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Detecting in the city of boston using wastewater data. again, this is not reflecting test results, this is not reflecting individual peoples positive or negative tests, its just how much covid is in the wastewater in the citys catchment area. and the rise has been so steep, its almost hard to tell. if you look closely, look at the right side of the screen there. you can see the curve start to sharply bend down in recent days. bostons npr station, wbur, interviewed the epidemiologist that runs th...

Wastewater levels in boston area. now, weve talked before on this show about how cities like boston have used wastewater data to track the spread of covid in realtime. look at this graph here today out of boston. this is the amount of covid basically that they are detecting in the city of boston using wastewater data. again, this is not reflecting test results, this is not reflecting individual peoples positive or negative tests, its just how much covid is in the wastewater in the citys catchmen...

Use of the horse deworming medication ivermectin, they pleaded people to stop using it because its easy to od open it and make yourself very ill. this is how the local npr station in boise headlined their article. the central health district, quote, they call covid-19 vaccine needle rape as he did, in fact, call it that. he was officially amoved to the idaho health board this week. he had competition. an ep people deemologist was up for the spot -- epidemiologist was up for the spot. they went f...

South, which has some of the lowest vaccination rights. dr. francis collins called the unvaccinated sitting ducks for the delta variant. he wouldnt be surprised if the nation sees 200,000 cases a day in the coming weeks. texas, which is facing a dire lack of icu beds requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government, one day after the texas supreme court backed up texas governor abbotts idiotic mask mandate ban. the dallas school district says it will continue with its order despite t...

With great fanfare. didnt make any public pronouncements that they were getting rid of this fram. families all over the country just started receiving these letters saying youre going to be out in 33 days. we know youve been staying here because the u.s. government recognizes that you staying here is what is keeping your child alive, but were no longer obeying that principle and you need to be out in 33 days. these letters started arriving last week. just learned about them today. jonathan sanch...

Fibrosis, hes 16 yiers old now. he says he doesnt know what he will be do if hes forced to return to the country from which his family immigrated, honduras, but heres what he told bostons npr station. >> if they deny the program, then i need to go back to my country and i will probably die. because in my country there is no treatment for cf. doctors dont even know whats the disease. the only ones who can help me are here in the united states. >> he says cf there he means cystic fibrosis. were go...

Distribution of those tickets. >> reporter: why is the republican national committee giving out ticket to supporters of the president? >> this is -- this is a public event. its open to the public. the public is welcome to come and celebrate our great country, the greatest democracy. the constitution, all the amendments, not just the first amendment that seems to only interest you only, the second amendment, all the others, but really just the birth of this country, the greatest democracy that ev...

Alexander asked the administration about the distribution of those tickets. >> reporter: why is the republican national committee giving out ticket to supporters of the president? >> this is -- this is a public event. its open to the public. the public is welcome to come and celebrate our great country, the greatest democracy. the constitution, all the amendments, not just the first amendment that seems to only interest you only, the second amendment, all the others, but really just the birth of...

That shattered records for senate races, but also rivals the amount of money for past presidential campaigns. and austins npr station is reporting today that travis county which encompasses austin and its nearby suburbs is on track to capture 93% of eligible voter, which would be a modern record. 93%. but its unclear if fundraising and voter registration even at this level in this texas race, one of our "hardball" ten senate races to catch race will translate into votes on election day. as we me...