The most watching-the-Olympics-on-TV quotes of the week
Herd immunity, aging power plants, Bitcoin, RVs and much more.
People wearing face masks walk past the logo of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games near the Shimbashi train station, Friday, July 9, 2021, in Tokyo. The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics sat at 14-days-to-go on Friday.(Eugene Hoshiko)
“Many people were looking forward to watching the games at the venues,
but I would like everyone to fully enjoy watching the games on TV at home.” Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, after announcing the city will ban fans from the Olympics, which open July 23, as Japan declared a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases. (Thursday,
Dallas County reaches herd immunity even as new COVID cases continue to hold steady, experts say
Dallas County reaches herd immunity even as new COVID cases continue to hold steady, experts say
The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, which has tracked COVID-19 data for the county, said herd immunity was reached with nearly half the population having contracted the coronavirus.
A nurse gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a man at Fair Park in Dallas on Friday, May 14, 2021. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News)(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
7:08 PM on Jul 7, 2021 CDT
Dallas County crossed a major threshold in its fight to curb the coronavirus pandemic this week, reaching herd immunity on July 4, according to a nonprofit that tracks health data for the county.