects people very differently.

     Majorities are being told what applies to them, and we know it. Are minorities being told about what applies to them, or not? I'm not one, so I'd be guessing. My guess is they are getting good info, but that's a guess.

[MusicTurner]

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It's another indication that the Western world has become completely mad in the last few years.

The mood and expert advise here in DK is that the recent Monkey Pox statement has been an unfortunate exaggeration. It is not taken literally here.

[JBS]

The mood and expert advise here in DK is that the recent Monkey Pox statement has been an unfortunate exaggeration. It is not taken literally here.

It's also good to remember that monkeypox is much less lethal and apparently is less likely to require hospitalization than Covid, so it will result in far less strain on the healthcare syatem.

Which is a good thing because the latest variants of Covid seem to be ramping up their spread.

[DavidW]

Actor David Warner passed away at 80.

[Karl Henning]

Actor David Warner passed away at 80.

What a marvelous career!

[Todd]

US Dependence on Taiwan Chips Is 'Untenable,' Raimondo Says

This is a Sputnik moment for America...I mean that very sincerely. And this is a project we're working on.

The U.S. wants to spend $52 billion to become a chips powerhouse. Experts say that hundreds of billions—and decades—is needed to crack its reliance on Asia

All aboard the gravy train.

[LKB]

Actor David Warner passed away at 80.

So has Paul Sorvino, aged 83. RIP...

[LKB]

And now Tony Dow, from Leave it to Beaver. He was 77.

[MusicTurner]

And now Tony Dow, from Leave it to Beaver. He was 77.

Seems to have been an unfortunate, wrong announcement ...

EDIT: he is at a hospice though.

[Karl Henning]

Tangentially, even as a boy, I had no patience with either Leave it to Beaver, or My Three Sons.

[VonStupp]

Actor David Warner passed away at 80.

So has Paul Sorvino, aged 83. RIP...

And now Tony Dow, from Leave it to Beaver. He was 77.

A lot of pop culture memories here.

VS

[Pohjolas Daughter]

This story made me groan and feel like putting my head in my hands.  Why did she bother to attend the event?  Or what was she thinking at the time?     Still, not fun to have your photo in a news story along with the criticism.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/golf/fan-golf-ball-korda-evian-championship-spt-intl/

PD

[Todd]

Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

Not one dime will be wasted.

[DavidW]

Not one dime will be wasted.

Remarkably dead pan!

[LKB]

Look's like someone gave Manchin what he wanted.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62328875

[drogulus]

     China a a bit larval when it comes to chips. They can't make a CPU worth shit. Chinese electronics mostly contain chips designed in the US and manufactured in enemy territory.

     I'm not very heavy on chips. I have Intel and Broadcom, and maybe a taste in tech ETFs. A Vanguard fund I have is tech focused. Onshoring chip manufacture will be expensive, though most will be private investment spurred by government seeding. Given the uncertainties in global tech it makes sense.

     I think high end chip manufacture might better be located in Mexico if that could be done.