Bird Song of the Day
The sound on this a bit low, but it really reminds me of the prairie.
#COVID19
At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
Resuming the upward climb, though at a lesser slope. Looks like the Midwest did it, from the regional data, with now a little help from the Northeast. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?
Robotic pets, Washington Monument, senators vaccinated: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
Alabama
Auburn: Auburn University’s nursing school is publishing a free book to tell the stories of some of its alumni and their work during the coronavirus pandemic. Titled “Auburn Nursing – Living the Creed During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the book includes stories of Auburn-educated nurses who worked both in their hometowns and places including New York to care for COVID-19 patients. The stories show the difficulty of working in an overwhelming situation, said nursing dean Gregg Newschwander. “At Auburn, we often say, we make leaders,” he said in a statement. “In this book, you will see how true that is.” The university statement said the nursing school marked its 40th anniversary during the 2019-20 academic year, and stories began coming in about the work being done by Auburn alumni during the pandemic. The ann
Week 40: The pandemic in Wyoming from Dec. 12-18
The first COVID-19 vaccines in Natrona County are issued on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
Wyoming healthcare providers this week administered the state’s first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers, offering a ray of hope in controlling the pandemic.
“We have an end in sight at this point, which was not true for many months during this pandemic,” State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist said in a release announcing the first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which began arriving Monday. “We have hope and a reminder that this situation is for now and not forever.”
Report: Wyoming sees rise in occupational deaths in 2019
December 21, 2020 GMT
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) Wyoming has one of the worst rates of workplace-related deaths in the country, with three times more fatalities than the national average, a report said.
The Wyoming Department of Workplace Solutions revealed in the report that 32 workers died while on the job in 2019, an increase of one death compared to 2018, The Casper Star-Tribune reported Sunday.
The report said 65% of the deaths were a result of transportation incidents, including “highway crashes, pedestrian vehicular incidents, aircraft incidents and water vehicle incidents.”
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Meredith Towle, the state occupational epidemiologist, said transportation incidents accounted for more than half of all deaths at workplaces across all industries in Wyoming from 2003 to 2019.
December 21, 2020
State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories. Here is a summary of some of the recent coverage:
Wired interviewed economists on gift giving during the holiday season and what constitutes the perfect gift. UW economist Jason Shogren contributed a quote for the article, titled “Economists want you to have the most boring Christmas possible.”
Gov. Mark Gordon cited a study that found a ban on new oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands would cost eight Western states, including Wyoming, $8.1 billion in tax revenue and $34.1 billion in investment in the next five years. UW Professor Tim Considine conducted the study. Energy Now published the article that originally appeared in The Wyoming Tribune Eagle and The Gillette News Record. Sputnik International, Deseret News, Natural Gas Intelligence, The Salt Lake Tribune and Oil and Gas 360 published similar articles.