now, it s certainly possible that there s going to be another variant, and/or that three months from now we re going to see that immunity wanes even further and the boosters are needed. it doesn t hurt for pfizer to start that process. but as of today, at the same time that that pfizer press release came out, there were also two really important publications that proved that even 8, nine nimonth it was a vaccine you have adequate protection from the variant. i want to go through the latest numbers. some are encouraging. then you see things that look like danger signs. this the track of new covid infections. 13,59 on july second. thursday, 15,867 cases going up. nearly 17 % according to this data in the last week. covid cases are going up. from a low baseline, nowhere near the horrors of the winter. trending in the wrong direction n. by counties, focus on the middle of the map through the slides. you see the darker blue in here.
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Amid Danger Signs, A Global Energy Leader Finds Reason for Hope
Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, talks with Yale Environment 360 about the yawning gap between vows to cut carbon output and reality, his agency’s road map for slashing emissions, and why the clean-energy revolution could soon become unstoppable.
For more than a decade, Fatih Birol has consistently warned that the world is moving far too slowly to wean itself off fossil fuels. Two weeks ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) added its latest admonition: Global CO2 emissions this year are expected to experience their second-largest increase on record.
party. some people said he had perhaps been there too long but in the end he was nominated. although there were other candidates running against him who seemed to be more brisk and adventurous. and i think we may see the same thing here. who knows. when you hear about the possible purchase of greenland, insisting of course that they re not for sale. what it reminds me of is we heard a panel earlier saying there were all sorts of danger signs for donald trump this week. what greenland reminds me of is how much an incumbent president can do to reverse his fate. in august of 1971 richard nixon was behind in the polls. the economy was going bad. there was a war. and he reversed those things did wage and price controls that helped for a little while. went to russia and china. wound down the war and went on to win the great presidential landslide in history. events these days seem to be
extremely popular within the republican party. some people said he had perhaps been there too long but in the end he was nominated. although there were other candidates running against him who seemed to be more brisk and adventurous. and i think we may see the same thing happening here. who knows? when you hear about the possible purchase of greenland, they insist of course they re not for sale? what it reminds me of is we heard a panel earlier saying there were all sorts of danger signs for donald trump this week. what greenland reminds me of is how much an incumbent president can do to reverse his fate. in august of 1971 richard nixon was behind in the polls. the economy was going bad. there was a war. and he reversed those things did wage and price controls that helped for a little while. he went to russia. he went to china. wound down the war and went on
i can still hear the play list. the brothers johnson. if you put on marvin gaye right now i d burst into tears. what do you do? you re young, you go on the beach, you get laid and you get high. so few people are that honest. and therefore it hurts all the more to lose him. and then to lose him to suicide just days after the death of kate spade. and while suicides in this country are at a 30-year high, so many of us are in pain but we can all help. you should look to the people around you and reach out to them. let s look after each other. if you see danger signs, if someone you know is talking about feeling hopeless, trapped or being a burden to others, if they re drinking more, sleeping